Join us on Saturday, December 13 at 2:00 pm for a performance by Korean-American cellist Julia Lee and pianist Andrew Barnwell. Mr. Barnwell has also performed here with Trio Gaia.
Program
| Composer | Work | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Schumann | Fantasiestücke, Op. 73 | 1849 |
| Johannes Brahms | Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38 | 1865 |
| Intermission | ||
| Nadia Boulanger | Trois pièces | 1914 |
| Dmitri Shostakovich | Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor, Op. 40 | 1934 |
About the Artists
Julia-Hyunji Lee
Praised for her “musical integrity” and “warmth” by the La Jolla Light, Korean-American cellist Julia Lee is committed to creating meaningful and authentic connections through music. A prizewinner of the Antonio Janigro International Cello Competition, she has also been a finalist of the Susan Barbash J.S. Bach Competition, and most recently competed in the prestigious Naumburg International Cello Competition. She has received the Mary Alice Cox Award and First Prize at the Florida Federation of Music Clubs Competition. As a soloist, she has performed with the Ocala Symphony, Alachua County Symphony, and the University of Florida Chamber Orchestra.
A passionate chamber musician, Julia has performed alongside esteemed artists such as Clive Greensmith, Noah Bendix-Balgley, Catherine Cho, Ara Gregorian, Robert McDonald, Inon Barnatan, Blake Pouliot, Merry Peckham, Julie Albers, Molly Carr, and Bion Tsang at the Four Seasons Chamber Festival, La Jolla Music Society SummerFest, Perlman Music Program, and the Music in the Vineyards Festival in Napa Valley.
Recent and upcoming performances include her Alice Tully Hall debut with the Edith Quartet as part of Juilliard’s Honors Chamber Music Program, concerts with the Montage Music Society in Santa Fe, outreach performances with Project: Music Heals Us, and an upcoming recital on the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts series and The Santa Fe Fine Arts Series. Julia has worked closely with the Takács Quartet in their string quartet seminar and has performed in Juilliard’s ChamberFest. She also served as principal cellist and coordinator of the Juilliard Chamber Orchestra in 2022.
In orchestral settings, Julia has served as principal cellist of The Juilliard Orchestra for four consecutive years, performing under conductors such as Marin Alsop, Gustavo Dudamel, David Robertson, David Chan, Carlos Miguel Prieto, and Mei-Ann Chen. Her recent performances include a side-by-side concert with the New York Philharmonic, a substitute appearance with the New World Symphony, and principal cello in Juilliard’s 2x4 Kennedy Center collaboration with Jaime Laredo and Jennifer Koh.
Julia earned her Bachelor of Music from The Juilliard School under the mentorship of Darrett Adkins and a Master of Music with the late Joel Krosnick under a C.V. Starr Scholarship. She is grateful to have been previously mentored by Wendy Warner and Chungsun Kim. Other musical inspirations in her life include Laurence Lesser and Frans Helmerson.
Andrew Barnwell
Born in Massachusetts, Andrew Barnwell began his piano studies with Heather Rogers Riley before relocating with his family to Copenhagen, Denmark, where he studied with Søren Pedersen. Andrew attended high school in Seattle, Washington and was first a student of Mark Salman before joining the studio of Dainius Vaičekonis, and later, renowned pedagogue Robin McCabe. Andrew earned a Graduate Diploma from the New England Conservatory, where his teachers were Victor Rosenbaum and Vivian Hornik Weilerstein.
A founding member of Trio Gaia, his appearances with the trio included concerts at Jordan Hall, the Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota, the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, the Harvard Musical Association, and the Davidson College Concert Series.
About the Concert
The performance begins at 2:00 pm. Join us an hour earlier for a pre-concert discussion about the music on the program. After the performance, you’ll have an opportunity to meet the artist(s) and learn about their backgrounds, interests, and career plans.
The address of the venue is 103 North Road, Wakefield, Rhode Island 02879. Driving time from Providence, Newport, Westerly, and southeastern Connecticut is under an hour, and Amtrak’s Kingston Station is only five miles away.
The suggested contribution for this concert is $40 per person, collected at the door. We accept cash, personal checks, and cards. Checks should be payable to “Core Memory Music”. All contributions go directly to our performing artists. To make your contribution in advance, click here.
Children under 18 are welcome to join us free of charge.
If you’d like to attend this concert, send us an email with the full name of each person in your party. If seating is still available, we’ll confirm your reservation. If you can’t attend the concert, we invite you to listen to the audio livestream (no reservation required).
Seating capacity: 20
| Last | First | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Allen | Tony | |
| Andeweg | Patricia | |
| Brandon | Neil | |
| Collins | Eliza | |
| Etter | Beth | ? |
| Gale | Peggy | |
| Hirons | Philip | |
| Margulies | Peter | |
| McFarland | Jeff | |
| Saideman | Ellen | |
| Schwartz | Howard | |
| Schwartz | Miriam | |
| Staples | Judith |