Marsha Harbison, violin
Boris Kogan, cello
Sofya Shainskaya, piano
PROGRAM
Amy Beach - Invocation for Cello and Piano, op.55
Florence Price - Adoration for Violin and Piano
*Audience votes on order of performance of Mendelssohn piano trios
*Fanny Mendelssohn - Andante from Piano Trio, Op. 11
*Felix Mendelssohn - Andante from Piano Trio No. 1, Op. 49
Lili Boulanger - Nocturne for Violin and Piano
Clara Schumann - Romance for Violin and Piano
Clara Schumann - Andante from Piano Trio, Op. 17
Rebecca Clarke - Grotesque for Violin and Cello
Rebecca Clarke - Andante for Piano Trio
Jennifer Higdon - Pale Yellow for Piano Trio
Libby Larsen - Four on the Floor
PERFORMERS
Marsha Harbison, violinist, is the Assistant Concertmistress of the Springfield Symphony Orchestra, which she joined in 1977. She is also a frequent performer of chamber music and was one of the founders, artistic directors, and performers of the Longmeadow Chamber Music Society for 38 seasons. She is currently organizing and performing chamber music concerts with the Springfield Chamber Players (formerly known as MOSSO -Musicians of the Springfield Symphony Orchestra).
Ms. Harbison has performed in music festivals in Aspen, CO; Jackson Hole, WY; Spoleto, Italy; and in Montreal with the Montreal Symphony, the McGill Chamber Orchestra, and the Montreal Radio, TV, and Ballet Orchestras. In New York City, she has performed with the American Symphony Orchestra, the Pro Arte Orchestra, the Bach Cantata Series, and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. She has been Concertmistress for the Leonard Bernstein Festival at UMASS and the Berkshire Choral Festival Orchestra in Sheffield, Massachusetts, and Salzburg, Austria.
Ms. Harbison received a B.A. from Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, and a Master of Music from The Juilliard School in NYC, where she studied with Ivan Galamian. She has taught numerous music courses at Westfield State University and Bay Path University, violin lessons at Mount Holyoke College, and continues to teach private violin lessons. She is married to Dr. William Harbison, and they have 3 grown children and 9 grandchildren.
Boris Kogan, cellist, was born in Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, Russia. He began studying the cello at age 5, attending the School for Musically Gifted Children. He then received his Bachelor’s degree from the Leningrad College of Music and his Master’s degree from the Leningrad Conservatory of Music. He served as Assistant Principal Cellist with the Leningrad Symphony, and with the television and radio symphony orchestras. Mr. Kogan moved to the United States in 1991, and was the principal cellist with the New England Symphony, the Thayer Symphony Orchestra, and the Central Massachusetts Symphony. He currently plays in the Springfield Symphony Orchestra, teaches at the Springfield Community Music School, and has a private cello studio.
Sofya Shainskaya, pianist, earned her Master of Music degree at Tashkent Conservatory, Russia, now Uzbekistan. She was an accompanist for the Olympic gymnastics team, and for theater, opera, and ballet companies in Russia. She also accompanied the famed Glinka Vocal Competition and taught at the Leningrad College of Music. After emigrating to the United States, she served as organist and Minister of Music at St. Barnabus Church in Springfield, and currently teaches at the Springfield Community Music School, as well as private piano lessons.
Tickets for the concert, $25.00/person, must be purchased in advance at the Westfield Athenaeum during business hours or online at https://www.westath.org/
*The Westfield Athenaeum, located in downtown Westfield, serves as the cultural center for the city. In addition to an active public library which provides a range of information services, the Athenaeum features an art museum with regular exhibits of regional artists, and a history museum, documenting the history of Westfield and the surrounding region from 1669 to the present day. For information on the Westfield Athenaeum: www.westath.org