Young Kim, assistant professor of piano, is set to perform the fifth concert in her educational concert series “Young Kim and Saint Rose Pianists” at 7:30 pm on Mar. 16 in the Massry Center for the Arts. According to Kim, the series features Saint Rose piano students performing with Kim, a Steinway Artist, in a theme-based piano recital.
According to Kim, this faculty-student collaborative recital is a new initiative for Kim to provide the performing opportunities for Saint Rose piano students and to promote the piano program at The College of Saint Rose. The main venue will be the Picotte Recital Hall at The Massry Center for the Arts, and additional performances are planned at secondary schools to reach out young audience beyond the campus. Each concert will have a different theme with performance and introductory talk about the composer’s life and music. All concerts are free and open to the public.
Kim said, “This year we will be performing another fun program of ‘One piano, 4 & 6 Hands Music’ with a grand finale of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue.” The performers are: Anja Barnes, Ryan McPherson, Jansen Morehouse, Maria Rabbia, CeAnn Sarver, Brittany Wells, and Young Kim.
The program will include one piano, four and six hands music by Mozart, Brahms, Dvorak, Rachmaninoff, Schnittke, White, and Gershwin. “One of our goals is to reach our younger generation to make them love classical piano music,” said Kim.
