All rights reserved. Temple Music Prep's New Century Festival of Young Musicians will present six musical events showcasing wind, brass, and string players, and chamber and choral ensembles from Temple's Center for Gifted Young Musicians. The Festival will culminate with a Gala Concert on Sunday, April 30, at 4 p.m., at the Independence Seaport Museum, at Penn's Landing.
Admission is free and seating is on a first-come basis.
Under the baton of founding music director and conductor Luis Biava, the Gala Concert will feature Temple's Youth Chamber Orchestra and Children's Choir with guest soloists Elissa Lee Koljonen, violin, and Harold Robinson, double bass. Admission to the Center is by audition only. This year for the first time the Festival will feature two prominent guest artists who will perform with the Youth Chamber Orchestra. Acclaimed throughout the world as one of the most celebrated violinists, Elissa Lee Koljonen recently made her subscription debut with The Philadelphia Orchestra. She is a member of the Temple Music Prep faculty and assistant to Aaron Rosand at the Curtis Institute of Music, where she earned her bachelor of music degree and studied with Rosand.