Ms. Chiang was a visiting faculty member at The Juilliard School and a member of the viola faculty at the Hartt School of Music. Chiang will be accompanied by pianist Boris Slutsky, also on faculty at the Peabody Conservatory. The recital kicks off the weekend's activities. Festival participants will attend sessions throughout the weekend taught by Chiang, Christopher Para, associate professor of music and conductor of the University Orchestra at Bucknell University, Dr. Kenneth Sarch, professor of violin and director of Orchestral Activities, Mansfield University, Dr. Jennifer Sacher Wiley, assistant professor of strings at Susquehanna University, and Dr. Marcus Smolensky, former violist, Rochester Philharmonic. In addition to teaching violin, viola, orchestration, conducting and music appreciation at Bucknell, Para is a fellow of the Pierre Monteaux School for Advanced Conductors, music director of the Genesee Symphony and makes regular guest appearances in England and the Czech Republic.
Performances are free and open to the public.
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