Out of the 13 groups who competed in the 6th Annual Chamber Music Competition, six won awards. Grand Prize Winners The judges—The Dali Quartet—gave inspiring performances of Piazzolla “Tango Ballet” and Mendelssohn Quartet in F Minor, Op. 80. Sycamore Trio, High School Division Grand Prize winner, performed Shostakovich Piano Trio in E Minor, Op. 67.…
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Eugenie Lim, the youngest member of the Franklin Pond Orchestra, was recently featured in Marietta Daily Journal. “Inspired by her brother’s talent for the cello, at the age of 6 Lim was not yet aware of the skill she would cultivate as a violinist. Although she practiced piano throughout her childhood, there was something about…
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The Sycamore Trio—Tobias Liu (violin), Brandon Leonard (cello), and Grace Peng (piano)—won both 1st place in the Junior Division and the People’s Choice Award in the Young Chamber Musicians Competition on Sunday, April 24.
Quartet le Petit won the Georgia Kiwanis State Competition on Saturday, April 23. They played La Cumparsita arranged by Mathew Naughtin. This year, 11 contestants from 11 different Kiwanis clubs in Georgia competed in the Music Showcase. The first prize is $3,500 in college scholarships.
Organized by Franklin Pond Program Coordinator Ginny Fairchild, this event includes performances by members of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, The Atlanta Opera, the Atlanta Chamber Players, the Atlanta Pipe Band, the Choral Guild of Atlanta, the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra, and Franklin Pond’s own Ludimus Trio! The event will be live-streamed on the church website,…
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The Emerson Quartet Masterclass is less than one week away! In cooperation with the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra, Franklin Pond is delighted to present a masterclass with one of the world’s most famous string quartets: the Emerson Quartet. Ensembles from Franklin Pond’s Fall Into Spring program and the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra Chamber Players will…
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The Sycamore Trio—Toby Liu, Brandon Leonard, and Grace Peng—is one of the 4 finalist groups in the WDAV Young Chamber Musicians Competition! This prestigious competition is open to young artists from the whole country, and is “widely recognized as one of the top post-graduate, collegiate, and high school chamber competitions in the U.S. Read more
Judges for the 2022 Chamber Music Competition will be members of the Dalí Quartet. The Dalí Quartet is acclaimed for bringing Latin American quartet repertoire to an equal standing alongside the Classical and Romantic canon. Its fresh approach has been sought out by distinguished series in New York, Toronto, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Los Angeles, San…
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Franklin Pond Chamber Music, in collaboration with the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra’s Chamber Players, will perform an impressive collection of chamber music works during the Fall Into Spring Finale Concert on Sunday, May 1 at 3:00 PM at Woodruff Arts Center (Rich Auditorium). Admission is free. Please reserve tickets here.
Franklin Pond students, Jonathan Fuller and Brandon Leonard, were recently featured in Northside Neighbor for their accomplishments as musicians. Both “will be performing with the Franklin Pond Chamber Music and the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra’s Chamber Players this May” during the Fall Into Spring Concert (May 1 • 3:00 PM • Rich Auditorium, Woodruff Arts…
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