Our Summer Noontime Concert Series continues this Wednesday, July 30 with a performance by violinist Alicia Choi and pianist Scott Bailey in music of Bach (Solo Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, BWV1003) and Beethoven (Violin Sonata No. 8 in G Major). The concert will begin at noon and end by 12:45. Audience members are welcome to bring a bag lunch and St. John’s will provide drinks and cookies. Admission is free; donations to help offset expenses are accepted.
Pianist Scott Bailey is currently an adjunct professor of music at Westfield State College and private instructor of piano and accompanist at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. He has served on the faculty at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and works as a freelance accompanist and teacher throughout the Pioneer Valley as well as Berkshire County. He is the music director at the First Congregational Church of North Adams, United Church of Christ, and is coordinator of their North County Music Series, a concert series featuring local and emerging musicians from Berkshire County and beyond.
Children are especially welcome!
Alicia Choi began studying the violin at the age of four. She was a scholarship student at the Aspen Music Festival in 2001 and 2006. From 2001-2005, Alicia attended the Pre-College Division of the Juilliard School of Music, studying with Won-Bim Yim and Masao Kawasaki. She has performed in master classes of Aaron Rosand, Philip Setzer, the Daedalus Quartet, Donald Weilerstein, James Buswell, and Wonji Kim Ozim.
She currently attends Williams College, where she plays in the Berkshire Symphony, Symphonic Winds and various chamber ensembles, and studies with Joanna Kurkowicz.
Alicia Choi began studying the violin at the age of four. She was a scholarship student at the Aspen Music Festival in 2001 and 2006. From 2001-2005, Alicia attended the Pre-College Division of the Juilliard School of Music, studying with Won-Bim Yim and Masao Kawasaki. She has performed in master classes of Aaron Rosand, Philip Setzer, the Daedalus Quartet, Donald Weilerstein, James Buswell, and Wonji Kim Ozim.
She currently attends Williams College, where she plays in the Berkshire Symphony, Symphonic Winds and various chamber ensembles, and studies with Joanna Kurkowicz.
Pianist Scott Bailey is currently an adjunct professor of music at Westfield State College and private instructor of piano and accompanist at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. He has served on the faculty at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and works as a freelance accompanist and teacher throughout the Pioneer Valley as well as Berkshire County. He is the music director at the First Congregational Church of North Adams, United Church of Christ, and is coordinator of their North County Music Series, a concert series featuring local and emerging musicians from Berkshire County and beyond.
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