Description:

Join the faculty of the Music Academy as they share their talents to raise funds for the Academy’s tuition support program. With a Northwestern history dating back to the late 1800s, the Bienen School’s community music division provides piano, string, and guitar lessons to over 300 children and adults. Ticket sale proceeds will go directly to the Music Academy for tuition support to allow students of all income levels to afford music lessons.

Program includes:

Lili Boulanger, Two Pieces for Violin and Piano 
Frédéric Chopin, Rondo in C Major for Two Pianos, Op. 73 
César Franck and John Corigliano, Prelude in B-flat Minor, Op. 18 and Tarantella from  
   Gazebo Dances IV for two pianos 
José María Usandizaga, Impromptu for piano 
Johannes Brahms, Variations on a Theme by Haydn for two pianos 
Reena Esmail, Varsha for cello 
George Gershwin (arr. Gregory Stone), Three Preludes for two pianos 
Sergei Rachmaninoff (arr. Anderson & Roe), “Vocalise” for two pianos 
Frédéric Chopin, Waltz in C-sharp Minor, Op. 64, No. 2 for piano 
Alexander Arutiunian and Arno Babajanian, Armenian Rhapsody for two pianos 
York Bowen, Toccata, Op. 155 for piano 
Mikhail Glinka (tr. V. Gryaznov), Overture from Ruslan and Ludmila for two pianos