Who were those performers?

This past Sunday a handful of BYSO students performed at a recital to showcase the concertos they created for the annual Concerto Competition. Here are some fun facts about those students and their selections:

Midori Mori is a student from Bellevue and is excited to be performing in this year’s concerto recital. Midori shared the selected piece, “Poème de l'amour et de la mer, literally Poem of Love and the Sea, was originally written for voice and orchestra. The piece consists of two parts separated by an orchestral interlude based on poems written by Chausson’s friend, Maurice Bouchor who was a French poet and sculptor.”

Andrew Pang is a student from Woodinville and is excited to be performing in this year’s concerto recital playing the violin. Andrew will perform the Concerto in D for Viola by Karl Stamitz (1745-1801). In addition to playing music, Andrew also enjoys transcribing music.

Joseph Dougherty, from Woodinville, is a current freshman at the University of Washington and shares, “Although I took up trombone in order to be part of BYSO, piano is my main instrument. I have just begun my freshman year at the University of Washington as a piano performance major studying with Craig Sheppard. This movement contains several challenging passages, which have forced me to learn to relax in order to play them. This and other pieces have helped me to see that the best playing technique requires much relaxation.”

Sam Dougherty is a student from Woodinville and is excited to be performing in this year’s concerto recital. Sam learned of the concerto competition after watching a winner play. Sam’s favorite part of participating was learning to prepare a piece for this level of performance. “I also enjoyed the challenge of standing in front of the judges and performing for them,” shared Sam.