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Fantasia No. 8 Georg Philip Telemann (1681-1767)
Cadenza from Clarinet Concerto Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
Syrinx Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Caprice No. 24 (arr. Jasmine Choi) Niccolo Paganini (1782-1840)
Chôros No. 2 Hector Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
London Trio No. 1 in C Major, Hob IV:1 Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) 1. Allegro moderato 2. Andante 3. Finale. Vivace
Mai Nguyen (18) is a flutist from Cambridge, MA, currently taking a gap year. She has performed with the Boston Youth Symphony and NEC’s Youth Philharmonic, and has also attended BU’s Tanglewood Institute and the Vancouver Symphony’s Orchestral Institute. At her former high school, Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, she founded the Chamber Music Collaboration. Currently, she leads the Greater Boston Music Outreach and works in the Boston Symphony's Education and Community Engagement Department. Besides music, Mai enjoys painting, cooking, and writing.
Noah Stone (18) is a student at Northwestern University's Bienen School of Music, where he studies clarinet with Steve Cohen and bass clarinet with Lawrie Bloom. A Greater Boston native, Noah spent five years in the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras and has participated in festivals and competitions throughout the state. In the summer of 2018, Noah placed third in the International Clarinet Association's high school competition. He is pursuing double degrees in clarinet performance and in mathematics, and is also a member of the University fencing club.
Andrew Lee (21), originally from Cambridge, Massachusetts, is in his fourth year at Northeastern University majoring in economics and mathematics, with minors in business, civil/transportation engineering, and music. He also is pursuing a certificate in piano performance through a joint program between Northeastern and New England Conservatory, where he studies with Roberto Poli. Andrew has placed in various competitions as a pianist, most recently at the piano competition at the Cremona International Music Academy in Cremona, Italy, an orchestra and chamber music festival where he also participated as a clarinetist two summers ago. A lifelong aviation enthusiast, perhaps Andrew's most interesting achievement is his growing collection of over 150 airline inflight magazines from around the world