Children’s Concert: Snakes, Sharks, and Swans—A Whimsical Tour with Cello and Piano  – Victoria Wolff, cellist, and Rachelle McCabe, pianist

Piano music in the Lobby

Feature Program in the Meeting Room, with a 9-foot concert grand piano

• Welcome: COPI president Bonnie Esbensen – A Moving Performance
• COPI Board Piano Quartet
• Meet special guest Alpin Hong
• Pianist and Poet: A Father and Daughter Collaboration – David Nembhard, pianist & Naomi Nembhard, poet
• Passion and Process: Further Reflections on Chopin’s Winter Wind –Keenan Cabrera, pianist
• The Piano Breathes: Liszt’s Un Sospiro  – Haoyang Jiang, pianist
• The Pianist Invents: Transformation of a Musical Idea – Greg Starr, composer, and pianist
• The Piano Celebrates: America from West Side Story by Bernstein – Aaron and Abby Cohen, Rachelle McCabe, pianists
• The Piano Transforms: Prokofiev’s Tale of the Old Grandmother and Toccata in A minor – Michael Gu, pianist

Featured Presentation – Transformers: More Than Meets the Ear Alpin Hong, pianist

An interactive and entertaining conversation that shows how composers can depict actions and create musical moods in ways that the audience can directly experience. The program celebrates the connections between classical music and television, movie, and video game soundtracks. Hong goes on to share how learning to perform transforms anyone’s ability to have confidence and succeed in any area of life.

For the grand finale, Hong will perform George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue!