April 21-22

Friday | 4.21.17 | 8:30 PM
Saturday | 4.22.17 | 7:30 PM
St. Paul's Church, 315 West 22nd Street

Tickets available on Eventbrite for this charming set of concert featuring Stravinsky's "Dumbarton Oaks," the Prokofiev "Classical" Symphony, and the world premiere of Early Morning Walk by TCS resident composer Aaron Dai. Friday's concert showcases two soloists: Mira Magrill premieres Concerto fantastique for flute and orchestra by her father, composer Dr. Samuel Magrill and Stephen McDougall Graham solos on Henri Vieuxtemps' Fifth Violin Concerto. Saturday's concert welcomes back violinist Jenn Ahn as featured soloist, performing a perennial favorite, the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto. The second half of both concerts features two 20th-century classics: Stravinsky's Dumbarton Oaks and the Prokofiev Classical Symphony.

Conducted by Mark Seto and Reuben Blundell

Tickets available on Eventbrite: http://thechelseasymphony.eventbrite.com/

Concerts will be held at St. Paul's Church, 315 West 22nd Street

Photo Credit: "Chippewa Mother," Wisconsin Historical Society

From the Collection: Paul Vanderbilt papers, 1942-1990

Conductor:  Reuben Blundell, Mark Seto

Program

Aaron Dai

Early Morning Walk

(World Premiere)

Samuel MagrillConcerto Fantastique (World Premiere)
Samuel Magrill, Composer
Mira Magrill, Flute
Henri VieuxtempsViolin Concerto No.5 in A minor, op. 37
Felix MendelssohnViolin Concerto in E minor, op. 64
Jennifer Ahn, Violin
Igor StravinskyConcerto in E-flat “Dumbarton Oaks, 8-v- 1938”
Sergei ProkofievSymphony No. 1 in D major, op. 25, "Classical"

Featured Artists

Jennifer Ahn
Violin

Saturday, 4.22

Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, op. 64


Canadian born violinist Jennifer Ahn leads an active career teaching and performing in the New York City area. She received a Masters of Music and Artist Diploma from Yale University as a full scholarship recipient under the tutelage of Syoko Aki. An avid orchestral musician, she has served as concertmaster with the New England Chamber Orchestra, Colorado Summer Music Festival, New York Asian Symphony Orchestra, and the Pacific Music Festival in Japan. She has held the concertmaster position of the …

Stephen McDougall Graham
Violin

Friday, 4.21

Henri Vieuxtemps: Violin Concerto No.5 in A minor, op. 37


Stephen McDougall Graham is an active orchestral and chamber musician with a significant professional background in nonprofit administration and public service. In addition to numerous performances with ensembles in New York City and Atlanta, His playing can be heard on the album The Great Northwest, featuring members of the indie band, Lucius, and he can be seen in the Amazon Original series Mozart in the Jungle. Stephen earned a BA in music and philosophy from Bucknell University, where he led …

Samuel Magrill
Composer

Friday, 4.21

Samuel Magrill: Concerto Fantastique (World Premiere)


Dr. Samuel Magrill is a professor of music and composer-in-residence at the University of Central Oklahoma where he has taught music theory and composition since 1988. He is currently Graduate Coordinator for Music. He obtained his Bachelor of Music degree in Composition from Oberlin Conservatory and his MM and DMA in Composition from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Dr. Magrill has written more than 100 compositions for a variety of instruments from solo piano and chamber music to choir, wind …

Mira Magrill
Flute

Friday, 4.21

Samuel Magrill: Concerto Fantastique (World Premiere)


Flutist Mira Magrill, from Edmond, OK, has performed extensively as a soloist and in chamber ensembles throughout the U.S., Denmark, Chile, Costa Rica, Italy, and China. Winner of the Stony Brook University Concerto Competition and the Music Teachers National Association Senior Woodwind Competition, she also won 2nd Prize in the National Flute Association’s 2015 Young Artist Competition, and was honored with the award of the Best Performance of Newly Commissioned Work for her rendition of Jim & John by Michael …

Conductor

Reuben Blundell has been a Chelsea Symphony conductor/violinist since 2012, enjoying collaborations with musicians, soloists, composers and other conductors. Conducting Aaron Dai’s The Night Before Christmas, first with B. D. Wong then Annie Golden narrating, he initiated, conducted and edited (in Premiere Pro) the orchestra’s 2020 remote performance, narrated by John Lithgow.

Blundell is Music Director of the Riverside Orchestra on the Upper West Side, rehearsing Mondays and performing five concerts each season. He also directs another outstanding community …

Mark Seto leads a wide-ranging musical life as a conductor, scholar, teacher, and violinist. He is Artistic Director and Conductor of The Chelsea Symphony in New York City, and Senior Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Studies in Music at Brown University, where he directs the Brown University Orchestra and teaches courses in music history, theory, and conducting. Highlights of his 2023-24 season include performances with violinist Itzhak Perlman, violinist Randall Goosby, and clarinetist Anthony McGill, and the inauguration of The …