Let us introduce the musics and the members of the third annual Summer in JAPAN Classical Concert.
Practicing hard to send you a wonderful concert!

Date: July 31 (Fri), 2015 19:00～
Location: HorutoHall Oita, Japan
Ticket: Children (6 to 18) – 1,000 yen
Adult – 2,000 yen

Béla Bartók　　Romanian Folk Dances Sz.56

George Frideric 　Handel Sonata No.3 for alto saxophone solo, selected movements

Maxwell Phillips 　“Fugue” for piano solo (Japan premier)

Peter Ilyich 　Tchaikovsky Waltz-Scherzo Op.34

Robert Schumann 　Piano Quintet Op.44, 1st movement

Arnold Schoenberg　 6 Little Pieces Op.19

Lennon-McCartney 　Blackbird

Foster The People　 Houdini

William Shakespeare　 Monologue from Romeo and Juliet

Astor Piazzolla 　Oblivion, Escualo

<Harvard members>

Maxwell Phillips　(piano)

Maxwell Phillips is a conductor, composer, double bassist and pianist from Storrs, Connecticut. An active composer, Max received the John Green Prize in composing at Harvard and has had his work performed and recorded by such ensembles as the Chiara Quartet, the Callithumpian Consort, and the Juventas Ensemble.

Maxon Moulton　(saxophone)

Max Moulton is a saxophonist and rising sophomore at Harvard University. This past year at college he performed in the Harvard Wind Ensemble on baritone saxophone. Besides saxophone, Max also work　intensively with composition, writing and arranging both classical and modern music.

Anna Hagen　(monologue)

Anna Hagen is a director, writer, and actor from Brooklyn, New York. She received the prestigious Hoopes Prize. She has directed productions of Chekhov’s Three Sisters on the American Repertory Theater’s Main Stage and Euripides’ The Bacchae in Harvard’s Loeb Experimental Theater.

Ava Violich　(guitar)

Ava Violich is a rising sophomore at Harvard College born in Boston, Massachusetts. At Harvard Ava sings with and arranges music for the school’s oldest all-female contemporary a cappella group, with which she recently recorded a CD.

Sumire Hirotsuru　(violin)

Born in Oita, Japan. During her high school years, Sumire was on the 2-week tour in the USA including the performances in Carnegie Hall and at several department of music of colleges in the four states. In 2015 she performed with Yo-Yo Ma and Silk Road Ensemble at Sanders Theatre in Cambridge, MA.