Melissa White
(Courtesy of The Kentucky Center)
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Louisville, Kentucky
Elizabeth Kramer
Feb. 2, 2017
Each year, the young musicians of the Louisville Youth Orchestra perform
in one of the highlight concerts of the season: the annual The Kentucky
Center’s Gheens Great Expectations Concert that includes a side-by-side
performance with the Louisville Orchestra.
This year’s concert conducted by LYO Music Director Deanna Tham also
features violinist Melissa White on a program with Verdi’s Overture to
“La Forza del destino”; two movements of Max Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy
for violin and orchestra; and Leonard Bernstein’s “Symphonic Dances”
from “West Side Story.”
White has received accolades for her work, which includes
winning the Sphinx Competition for young black and Latino string players
at age 16 and later co-founding the Grammy Award-winning Harlem
Quartet. As a member of The Harlem Quartet, White has played in venues ranging from public schools in the Bronx to the White House.
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WHEN: 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 8
WHERE: Kentucky Center for the Arts, Whitney Hall, 501 W. Main St.
COST: Free
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