Ifetayo Ali-Landing
(Kevin Kennedy)
Elgin, Illinois
Cellist Ifetayo Ali-Landing, junior winner of
the 2017 Sphinx Organization Competition, will be the guest artist at
Elgin Symphony Orchestra Ainsworth Concerts for Youth April 10-11.
The Elgin Symphony Orchestra is
offering general admission tickets to the Ainsworth Concerts for Youth
concerts at 11:15 a.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, April 10-11, at the
Hemmens Cultural Center, 45 Symphony Way in Elgin. Tickets are $10;
taxes and fees apply.
Advance purchase is required by 3 p.m. Monday, April 9. For information, see ElginSymphony.org.
The concerts, led by resident
conductor Stephen Squires, feature 15-year-old cellist Ifetayo Ali
Landing, the junior winner of the 2017 Sphinx Organization Competition
and a Chicago native.
The 45-minute program, "Music Emojis: Feelings, Connections, Life," explores how music expresses emotion.
ESO Ainsworth Concerts
for Youth are designed to introduce children in second to eighth grade to
the fundamentals of music and to generate an interest in learning how
to play an instrument.
The 2018 concerts
include works by traditional and contemporary composers like George F.
Handel, Gustav Mahler, Danny Elfman, Jennifer Higdon and John Williams.
It is sponsored by Sterling Ainsworth, James and Ruth Ann Snodgrass and
the Elgin Symphony League.
Seven hundred and fifty
students from Elgin Area School District U-46 are able to attend due to a
generous grant from the Bear Family Restaurants and the U-46
Foundation.
Guest artist Ifetayo
Ali-Landing began her musical studies on violin as soon as she was able
to stand. At age 3, she decided that she preferred the mellow sounds of
the cello and begged her mother to switch. At age 4, she was playing the
cello. Ifetayo was selected as one of the winners of the 2016 DePaul
Concerto Festival for Young Performers competition and performed as
soloist with the Festival's Oistrakh Symphony Orchestra. Over the years,
she has placed or received honorable mentions for the Society of
American Musicians competition, DePaul Concerto Festival for Young
Musicians competition, and the Music Festival in Honor of Confucius
competition.
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