“Nothing can replace the live performance experience,” Cho said. Instead of a live performance in front of a large audience, this semester each performance was pre-recorded and streamed on YouTube. 1 by Frédéric Chopin, respectively.Ĭho holds a studio recital every semester and saw to it that one would take place this semester, too. 23 in F minor (“Appassionata”) by Ludwig van Beethoven and Polonaise in C-sharp minor, Op. Shomsky and Seaver closed out the night by playing Sonata no. Ethan Butterbaugh, a first-year music minor, performed Rhapsody in B minor, Op. Hanson’s performance was followed by Michael Washington, a first-year music minor, who played Wall Street Rag by Scott Joplin. The second portion of the concert began with Becca Hanson, a second-year student, who played Piano Concerto no. “I am really proud that they have maintained the amount of focus that’s needed to prepare for fine performances.” “ My students worked so hard under these very difficult circumstances this semester,” Cho said. Given the difficulties brought about this semester with virtual learning, Cho said she is proud of how much her students were able to accomplish through it all. Katie Markus, a second-year student music education student, followed with A Prolo do Bebê, No. YuanYuan Fang, a fourth-year student, performed Piano Sonata in F major, K.332 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Lydia Seaver, a first-year student, followed with Excursions Op. 3 in A-flat major by Franz Liszt as her piano solo. Hannah DeBruine, a second-year music minor, performed Liebestraum No. Her performance was followed by Mary Frances Eshleman, a third-year student who alongside cellist Christina Leigh Stephenson, played Cello Sonata No.
The first section of the concert began with fourth-year student Rebekah Shomsky performing Preludes, Op. Nine students in total participated in the streamed concert, eight of them performing solo piano pieces and one performing alongside a cellist. The piano studio performed nine songs throughout the course of the evening in celebration of the end of Grand Valley State University’s fall 2020 semester. assistant professor of piano and artist performer Sookkyung Cho’s Applied Piano Class held a virtual concert.
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