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Cherry Hill’s spring concert series, A Celebration of the Piano, reaches a crescendo on May 22nd with the performances of Andrew Willis and six of his most gifted graduate students from UNC-Greensboro. Dr. Willis, Professor of Music at UNCG, is well-known for his work with various keyboard instruments and his commitment to the study, performance and teaching of the widest possible range of repertoire. In past performances at Cherry Hill and on the Greensboro campus, Dr. Willis and other professors of music have presented the biannual Focus on Piano featuring immersion into the life and compositions of one composer. This year he and his students will delight their audience with a performance of works by a number of musical geniuses as they play compositions of Brahms, Debussey, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Faure, von Weber, and Moscheles.

In addition to performing individually on the magnificent Steinway concert grand, some of the pianists will perform on two pianos. Dr. Willis relishes the opportunity to work with these incredibly talented students from all over the United States. They include Walton Lott and Colin McDearman from Mississippi; Karl Metzger from Ohio; Stephanie Schmidt from Wisconsin; Robin Morace from New York; and Daniel Seyfried from Idaho. The concert will begin at 3:00 PM, and admission is taken at the door. The price of the performance is $10 for adults, $5 for students, and free admission for children 12 and under. A reception in the dining room of the 1850’s plantation home of the Alston family will follow the performance.

Concerts at Cherry Hill for the spring series will comprise “A Celebration of the Piano”. Featuring the venue’s renowned Steinway Concert Grand, pianists will perform a variety of keyboard works during the 2016 spring months. The initial performance in the series will take place on February 21^st. Dr. Vincent van Gelder will make his first appearance at Cherry Hill. The recipient of numerous awards and rave reviews, van Gelder’s performance will feature Beethoven’s “Appassionata” Sonato. Also included will be van Gelder’s arrangement of a fantasy on the Dance of the Miller by De Falla, two numbers from “Romeo and Juliet” by Prokofiev, Dumka by Tchaikovsky, and three compositions by Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 3; Etude d’execution transcendant No 11; and the Paganini Etude No. 6

The performance in April will feature a return to Cherry Hill by Mayron Tsong, always an audience favorite. In May, Dr. Andrew Willis will appear along with some of his most promising graduate students. The spring celebration will conclude in June with recitals by outstanding piano students in the Department of Music at East Carolina.

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