Pianist Keiko Sekino will present music of Mozart and Franz Schubert at Cherry Hill on Sunday, May 10th. The Mother’s Day program will begin at 3:00 PM and will be followed by a reception in the antebellum home of the George Washington Alston family. Built in 1858, the Inez plantation home is the site of the Cherry Hill Concert Series and is open for touring after the event.
Dr. Sekino is an Associate Professor of Piano and Coordinator of Keyboard Studies at the East Carolina University School of Music. She is the Artistic Director of the East Carolina Piano Festival. In 2021 she was nominated and inducted into the Steinway Teacher Hall of Fame. She completed a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University and holds additional degrees from Yale University in economics and music. On Sunday Dr. Sekino will play Mozart’s Sonata in c minor, Schubert’s Impromptu in Gb major, and Schubert’s Sonata in c minor.
Admissions will be taken at the door, with adults admitted for $10, students for $5, and children 12 and under admitted free of charge. For further information about Cherry Hill and its concert series and driving directions to the venue, please visit www.cherryhillconcerts.com or call 252-257-5259.