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DATE | ARTIST | DESCRIPTION |
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2012 | ||
September 23 2012 Commemorating Amma D. Graham |
OLGA CACEANOVA | Violin with piano accompaniment |
October 7 2012 Commemorating Judge Walter Clark |
BENJAMIN HOCHMAN KEIKO SEKINO | Two-piano concert |
October 28 2012 Commemorating Justice John Hall |
SCOTT MCCLEOD, Baritone DANIEL STEINERT, pianist |
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December 16 2012 (No Charge) |
THE OAKWOOD WAITS | a cappella seasonal songs in antebellum dress A Cherry Hill Christmas tradition |
2013 | ||
March 17 2013 Commemorating Eugenia Williams Voorhees |
THE QUERCUS QUARTET | For more information, click here. |
April 21 2013 Emily & Assad Meymandi Concert |
JUNE BURBAGE, piano JONATHAN KRAMER, cellist BRIAN REAGIN, violinist Michael Cyzewski, clarinet |
Brahms Trio in B major Opus 8 Vincent d'Indy's Trio in Bb Major, Opus 29 For more information, click here. |
May 5 2013 By Invitation only |
MEMBERS ONLY TEA | A unique musical program and special reception in honor of our members |
May 19 2013 Commemorating Alice Vaiden Williams |
Jimmy Gilmore, clarinet Elizabeth Beilman, cello Kent Lyman, piano |
Music of Bach, Beethoven, Von Weber
For more information, click here. |
June 23 2013 (No Charge) |
Outstanding Student Concert | Four extremely talented piano students from Meredith College and East Carolina University will perform a beautiful and challenging program. |
September 22 2013 Commemorating Amma D. Graham |
Daniel Steinert, organ & piano Katie Fernandez, soprano |
From Bach to Broadway |
November 10 2013 Commemorating Judge Walter Clark |
Joel Fan, piano Internationale | Mr. Fan shows why he is deemed a "pianist Internationale" as he plays music by South American, Syrian, and Chinese composers. His program will also feature Chopin, Liszt, and Rimsky-Korsakov. Please join us!! For more information, click here. |
December 1 2013 Commemorating Justice John Hall |
John Noel, piano Elizabeth Beilman, cello Brian Reagin, violin Jimmy Gilmore, clarinet |
AURORA MUSICALIS For more information, click here. |
December 15 2013 (No Charge) |
The Oakwood Waits | a cappella seasonal songs in antebellum dress A Cherry Hill Christmas tradition For more information, click here. |
2014 | ||
February 9 2014 Commemorating Eugenia Williams Voorhees |
Jonathan Levin, piano | Mr. Levin will present his acclaimed program, American Frontiers Music of Copeland, Gershwin, MacDowell, Griffes, and others Please join us for a unique look at American compositions, especially fitting for February, the "Month of Presidents" For more information, click here. |
March 23 2014 By Invitation only |
Members Only Tea | |
April 13 2014 Emily & Assad Meymandi Concert |
Ang Li, piano | For more information, click here. |
May 25 2014 Commemorating Alice Vaiden Williams |
Andrew Wilis & Friends | Focus on Piano Literature "Sons of J. S. Bach" For more information, click here. |
June 22 2014 (No Charge) |
Outstanding Student Concert | Warren County's prodigy Marui Bardales will be the violinist and Winston-Salem's Natalie Parker, cellist. Also participating will be Rebekah Taylor, accompanying the students on the Steinway grand. For more information, click here. |
September 21 2014 Commemorating Amma D. Graham |
Nicolas Duchamp, flutist Barbara MacKenzie, pianist |
This talented pair will perform Debussy, Leclair, Gaubert, Boulanger, and Copland |
October 19 2014 Commemorating Judge Walter Clark |
Hye-Jin Kim, violinist | |
November 16 2014 Commemorating Justice John Hall |
Neave Piano Trio | |
December 21 2014 (No Charge) |
THE OAKWOOD WAITS | a cappella seasonal songs in antebellum dress A Cherry Hill Christmas tradition |
2015 | ||
February 8 2015 Commemorating Eugenia Williams Voorhees |
Timothy Sparks, tenor Deborah Hollis, pianist |
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April 19 2015 Emily & Assad Meymandi Concert |
Thomas Pandolfi | |
May 17 2015 Commemorating Alice Vaiden Williams |
Meredith College Music Faculty | |
June 14 2015 (No Charge) |
Outstanding Student Concert | Luke Fang |
July 19 2015 (No Charge for students and children) |
Special Cherry Hill Concert | There will be a special concert on July 19th featuring the Ra family, now residents of Rocky Mount. This talented family of 5 will present classical music played on flute, clarinet, saxophone, cello, and piano. We believe that this performance will be especially enjoyed by families, as the Ra children are quite young and very gifted. Due to prior church commitments by the Ra's, the concert will begin at 4:00 PM. There will be no charge for children or for any student. A reminder and preview of the program will be sent to you closer to the date. |
September 20 2015 Commemorating Amma D. Graham |
Hye-Jin Kim, Violinist | |
October 25 2015 Commemorating Judge Walter Clark |
David Burgess, classical guitarist | |
November 15 2015 Commemorating Justice John Hall |
Joel Fan, Pianist | |
December 20 2015 (No Charge) |
The Oakwood Waits | a cappella seasonal songs in antebellum dress A Cherry Hill Christmas tradition |
2016 | ||
February 21 2016 Commemorating Eugenia Williams Voorhees |
Vincent Van Gelder, piano | |
March 20 2016 By Invitation only |
Members Only Tea | Southwards - Celtic trio |
April 24 2016 Emily & Assad Meymandi Concert |
Mayron Tsong, piano | |
May 22 2016 Commemorating Alice Vaiden Williams |
Andrew Willis and Friends, piano | 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. 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. |
June 12 2016 (No Charge) |
OUTSTANDING STUDENTS TO PERFORM AT CHERRY HILL | Brandon Banks, Sydney Lukert, Irem Ozay, Anna Beth Rucker, and Matthew Young. The program will include solo works by Brahms, Greig, Tchaikovsky, Bach, Liszt, and Prokofiev, and Brahms Waltzes Op. 39 for four hands. There will be no admission charged for this event, although donations will be gratefully accepted. Following the performance, refreshments will be served in the dining room. |
July 31 2016 Commemorating Edwina Rooker |
The Three Triangle Tenors | George Deaton, Wade Henderson, and Timothy Sparks plus accompanist Catherine Hammer will perform Shenandoah, Maria, Music of the night, selections from Josca and Rigoletto and much more. A reception will follow the performance. |
September 18 2016 Commemorating Amma D. Graham |
The Poinsett Trio | Music of Beethoven, Mendelssohn, and Amy Beach |
October 16 2016 Commemorating Judge Walter Clark |
Raffi Besalyan, pianist | Music of Rachmaninoff, Gershwin, and others. |
November 20 2016 Commemorating Justice John Hall |
Bonnie Thron & Friends | Piano, Clarinet, Cello |
December 18 2016 (No Charge) |
The Oakwood Waits | a cappella seasonal songs in antebellum dress A Cherry Hill Christmas tradition |
2017 | ||
February 5 2017 Commemorating Eugenia Williams Voorhees |
MARK CALLAHAN, BARITONE; THOMAS OTTEN, PIANIST | The announced performance of Schubert's "Winterreise" has been changed due to the illness of the singer. Instead, we are fortunate to have Dr. Thomas Otten, chair of the piano division of the music department at UNC-Chapel Hill, as our guest artist. Dr. Otten, who has played at Cherry Hill several times, will perform music by Scarlatti, Beethoven, Adams, and Ginastera. |
March 19 2017 By Invitation only |
MEMBERS ONLY TEA | |
April 30 2017 Emily & Assad Meymandi Concert |
VINCENT VAN GELDER, PIANIST | |
May 21 2017 Commemorating Alice Vaiden Williams |
MEREDITH FACULTY | |
June 25 2017 (No Charge) |
Outstanding Student Concert | Owen Dodds will be performing Robert Schumann’s “Kreisleriana”, Beethoven’s “Sonata in F Sharp Major”, two etudes by Rachmaninoff, and the “Sonata No. 3 in A Minor” by Prokofiev |
July 16 2017 Edwina Rooker |
THOMAS PANDOLFI, PIANIST | |
September 17 2017 Commemorating Amma D. Graham |
Raffi Besalyn, pianist | Music by Mozart, Gershwin, Chopin, Baghdassarian, and Rachmaninoff |
October 15 2017 Commemorating Judge Walter Clark |
Clarinet Trio | Bonnie Thron, Fred Jacobowitz, Anatoly Larkin |
November 19 2017 Commemorating Justice John Hall |
Julia Rolwing, Soprano; Daniel Steinert, Pianist | |
December 17 2017 (No Charge) |
The Oakwood Waits | Our Christmas gift to you. Double quartet in antebellum dress. A Capello Christmas carols and songs |
2018 | ||
February 18 2018 Commemorating Eugenia Williams Voorhees |
Jonathan Levin, Pianist | Music of America |
March 25 2018 By Invitation only |
Members Only Tea | John Bullard, classical banjo |
April 29 2018 Emily & Assad Meymandi Concert |
Marc Callahan, Baritone; Clara Chang, Pianist | |
May 20 2018 Commemorating Alice Vaiden Williams |
ANDREW WILLIS AND FRIENDS |
UNC-G Professor of Piano and some of his top graduate students will perform. |
July 15 2018 Edwina Rooker |
David Eslek, Jazz Pianist | |
September 23 2018 Commemorating Amma D. Graham |
Kent Lyman, pianist | |
October 28 2018 Commemorating Judge Walter Clark |
The Poinsett Trio | Brahms, Beethoven, and Rachmaninoff |
November 18 2018 Commemorating Justice John Hall |
Daniel Steinert Presents | Organ, Piano, Vocal |
December 16 2018 Holiday Event |
Oakwood Waits | Double quartet in antebellum dress. A Capello Christmas carols and songs |
2019 | ||
February 17 2019 Commemorating Eugenia Williams Voorhees |
Daniel Steinert, Julia Rolwing | |
April 28 2019 Emily & Assad Meymandi Concert |
Solomon Eichner, pianist | |
May 19 2019 Commemorating Alice Vaiden Williams |
Marc Callahan, Clara Yang | Baritone and piano |
June 16 2019 (No Charge) |
Outstanding Student Concert | Timothy Jones, Pianist
Will be playing music from Beethoven, Liszt, Chopin, and Mozart. |
July 14 2019 Commemorating Edwina Rooker |
David Esleck Trio | |
September 22 2019 Commemorating Amma D. Graham |
Lyricosa String Quartet | |
October 20 2019 Commemorating Judge Walter Clark |
Joel Fan, pianist | |
November 24 2019 Commemorating Judge Walter Clark |
Daniel Steinert and three Sopranos | Performance includes a 12 year old boy Soprano. |
December 15 2019 (No Charge) |
The Oakwood Waits | a cappella seasonal songs in antebellum dress A Cherry Hill Christmas tradition |
2020 | ||
February 16 2020 Commemorating Eugenia Williams Voorhees |
String Trio, Duo | Kent Lyman, Jimmy Gilmore, Elizabeth Bellman, Elizabeth Bentford |
March 29 2020 By Invitation only |
Member's Tea | Brenda Bruce, Mark Fontaine "Chopin's Poland" |
April 19 2020 Emily & Assad Meymandi Concert |
Solomon Eichner, pianist - CANCELED | This event has been CANCELED due to the Coronavirus. |
May 24 2020 Commemorating Alice Vaiden Williams |
Clara Yang, pianist | Due to the Corona Virus, this concert has been canceled. |
July 12 2020 Edwina Rooker |
Salute to America - Canceled | Thomas Pandolfi - Canceled due to the Coronavirus rules in place in the State. |
November 1 2020 Commemorating Judge Walter Clark |
Brenda Bruce, pianist - Mark Fontaine, Historian | Chopin's Poland Indoor / Outdoor concert Distancing, Facemasks required |
2021 | ||
February 28 2021 Virtual concert |
Cherry Hill Virtual Concert | CHERRY HILL TO PRESENT VIRTUAL CONCERT
The Cherry Hill Historical Foundation will present a virtual concert on Sunday, February 28th at 3:00 PM. Daniel Steinert, pianist, and Eric McCracken, violinist, may be seen on the Cherry Hill website, www.cherryhillconcerts.com or on YouTube(https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIHbLd4a4hJKgffs3J5R6EA). Also featured will be soprano Christianna Hellwig. The program will include works by Bach, Fritz Kreisler, and Johannes Brahms as well as composers of well-known hymns and arrangements.
Dr. Daniel Steinert is celebrating three-quarters of his life-to-date leading the Church’s music, and he includes among his musical “mountaintop experiences” having the opportunity to accompany musicians playing and singing some of the greatest chamber and solo music in such a vibrant setting as Cherry Hill on more than a dozen occasions. Dr. Steinert held positions conducting orchestras and choirs at the collegiate level for fourteen years, and he is the Founding Director of the Northeast Piedont Chorale while serving as Warrenton’s Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church Organist/Choirmaster and Assistant Professor of Music at Louisburg College. Daniel’s master’s degree in Choral Conducting is from Westminster Choir College, where the late Joyce McDonald of Louisburg earned her music degree, while his D.M.A is in Orchestral Conducting from UNC-Greensboro. Dr. Steinert is the 1987 Franklin County “Artist of the Year”, and he led the Louisburg College Ensemble on performing tours in London, England, Washington, D.C. and New York City as part of their bicentennial of their founding in 1787.
Eric McCracken has been a member of the North Carolina Symphony since 1975 and last performed at Cherry Hill in 2019. He has degrees from California State University in Long Beach, CA and the Peabody Conservatory of Music. He served as assistant concertmaster of the Jackson Mississippi Symphony, concertmaster of the Durham Symphony, and acting assistant concert master of the North Carolina Symphony. He has taught in Triangle colleges and privately for many years, and has been string coach for several music organizations.
Christianna Hellwig received her BA from Thomas Edison State University in New Jersey. She has sung with both the Concert Singers of Cary and the North Carolina Master Chorale including their most recent appearances with the North Carolina Symphony. She is presently working on the creation of an opera based on Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queen. Ms. Hellwig teaches voice, violin, and beginner piano to students in the Triangle area.
Due to the ongoing pandemic, the Cherry Hill concert series has been put on hold for the past year. The board of directors, the performers, and videographer Patrick Raiford have collaborated to record a full program in the Cherry Hill plantation home of the Alston family, site of 10 annual concerts since 1982. A second virtual concert is being considered as the foundation awaits the return of in-person performances in the future. |
May 9 2021 Emily & Assad Meymandi Concert |
Jonathan Levin, Pianist | |
June 6 2021 (No Charge) |
Student Concert | Annual Student concert |
July 18 2021 Edwina Rooker |
David Esleck Trio, Jazz | |
August 29 2021 Commemorating Amma D. Graham |
Tyrone Chambers - tenor, Jonathan Levin - pianist | "American Portraits" |
October 3 2021 Commemorating Judge Walter Clark |
Rafi Basalyan - pianist | |
October 24 2021 Commemorating Justice John Hall |
Joseph Pecoraro, classical guitar | From Bach to Montaña |
2022 | ||
February 20 2022 Commemorating Eugenia Williams Voorhees |
Ensemble Aubade | Piano, Flute, Viola |
March 27 2022 Commemorating our founder, Edgar Faulcon Thorne. |
Keiko Sekino and Yukiko Sekino - pianists | |
May 8 2022 Emily & Assad Meymandi Concert |
Lyricosa String Quartet | |
May 29 2022 Commemorating Alice Vaiden Williams |
Solomon Eichner - pianist | |
July 3 2022 Edwina Rooker |
Thomas Pandolfi, Pianist | Tribute to America |
September 18 2022 Commemorating Amma D. Graham |
Kwan Yi, pianist | |
October 16 2022 Commemorating Judge Walter Clark |
Andrew Willis and Friends, Piano | |
November 20 2022 Commemorating Justice John Hall |
A Thanksgiving Celebration | Daniel Steinert & Friends |
December 11 2022 (No Charge) |
Oakwood Waits | a cappella seasonal songs in antebellum dress A Cherry Hill Christmas tradition |
2023 | ||
February 19 2023 Commemorating Eugenia Williams Voorhees |
Robert Buxton, Pianist | |
March 26 2023 Commemorating our founder, Edgar Faulcon Thorne. |
Joy Jan Jones, Soprano; Jonathan Levin, Pianist | |
April 16 2023 Emily & Assad Meymandi Concert |
Aurora Musicalis, string quartet | |
May 21 2023 Student Concert |
Kwan Yi, Keiko Sekino - piano | with three outstanding students |
June 25 2023 Commemorating Alice Vaiden Williams |
Clara Yang, pianist | |
July 9 2023 Edwina Rooker |
The David Esleck Jazz Trio |
All concerts begin at 3:00 PM. Late arrivals are requested to enter from the rear of the house.
Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for students, and children 12 and under are free.
Other events at Cherry Hill are under consideration and will be announced on this website.