A 'farewell'
concert
Thursday, May 12,
2005
WAYLAND - Katie Wang, a senior at Wayland
High School, will give a "farewell" concert featuring solo performances on
both piano and Chinese dulcimer on Saturday, May 14 at 7:30 p.m. in
Wayland High School's Little Theater, 264 Old Connecticut Path, Wayland.
The concert is free and open to the public, and is Wang's graduation
"thank you" to her friends, colleagues and mentors in eastern
Massachusetts.
The
program will begin with piano works by Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Beethoven and
Liszt.
"I am
confident of Katie's command of these demanding pieces," says Inga Magid
of Lexington, Wang's piano teacher for the last three years. "She has an
artist's feel for the music, and the technical mastery to bring that
feeling to the audience. The audience will love her performance!"
Wang
will then play a selection of traditional pieces for the Chinese hammered
dulcimer, closing with a Mozart piece arranged by her dulcimer instructor,
Mr. Zhentian Zhang.
"Mr.
Zhang has been very supportive of me as a musician," Wang says. "Without
that unwavering support, I could not have reached my goal of being able to
give a solo concert."
Wang's
musical studies began with the piano, then expanded to include the violin,
Chinese hammered dulcimer and Chinese lute (pipa). She is an award-winning
pianist, a first-chair violinist in the Wayland High School orchestra, and
an award-winning dulcimer player.
Wang
is section leader in the Greater Boston Chinese Cultural Association's
Chinese Music Ensemble, and has recorded two CDs on dulcimer, one of solo
music, and one of duets. She has performed in the New England
Conservatory's Jordan Hall as well as MIT's Kresge Auditorium, and gives
frequent dulcimer demonstrations.
At
Wayland High School, she is a member of the National Honor Society, the
school orchestra and the varsity girls lacrosse team. She is also a
teaching assistant at the Lexington Chinese School in the bilingual
preschool class, and tutors violin for beginners from elementary schools
in Wayland.
Wang
will attend Stanford University in the fall.
Her
final piano solo performance in the Boston area will be May 22, when she
will perform the beautiful and technically challenging "Ricordanza" by
Franz Liszt at the annual spring recital for Inga Magid's private students
in Lexington. For performance time, location and directions, visit the Web
site "www.keys-for-kids.com" or call 781-274-9729. |
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