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Yuti Chang

A.W.Duo is James Waldo and Alyona Aksyonova Waldo.

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March 12 and April 2 - "Piano Plus!"

Grace Church acquired a new Kawai grand piano in late 2021 thanks to a generous gift in memory of Grace parishioner Benjamin Webster, and a grant from the Carpenter Foundation. To celebrate this occasion, these two programs will feature chamber music duos for piano plus another instrument.

March 12 - 12pm - James and Alyona Waldo began performing together as the A.W.Duo in 2011 after connecting musically as graduate students at Mannes College in New York City. A.W.Duo has toured the United States annually, performing at chamber music series, festivals, colleges, and other community venues. The duo gave their debut concert tour of northeast China in 2017, and holds plans to return for a second tour when pandemic conditions allow it. While living in New York City, the duo co-founded the Listen Closely Chamber Music Collective, organizing free chamber music performances at community-friendly locations around uptown Manhattan. The duo independently released a recording of Rachmaninoff’s Sonata for Cello and Piano in 2013, and gave performances of Beethoven’s complete cycle of works for cello and piano in New York City and Columbia, SC in 2015. 

Program detail

Fratres for cello and piano  - Arvo Pärt (b. 1935)

“Prayer” From Jewish Life B. 54 - Ernest Bloch (1880 – 1959)

Peace  - Jessie Montgomery (b. 1981)

Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor, Op. 65 - Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)

April 2 - 12pm - Iva Ugrcic/Satoko Hayami Duo - piano/flute

program details coming soon!