Atlanta Chamber Players: Winter Concert featuring Schubert's "Cello" String Quintet
$20 ($15 seniors ages 65+/FPC member, $10 senior member, students with ID free)
- David Coucheron, violin
- Helen Hwaya Kim, violin
- Catherine Lynn, viola
- Rainer Eudeikis, cello
- Brad Ritchie, cello
- Alcides Rodriguez, clarinet
- Elizabeth Pridgen, piano
Dmitri Shostakovich — Five pieces for two violins and piano
Sergei Prokofiev — Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op. 34
Franz Schubert — String Quintet in C major, D. 956, Op. posth. 163 "Cello Quintet"
The Atlanta Chamber Players are thrilled to return to the beauty of Peachtree Road United Methodist Church where a highlight of this program will be Franz Schubert’s String Quintet in C major (“Cello Quintet”). This String Quintet, written in 1828, will feature the incredible musicianship of Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Concertmaster David Coucheron, Helen Hwaya Kim, Catherine Lynn, Rainer Eudeikis, and Brad Ritchie. To round out the program, ACP Artistic Director Elizabeth Pridgen and clarinetist Alcides Rodgriguez will be featured on the unique instrumentation of Prokofiev’s Overture on Hebrew Themes.
Please note that to ensure the health and safety of all patrons, musicians, staff, and volunteers, the ACP will continue to follow all current local, state, and federal COVID-19 recommendations and protocols and will utilize trusted mitigation practices. Many of our events will be recorded or livestreamed, and while the ACP will make every possible effort to conduct all events in-person, we do reserve the right to conduct performances exclusively virtually should local health risks warrant. Specific COVID-19 protocols and procedures will be communicated well in advance and available on our website.
About David Coucheron, violin
About Helen Hwaya Kim, violin
Helen Hwaya Kim joined the music faculty in 2006 at Kennesaw State University with a stellar performance background. She made her orchestral debut with the Calgary Philharmonic at the age of six, and has gone on to become a respected and sought-after artist. She has appeared as a soloist with the Boston Pops at Boston's Symphony Hall, as well as with the Milwaukee and Atlanta Symphony Orchestras.
Ms. Kim earned her Bachelor and Master's Degree from the Juilliard School, where her teachers included Cho-Liang Lin and Dorothy DeLay. While at Juilliard, she served as Concertmaster of the Juilliard Orchestra and was the winner of the Juilliard Concerto Competition at both the Pre–College and College levels. She is the recipient of more than one hundred national and international awards. She won the prestigious Artists International Competition in New York and, as a result, gave debut recitals at Carnegie Weill Hall and the Aspen Summer Music Festival.
A native of Canada, Ms. Kim has been engaged by many of Canada's leading orchestras, including the National Arts Center Orchestra, Montreal Metropolitan Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony, Calgary Philharmonic, McGill Chamber Orchestra, and the Windsor, Regina, Victoria and Prince George Symphonies. She has also appeared with the DeKalb, New Orleans, Aspen, and Banff Festival Orchestras, and with orchestras in the United Kingdom, Germany, and Poland.
https://facultyweb.kennesaw.edu/hkim14/index.php