University of Puget Sound Jacobsen Series: Maria Sampen, violin, & Xiaohui Yang, piano

• Maria Sampen, violin
• Xiaohui Yang, piano

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Violin Sonata in C major, K. 303
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor — Suite for Violin and Piano, Op. 3 (No. 1: Pastorale)
Maurice Ravel — Tzigane
Amy Beach — Violin Sonata in A minor, Op. 34

This Jacobsen Series faculty recital features Maria Sampen, violin; and Xiaohui Yang, piano, performing old favorites and new gems for violin. Works performed will include Mozart's Sonata in C major, K. 303; Samuel Coleridge Taylor’s Suite de Piéces, Op. 3, No. 1; Maurice Ravel's Tzigane; and Amy Beach’s Violin Sonata, Op. 34.

All are invited to a reception following the program hosted by the SAI international music fraternity.

Tickets: $20, general; $15 sr. citizen; military, Puget Sound faculty, staff and Community Music participants.

Admission is free for current Puget Sound and K-12 students. Please obtain a complimentary ticket and show your student ID at the door.

COVID-19 Protocols: All in-person event attendees must be vaccinated and are required to follow safety protocols announced by the event sponsor, such as masking and registration or ticketing requirements. We look forward to welcoming all guests, including children and other unvaccinated individuals, back to campus soon. For more information, visit pugetsound.edu/coronavirus.

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About University of Puget Sound Jacobsen Series

Named in honor of Leonard Jacobsen, former chair of the piano department at Puget Sound, the Jacobsen Professional Artist Series was established in 1984 and features School of Music faculty and their guests. Ticket sales support the Jacobsen Series Scholarship Fund, which awards annual music scholarships to an outstanding member of Sigma Alpha Iota, international music fraternity.

https://www.pugetsound.edu/events/lecture-performance-series/jacobsen-concert-series

About University of Puget Sound School of Music

http://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/departments-and-programs/undergraduate/music/

About Maria Sampen, violin

Maria Sampen is the University of Puget Sound School of Music's professor of violin and chair of the string department. With extensive experience as a soloist and chamber performer, Sampen teaches a talented studio of Puget Sound students. Her students are frequent winners of various competitions at the local and regional levels.

https://www.pugetsound.edu/faculty-pages/msampen/?subject=Maria%20Sampen,%20violinist

About Xiaohui Yang, piano

Chinese pianist Xiaohui Yang, a winner of the 2017 Naumburg International Piano Competition has been hailed by the press as a "tastefully polished musician" (Haaretz, Israel) and “a magician of sound and virtuosity” (La Libre, Belgium). She has been featured in performances throughout four continents, including in venues such as Carnegie Hall, Ozawa Hall, New Jersey
Performing Arts Center, Tel Aviv Museum of Art and the Seoul Arts Center.

Ms. Yang is a graduate of Curtis Institute of Music, she earned her master’s degree at The Juilliard School and currently is a Doctor of Musical Arts candidate at the Peabody Conservatory.

Before moving to the United States, Ms. Yang studied at the Attached Music School of Shenyang Conservatory of Music with Danwen Wei, Xianwei Cheng and Rosemary Platt.

https://www.xiaohui-yang.com/