Cooke Noontime Series: Three Graces

• Alice Y Hong, violin
• Charae Krueger, cello
• Julie Coucheron, piano

Three of Atlanta’s favorite musicians, Julie Coucheron, piano, Charae Krueger, cello, and Alice Hong, violin, join forces for Mendelssohn's Trio in D minor and more.

This event is part of the Cooke Noontime Concert series, which presents free lunchtime concerts on the campus of Emory University.

About Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta

Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta is the Southeast’s largest and most active chamber music organization brings together some of the city's finest resident musicians with internationally-known performers who are dedicated to performing the most delightful, exciting, and interesting music from the chamber repertoire in some of the most acoustically and visually beautiful spaces in Atlanta.

About Alice Y Hong, violin

Currently based in Atlanta, Georgia, Alice Hong is an international award-winner both as a violinist and composer. She was featured on CBC's 2018 edition of "30 Hot Classical Musicians Under 30" and has appeared as a composer-performer for the Atlanta Symphony’s Conversation of Note series with Robert Spano.

As a violinist, Alice has toured with Lincoln Center Stage, with which she has performed in 28 countries, and has performed in the violin sections of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic and The Atlanta Opera, among others. In the summer, she performs as a section violinist of the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra. Alice has also performed her own compositions at venues and events such as the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, Spoleto Festival USA, and Heifetz on Tour. As an avid chamber musician, Alice has performed alongside esteemed musicians such as James Ehnes, Frans Helmerson, Mihaela Martin, Jonathan Crow, New Orford String Quartet, and Barry Shiffman, among others. Her performances have been featured on CBC Radio, WABE 90.1 Atlanta, and WSMR 89.9 Tampa.

Alice earned her Doctorate of Musical Arts at the University of Toronto, as well as a Master of Music degree from Rice University's Shepherd School of Music as a Dorothy R. Starling Foundation Scholar studying and a Bachelor of Music degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music.

About Charae Krueger, cello

https://facultyweb.kennesaw.edu/ckruege1/index.php

About Julie Coucheron, piano

https://davidandjuliecoucheron.com/