This time we wanted to let you know about an upcoming benefit concert by the The Golden Gate Philharmonic (GGP).
The GGP started in 1984 as an after-school enrichment program at San Francisco’s public middle schools, with the goal of fostering orchestral talent in its inner-city community.
Its program has received national recognition and boasts a solid record of achievement in both musical excellence and outreach.
The common goal of performing challenging music enables youngsters to overcome background differences and to open exciting new horizons to all.
Through this experience they learn respect for one another and discover individual strengths hitherto unknown. Many lives have been changed through the power of music!
The GGP has become an essential part of these inner city kids' afterschool community. The group is open to all, regardless of socio-economic background or race, starting with beginners in the 'cadet' orchestra and offering more advanced studies in GGP "Camerata" orchestra.
When: Sunday March 4th
Time: 3pm
Where: MAIN POST CHAPEL, Presidio, Fisher Loop (above the officer's club on the hill).
Perfomers are Eileen Blum-Bourgade (GGP faculty), Carlin Ma, piano, Lea Bourgade (12, violinist) Tristan Bourgade (9, cello) and a student quartet performing Dvorak.
Programm:
Tartini "Devil's Trill" Sonata,
Beethoven: Sonata for violin and piano in c minor
show pieces by Kreisler, Wieniawski, Sarasate, Dinicu/Heifetz and John Williams
Suggested contribution is $20/adult and $10/students. The program will be followed by a small reception.
About Eileen:
Growing up in the Bay area, Eileen performed as solo with orchestra in Mozart’s Concertos, Wieniawski and Vieuxtemps Concertos and performed in the master classes of the late Josef Gingold, Franco Gulli, Nathan Milstein (Zurich), Henryk Szeryng (Geneva) and Isaac Stern. At age 19, Eileen was invited to compete at the International Paganini violin competition in Genoa, Italy where she was a semi finalist.
After finishing her BA at Stanford University, she moved to Manhattan where she earned her MM, Masters in Music at MSM as a student of Mitchell Stern, Glen Dicterow, and Naoko Tanaka (with Dorothy Delay) at the Julliard School.
In New York, she performed with the Trio Céleste, which performed throughout the New York Metro area and was first violin in the American Symphony Orchestra, with concerts at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall.
In Paris, she studied at CNSMP and performed regular recitals in the Paris region.
In San Francisco, Eileen performs regularly as a chamber musician and is on the faculty of the Golden Gate Philharmonic, while raising her budding musicians, Léa, Tristan, Julien (5) and Benjamin (14 months).
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