New ACMC Artistic Director Sandy Yamamoto presents a program that conveys the spirit of our time, featuring music for piano trio by Amy Beach, Jessie Montgomery, Paul Schoenfeld, and Fanny Mendelssohn.
Friday night tickets are only available in advance and include drinks and light bites during a post-concert reception with the artists. Subject to availability, $12 Student Rush (with student ID), $33 General Admission, and $48 Premium tickets may be purchased at the box office starting at 6:30 PM on the evening of the Saturday night concert.
Program
Invocation for Violin and Piano, Op. 55 | Amy Beach (1867–1944)
Cafe Music | Paul Schoenfeld (b. 1947)
- Allegro
- Rubato–Andante moderato
- Presto
INTERMISSION
Peace for Cello and Piano | Jessie Montgomery (b. 1981)
Piano Trio in D Minor, Op. 11 | Fanny Mendelssohn (1805–1847)
- Allegro molto vivace
- Andante espressivo
- Lied. Allegretto
- Finale. Allegretto moderato
Sandy Yamamoto, violin | Alice Yoo, cello | Michelle Schumann, piano
Run time: This concert is approximately 60 minutes, plus one short intermission.
Sandy Yamamoto
Violinist Sandy Yamamoto has dazzled audiences in concert performances around the globe for the past three decades as a soloist and as a member of the Miró Quartet. As a member of the Quartet, she was a recipient of the Naumburg Chamber Music and Cleveland Quartet Awards, won First Prize at the Banff International String Quartet Competition, and was one of the first chamber musicians to be awarded an Avery Fisher Career Grant. She is the Associate Professor of Practice in Violin Performance at the Butler School of Music at UT-Austin and was the recipient of the 2016 Butler School of Music Teaching Excellence Award. In the summers, she teaches at the Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival in Vermont. This season, Ms. Yamamoto is serving as co-concertmaster of the San Antonio Philharmonic at the invitation of their new Musical Director, Jeffrey Kahane. She is also very excited to start her new position with ACMC as their new Artistic Director.
Alice Yoo
Cellist Alice Yoo has warmly been hailed for her sensitive musicianship, expressive nuance, and passionate commitment to chamber music and teaching. Yoo is the co-founder and Co-Artistic Director of the Denver Chamber Music Festival, celebrating its 5th season, that features the world’s most celebrated chamber musicians in thematic, world-class chamber music summer concerts all around the city. Festival appearances include the Marlboro/Musicians from Marlboro Tours, Ravinia, Yellow Barn, VIVO, Olympic, and Moab Music Festivals. A sought after chamber musician, Yoo has collaborated with artists such as James Ehnes, Itzhak Perlman, Mitsuko Uchida, Pamela Frank, Kim Kashkashian, Midori Goto, Jonathan Biss, and members of the Cleveland, Guarneri, Takács, and Juilliard Quartets. She has worked closely with composers Sophia Gubaidulina, Jennifer Hidgon, Andy Akiho, Samuel Carl Adams, and John Harbison. Yoo is currently on the string faculty at the University of Denver’s Lamont School of Music. Former teaching positions include Colorado State University, CU-Boulder College of Music, and Bard Conservatory’s Preparatory Division. From 2012–2014, Yoo was a member of Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble Connect.
Michelle Schumann
Hailed for her “sensitive, flexible, and tempestuous dexterity” (Fanfare Magazine), pianist Michelle Schumann has built a reputation for evocative and moving performances. Michelle served as Artistic Director of the Austin Chamber Music Center 2006–2024, “fearlessly expanding our definition of chamber music” (Austin-American Statesman). Her brand of performance includes an enthusiastic interplay with audiences, bringing diverse music together under a narrative blanket. She was named “Best Classical Musician” in the Best of Austin 2019 Readers Poll by the Austin Chronicle.
Schumann is Professor of Piano at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor. She received a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Texas at Austin and additionally holds a Performance Diploma from the Vienna Conservatory.