>Isabel Park of Ridgewood,selected for JCC Thurnauer School of Music Master Class
JCC Thurnauer School of Music Announces Selected Students For Master Class
The JCC Thurnauer School of Music, recently named a Major Arts Institution by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, is pleased to announce the violin students selected to perform in a master class with New York Philharmonic concertmaster Glenn Dicterow on Sunday, April 10 from 2 to 5 p.m.
The class, open to anyone who would like to attend, will take place in the school’s Eric Brown Theater, located within the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades (411 East Clinton Avenue, Tenafly). The suggested donation to attend the class is $10, payable at the door.
The students (participants and honorable mention), selected by a panel of distinguished musicians and music educators, come from eight of the more than 50 municipalities in New York and New Jersey represented by the Thurnauer student body.
Selected student participants are Ari Boutris (New York, N.Y.); Stephanie Xu (Closter, N.J.); Mia Park (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.); Isabel Park (Ridgewood, N.J.); Amanda Chao and Andrew Yohann Kim (Tenafly); and Lucia Nowik (Warren, N.J.). Students chosen for Honorable Mention are Emily Chen and June Lee (Closter); Rachelle Huh (Demarest, N.J.); Dylan Hamme (Leonia, N.J.); and Sanford Whatley (Tenafly).
The master class is part of the music school’s Sylvia & Jacob Handler Master Class Series, and is the third and final class of the 2010-2011 Season. In January, the school welcomed New York Philharmonic cellist Eric Bartlett, and in March Philharmonic pianist (and music school parent) Jonathan Feldman.
The master class will mark Mr. Dicterow’s second appearance with Thurnauer School of Music students this year. On February 9, he performed the “Theme from Schindler’s List” as soloist with the Thurnauer Symphony Orchestra at the music school’s 2011 Gift of Music Gala Benefit Concert at the Bergen Performing Arts Center. The evening, which featured 10 musicians from the Philharmonic including music school parents Sheryl Staples (principal associate concertmaster), Judith LeClair (principal bassoon) and Mr. Feldman, raised nearly $100,000 in support of music education at the school.
