Family-Friendly
Classical Music at the Dover Library on October 19
On Saturday morning, October 19 at 11am, the
Dover Public Library will host the fifth in a series of free classical music
concerts for families, featuring live performances of well-known musical masterpieces.
This month’s concert will feature seasonal music, evoking both autumn and
Halloween themes, by French and Japanese composers such as Ravel, Dukas,
Satie, Taki, and Okano. Performing will be Sally Wituszynski on
viola, Jeff Wituszynski on bassoon, Naho
Bessho on piano, and vocalist Yuka Cass. The concert’s length is just 40-45 minutes, so
that children may attend and enjoy the music too. The performers’ goal
is to encourage classical music appreciation among all ages.
Sally
Wituszynski earned a Bachelor of Music degree in Viola Performance from the New
England Conservatory of Music. She has also completed
a Master’s degree in Music Education from UNH. Sally has played in many
ensembles, including the Vermont Symphony, the Hanover Handel Society, the
Granite State Symphony, and the New Hampshire Philharmonic, and she is an
active freelance performer throughout New England. Next season she will be the
principal violist for the Lakes Region Symphony Orchestra. She recently
completed her twentieth year as Berwick Academy’s Orchestra Director. Sally
currently teaches strings at Berwick Academy, Tri-City Christian Academy, and
at her home studio, and she is the Master Teacher for the UNH String Project.
Jeff Wituszynski began
playing the bassoon at age thirteen. Although he majored in mechanicalengineering,
he continued to play in the University of Rochester’s Symphony Orchestra and
took bassoon lessons at the Eastman School of Music. A versatile
multi-instrumentalist, Jeff has played tenor sax in the Good Mem’ries Swing
band for the past four years. He often plays electric bass in church, various
woodwinds in the pit orchestra for musicals at Berwick Academy, and bassoon in
the orchestra accompanying the Granite State Choral Society.
Naho Bessho, concert organizer, was born in Japan and is now a
concert pianist in Dover. At age 19 she won the highest award at the Japan
Classical Music Competition. She graduated from Aichi Prefectural University of
Fine Arts and Music with a Master of Music degree. She has played with Krakow Philharmonic
Orchestra in Poland, and in 2001 won 2nd prize at Yangtze-River-Cup
International Competition in Osaka. She came to the US in 2002, graduating from
Boston University with a Performance Diploma in 2006. She has given many piano
recitals throughout New England. In 2010, she released her first CD,
"Invitation", and this April she released her second CD “Spianato”. She gives private lessons in Dover, NH.
Yuka Cass was born in
Japan and joined the Wakayama Children's Choir in 1985 at the age of
seven. She
performed
as a soloist with them on tours of Europe in 1990 and America in 1993, as well
as singing at various events and festivals throughout western Japan. She
majored in Vocal Performance at Osaka Music College and was ranked among top 10
performers in her graduating class.
After college she headed her own vocal group, and performed throughout
the Osaka region.
Please join us at the Dover Public
Library for this wonderful opportunity to enjoy, listen, and learn more about
classical music! For further information, call the library at 603-516-6050.
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