Texas Two-Stepping to a Better World: A Celebration of Citizen Diplomacy
Tuesday September 19th, 2017, 12PM to 1PM
Texas State Capitol Building (Rotunda, 1st floor)
1100 Congress Ave, Austin, Texas 78701
CMFW Chamber Ensemble will perform at the Texas State Capital’s main floor rotunda as a Community Partner for the Diplomacy Begins Here summit event, Texas Two-Stepping to a Better World: A Celebration of Citizen Diplomacy. This event is part of celebrating the United Nations International Peace Day.
CMFW Young Music Ambassadors and adult musicians will play together under the instruction of Dr. Eugene Gratovich, the Associate Concert Master of Austin Symphony Orchestra and a former professor in UT, Austin.
CMFW continually looks forward to bringing beautiful music to the world that promotes peace and good will.
For more information about this global summit event, please visit https://www.globalaustin.org/summit-2017.
For information about other events that celebrate global peace, visit http://www.peacedayaustin.org/, http://internationaldayofpeace.org/, and http://www.un.org/en/events/peaceday/.
Program
Divertimento in D major, K. 136 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
- Allegro
- Andante
III. Presto
Concerto “Alla Rustica” in G Major, RV 151 by Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
- Presto
- Adagio
III. Allegro
Concerto No. 1 in E major, Op. 8, RV 269, “Spring” (La primavera) from The Four Season
by Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) – solo, Eugene Gratovich
- Allegro
III. Allegro pastorale
Pizzicato Polka by Joseph & Johann Strauss II (composed in 1869)
CMFW Chamber Ensemble musicians:
1st Violin: Eugene Gratovich, Nick Hammel (LASA High School), Jenny Cha
2nd Violin: Younnie Wall, Gelsomina Min-Hur Meglino (Westlake High School)
Viola: Mi-Kyung Choi, Chet Fagerstrom (LASA High School)
Cello: Sage Lee (LASA High School), Daniel Hur Meglino (Hill Country Middle School)