Key to Change – Past Concerts

Weekend competition for middle & high school violin & viola players. Prizes include scholarship money, gift certificates, & music supplies.

Weekend competition for middle & high school violin & viola players. Prizes include scholarship money, gift certificates, & music supplies.

Key to Change violin & viola students will perform during this festive holiday concert.

Key to Change violin & viola students will perform during this festive holiday concert.

Robert Schumann – Overture to Hermann und Dorothea, Op.136
Maurice Ravel – Introduction and Allegro for harp, flute, clarinet, & string quartet
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges – Sinfonie Concertante in G major, Op. 13, No. 2
Maurice Ravel, arr. David Alexander Rahbee – Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn
Franz Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 82 in C major, Hob. I:82 "L’ours" ("Bear")

Bruce Stark – The Vigor of Hope (brass fanfare) (Seattle premiere)
Camille Saint-Saëns – Selections from Carnival of the Animals
Edvard Grieg – "Morning Mood" & "In the Hall of the Mountain King" from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46
Gioachino Rossini – Overture to Il barbiere di Siviglia ("The Barber of Seville")
Gustav Holst – "Jig" from St. Paul's Suite in C major, Op. 29, No. 2
Antonio Vivaldi – Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 3, No. 6, RV 356
Ferdinand Hérold – Overture to Zampa
Georges Bizet – "IV. Farandole" from L'Arlésienne Suite No. 2

Masterclass with Dr. Nicole Cherry, Assistant Professor of Violin at The University of Texas at San Antonio & violinist with the Marian Anderson String Quartet.

Key to Change's first in-person concert in almost 2 years features the music of composer-in-residence Caleb Vaughn-Jones.

Masterclass with celebrated violinist Rachel Barton Pine.

Key to Change's virtual spring concert, featuring over 20 student performances. Show your support as you tune in for an afternoon of terrific student performances.

41 underserved student musicians from South King Country, WA perform & compete for prizes, college scholarships, & an opportunity to perform live on Classical King FM 98.1.

Key to Change studio students perform original compositions for violin & viola by Composer in Residence Caleb Vaughn-Jones.

Wide-ranging music by the Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Johannes Brahms, Richard Strauss, and William Grant Still.

Violin and viola students from the South King County Area showcase their talent as part of the inaugural Key to Change solo string festival.

An afternoon of classical music performed by Key to Change director Quinton Morris with talented guest musicians.

Key to Change students perform in a holiday-themed recital celebrating the culmination of Fall Semester lessons.