2017 Young Artists Concert
featuring winners of the Concerto Competition

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November 11, 2017,  7:00 p.m.
Germantown Performing Arts Center

Symphony in B minor, D. 759 ~ Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
I. Allegro moderato
II. Andante con moto

Symphonie Espagnole, Op. 21 ~ Edouard Lalo (1823-1892)
I. Allegro non troppo
Clayton Hancock, violin

~Intermission~

Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 ~ Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
I. Moderato
Julia Evans, piano

Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21 ~ Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
I. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio
II. Andante cantabile con moto
III. Menuetto Allegro molto e vivace
IV. Adagio - Allegro molto e vivace

Clayton Hancock, violin

Clayton Hancock currently resides in Memphis and performs in concerts and recitals around the United States.  At age four he began playing the violin, studying with his father who is trained in the Suzuki Method.  Clay has had great success at local and national competitions, and this summer he will travel to Europe to perform the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto nine times while on tour with the International Youth Symphony Orchestra.  His repertoire includes most of the major violin concerti and a special focus on the unaccompanied works of Bach.  Clay began studying with international soloist Christina Castelli in 2012 and has performed in masterclasses for Midori, Tomo Keller, and Annie Fullard.  His past summer festivals have included Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, Interlochen Arts Camp, and The Meadowmount School of Music.  When not playing the violin, Clay enjoys church activities, fishing, and photography.

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Julia Evans, piano

Julia Evans, a pianist from Eads, Tennessee, is a home-schooled high school senior. Beginning her piano training at age eight, Julia studied with Judith Fairchild four of the past six years and has been a student of Lisa Fairchild for two years. Julia was a Finalist in the Fryderyk Chopin Society International Piano Competition (Corpus Christi, TX) in 2014 and was Runner-up in her grade of the 2013 Tennessee Music Teachers Associate (TMTA). Junior Piano Competitions. Julia has been singing since she was a young child and also plays the organ and clarinet. Julia is very active in the Arlington, TN Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, where she serves in various youth group leadership roles and is a chorister.  Julia has performed in her homeschool group’s annual Shakespeare plays and has been the accompanist for the Lumen Christi Schola Cantorum Choir.

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