Sunny skies and warmer temperatures accompanied the Melville Library’s first concert of the Spring 2026 semester. Professor Jennifer Frautschi’s violin students entertained seated listeners and passersby with a joyful assortment of repertory for solo and chamber ensembles.
Violinist Shiqi Yang, with pianist Changyue Liu, performed two movements from César Franck’s Sonata in A major. The Velaris String Quartet performed first movements of Ludwig Van Beethoven’s Quartet Op. 18, No.4 in C Minor, and Maurice Ravel’s String Quartet in F Major. Its members are: Hanna Park and Seeun Baek, violins ; Aidan Garrison, viola ; and Hyunah Lee, violoncello.Aram Khachaturian’s Trio for Clarinet, Violin and Piano was performed by Guilherme Batalha, clarinet ; Da Young (Rachel) Lim, violin ; and Kevin Kyaw, piano.Avery Morris concluded the program with her performance of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Partita in D Minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1004.
Our thanks to Professor Frautschi for coordinating the program; to all of the performers; to Tom Malenich, the Music Department’s piano technician; and to Caterina Reed-Araujo, Madison Jacobellis, Susan Connelly, Christine Fena, Chris Kretz, and Victor Santiago for their much appreciated assistance in setting up and breaking down the concert space.
