Pianist Grace Kim in Solo Concert March 22

CHESTERTOWN, MD—Pianist Grace Eun Hae Kim will perform a solo recital on Tuesday, March 22, at 8 p.m. in Decker Theatre, Gibson Center for the Arts at Washington College. The program, which is free and open to the public, will feature works by Scarlatti, Beethoven, Chopin, and Rachmaninoff.

A lecturer in music at Washington College, Grace Kim has performed extensively as recitalist and chamber musician throughout the United States, South Korea, Germany, and South Africa. Her performance of the Brahms C minor piano trio was broadcast on Maryland Public Television.

She is the winner of numerous top prizes in major international piano competitions, and her performances have been reviewed as “hypnotic from the first to the last note” (Die Rheinpfalz) and “provocative, lustrous and rich with emotional contrasts” (The Washington Post). For more information, please visit the artist’s website: www.pianist-gracekim.com.

Founded in 1782 under the patronage of George Washington, Washington College is a private, independent college of liberal arts and sciences. The campus is located at 300 Washington Avenue in colonial Chestertown on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. For more information: www.washcoll.edu.

Pianist Valenti Performs Friday for Washington College Concert Series

CHESTERTOWN—Accomplished Chicago-based pianist Mark Valenti will perform Friday evening, March 4, at 8 o’clock as part of the Washington College Concert Series. His performance will take place in Decker Theatre, Gibson Center for the Arts, on the College campus, 300 Washington Avenue. The program will include pieces by Aaron Copland and Jon Fisher, along with Debussy’s Estampes and Beethoven’s Sonata no. 28 in A Major, op. 101.

Valenti holds a bachelor of music degree from the Philadelphia Musical Academy and a master of music degree from Northwestern University and has studied with Benjamin Whitten, Zoltan Kocsis and Mary Sauer. Formerly Professor of Music at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Xavier University in Chicago and the Loire Valley Music Institute in France, he now teaches at his private studio in Chicago.

He has soloed in cities throughout the U.S. and has performed in France, Belgium, Hungary and Luxembourg. He also has worked extensively in jazz, including performances with Gregory Hines, Frank Foster and Al Grey. For more: http://www.markvalenti.com/

Tickets, available at the door, are $15 for adults and $5 for youth ages 18 and under. Washington College students are admitted free with a valid ID.