Noah Lee – Heights Student to Perform

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Bravura Philharmonic Orchestra Spring Concert

“A Concerto Extravaganza!” – May 22, 2011

Featuring Cellist Noah Lee of Heights Elementary School, Oakland, NJ

Chiu-Tze Lin, Music Director and Conductor

For its fourth season’s finale, the award-winning Bravura Philharmonic Orchestra will present “A Concerto Extravaganza!” on Sunday, May 22, 2011 at 7 pm, at the Princeton Alliance Church on 20 Schalks Crossing Road, Plainsboro, NJ, 08536, at the intersection with Scudders Mill Road in Plainsboro.

This concert will be conducted by its director, Chiu-Tze Lin. It will feature winners of the 2011 Young Artists Concerto Competition sponsored by the Bravura Philharmonic Orchestra. They are cellist Noah Lee, flutist Jessica Hu, and pianists Kevin Kong and Penny Luan. These young soloists were selected among a group of 45 contestants who came from all across New Jersey to participate in the competition held in February.

noahleeTen-year-old cellist Noah Lee is a fifth grader at Heights Elementary School in Oakland, NJ. He started playing the cello at age 8 under the tutelage of his mother, Soo Lee. After two years of study, he was accepted into the Juilliard School Pre-College Division, studying with Clara Kim. Noah was the first place winner in the 2009 New York Music Competition, a prize winner in the 2010 New York International Music Competition, and the first place winner at the 2010 NJ American Strings Teachers Association Solo Competition. Noah has performed in Master Classes for world-renowned cellists such as Steven Isserlis and Fred Sherry. Noah has performed at the Weill Recital Hall of Carnegie Hall, Eric Brown Theater and the Promise Theater. Noah will perform the third movement of the Saint-Saens Cello Concerto in A minor.
The orchestra will also perform the “Classical Symphony” by the contemporary Russian Composer, Sergei Prokofiev. It was his first symphony, a four-movement composition which emulates the style of Haydn. Prokofiev wrote the symphony on a holiday in the country, and it has remained one of his most-beloved orchestral works.

General admission prices are $15, $12 for seniors and students. Premium seating is available at $25 each. Advance tickets are $12, and can be obtained online via www.bravuraphil.org, emailing bravura.orchestra@gmail.com, or calling (609) 790-9559, (732)792-2070. Further information regarding the orchestra can be found at www.bravuraphil.org.