Poulenc, Bernstein, and Handel

Poulenc, Bernstein, and Handel is a complimentary Curtis student recital showcasing chamber music and works for strings, piano, and winds. The program features Poulenc’s *Sextet*, music by Bonds, Bernstein, Mozart, Handel, Edgar Meyer, and Grieg, with an intermission before the Handel sonata and the works that follow.

The performance is part of the Curtis Recital Series, which presents more than 100 recitals each year and reflects Curtis’s performance-centered educational approach.

When: November 18, 2026

Showtime: 7:30 p.m.

Venue: Curtis Institute of Music, Field Concert Hall

Tickets: Free. Admission is complimentary, but advance ticket registration is required.

Program: Francis Poulenc’s *Sextet* opens the recital, followed by Margaret Bonds’s *Three Dream Portraits*, Leonard Bernstein’s “Somewhere” from *West Side Story*, and Mozart’s *Sonata in E minor, K. 304*. After intermission, the program continues with Handel’s *Sonata in E major, HWV 373*, Edgar Meyer’s *Without Express Intention/Great Green Sea Snake*, and Grieg’s *Sonata No. 3 in C minor, Op. 45*.

Performers: Emily DeNucci, flute; Izaiah Cheeran, oboe; Tzu-Yi Yu, clarinet; Ella Jackson, bassoon; Elizabeth Crafton, horn; Eunseo Yoo, piano; Devin O’Brien, double bass; Thomas Weaver, piano; Maggie Carter, double bass; Huei-Chiao Christina Yang, violin; and Delvan Lin, piano. Thomas Weaver is a Curtis staff pianist.

Artist assignments: DeNucci, Cheeran, Yu, Jackson, Crafton, and Yoo perform Poulenc’s *Sextet*. O’Brien and Weaver perform the Bonds, Bernstein, and Mozart selections. Carter and Weaver perform the Handel and Meyer works, while Yang and Lin perform the Grieg sonata.

Student artists: Maggie Carter, a double-bass student from Portland, Oregon, studies with Edgar Meyer and Hal Robinson and entered Curtis in 2024 as the Samuel and Sarah Fuchs Fellow. Izaiah Cheeran, an oboe student from Apple Valley, Minnesota, studies with Katherine Needleman and Philippe Tondre and entered in 2022 as a John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Fellow. Elizabeth Crafton, a horn student from Savannah, Georgia, studies with Jeffrey Lang and Jennifer Montone and entered in 2023 as a Robert Montgomery Scott Fellow.

Emily DeNucci, a flute student from Somers, Connecticut, studies with Jeffrey Khaner and Chelsea Knox and entered in 2022 as a Gerry and Marguerite Lenfest Fellow. Ella Jackson, a bassoon student from Houston, studies with Julia Harguindey and Daniel Matsukawa and entered in 2024 as the William Curtis Bok Bassoon Fellow. Delvan Lin, a pianist from Auckland, New Zealand, is the Eleanor and Vladimir Sokoloff Fellow in Piano Chamber Music and first entered Curtis in 2023.

Devin O’Brien, a double-bass student from Atlanta, studies with Edgar Meyer and Hal Robinson and entered in 2024 as the Thomas and Patricia Vernon Fellow. Huei-Chiao Christina Yang, a violinist from Taipei, Taiwan, studies with Ida Kavafian and Pamela Frank and entered in 2022 as the Elaine W. Camarda and A. Morris Williams Jr. Fellow. Eunseo Yoo, a pianist from Seoul, studies with Robert McDonald and entered in 2022 as the Edna Harkness Fellow. Tzu-Yi Yu, a clarinet student from Taoyuan City, Taiwan, studies with Anthony McGill and YaoGuang Zhai and entered in 2022 as the Valerija and Ladislaus Medveckis Fellow.

Intermission: The recital includes an intermission after Mozart’s *Sonata in E minor, K. 304*.

Note: The performance program may be changed or canceled at the last minute.