Student Recital
This Curtis Recital Series performance showcases the work of Curtis Institute students in a program spanning Poulenc, Bonds, Bernstein, Mozart, Handel, Edgar Meyer, and Grieg. The concert reflects Curtis’s learn-by-doing approach and features chamber music and instrumental collaborations involving flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, piano, double bass, and violin. The program includes an intermission.
When: November 18, 2026, at 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Curtis Institute of Music, Field Concert Hall.
Tickets: Free. Admission is complimentary, but advance ticket registration is required.
Program: Poulenc’s *Sextet*, performed by Emily DeNucci, Izaiah Cheeran, Tzu-Yi Yu, Ella Jackson, Elizabeth Crafton, and Eunseo Yoo; Bonds’s *Three Dream Portraits*, performed by Devin O’Brien and Thomas Weaver; Bernstein’s “Somewhere” from *West Side Story*, performed by Devin O’Brien and Thomas Weaver; Mozart’s *Sonata in E minor, K. 304*, performed by Devin O’Brien and Thomas Weaver; Handel’s *Sonata in E major, HWV 373*, performed by Maggie Carter and Thomas Weaver; Edgar Meyer’s *Without Express Intention/Great Green Sea Snake*, performed by Maggie Carter and Thomas Weaver; and Grieg’s *Sonata No. 3 in C minor, Op. 45*, performed by Huei-Chiao Christina Yang and Delvan Lin.
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; Maggie Carter, double bass; Huei-Chiao Christina Yang, violin; Delvan Lin, piano; and Thomas Weaver, staff pianist.
Artist notes: Maggie Carter, from Portland, Oregon, studies double bass with Edgar Meyer and Hal Robinson. She is the Saumuel and Sarah Fuchs Fellow and joined Curtis in 2024. Izaiah Cheeran, from Apple Valley, Minnesota, studies oboe with Katherine Needleman and Philippe Tondre. He is the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022. Elizabeth Crafton, from Savannah, Georgia, studies horn with Jeffrey Lang and Jennifer Montone. She is the Robert Montgomery Scott Fellow and entered Curtis in 2023.
Artist notes: Emily DeNucci, from Somers, Connecticut, studies flute with Jeffrey Khaner and Chelsea Knox. She is the Gerry and Marguerite Lenfest Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022. Ella Jackson, from Houston, studies bassoon with Julia Harguindey and Daniel Matsukawa. She is the William Curtis Bok Bassoon Fellow and entered Curtis in 2024. Delvan Lin, from Auckland, New Zealand, is the Eleanor and Vladimir Sokoloff Fellow in Piano Chamber Music and first entered Curtis in 2023.
Artist notes: Devin O’Brien, from Atlanta, studies double bass with Edgar Meyer and Hal Robinson. He is the Thomas and Patricia Vernon Fellow and entered Curtis in 2024. Huei-Chiao Christina Yang, from Taipei, Taiwan, studies violin with Ida Kavafian and Pamela Frank. She is the Elaine W. Camarda and A. Morris Williams Jr. Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022. Eunseo Yoo, from Seoul, studies piano with Robert McDonald. She is the Edna Harkness Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022.
Artist notes: Tzu-Yi Yu, from Taoyuan City, Taiwan, studies clarinet with Anthony McGill and YaoGuang Zhai. Yu is the Valerija and Ladislaus Medveckis Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022. Thomas Weaver serves as staff pianist.
Run time: Not specified. The performance includes an intermission.
Note: The program may be changed or canceled at the last minute.