Guest Musicians To Present Sonatas

Derry Presbyterian Church, 248 East Derry Road, Hershey, will host a concert featuring pianist Eun Ae Baik-Kim and violinist Ye-jin Han at 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 1, in the sanctuary. Selections will include Cesar Franck's Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano and Johannes Brahms' Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 108.

Korean-born Baik-Kim has performed extensively as a soloist and chamber musician in South America and the U.S. She is a winner of numerous competitions, including the Chautauqua Piano Competition, Concurso para Jovens Solistas, and Concurso Estadual para Instrumentistas e Cantores, and she received a Diploma de Honra for distinguished artists from the Conservatório Carlos Gomes. She was the youngest pianist to perform the significant concert series "Suite Iberia de Albeniz," a festival sponsored by the Spanish Consulate in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Her premier compositions include "Pilgrimage," a piano trio by Robert Pound, and compositions by Dennis Ritz and Donovan Stoke. Baik-Kim is a faculty member of Dickinson College, where she is a collaborative artist and teacher. She performs extensively throughout the year, covering a wide range of major repertoires from Baroque to 21st-century music of the vocal art songs and instrumental chamber music.

Korean violinist and violist Han has performed throughout the U.S., Canada, South America, and Europe. Han has been a prize winner at many competitions, including the Citta di Brescia International Violin Competition in Italy, Five Towns Music and Arts Foundation Young Musician Competition, and Lilian Fuchs Memorial Chamber Music Competition in New York. She is a concertmaster of the Bergen Symphony Orchestra and recently played her fourth concerto with the orchestra as a soloist. Han holds a Doctor of Musical Arts from Stony Brook University and has a private studio, which has produced many competition winners and musical leaders at conservatories and state and local youth orchestras.

The concert is part of the church's 2021-22 Arts Alive cultural series. A freewill offering will be received. Handicapped-accessible parking and an elevator are available. Face masks for audience members are optional.

Derry Presbyterian Church is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA). Worship services are held on Sundays at 8 and 10:30 a.m. and Tuesdays from 6:15 to 6:45 p.m. For more information, call the church office at 717-533-9667 or visit http://www.derrypres.org.

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