San José Chamber Orchestra proudly presents CONCERTO NIGHT featuring eighteen-year old International Klein String Competition Laureate, Audrey Goodner.
The program includes Hildegard for string orchestra by Bay Area-based composer Anica Galindo, Ancient Airs and Dances Suite #3 for strings by Ottorino Respighi, and Mozart's Violin Concerto #5 for soloist, strings, and paired oboes and horns, featuring Klein International String Competition Laureate Audrey Goodner as violin soloist.
The evening's program is conducted by SJCO Associate conductor Anthony Quartuccio.
About Audrey Goodner: Violinist Audrey Goodner (age 18) is currently a senior at Langley High School in McLean, Virginia. She has recently garnered numerous accolades as Second Prize winner of the 38th Irving M. Klein International String Competition, Fourth Prize at the 2022 Thomas & Evon Cooper International Violin Competition, and concerto competition winner for both the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra and United States Army Band Young Artist Competitions. As concertmaster of the Langley HS Orchestra and the American Youth Philharmonic Orchestra, Audrey has been a featured soloist at Carnegie Hall and throughout the Washington D.C. area. Audrey’s participation as a member of the National Symphony’s Youth Fellowship Program has also provided numerous chamber music and solo performances at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Italian Embassy, and the District of Columbia Public Schools.
Audrey studies violin with Ryan Meehan of the Calidore String Quartet and Jing Qiao of the National Symphony Orchestra. Audrey studied six summers with Danielle Belen at the University of Michigan’s Center Stage Strings. Recent summer studies have included a second summer in Music@Menlo’s Young Performers program and studies with Sibbi Bernhardsson at the Harpa International Music Academy in Reykjavík, Iceland.
Photo: Violinist, Audrey Goodner. Photo by Martyn Selman.