Soka Performing Arts Center Presents Colburn: Artist on the Rise Violinist Aubree Oliverson
(Aliso Viejo, CA, February 8, 2019) – Soka Performing Arts Center welcomes Colburn: Artist on the Rise Aubree Oliverson on Sunday, March 10, 2019 at 3PM. The 19-year-old violinist made her Carnegie Hall debut at the age of 12, and performed the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto with the Utah Symphony Orchestra at the age of 13. A charismatic performer, she is a YoungArts National Winner and a four-time guest on NPR’s hit radio show From the Top. Passionate about reaching a wide audience, Oliverson has travelled to over 100 schools throughout the western United States, motivating and inspiring thousands of school children to participate in music. She is an avid chamber musician and award-winning composer, recognized by the New York Arts Ensemble as having “great promise.”
Tickets are $20 and now available at performingarts.soka.edu, the Box Office at 1 University Drive in Aliso Viejo or by calling 949.480.4ART (4287).
About Colburn: Artist on the Rise
Colburn: Artist on the Rise, a collaboration between two of California’s notable arts organizations: Colburn School and Soka Performing Arts Center, provides the audience an opportunity to see classical music’s rising stars in an intimate and acoustically stunning setting. The series features outstanding young soloists and ensembles specifically chosen by the Colburn faculty for their artistry and professional potential.
About Soka Performing Arts Center
Presenting the best of live performances on its extraordinary stage, Soka Performing Arts Center is on the campus of Soka University of America in Aliso Viejo, California. Now under the leadership of General Manager Renee Bodie, the 1,000-seat concert hall features world-class acoustics designed by Yasuhisa Toyota, acoustic designer of noted performance venues like Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and Suntory Hall in Tokyo.
Designed to truly reflect the university’s commitment to sustainability, the concert hall and adjacent Maathai Hall (featuring a black box theatre and dance studio) have been built to Gold LEED standards and feature vegetated green roofs. Photo voltaic cells on the Soka Performing Arts Center roof generate approximately 15% of the facility’s electrical needs.
Soka University of America is a private, non-profit, four-year liberal arts college and graduate program. The university is open to top students of all nationalities and beliefs and was founded upon the Buddhist principles of peace, human rights, and the sanctity of life. More information at soka.edu.
COLBURN: ARTIST ON THE RISE: AUBREE OLIVERSON
Soka Performing Arts Center – Concert Hall
Sunday, March 10 at 3 PM
Event URL https://bit.ly/SokaColburnOliverson
HANDEL Sonata in D major, HWV 371
PROKOFIEV Violin Sonata No. 1, Op. 80
MESSIAEN Theme and Variations
KREISLER Caprice Viennois, Op. 2
CHOPIN C Etude Op. 10, No. 3 (arrangement for violin and piano by Aubree Oliverson)
WIENIAWSKI Polonaise Brillante No. 2 in A major, Op. 21
TICKETS $20/$16 students, seniors, and active military families
In Person Soka Performing Arts Center Box Office, 1 University Drive, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656
Online: performingarts.soka.edu
Phone: 949.480.4ART (4278)
All information is accurate at the time of printing but is subject to change.
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MEDIA CONTACT
Jennifer Urbano
949.480.4014
jurbano@soka.edu