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This concert will feature violinist Ilana Zaks and violinist Brannon Warn-Johnston in an engaging program of violin duos and solo works. The performance will highlight the expressive range of the violin through both traditional repertoire and contemporary works, offering audiences an intimate and dynamic musical experience. One selection will feature violin with electronics, composed by Brannon Warn Johnston, adding a modern sound world that complements the acoustic program.

Artist Bios

Ilana Zaks is an American violinist, educator, and multidisciplinary artist. She has performed extensively as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral violinist, and is currently a faculty member at Rollins College, the Boston University Tanglewood Institute faculty and formerly Seattle Conservatory.  Ilana holds degrees from the New England Conservatory and Yale School of Music, where she studied with Donald Weilerstein, Itzhak Perlman and Ani Kavafian. She is passionate about community-engaged performances that connect audiences through storytelling and music.

Brannon Warn-Johnston (age 17) is a composer and multi-instrumentalist from Seattle, WA who often takes inspiration for her compositions from lived experiences including backpacking/camping trips with her violin, special moments with her family and her journey with cancer. She has participated in the Juilliard Summer Composition Program and NPR’s Learning and Media Lab Fellowship where she was featured on From the Top’s show “Young Pacific Northwest Talent.” Brannon’s works have been performed in Carnegie Hall and by orchestras/ensembles including: Seattle Symphony, Symphony Tacoma, International Contemporary Ensemble, Northwest Symphony Orchestra, and Seattle Festival Orchestra. Her music has received awards from Tribeca New Music Young Composer Competition, Foundation for Modern Music International Composers Competition, National Federation of Music Clubs Composers Contest, and others. Her electroacoustic project “Resonant Coast” was recently selected for the Connecticut Sea Grant Arts Support Award.

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Inspired by the rousing true story of newsboys in turn-of-the-century New York City, Newsies JR. features a Tony Award-winning score by Alan Menken and Jack Feldman and a book by Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein. When powerful newspaper publishers raise prices at the newsboys' expense, the charismatic Jack Kelly rallies newsies from across the city to strike against the unfair conditions. Together, the newsies learn that they are stronger united and create a movement to fight for what's right.

Buy Tickets Online

Regular: $15; Student/Senior: $15

Inspired by the rousing true story of newsboys in turn-of-the-century New York City, Newsies JR. features a Tony Award-winning score by Alan Menken and Jack Feldman and a book by Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein. When powerful newspaper publishers raise prices at the newsboys' expense, the charismatic Jack Kelly rallies newsies from across the city to strike against the unfair conditions. Together, the newsies learn that they are stronger united and create a movement to fight for what's right.

Buy Tickets Online

Regular: $15; Student/Senior: $15

Inspired by the rousing true story of newsboys in turn-of-the-century New York City, Newsies JR. features a Tony Award-winning score by Alan Menken and Jack Feldman and a book by Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein. When powerful newspaper publishers raise prices at the newsboys' expense, the charismatic Jack Kelly rallies newsies from across the city to strike against the unfair conditions. Together, the newsies learn that they are stronger united and create a movement to fight for what's right.

Buy Tickets Online

Regular: $15; Student/Senior: $15