Chamber Orchestra concert features YSU pianist

The Dana School of Music’s Chamber Orchestra, directed by Joseph Kromholz, performs a free concert at 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12, in St. John’s Episcopal Church, 323 Wick Avenue, Youngstown.

The orchestra is a self-conducted group that represents more than 20 Dana School of Music students, faculty and alumni.

The Chamber Orchestra will perform a program of classics, including Benjamin Britten’s youthful Simple Symphony, and Mozart’s monumental Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, featuring Indonesian piano virtuoso and Dana faculty member, Cicilia Yudha.

Yudha performed in the United States, Austria, Cambodia, Canada, France, Germany and Indonesia. She has performed with the Cleveland Orchestra in Severance Hall and is a frequent soloist with the Duke University Symphony Orchestra. She has given master classes and presentations across the United States and Southeast Asia. Yudha taught in the Piano Preparatory Department at the Cleveland Institute of Music and the New England Conservatory Preparatory School, and successfully established a class piano program for the Youngstown City Schools. Yudha earned a Doctorate in piano performance from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree and an Artist Diploma from the Cleveland Institute of Music, and a Master of Music degree and a Graduate Diploma from the New England Conservatory of Music. She is a Nationally Certified Teacher of Music and joined the faculty of the Dana School of Music at Youngstown State University in 2012.

Due to Wick Avenue construction, parking is available at St. John’s via Walnut Street. Patrons are advised to park behind the church. More information is available by calling 330-941-2307.