Conservatory Alumni Reunite For December Concert

Harker Conservatory alumni reunited in late December for the fourth Alumni Conservatory Classic, held in the Nichols Hall auditorium, featuring alumni from as far back as 2004.

Instrumental talent on display included violinists Audrey Kwong ’07 and Stephanie Kim ’08, violist Warren Kwong ’11 and cellist Julia Shim ’10, who performed Felix Mendelssohn’s “String Quartet in f minor, Op. 80” to kick off the concert. Later, guitarist Roger Kim ’07 performed his own arrangement of Cole Porter’s “You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To.”

Among the many vocal performers onstage during the evening was Christina Li ’11, who performed an original song, titled “Run,” from her self-released album “Songs of Innocence,” with fellow 2011 grad Daisy Mohrman performing a dance to the song. Li later joined a large collection of former Cantilena members onstage to perform a selection of songs that included Abbie Betinis’ “Be Like the Bird,” which featured lyrics by Victor Hugo, the traditional “How Can I Keep From Singing” and “The Winter’s Night” by Nicholas Myers.

Other solo performances included “Breathe” from the Broadway musical “In the Heights,” by Siobhan Stevenson ’07, Andrew York’s “Letting Go” by guitarist Nikhil Parthasarathy ’11 and “Le Temps des Cathedrales” from the musical “Notre-Dame de Paris,” sung by Sean Avery-Martin ’11.

Guys’ Gig alumni closed the show with arranged versions of popular songs such as “In the End” by Linkin Park, and One Republic’s “All I Need” and “Good Life.”

February 14, 2012Tags: Featured Story, Performing Arts