Fourth Annual Benefit Concert
Founded in 2011, the Asheville Young Musicians Club will present its fourth annual benefit concert Sunday, May 31, 2015 at 3 p.m. at Bent Creek Baptist Church in Asheville.
The program is co-sponsored by the Asheville Chamber Music Series and the Asheville Area Piano Forum.
AYMC founders are local student musicians, sisters Grace, now a freshman at Vanderbilt University, and Kristie Kim, a junior at Asheville High School.
“The Asheville Young Musicians Club is composed of highly talented, classically trained student musicians who come together for weekly rehearsals and present concerts to benefit children’s education in Nicaragua, and to support music education in the Asheville area,” says Dr. Hwa-Jin Kim, the advisor of AYMC and member of the music faculty (piano) at UNC-Asheville.
“The group has enjoyed performing at WCQS and with Pan Harmonia, among others. Overall, the group has raised more than $7,700, which has been donated to children’s education in Nicaragua through Vision Nicaragua and music education around the city of Asheville through the Asheville Area Piano Forum and the Asheville Chamber Music Series,” she added.
All of the proceeds from the benefit concert will be shared equally with the ACMS, AAPF and the Education Fund for the children of Bethel, a small village outside the city of Chichigalpa, Nicaragua. The children of Bethel suffer from poverty and related serious health issues resulting from chemicals used in the nearby sugar fields.
Participating students
- Aaron Chen, cello, 7th grade
- Alyes Chen, piano, 11th grade
- Mischa Dzubay, violin, 6th grade
- Ann Gerhardt, cello, 12th grade
- Katelyn Hammel, violin, 11th grade
- Kristie Kim, violin, 11th grade
- Kiffen Loomis, piano, 11th grade
- Madison Neill, cello, 12th grade
- Christopher Tavenier, piano, 8th grade
- Abby Weirich, viola, 11th grade
- Grayson Wickel, violin
- Maggie Williams, oboe, 10th grade
- Ryan Zhang, piano, 10th grade
- Guest: Grace Kim, flute, (co-founder and former member)
The program
- Vivaldi: Double Cello Concerto
- Piazzolla: Piano Trio
- Mozart: String Quartet
- Mozart: Oboe Quartet
- Haydn: Piano Trio “Gypsy”
- Rimsky-Korsakov: The Flight of The Bumblebee
- Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6
“It has been a wonderful experience collaborating with, and making music with other talented young musicians,” says Kristie Kim. “It is awesome to have the opportunity to share our talents as a group and reach out to the local community and raise funds to help others,” she added.
Asheville Young Musicians Club presents its fourth annual benefit concert Sunday, May 31, 2015 at 3 p.m. at Bent Creek Baptist Church, 1554 Brevard Road in Asheville. Tickets are $20 each; $10 for students. For tickets and more information please contact (828) 681-9732 or email aymc2011@gmail.com or kristieskimnc@gmail.com. Visit the AYMC Facebook page at aymc2011.
