Grand Piano Celebration Honoring Mason's All-Steinway School and the 20th Anniversary of Friends of Music at Mason.

Join us for a spectacular opening of our 2025 Fall Concert season with A Grand Piano Celebration on Sunday, September 21 at 3 p.m. in Mason's Center for the Arts. This concert honors Mason's All-Steinway School and the 20th Anniversary of the Friends of Music at Mason. Outstanding student and faculty artists of the Reva and Sid Dewberry Family School of Music at George Mason University will be on stage to display their marvelous talents. The concert will be led by Dr. Linda Apple Monson, International Steinway Artist and Director of the Dewberry School of Music. Additional piano faculty artists include Dr. Anna Balakerskaia, Dr. John Healey, and Dr. Eunae Ko Han. Professor Jennifer Casey Cabot, soprano, and guest artist Dr. Kris Monson, bassist, will also perform in this celebratory event.

Duo-pianists Monson & Balakerskaia will perform a world premiere by American composer Scott Wheeler in celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Friends of Music at Mason. Exciting and dramatic piano works by Beethoven, Chopin, Brahms, Bizet, Rachmaninoff, Florence Price, Pauline Viardot-Garcia, and William Bolcom will be performed by student and faculty artists! Mason's faculty piano ensemble (8 hands) will also be showcased!

Tickets: $24 General Public, $19 Seniors, $9 Students
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