“YOUNG WOMAN, IN FOCUS:
SARA MARIA GONZALES, VIOLINIST”

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Taking center stage this Friday, March 12, 2010, 6:00 p.m., in Paco Park Presents is young violinist Sara Maria Gonzales, with assisting artists – pianist Greg Zuniega and guitarist Kriss Eusebio. Ms. Thea Perez Prosia hosts this second concert of Paco Park Presents in celebration of “Women’s Month”. Admission is free.

Paco Park Presents is a regular public service project of the National Parks Development Committee, under Acting Executive Director Salome T. Habal, and the National Broadcasting Network and for this Friday, in partnership with the St. Scholastica’s College School of Music. Mr. Freddie A. Edos is the Executive In Charge of the project. Gie Villasor Arnold writes the script.

Violinist Sara Maria Gonzales is from Cebu City but is now taking her Bachelor of Music, Major in Violin program, under Prof. Arturo Molina, on a full scholarship, at the St. Scholastica’s College School of Music. She is also a recipient of a scholarship grant from the Arts Council of Cebu Foundation. She started her violin lessons with Mr. Jeffrey Solares in Ceby, under a scholarship from the Salvador & Pilar Sala Foundation through the Cebu Youth Symphony Orchestra Development Program. A consistent prizewinner in the solo violin category of the National Music Competitions for Young Artists (NAMCYA), Gonzales has participated in music camps as orchestra musician in Australia and Thailand. A member of the Manila Symphony Orchestra, she is a member of Quarteto Espressivo, a string quartet that won first prize in the NAMCYA Chamber Music Category in 2005. She is also a certified Suzuki Method Violin Instructor at the St. Scholastica’s College in Lipa City, Batangas.

Violinist Sara Maria Gonzales has prepared the following program for her concert on Friday: SONATA  NO. 1 IN G MAJOR, OP 78, “RAIN” (Brahms); SONATA IN A MINOR, BWV 1003 (Bach); INTRODUCTION & TARANTELLE (Sarasate); POLONAISE BRILLIANTE NO. 1, OP 4 (Wieniawsky); CANTABILE FOR VIOLIN AND GUITAR (Paganini); and VIOLIN CONCERTO IN D MINOR, OP. 47 (Sibelius).

*All skeds may be subject to change without prior notice.

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