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Plucked Strings
April 4 • 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
From whimsical pizzicatos to the lush textures of Debussy and Ravel, this program explores the expressive power of the plucked and the poetic.
Program:
ANDERSON Plink, Plank, Plunk!
Lanzilotti Translating Myself and Others
DEBUSSY Sonate
BEACH Theme & Variations
RAVEL Introduction & Allegro
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Megan Conley
Harpist Megan Conley was raised in a musical family in Austin, Texas. She performed on the Grammy Award-winning album ‘Los Super Seven’ at age 15. She was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study harp in Paris, France and then moved to New York City in 2009, performing regularly with the NYC Ballet, the Orchestra of St. Lukes, and as a substitute harpist for the Broadway show ‘The Fantasticks.’
Megan is the harpist of The Knights, a Brooklyn-based chamber orchestra. She served as Principal Harpist of the Houston Symphony from 2015-2022. In 2021, Megan founded a nonprofit called Ocean Music Action. This organization presents chamber music concerts paired with volunteer actions focused on conservation. Learn more at oceanmusicaction.org.
Tresemble
Chamber Music Hawai‘i coined the term “Tresemble” to describe its unique ensemble that combines instruments from all three resident ensembles. Tresemble concerts feature diverse chamber music pieces that don’t fit into typical categories, often including guest musicians like pianists, harpists, and vocalists to perform rarely heard repertoire. Sometimes, Tresemble concerts utilize a larger group of musicians to perform works such as Mozart’s “Gran Partita” for winds, Dvorak’s “Serenade,” or Stravinsky’s “L’Histoire du Soldat.”