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CONCERTS

ANNIVERSARY SEASON POSTPONED, BUT PLEASE Join us for a special
virtual event APRIL 30, 2021

Join us for a virtual presentation on April 30, 2021 8 p.m.
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Photo by Steven Goldblatt Photography

CONCERT
Date TBA
featuring Hirono Oka, violin soloist 

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Photo by Paul Arnold
Due to COVID 19, program and date subject to change.

Schumann ~ Overture, Scherzo & Finale; 
Sarasate ~ Zigeunerweisen for Violin and Orchestra Beethoven~ Symphony No. 8

Hirono Oka joined the first violin section of The Philadelphia Orchestra in 1990. She made her first public appearance in her native Japan at the age of 11 with the Tokyo Symphony. After winning numerous competitions and awards in Japan, she came to the United States to continue her studies at the San Francisco Conservatory and the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. Her teachers have included Ivan Galamian, Jaime Laredo, Arnold Steinhardt, Felix Galimir, and Stuart Canin.
 
Ms. Oka has appeared as soloist with the San Francisco Chamber Ensemble, the Utica Symphony, and numerous orchestras in the Philadelphia area. As a chamber musician, she has appeared with the Marlboro Music Festival, Chamber Music West in San Francisco, the Theatre Chamber Players of the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., the Network for New Music, the Delaware Chamber Music Festival, and the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society. She has also toured throughout the United States with the Brandenburg Ensemble and Music from Marlboro.
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Ms. Oka has performed and collaborated with such world renowned artists as Mr. Laredo, Alexander Schneider, Leon Fleischer, Yefim Bronfman, and Murray Perahia. In addition to teaching privately, Ms. Oka is a faculty member of Temple University and its Music Preparatory Division.  

 Announcing the postponement of Orchestra Concordia's
Gala Fifth Anniversary Concert Season to
2021 - 2022

featuring soloists from The Philadelphia Orchestra & The Academy of Vocal Arts 
All Concerts held at Radnor Middle School, 150 Louella Avenue, Wayne, PA 19087 at 8 p.m.
​NO TICKETS REQUIRED.  FREE PARKING! WHEELCHAIR FRIENDLY.
Within walking distance of public transportation.

Due to the current situation with COVID-19, dates and programs are subject to change.



FALL, 2021
Gary White, Music Director and Conductor
with David Kim, Concertmaster of the
Philadelphia Orchestra, soloist

Schubert - “Unfinished” Symphony 

Debussy - La Petite Suite 

Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto  David Kim, violin
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David Kim

​Violinist David Kim was named concertmaster of The Philadelphia Orchestra in 1999. Born in Carbondale, IL, in 1963, he started playing the violin at the age of three, began studies with the famed pedagogue Dorothy DeLay at the age of eight, and later received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Juilliard School. 

He is the founder and artistic director of the annual David Kim Orchestral Institute of Cairn University in Philadelphia, where he is also a professor of violin studies. Additionally, he serves as distinguished artist at the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings at Mercer University in Macon, GA. Mr. Kim appears as soloist with The Philadelphia Orchestra each season as well as with numerous orchestras around the world.

Photo by Jessica Griffin


SPRING, 2022
Gary White, Music Director and Conductor
with Yumi Kendall, Assistant Principal Cello of the Philadelphia Orchestra, soloist 
Timothy Renner, baritone soloist from The Academy of Vocal Arts
with ​Coro da capo, Marsha Core, choir director


Strauss - Overture to Die Fledermaus

Saint-Saëns - Cello Concerto  Yumi Kendall, cello

Vaughan Williams - Five Mystical Songs for Baritone soloist, Chorus, and Orchestra ​ Timothy Renner, baritone
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Yumi Kendall

Yumi Kendall joined The Philadelphia Orchestra in September 2004 as assistant principal cello, immediately following graduation from the Curtis Institute of Music, where she studied with David Soyer and Peter Wiley. She began studying cello at the age of five following the Suzuki approach. At age 16, while studying with David Hardy, she made her solo debut at the Kennedy Center with the National Symphony Orchestra.  Ms. Kendall was the 2013 recipient of The Philadelphia Orchestra’s C. Hartman Kuhn Award, which is given annually to “the member of The Philadelphia Orchestra who has shown ability and enterprise of such character as to enhance the standards and the reputation of The Philadelphia Orchestra.” A proud Suzuki alumnus, she founded the Suzuki Alumni Project in 2016.

Photo by Jessica Griffin

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Timothy Renner

Baritone Timothy Renner completed the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in voice performance and literature from the University of Illinois, and has recently performed several role and house debuts. In November 2019, he debuted at the Lyric Opera of Kansas City as Marcello in La Bohème. Concluding his study at the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia, he played Alphonse XI in Donizetti’s La favorite. Recent successes include his Japanese debut as Escamillo in Carmen at the New National Theatre Tokyo and Zurga in Les pêcheurs de perles with Opera Tampa. As a resident artist at AVA over the last few years, Timothy has performed the title roles in Rigoletto and Rubinstein’s The Demon, as well as Conte di Luna in Il trovatore, Germont in La traviata, Alberich in Das Rheingold, and the Music Master in Ariadne auf Naxos, in addition to a variety of song literature. Timothy has earned awards from several competitions, such as the Mario Lanza Scholarship Competition, the S. Livingston Mather Scholarship Competition, the Orpheus International Vocal Competition, the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions (Central Region Finalist), the McCammon Voice Competition.

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Coro da capo

Coro da capo is a volunteer choir of exceptional caliber that emphasizes a cappella repertoire and enables Philadelphia area musicians and audiences to benefit from a distinctive choral experience. Coro da capo is dedicated to providing outstanding free public concerts.

​Visit their website: corodacaposings.com

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ORCHESTRA CONCORDIA

Orchestra Concordia Association,
​A Nonprofit Tax-Exempt 501 (c )(3) Organization

PO Box 149, Wayne, PA  19087

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