On the first part of Saturday’s broadcast, we feature winners from the DePaul Concerto Festival for Young Performers. This year’s winners’ concert took place on February 14, 2016 at DePaul University. Young winners have the opportunity to perform a movement from a concerto with the Oistrakh Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Mina Zikri. Allison graduated from the Chicago High School for the Arts in 2016. She is currently a student at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University. Allison was selected to perform in the 2014/15 Illinois Music Educators Association Choir and has received superior ratings at state competitions. Allison also was a Semi-Finalist in the Opera Idol Competition. Allison studied voice with Gaye Klopack.
DePaul Concerto Festival Part 2 and Allison Bystron, 18, soprano
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Allegro from Concerto No. 2 in F Major, by Dmitri Shostakovich
Performed by Joshua Mhoon with the Oistrakh Symphony Orchestra -
“Gretchen am Spinnrade,” Op. 2, D. 118, by Franz Schubert
Performed by Allison Bystron -
“An die Musik,” D. 547, by Franz Schubert
Performed by Allison Bystron -
“O You Whom I Often and Silently Come,” by Ned Rorem
Performed by Allison Bystron -
“See How They Love Me,” by Ned Rorem
Performed by Allison Bystron