6th Annual Concert Program

Saturday08thApril,2023

18:00

Welcome

WelcomefromStudents

IwasHere

DreamaLittleDreamofMeInstrumental

PoeUnaCabeza-Instrumental

DivertimentoinFMajor -

Instrumental

ShortVideo

MessagefromTheChairman

AMillionDreams

Don'tGiveUpOnMe

Imagine

19:15

19:30

RaffleAnnouncement

AFather'sTestimony

Blessing

GuitarSolo

WithoutYou

ThenyouCanTellMeGoodbye

ThinkingOutLoud

Indescribable

Skyfall-Instrumental

MoonRiver-Instrumental

PiratesoftheCaribbean-

Instrumental

NoteOfThanks

20:30

MC - Darron Hilaire

Students of Ashley's Learning Center

Erika Pinales

New World Symphony

Ben Avenant

Students of Ashley's Learning Center

Calvert Robertson

INTERMISSION

Mike Dean

Abbia Dean

Herbert Swann Jr.

Marvin Henfield

Ainara and Jacky

Krishanah Williams

New World Symphony

END

Dr. Nash Ryder is currently a violinist in the New World Symphony in Miami. Beginning his studies at the age of seven at the New England Conservatory of Music Preparatory School, Nash earned his B.M. and M.M. in violin performance from the Juilliard School and was the first student in the institution’s history to receive both undergraduate honors and an accelerated graduate degree. He later received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Eastman School of Music.

Nash has shared the stage with renowned artists, composers, conductors and played with several orchestras throughout his career including the Florida Orchestra, the Portland Symphony Orchestra, and the Venice Symphony. Passionate about music education and string pedagogy, he is a Teaching Artist and mentor. Since 2015 Dr. Ryder has been an avid supporter of Ashley’s Learning Centre.

Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, violinist Hosanna Carella is a second-year Violin Fellow at the New World Symphony. She made her Carnegie Hall debut in 2017 as part of the Interharmony International Music Festival Carnegie Hall concert series and has participated in festivals such as the Colorado College Music Festival and Zephyr International Chamber Music Festival in Italy, among others.

A top prizewinner in competitions in the United States and Puerto Rico, Ms. Carella completed her bachelor’s, master’s and professional studies degrees at the Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM). During that time, she served as Concertmaster of the CIM orchestra and was a member of the Advanced Piano Trio Program. Ms. Carella has performed with the Canton Symphony, Akron Symphony, Cleveland Pops and Firelands Symphony.

Nash Ryder Violinist Hosanna Carella Violinist

Emily Yoshimoto is a third-year Cello Fellow at the New World Symphony. She began her studies at age three with Barbara Wampner and later with Jean-Michel Fonteneau.

Ms. Yoshimoto attended Northwestern University under the tutelage of Hans Jørgen Jensen as a Helen L. Teich Scholarship recipient. She was a member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and has spent her recent summers at the Pacific Music Festival and SchleswigHolstein Music Festival.

Jackson McKay attended McGill University in Montreal, Quebec where he completed a Bachelors in Music Performance on Viola as well as the Cleveland Institute Music where he completed a Masters in Music Performance on Viola. Jackson has performed as a section violist with the Agora Symphony, Erie Philharmonic, Canton Symphony, and Texarkana Symphony, among others.

Jackson is also a certified Suzuki Violin teacher and has spent the past year teaching with the El Sistema based program ‘Play On Philly’ which focuses on community growth and enrichment through free after school programs at elementary schools in West Philadelphia.

Gabrielle Chou is a New York-based pianist and violinist seeking to defy genres and break barriers in music education and performance tradition. On both instruments she performs solo, chamber music, and in large ensembles, teaches and lectures, coaches chamber music, collaborates with composers and dancers, and is active in community engagement and activism. Her education includes the Colburn Music Academy, The Juilliard School, and the CUNY Graduate Center, where she is getting her doctorate, and her teachers include Jerome Lowenthal and Richard Goode on piano and Lewis Kaplan on violin.