OTTAWA (Canada) — The Apprentices of the 8th annual Institute for Orchestral Studies make their Ottawa chamber music debut on Friday, November 7th at 19h30 in the Auditorium at the National Gallery of Canada. The Apprentices will have just returned from accompanying the National Arts Centre Orchestra on its Tour of Remembrance and Education in the United Kingdom.

Youth is the theme of this chamber concert performed by these five talented string musicians in works by W.A. Mozart, Sir Ernest MacMillan and Antonin Dvořák. The young prodigy Mozart composed this ever popular Divertimento for Strings in Salzburg at the age of 16. The String Quartet in C minor, written by the 21-year-old MacMillan while a prisoner-of-war in Germany, is a jewel of the Canadian String Quartet repertoire, while the Quintet in G major by the then 33-year-old Dvořák displays his fervent nationalistic style as a young Czech composer.

THE APPRENTICES
Junghee Lee, violin (28, Korea)
Junghee Lee received a Bachelor of Music degree at Yonsei University, a Master of Music at the Juilliard School, and is currently enrolled in the Doctoral program at Rutgers. Ms. Lee has studied with Philippe Quint, Yoon Kwon, Cho-Liang Lin, Hyo Kang and Masao Kawasaki, and has participated in the Aspen, Lisbon, Salzburg and Busan Music Festivals. In 2013, she was the winner of the International Competition of Romantic Music in New York, and was a winner in the Rutgers Chamber Music Competition.

Shun Yoshino, violin (24, Japan)
Shun Yoshino studied with Naoko Tanaka and Constance Moore at the Juilliard School Pre-college division. He obtained his Bachelor of Music degree in 2013 at the Toho Gakuen School of Music where he studied with Akiko Tatsumi, Kazuhiro Takagi and Masafumi Hori. Shun has participated in masterclasses with The Juilliard and Vienna String Quartets, Zakhar Bron, Pierre Amoyal and Eduard Schmider.

Vincent Marks, viola (28, Virginia USA)
Vincent Marks received his Bachelor of Music degree in Performance from Indiana University and is currently pursuing a Masters degree in Performance at the Butler School of Music (University of Texas at Austin) with Roger Myers. Vincent is the Principal Viola of both the Butler Symphony Orchestra and the New Music Ensemble.  He has also performed as substitute with the Austin Symphony and the New World Symphony (Florida). Summer studies have included the Aspen Music Festival, the NAC’s Young Artist Program (Ottawa), and the Academy of the Pacific.

Sean Hawthorne, cello (22, England)
Sean Hawthorne is studying with Michel Strauss and Jan Ype Nota at the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague. Prior to his attendance here, Sean received his Bachelor of Music degree from The Juilliard School studying with Richard Aaron. Sean has served as principal cellist of numerous orchestras including the National Repertory Orchestra, the Juilliard Chamber Orchestra, the Chautauqua Music Festival Symphony Orchestra, and the Empire State Youth Orchestra. Sean has been a prizewinner in multiple competitions including the Empire State Youth Orchestra Concerto Competition, the Associated Music Teachers League Scholarship Competition, and the Schenectady Symphony Scholarship Competition. Additionally, Sean has appeared as a soloist with orchestras in the United States including the National Repertory Orchestra, and the Skaneateles Chamber orchestra.

William Cravy, double bass (22, Colorado, USA)
William Cravy graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Southern California where he was a recipient of a Presidential Scholarship, the String and Orchestral Departmental Awards for Outstanding Graduate, was a three-time Provost’s Undergraduate Research Fellow, and is on the 2013-14 Colorado Young Musician’s Foundation Roster. His primary teachers include David Allen Moore, Susan Cahill and Ken Harper, and additional studies with Paul Ellison, Hal Robinson, Ben Hong, Albert Laszlo, and Chris Hanulik. Will has appeared as a concerto soloist with the Colorado Symphony, the Culver City Symphony, the Diamond Bar High School Symphony Orchestra, and the Denver School of the Arts Orchestra. Will has participated in the Aspen Music Festival, the Lake George Music Festival, Domaine Forget (Canada), the Wabass Institute, and the Colorado College Summer Music Festival.

INSTITUTE FOR ORCHESTRAL STUDIES
The Institute for Orchestral Studies (IOS) is an apprenticeship program designed to prepare highly talented young musicians towards successful orchestral careers. It was established under the guidance of NAC Orchestra Music Director Pinchas Zukerman and is funded by the National Arts Centre Foundation through the National Youth and Education Trust.

TICKETS
Free tickets are available at the NAC Box Office.

SPONSORS
National Gallery of Canada; Corus Entertainment Inc; National Arts Centre Youth and Education Trust

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