February 6, 2024
The Oakland Symphony Orchestra will present its 27th Annual David Daniels Young Artists Concert at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 18 in Varner Recital Hall on the campus of Oakland University in Rochester, Mich.
“Named after Professor Emeritus David Daniels in recognition of his distinguished career at Oakland University and sustained commitment to teaching Oakland University’s aspiring student musicians, the concert is always an annual highlight of the OSO season,” said Gregory Cunningham, music director of the OSO and professor of orchestral and wind conducting at OU.
The Young Artists Concert program will feature three solo student performances by the winners of the 2023-24 Oakland University Concerto and Aria Competition, an annual, highly competitive, two-tiered music competition in which students from OU's Department of Music compete for the opportunity to perform as a soloist with the OSO.
Past winners of this prestigious OU event have gone on to pursue critically acclaimed careers, with alumni having performed with the world's most recognized organizations, including the Metropolitan Opera (New York), Paris Opera, Teatro alla Scala, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Zurich Opera House, Salzburg Festival, Deutsche Oper Berlin Lincoln Center, Lyric Opera (Chicago), Chicago Civic Orchestra, New York City Opera, etc.
This year’s winners include:
• Yuhan Wei (pianist) – Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, op. 19 by Ludwig van Beethoven
• Christopher Peters (baritone) – “Questo Amor, Vergogna Mia” by Giacomo Puccini from Edgar
• Garret Klauss (saxophonist) – RUSH: Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra by Kenneth Fuchs
• Montana King (soprano) – “Nobles seigneurs, salut!” by Giacomo Meyerbeer from Les Huguenots
Other works to be performed by the OSO include a lavish symphonic Suite entitled, Church Windows, by Ottorino Respighi and Ballade, op. 33 by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.
Tickets for the performance are $12 for students and $22 for general admission, and can be purchased online at etix.com.
For more information about Oakland University School of Music, Theatre and Dance programs and performances, call (248) 370-2030 or visit www.oakland.edu/smtd.