Grand Piano Celebration

Get ready for an afternoon of joyous music during Mason’s own “All-Steinway” event, featuring livestreamed and recorded performances. Showcasing the Dewberry School of Music's extraordinary student and faculty artists, and including a tribute by Mason President Gregory Washington, this concert celebrates the renaming of the School in honor of the Reva and Sid Dewberry Family. Dr. Linda Apple Monson, the director of the School and International Steinway Artist, and her colleagues will perform alongside gifted student artists. The musicians’ performances will be dedicated to the Dewberry family who made the “All-Steinway School” possible.

4:43 Sidney O. Dewberry—The Spirit of Generosity


11:18 Megan Slay, piano – Domenico Scarlatti – Sonata K 141 in D minor


14:14 Jaelin Mitchell, baritone and Jiye Kim, piano – George Frederick Handel – Ombra mai fu from Xerxes


18:27 Kristina Bhardwaj, piano – Franz Liszt – Paraphrase on Verdi’s “Rigoletto”


22:35 Nairobi King, soprano and Yingfei Li, piano – John W. Work, Jr. “Soliloquy”


26:17 Luke Ratcliffe, piano – Sergei Rachmaninoff Etude-Tableau in E-Flat Minor, Op.39 No.5


32:07 Nairobi King, soprano; Rosemary Wright, mezzo-soprano; GaYoung Lee, piano “Ah guarda, sorella” Duet from “Cosi fan tutte” Wolfgang A. Mozart


37:17 Hakyoung Kelly Park, Sergel Prokoflev – Sonata No.7 in B-flat Major, Op.83 (III. Precipitato)


41:37 Hakyoung Kelly Park and Estrella Sejin Hong, duo piano – Variations on a Theme of Paganini for two pianos – Witold Lutoslawski


45:44 Prof. Julianna Nickel, flute; Dr. Linda Monson, piano; Harold Summey, drums; Kris Monson, bass – Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio I. Baroque and Blue -Claude Bolling


52:12 Dr. Kathleen Mulcahy, clarinet; Dr. Linda Monson, piano – Rezso Kokai – Verbunkos (from Four Hungarian Dances)


55:55 Dr. Linda Monson & Dr. Anna Balakerskaia, duo-piano; Aram Khachaturian – Waltz (from Masquerade)


59:54 Dr. Linda Monson & Dr. Anna Balakerskaia, duo-piano; Johannes Brahms - Hungarian Dance No. 2 in D Minor


1:03:02 Mr. Sidney O. Dewberry, Conductor; Stars and Stripes Forever March by John Phillip Sousa


1:06:24 Dr. Gregory Washington, President of George Mason University; Thank you message to Mr. Sidney O. Dewberry and Family


1:09:06 Prof. Kerry Wilkerson, baritone; Dr. Linda Monson, piano— The Impossible Dream, Joe Darion/ Mitch Leigh


1:13:42 Mason Trumpet Ensemble— The Impossible Dream, Dr. Dennis Edelbrock Arranger and Conductor


1:17:03 Dr. Linda Monson, Dr. Anna Balakerskaia, Wade Beach, and John Healey—Stars and Stripes Forever March by John Philip Sousa