Dvorak’s Cello Concerto in B, Op. 104 will feature soloist Jason Duckles and the orchestra will also perform Beethoven’s Symphony no. 7.
Preconcert lecture 45 minutes prior to performance.
Cellist Jason Duckles is from Vancouver, Canada, leads an active life as a chamber musician. As a member of the Humboldt Streichtrio with Volker Jacobsen and Anthea Kreston (both formerly of the Artemis Quartet), he was invited to perform in the inaugural week of the famed Elbphilharmonie Hall, Hamburg. As a chamber musician, Jason has won top prizes in both the Concert Artists Guild International Competition and the Munich ARD International Competition and has toured with YoYo Ma’s Silk Road Project in concerts from New York to Kazakhstan. He was a member of the Konzerthaus Orchestra in Berlin, Germany. Jason has been on the faculty of Wesleyan University and Connecticut College and has had the honor of performing in concert with members of the Beaux Arts trio, and the Artemis, Cleveland, Orion, Emerson, and Guarneri String Quartets.