Catherine Cai Senior Violin Recital
Program:
Partita No. 3 in E Major, BMW 1006 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
I. Preludio
Violin Sonata No. 1 “Posthume” by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
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Concerto No. 5 in A minor, Op. 27 Henri Vieuxtemps (1820-1881)
I. Allegro non troppo
II. Adagio
III. Allegro con fuoco
Biographies:
Catherine Cai is a senior from Houston, Texas completing her Bachelor of Arts in Music with a minor in Psychology. She grew up taking violin lessons with Joyce Durfee-Gertsman and currently studies under Hannah Frey. She also studies guitar with Vincent Varvel. She was a member of the Aristocats a capella group and enjoys baking, running and photography in her free time. She will be pursuing graduate studies in music therapy.
Sandra Geary is a native of County Cork, Ireland and has received piano performance diplomas from the Royal Schools of Music, Trinity College, London; the Cork School of Music, Ireland and a Bachelor of Music degree from the St Louis Conservatory of Music. Her teachers include John O'Conor, Joseph Kalichstein, and Carole Tafoya.
On the piano faculty of Washington University, Sandra also accompanies the Wash U Chamber and Concert choirs. She has been the Bach Society of St Louis accompanist for the past 25 years and is also the accompanist for Webster University Opera studio. She is a vocal coach for the Opera Theatre of St. Louis Artist-in-Training program and the Union Avenue Opera Crescendo Young Artist program.
She has collaborated in Voice Masterclasses given by Nathan Gunn, Stanford Olsen, Kevin Short, Erie Mills, Christine Brewer, Mary Ann McCormack, and Jennifer Johnson Cano.
Sandra regularly accompanies recitals, auditions, and competitions in the St Louis area.