Bryan Symphony Orchestra Concert (with guests, The Summit Piano Trio)

Name: Bryan Symphony Orchestra Concert (with guests, The Summit Piano Trio)
Start: 2025-10-05T15:00:00-05:00
Location: Wattenbarger Auditorium

Schedule

Sun, 05 Oct, 2025 at 03:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Wattenbarger Auditorium | Cookeville, TN

Bryan Symphony Orchestra
Dan Allcott, conductor
with Summit Piano Trio
October 5, 2025
3:00 pm

Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano in C major, op. 56 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
I. Allegro
II. Largo (attacca)
III. Rondo all polacca
Summit Piano Trio
Helen Hwaya Kim, violin - Charae Krueger, cello
Robert Henry, piano

~intermission~
Symphony no. 35 in D, “Haffner” Wolfgang Amadues Mozart (1756-1791)
Allegro con spirito
Andante
Menuetto - trio
Presto

Les Preludes Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
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The Atlanta-based Summit Piano Trio is a resident ensemble at the Bailey School of Music of Kennesaw State University.
Helen Hwaya Kim - violin
Helen Hwaya Kim made her orchestral debut with the Calgary Philharmonic at the age of six, and has gone on to become a respected and sought-after artist. She has appeared as a soloist with the Boston Pops at Boston’s Symphony Hall, as well as with the Milwaukee and Atlanta Symphony Orchestras. Ms. Kim earned Bachelor and Master's Degree from the Juilliard School, where her teachers included Cho-Liang Lin and Dorothy DeLay. She is the recipient of more than one hundred national and international awards including the prestigious Artists International Competition in New York.
A native of Canada, Ms. Kim has been engaged by many of Canada's leading orchestras, including the National Arts Center Orchestra, Montreal Metropolitan Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony, Calgary Philharmonic, McGill Chamber Orchestra, and the Windsor, Regina, Victoria and Prince George Symphonies. She has also appeared with the DeKalb, New Orleans, Aspen and Banff Festival Orchestras, and with orchestras in the United Kingdom, Germany and Poland.
An avid performer of new music, she can be heard on the recent CD release of the works of Alvin Singleton on Albany records. Helen performed the world premiere of the “Concertino” by Chen Yi, scored for solo violin and orchestra that was commissioned especially for her and the KSU Orchestra and was recently released by Centaur in 2016. She performs with the Atlanta Chamber Players, is Assistant Concertmaster of the Atlanta Opera Orchestra and served as Associate Concertmaster of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.
Charae Krueger - cello
Charae Krueger is Principal Cellist for the Atlanta Opera andAtlanta Ballet Orchestras. Ms. Krueger is an avid chamber musician and is a regular featured artist at the Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival in North Carolina, the Grand Teton Music Festival in Wyoming and at Serafin Summer Music. Her solo and chamber music recitals have been featured on NPR's Performance Today, WABE Radio Atlanta and WGBH Radio Boston. She plays frequently with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the Charleston Symphony. Ms. Krueger also enjoys recording studio work and has played on albums of Bruce Springsteen, Faith Hill and Natalie Cole.

Recent concerts include chamber music performances at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Grand Teton Music Festival with violinist Julian Rachlin, Charleston’s Piccolo Spoleto Festival, concerts with Andres Cardenes and David Coucheron at the Highland-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival, chamber music performances with the Atlanta Chamber Players and the Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta. Ms. Krueger has been featured in solo recitals at the Blue Ridge Chamber Music Festival and All-Saints Church concert series in Atlanta, concerto performances with DeKalb Symphony Orchestra and the Atlanta Community Orchestra. She has twice performed the entire Beethoven cycle of Cello Sonatas with pianist Robert Henry and has done a recital tour and accompanying live CD of the Southeastern US with pianist Stanley Yerlow.

Ms. Krueger received her early cello training in Canada at the Regina Conservatory of Music. She went on to study at Brandon University and received her Bachelor of Music Performance degree from New England Conservatory in Boston. She also holds an Artist Diploma from the Longy School of Music in Cambridge MA.
Robert Henry - piano
Robert Henry is an internationally distinguished pianist, winning universal acclaim as orchestral soloist, recitalist, accompanist, and chamber musician. Career highlights include recitals at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and Wigmore Hall, with additional performances under the auspices of the American Pianists Association, Chopin Foundation of America, National Gallery of Art, Glinka Conservatory, Phillips Collection, University of California-Berkeley, University of Maryland, University of Georgia, University of South Carolina, University of Alabama, Arkansas State University, Georgia State University, Strathmore Hall, Kitzingen Piano Festival (Germany), and the Ibla-Ragusa Piano Festival (Italy). He has presented concert tours of the U.S., England, Nova Scotia, Russia, Italy, Czech-Republic, Poland, and China.
Following his orchestral debut with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the Atlanta Journal Constitution claimed Robert as “an accomplished musician, versatile and elegant…he elevated the concerto to a poignant statement.” Along with cellist Charae Krueger, he has presented the complete works for cello and piano by Beethoven and is a founding member of the Summit Piano Trio. Robert Henry has enjoyed phenomenal success in important piano competitions, winning Gold Medal in four International Piano Competitions in the 2001¬-2002 season alone (New Orleans International Piano Competition, Washington International Piano Competition, Missouri Southern International Piano Competition, Alfredo Barilli International Piano Competition).
An International Steinway Artist, Mr. Henry has earned a reputation for giving stunning performances of the most demanding repertoire and for presenting overlooked masterpieces to the public. Mr. Henry earned the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Maryland, with additional studies at the Cleveland Institute of Music and the Glinka Conservatory in St. Petersburg, Russia.