Lighthouse Chamber Players

Program:

Bach Partita No. 3 in E Major for Solo Violin

Ravel Sonata No. 2 in G Major

Beethoven Sonata No. 9 for Piano and Violin "Kreutzer", Op. 47

Elizabeth Chang, violinist, has an established career as performer, teacher, and arts administrator. Her performing career has taken her to more than twenty countries and her chamber music appearances have included collaborations with many of today's leading artists. She is currently a faculty member of the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the Pre-College Division of the Juilliard School. Ms. Chang is Artistic Director and founding member of the Lighthouse Chamber Players (Cape Cod) and the Saone-et-Loire Chamber Music Festival (France). In recent summers, she has participated in the Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival, the Vianden International Music Festival, the Interharmony Festival, the Aria International Music Festival. She is a committed advocate of new music and has had many works written for her, most notably by Salvatore Macchia, Lewis Spratlan, and Eric Sawyer. She is also co-founder of the Five College New Music Festival and the University of Massachusetts Amherst Bach Festival, in Amherst, Massachusetts.

Pianist Alissa Leiser is a sought-after soloist and collaborative musician who has recently returned to New York City after 17 years of teaching at Amherst College. She holds degrees from The Juilliard School, where she was a recipient of the Ruth Rosenman Scholarship. She has premiered and recorded works by composers Lew Spratlan, Eric Sawyer and Edward Barnes and has performed at Alice Tully Hall, The Ravinia Festival and the Dame Myra Hess series in Chicago. Last season her performances included appearances at Bargemusic and the National Gallery. She spends as much time as she can at her home in Provincetown, MA.

Photograph of Alissa Leiser (photo credit Richard Blinkoff)

Photograph of Elizabeth Chang (photo credit Matt Dine)