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Sharon Hite,
with her husband Larry
Hite,
opened their home for a chamber concert by Young
Concert Artists (YCA)
musicians Risa
Hokamura (violin)
and Hanzhi
Wang (accordion). YCA
President Daniel
Kellogg warmly
thanked the gracious hosts and introduced the artists and
program, which included works by Bach,
Paganini, and Saint-Saëns. Afterwards
he posed probing questions about their careers
to the artists.
The evening was in conjunction with The
Little Orchestra Society (LOS),
where Sharon is Board President. Guests included LOS
Artistic Advisor David
Allen Miller and Executive
Director Anthony
Ball,
Board Members Eileen
K. Cutler, Garrett T. Desman, Karen S.W. Friedman, Joan
Rudel Weinreich, and Christine
Wheeler, YCA
Board Member Marlene
Herring, as
well as Yanna
Avis, Britt
Asher,
Nora Coblence, Anne Dexter Jones, Robin
Dolch, Julie Flanagan, Lola Abigail Koch, Helen Little, Gary
Padmore, Liane
Pei, and Carol
Schaefer.
About Young Concert Artists
YCA’s artists are the leaders of the future –
stars who combine world-class talent with creative vision to
bring new reach and relevance to the art form. For more than
60 years YCA has invested in extraordinary young musicians,
providing them with the support, clarity, and confidence to
tell their stories, as well as with the tools,
opportunities, and infrastructure to take their careers to
the highest level. With a legacy of artistic excellence
recognized around the world, YCA alumni include such
luminaries as Emanuel Ax, Julia Bullock, Jeremy Denk, Ray
Chen, Anne-Marie McDermott, Fazıl Say, Andrew Norman, Dawn
Upshaw, Mason Bates, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Kevin Puts,
Pinchas Zukerman, and many more.
About The Little Orchestra Society
The Little Orchestra Society (L.O.S.) is
celebrating its 76th Anniversary season as both a community
music education organization and a premier performing arts
ensemble for all children and families across the greater
New York City area. We empower young people by engaging them
with music composition and we celebrate their creativity
along a continuum of programming. Core offerings are found
in public elementary school classrooms, and L.O.S. connects
this learning with live performances by professional
musicians in the concert hall and in community spaces. All
of these innovative programs inspire a new generation of
children with the power of musical expression.
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