Looking ahead to a mini-tour and full-length 2025 season, this episode featuring four outstanding Heifetz alums – all returning on full scholarships to Heifetz 2025. Featuring fiddle tunes, ballet transcriptions, and a gripping quartet by Shostakovich.

J.S. Bach: Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 I. Allemande Runa Matsushita, violin Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.24.2022

Trad, arr. Shane Cook: Hangman’s Reel Kitty Amaral, violin Virtual Performance, Elk Creek, VA Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.11.2020

Prokofiev, arr. Vadim Borisovsky: Suite from Romeo & Juliet, Op. 64 I. Introduction V. Dance of the Knights Steven Baloue, viola; Allison Freeman, piano Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Stuanton, VA Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.12..2022

Antonín Dvořák: Bagatelles, Op. 47 [excerpt] III. Allegretto scherzando Yezu Woo, violin; Julia Angelov, violin; Coleman Itzkoff, cello; Florence Jowers, harmonium Great Hall, Blackburn Inn & Conference Center,Staunton, VA Heifetz Institute Recording | 03.26.2021

Shostakovich: Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40 I. Allegro non troppo Amelia Zitoun, cello; Yoon Lee, piano Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.14.2022

Florence Price: Piano Sonata in E minor II. Andante [excerpt] Andrew Rosenblum, piano Heifetz Institute recording First Presbyterian Church, Staunton, VA | 07.21.2021

Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 3 in F Major, Op. 73 I. Allegretto II. Moderato con moto III. Allegro non troppo Mattaponi SQ: Runa Maatsushita, violin; Chunyi Zhou, violin; Robert Fomos, viola; Amelia Zitoun, cello South Market Stage, Grace Christian School, Staunton, VA Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.22.2022

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, arr. Maud Powell; arr. Paul Neubauer: Deep River, fr. 24 Negro Melodies, op. 59 Steven Baloue, viola; Jessica Osborne, piano Monroe’s Highland, Charlottesville, VA Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.04.2024