FLINT SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS & FLINT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES
KEYS AND THREES
Saturday, June 25th @ 8:00 PM
This concert is made possible with generous support from Salon Series Genre Underwriters,
Maurice & Linda Binkow.
Kerrytown Concert House is delighted to present a collaboration with the Flint School of Performing Arts and the Flint Symphony Orchestra to bring their outstanding faculty and musicians to the Ann Arbor community for two performances fusing classic and contemporary chamber works, as well as popular music.
Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 17 – Clara Schumann
Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 150 – Amy Beach
“If I Ain’t Got You” and “Fallin'” – Alicia Keys
Artists: Daniel Winnick, violin; Jinhyun Kim, cello; Hyekyung Sia Lee, piano
COVID-19 Safety Policy for Indoor Concerts
- Moving forward, all patrons and artists who wish to attend or present performances indoors at KCH must provide a valid, complete COVID-19 vaccination card OR proof of a negative COVID-19 test performed within the previous 72 hours prior to entry. Such proof must be presented at concert check-in, may be displayed on a smartphone OR presented as a physical copy, and must also be accompanied by a matching, valid ID for verification.**
- Additionally, according to current CDC recommendations, masks are required for audiences inside the House and can only be removed when seated with a beverage (when available). When performing, artists may wear a mask, or not, at their own discretion.
**Proof of vaccination exceptions will be made for children under 5. These guests must provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test taken within the previous 72 hours prior to entry.
Daniel Winnick joined the Flint Symphony Orchestra in 2010, and has served as acting concertmaster for recent summer concerts including a 2021 collaboration with the National Arab Orchestra led by Michael Ibrahim. He also represents the Flint Institute of Music through his membership in the Troubadours, a string quartet-plus-storyteller that writes and performs original programs to educate and inspire students in Genesee and Oakland counties and beyond. For the 2021-’22 season, the Troubadours’ show “Perseverance” highlighted the legend of John Henry and featured music by Jean Sibelius, William Grant Still, and Pete Seeger.
Mr. Winnick serves as co-concertmaster of the Michigan Philharmonic (Plymouth) and has served as acting/guest concertmaster with Dearborn Symphony and Macomb Symphony. He is a member of the orchestras of Battle Creek and Kalamazoo, and has performed with those of Saginaw, Lansing, Ann Arbor, Traverse City, and Fort Wayne, Indiana. He has performed with Opera MODO, ÆPEX Contemporary Ensemble, the Kalamazoo Symphony’s Burdick-Thorne String Quartet, and Rick Robinsons’s CutTime Simfonica. He has also performed in pit orchestras for several University of Michigan musical theatre productions, performed with Michigan Opera Theatre (now Detroit Opera) and served as concertmaster for Arbor Opera Theatre productions of Die Fledermaus, Carmen and La Bohème.
Mr. Winnick holds degrees in History and Violin Performance from the University of Michigan, and lives in Ann Arbor. He has taught violin and viola students in Ann Arbor and Manchester, Michigan, and he has taught violin classes in Flint as part of the Sphinx Organization’s Overture program. His most recent KCH appearance was in performances of Laura Kaminsky’s opera “AS ONE” in 2018.
Originally from South Korea, Jinhyun Kim is a cellist with ConTempus Initiative Ensemble, Midland Symphony, Jackson Symphony and Flint symphony, a cello instructor at Marshall Music in Lansing and Adjunct Professor of Cello at Spring Arbor University.
She had a debut concert in Kumho Art Hall in Seoul, Korea 2011. On November 2013, Kim played in a master class with cellist Yo-Yo Ma at the Fairchild Theater at MSU. In 2013, she was the winner of the Michigan State University honors competition and performed as a concerto soloist with MSU Symphony Orchestra on March 2014 at the Wharton Center. This performance was radio broadcasted with 90.5 WKAR (Public Media from Michigan State University) several times. On May 2016, she performed for American Protégé International Piano and Strings Competition 2016 Winners Recital at Carnegie Hall, New York. She came back to Carnegie Hall again on March 2020 to perform as a first winner prize of 2019 Golden Classical Music Awards.
She was one of the participants of the National Orchestral Institute Festival 2016 at the University of Maryland. Recently, Naxos records released the National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic recordings in which Kim participated. Some of her significant collaborations were serving as a cello principal with Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings in a performance of Richard Einhorn’s “Voices of light” at the Detroit Institute of Arts on March 2018. Also, she played as a cello solo for Michigan Opera Theatre’s fall 2020 production Twilight: Gods which got great reviews on New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Opera News and The New Yorker.
She began her studies on the cello at the age of eight. She received a Bachelor of Music from Ewha Womans University, South Korea, where she studied under Sun Yee Chung and Il-Hwan Bae. She completed Masters and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees under Suren Bagratuni at Michigan State University where she received awards and grants including the Welton Family Endowed Fund, Dr. Stanley and Selma Hollander Endowed Scholarship in Cello and Music GOP Fellowship. She was also a graduate teaching assistant at MSU from 2013 to 2016.
A native of South Korea, Hyekyung Sia Lee received her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano Performance from Michigan State University. Her prior musical training was at Manhattan School of Music for her second Master’s degree in New York and at Yeungnam University in Korea, for her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees, where she worked as a piano instructor and lecturer as well.
As a featured soloist, Dr. Lee has performed with several orchestras, which include Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra in Texas. She has also led several master classes while participating in numerous international music festivals throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. As a dedicated collaborative pianist, organist and chamber musician, she has performed at many concerts, especially in Canada and throughout the United States. She has been a collaborative pianist for Leonard Falcone International Euphonium and Tuba Festival and Competition in Blue Lake Fine Arts. She has also accompanied the Annual Grand Blanc Art Council Messiah Performances with the pipe organ, without any other instrumentalists. She has featured recordings, as she joined SymbiosisDuo to record American composer, Dr. James Grant’s Double Concerto for Euphonium and Tuba for their second album, Playground, which was released in February 2015.
Currently, Dr. Lee is a piano instructor at the OU community music and a staff Accompanist at Oakland University where she accompanies all university choirs. She is also an associate music director and organist at Church of the Holy Family in Grand Blanc.
