17 year old violinist Jorie Butler-Geyer is a senior at Stevenson High School and concertmaster of the Midwest Young Artists Symphony Orchestra
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Winner 2010 DePaul University Concerto Festival competition, winner Music Festival in Honor of Confucius VGB Scholarship, winner Charles Pikler Merit Scholarship with Midwest Young Artists, finalist with Glacking and West Suburban Symphony Young Artists competitions, honorable mention wins with Chicago Symphony, Walgreens and Confucius competitions.
Soloist with Oistrach Symphony, Bach and Beyond Orchestra, Kankakee Symphony, iSolisti Chamber Orchestra. Featured artist with Young Steinway Concert series, WFMT Introductions (with Trio Bravo), Millenium Park, Symphony Center and Art Institute concert series. Semi-Finalist Fischoff National Chamber Music competition with Trio Bravo. 2nd place winner Jules M. Laser chamber music competition.
Concertmaster of Midwest Young Artists Symphony Orchestra. Toured China, Korea, Germany and upcoming tour of Prague, Vienna and Krakow. Performed with Gustavo Dudamel and Ricardo Muti. Attended Aspen Music Festival summers of 2010 and 2011.
Member Young Music Scholars program, teaching music to underprivileged youth. National Honor Society, Tri-M Music Honor Society, Freshmen Mentor leader, AP Scholar with Honor.
Program: Performed with pianist Milana Pavchinskaya
Beethoven: “Spring” Sonata for Violin and Piano, No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24
I. Allegro
Samuel Barber: Violin Concerto in G Major, Op. 14
I. Allegro
JS Bach: Partita in G Minor
Adagio
Presto
Ravel: Tzigane, Concert Rhapsody
I was stopped in my path as soon as I heard the violin playing. I am a long time member/listener (almost 60 yrs.) and want to compliment both WFMT as well as the program INTRODUCTions for this program.
Jori is a accomplished musician. Her performance this morning a joy.
I want to comment on the sound. I listenend on my Bose, and wondered about the instrument. the sound was so rich, and provided a deep emotional response. Thank you.
Hi Leah,
So glad that you enjoyed the program. Jorie is indeed a fantastic performer and we were lucky to have her on WFMT today. I will also pass your comment on to our engineer for this series, Peter Cerbin.
All the best,
David Polk
Producer/Host