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More than 300 people attended the concert on Saturday which featured the distinguished conductor, George Manahan and viola soloist, Chieh-Fan Yiu, winner of the 2012 Stony Brook University Concerto Competition.
A third-time guest conductor at Stony Brook, Manahan stood before the orchestra and led the musicians into the first composition, Scherzo à la Russe, by Stravinsky. The music involved only one movement, and it was a fast-moving jovial piece. The first and third parts of the music were identical, while the second part, B, had a contrasting effect.
In addition to being a guest conductor at Stony Brook, George Manahan is also the Music Director of the American Composers Orchestra, Music Director of the Portland Opera and winner of the the 2012 Ditson Conductor’s Award, one of the oldest awards bestowed upon conductors of American music.
The spotlight, however, was on Yiu. Clad in an all-black suit and shiny patent black loafers, Yiu garnered the attention of the audience in his
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