Evelyn Meiwes performs on the Utah Symphony’s 62nd Salute to Youth Live performance at Abravanel Corridor in Salt Lake Metropolis on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022. Laura Seitz, Deseret Information
Six younger musicians kicked off their Thanksgiving break with a uncommon alternative: performing a solo with the Utah Symphony.
Gratitude for the humanities was on the forefront of the Utah Symphony’s 62nd annual Salute to Youth live performance Wednesday evening. After numerous pages of music and countless hours of follow and memorization — to not point out a rigorous audition course of — musicians starting from ages 12 to 18 took the Abravanel Corridor stage to showcase their expertise with the Utah Symphony.
“Every year, we're impressed by the expertise and dedication of Utah’s younger musicians all through the competitors and amazed by the musicianship that involves life on stage throughout this magical night,” reads an outline on the Utah Symphony’s web site.
For some, like 15-year-old Evelyn Meiwes, Wednesday’s live performance was an thrilling return (Meiwes first carried out in Salute to Youth when she was 12). For others, it marked a serious debut. However for all, it was the success of a serious aim.
“I've simply been dreaming of this for thus lengthy,” pianist Jill Smith instructed the Deseret Information final yr following her Utah Symphony debut in Salute to Youth.
“It offers a aim for all these college students to have a date with the Utah Symphony,” Eugene Watanabe, a music instructor who did Salute to Youth 3 times, beforehand instructed the Deseret Information. “It’s the largest dance to be invited to for the scholars.”
The next six musicians have been the visitor soloists for the 62nd annual Salute to Youth live performance:
- Christina Sung, 12, carried out the third motion from the Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25.
- Marquessa Torbensen, 18, carried out the third motion from Bach Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor.
- Nesya Fertel, 13, and Logan Purser, 16, carried out the third motion of Mozart Sinfonia Concertante in E-Flat Main for violin and viola.
- Elisabeth Collings, 16, carried out Saint-Saens’ Morceau de Live performance, Op. 154 for harp and orchestra.
- Evelyn Meiwes, 15, carried out the third motion of Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 23.