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Sunday Afternoon Live: Violins of HopeJoin us for a special presentation of Sunday Afternoon Live as we partner with Violins of Hope-Wisconsin.

Date
November 9, 2025
Time
12:30 p.m.
Location
Mead Witter Lobby, Chazen Museum of Art
Description

Join us for a special presentation of Sunday Afternoon Live as we partner with Violins of Hope-Wisconsin for a performance that draws inspiration from a collection of resilient instruments that were owned and played during the Holocaust. UW–Madison School of Music graduate students and recent alums will play these restored instruments in a concert that pays tribute to their former owners, Jewish musicians during the Holocaust, and underscores themes of courage and survival.

Following the concert, attendees will have the opportunity to view Violins of Hope instruments with Chazen museumguides in the museum’s Chen Family Study Room.

A related talk by professor emerita Teryl Dobbs on “Experiencing Music in the Holocaust” will take place on Saturday, November 8 at 5 p.m. More details can be found here.

This performance is presented in partnership with Violins of Hope – Wisconsin, Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra (MYSO) and supported by the Office of the Chancellor.

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Musicians

Carolyn Van De Velde – Violin Performance Candidate DMA Class of 2027 (This recital fulfills a DMA requirement for Carolyn Van De Velde)

Janet Lyu – Violin Performance Candidate DMA Class of 2027

Chantel Charis – Violin Performance Candidate DMA Class of 2026

Sahada Buckley – Masters in Violin Performance Class of 2023

Dr. Kayla Patrick – Viola Performance Class of 2024

Dr. Melissa Snell – Viola Performance Class of 2025

Zou Zou Robidoux- Masters in Cello Performance Class of 2025

Dr. Aaron Fried – Cello Performance DMA Class of 2025

Program

Chapter 1

Victor Ullman – String Quartet No. 3, Op. 46

I. Allegro moderato

II. Presto

Hans Krasa – Tánec for String Trio

Gideon Klein – String Trio

I. Allegro

II. Lento (Variation on a Moravian Song)

III. Molto vivace

Chapter 2

Rosy Wertheim – String Quartet

I. Allegro Con Molto

II. Intermezzo

III. Allegro Energico

Dick Kattenburg – Escapades for Two Violins

I. Intrada

II. Romance

III. Rumba

Chapter 3

Aaron Fried – Glezele Vayn Medley

Contact
608-263-2246, events@chazen.wisc.edu
Tags
Performance-Music