Concert Details

Friday, April 18, 2002, 6PM
The House of the Association of the City of New York
Honoring Lydia Kontos, Executive Director of the Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center

Saturday, April 19, 2002, 6PM
The House of the Association of the City of New York

David Bernard, Conductor
Erika Atchley, Violin

Mozart Overture to "The Marriage of Figaro", K. 492 
Mozart Violin Concerto in A, K. 219
Mendelssohn Symphony No. 1in c, Op. 11

About the Soloist

Erika Atchley began her musical studies at the age of six with her mother as a Suzuki student. At twelve, she was accepted as a student of Professor Tyrone Grieve at the University of Wisconsin. 
     Ms. Atchley graduated from the North Carolina School for the Arts where she held the Osborn Scholarship and then completed her graduate studies at the Manhattan School of Music. She has performed solo and chamber recitals throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. Ms. Atchley had recorded for the Koch, Newport Classics and Atlantic labels. Her teachers have included Elaine Richey, Mitchell Stern and Burton Kaplan. 
     Currently, Ms. Atchley resides in New York City and she plays in various musical groups, including the Harrisburg Symphony and the Alma string quartet. Ms. Atchley teaches violin at the Huntington Suzuki Music School, and is a regular guest clinician at Meredith College in Raleigh, North Carolina. As a former dancer, Ms. Atchley also enjoys teaching fitness.