Connecticut's Own: Music for Spring with Oboe and Piano

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Wilton Library
Brubeck Room

Event Details

Please join us for another Sunday afternoon of chamber music in our Connecticut's Own series. Wilton residents Ralph Kirmser [oboe] and Kyong Hee Cho [piano] will perform Romances for Oboe and Piano by Robert and Clara Schumann as well as solo piano works by Franz Schubert and Frederic Chopin.

Ralph Kirmser is a graduate of Dartmouth College and Yale School of Medicine. He has been oboist for the Madera Winds Quintet for five years. Prior to that, he was oboist for the Prevailing Winds of Connecticut and Morningside Wind Quintet of New York City. In 2000, he was oboist for Orvieto Musica in Orvieto, Italy. He is a regular participant at the Bennington Chamber Music Conference and has served on its Board of Trustees. While an undergraduate at Dartmouth, Dr. Kirmser was principal oboe for the Vermont Symphony. Dr. Kirmser is a cardiologist with Cardiology Physicians of Fairfield County and practices in Norwalk. He is a resident of Wilton, CT and has lived there with his wife Sally and their three children for over 40 years.

Kyong Hee Cho began her piano career in Korea at the age of four. She gave her first concert piano performance with the Seoul Symphony at the age of eleven. She attended the Manhattan School of Music as a merit scholar where she earned a BA and MA degree in piano performance. Kyong Hee has performed numerous solo concerts to benefit international medical and disaster relief. She teaches piano at her studio in Wilton, CT and provides leadership to her students in the planning and performance of benefit concerts.

No charge.  Registration strongly suggested.  Pre-registrants should arrive no later than 3:50 to be guaranteed seating; waitlisted and walk-in registrants will be admitted after 3:50 if space is available.  Register online or call 203-762-6334.  For more information, contact asato@wiltonlibrary.org.

Event Type(s): Concert
Age Group(s): Adults

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