Meet our Student Performers!

We are excited to be featuring three talented Cape Cod students for our 2:15 pre-concert student showcase on February 16th. Learn more about them below.

Olivia Di Bari, soprano

Performing Schubert’s Gretchen am Spinnrade, Olivia Di Bari is a Senior at Nauset Regional Highschool. Since she was six years old, Olivia has been playing instruments and performing in shows such as A Christmas Carol, Annie, The Wizard of Oz, Beauty and The Beast, Macbeth, Grease, Rent, Anonymous, High School Musical, Twelfth Night, The Yellow Boat, and Chicago. Her hope is to study classical voice after high school, whether it be in Italy or somewhere in America. She’d like to thank all of her music teachers, which includes Liz Schultz, Deborah Geithner, Helen Guilte and Diana Toscano, for helping her along by teaching her piano, cello and vocal performance.

Jim DellaMorte, piano

A senior at Barnstable High School, Jim DellaMorte is also matriculating at CCCC and will take advantage of a Gap year to expand his love of aeronautics maintenance. He will be performing Haydn’s Variations in F inor and Liebermann’s Nocturne No. 4. One does not usually credit a seventeen year-old with having a “past,” but Jim has added violin and organ studies to an already impressive list of accomplishments. Jim has been honored by Cape Conservatory once again winning First Place in the senior division giving him a full scholarship. He performs regularly at CC; featured as the student representative (soloist) at the May fund-raising event of Cape Symphony he delighted all with his interpretation of a Copland piece. His outstanding performances at the Chatham Music Club have earned him top awards for three consecutive years. Continuing his studies with Sylvia Karkus Furash, Jim receives occasional coaching from Robert Durso and Yoriko Fieleke of the Golandsky Institute (Taubman Approach). Jim has performed as soloist for the All-Cape Piano Fund, at the Cotuit Center for the Arts, Cape Cod Cultural Center, and is a regular featured performer at the Open Mic-Classical in Brewster. Jim is inviting everyone to Cape Conservatory on June 7th at one o’clock at which time he will present a Senior Recital.

Andrew Juan, cello

Performing Bruch’s Kol Nidre, Andrew Juan is a Junior at Sturgis Charter Public School East. Andrew began music by playing piano when he was four, then started cello when he was seven. Andrew serves as the first cellist in the Cape Youth Orchestra and has participated in Senior Districts and received All-State recommendations for the past three years. He received the Chatham Music Club scholarship for playing cello in 2019 as well. In addition to cello, Andrew sings in his school's chorus and acapella group and enjoys various other activities, including swimming competitively on the Cape Cod Firefish, and playing piano in the pit orchestra for Sturgis's musical, "Legally Blonde". He is also the National Youth Director for the Yang 2020 presidential campaign.

Our February 16th concert is right around the corner! Get your tickets below.

An Afternoon of Chamber Music

Sunday, February 16th, 2020, 3 PM

Pre-concert Student Showcase at 2:15 PM featuring pianist Jim DellaMorte (senior at Sturgis Charter School), cellist Andrew Juan (junior at Sturgis Charter School), and Olivia Di Bari (senior at Nauset Regional HS).

Join members of the CCCO with music of Dvořák, Copland's Appalachian Spring Suite, and Piazzolla, featuring harpist Charles Overton.

PROGRAM:

Grandjany Rhapsodie, Op. 10 | Charles Overton, harp

Dvořák Piano Quartet in E Flat, Op. 87

Piazzolla Histoire du Tango | Charles Overton, harp - Emma Powell, violin

Copland Appalachian Spring Suite

Our musician sponsorship for February is now open! Check out all of our talented musicians and click below to sponsor one of them.