Join Erika and Richard for an evening of Chamber Music. Their program will include the Sonatina in D major, Op. 137, no.1, D.384 by Schubert, the Sonata in G major, no. 11, K.379 by Mozart and the beloved Concerto no. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 by Bruch.

Erika Allen, a native of Blue Hill, Maine, began her musical studies at age 7. She holds a master’s degree in collaborative piano performance from Juilliard, as well as degrees in solo performance from New England Conservatory and Oberlin. Her primary teachers include Jonathan Feldman, Margo Garrett, Vivian Weilerstein, and Angela Cheng. An avid chamber musician and collaborator, Ms. Allen has performed with numerous artists including soprano Dawn Upshaw, French hornist Julie Landsman, violinist Ray Chen, and members of the Metropolitan Opera/ Orchestra. She has served as a staff pianist for Sejong International Music Festival at the Curtis Institute, Bowdoin Music Festival, Juilliard, New England Conservatory, Bard, Boston Conservatory, and the University of Southern Florida in Tampa. In past summers, she has participated in various festivals including Fontainebleau Music Festival, Kneisel Hall, and Banff.
Ms. Allen has made recent appearances at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall and Saugerties Pro Musica. She has performed in several concert series including Bay Chamber Concerts in Rockport, ME, Cape Cod Chamber Music Series, Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival, Blue Hill Concert Association Winter Series, and Shandelee Music Festival. Additionally, she has performed with Juilliard and Oberlin orchestras. Ms. Allen served on the faculty of Bard College/Conservatory and Pre-College from 2014-2018. Prior to this role as a professor, she served as a staff pianist and participant of Bard’s Collaborative Piano Fellow program. Above all, she cherishes quality time with her husband and two children.

Violinist Richard Hsu is a Chicago native who began playing at the age of 2. He studied the Suzuki Method with Gwen Ying and furthered his training through high school with Betty Lambert of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He holds a Performer Diploma and Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance from the Jacobs School of Music, studying with Paul Biss. Richard advanced his studies at Manhattan School of Music, specializing in orchestral performance with concertmaster Glenn Dicterow and members of the New York Philharmonic. He has performed with Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Clarion Society, Early Music New York, Santa Fe Pro Musica, and Spoleto Festival USA. Locally, Richard performs with Bagaduce Chorale, Winter Harbor Music Festival, Bar Harbor Music Festival, and Penobscot Theater Company. He was formerly associate concertmaster of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra and Sarasota Opera. He is a member and substitute concertmaster of the Bangor Symphony Orchestra. Richard teaches violin in Ellsworth, Bangor, MDI High School and College of Atlantic. He enjoys playing tennis, cooking, making espresso drinks, and trying to beat his son in chess. He plays on a violin made in 1851 by Antonio Pedrinelli in Crespano, Italy, and a Joseph Alfred Lamy bow, made in Paris, France.