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Piano Concert By Mrs. Kristi Helfen And Pamela Martin

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On Spetember 21 at 7:30 in Williams Hall, I participated in a piano concert performed by Mrs. Kristi Helfen and Mrs. Pamela Martin. What’s even more surprising was that this performance is not only a simple piano concert. Rather, it was a four hands piano concert that required much more proficiency in piano. In this concert, they performed several renowned songs: Overture to Orchestral Suite in D major, BMV 1068 by Bach, Grnde Rondo in A Major D. 951 by Schubert, The Frolics of a Band of Children by Villa-Bobos, Sonata in F major, K. 497 by Mozart, and Marche Ecossaise sur un Theme Populaire by Debussy. Mrs. Kristi Helfen was a dedicated piano educator in Oxford College of Emory University and a freelance piano performer. In addition, she even got awarded with a grant from Steinway Piano Gallery to celebrate her commitment to piano education.
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