Don’t miss the final Informally-Formal Chamber Recital Series this Tuesday, April 11, at 7:30 p.m. in the Montante Cultural Center. This performance features Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (BPO) violinist Megan Prokes, joined by pianist Alison d’Amato, in a recital featuring the music of Veracini, Ysaye, Mallonnee, Dvorak and Brahms. Tickets are $15 general admission and $7 for students.
Prokes is a five-year veteran with the BPO. She is a member of the first violin section and grew up here in Western New York. Her father is also a violinist in the BPO. Prokes performs as a chamber musician with the Buffalo Chamber Players and the Roycroft Chamber Music Festival and featured as a soloist with the BPO and the Ars Nova Chamber Orchestra. She is also a former member of the Richmond Symphony Orchestra and the Virginia Symphony Orchestra.
Allison d’Amato is a gifted and virtuosic collaborative pianist. She is the artistic co-director of the Florestan Recital Project, assistant professor of vocal coaching at Eastman School of Music and a lecturer in voice at the University at Buffalo.
More information is available about this concert by calling the Fine Arts/music office at Ext. 2535.
Submitted by: Ellen Barnum, director, ArtsCanisius
