An international cast of outstanding students all come together to honor the Stars and Stripes, both in Staunton and in the Charlottesville presidential home of founding father James Monroe. Heifetz musicians investigate and celebrate the roots and branches of American music, from Bill Monroe to spirituals to Leonard Bernstein…and even leave a little room for John Philip Sousa!
This Episode’s Playlist
William Kroll: Banjo & Fiddle
Madison Vest, violin
Anton Smirnoff, piano
Monroe’s Highland, Charlottesville, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.04.2018
Key, arr. Heifetz: Star-Spangled Banner
Noelle Naito, violin
Clara Kim, violin
Monroe’s Highland, Charlottesville, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.04.2022
Bill Monroe, arr. Mark O’Connor: Gold Rush
Passacaglia Mason, violin
Clay Hancock, violin
Monroe’s Highland, Charlottesville, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.04.2022
Alasdair Fraser: Valley of the Moon Reel
Isabella Gorman, violin
Alex Fowler, cello
Monroe’s Highland, Charlottesville, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.04.2018
Gershwin, arr. J. Heifetz:: Summertime/Someone To Watch Over Me
Angela Sin Ying Chan, violin
Beilin Han, piano
Monroe’s Highland, Charlottesville, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.04.2022
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Gershwin, arr. J. Heifetz:: It Ain’t Necessarily So
Ji-Won Song, violin
Carlos Avila, piano
Sunspots Pavilion, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 06.27.2015
MUSIC: Traditional: Shenandoah [excerpt]
Isabella Gorman, violin;
Mairead Flory, cello
Monroe’s Highland, Charlottesville, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.04.2022
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Deep River, Op. 59, No. 10 from 24 Negro Spirituals
Wynton Grant, violin
Stefan Petrov, piano
Monroe’s Highland, Charlottesville, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.04.2016
Florence Price: Piano Sonata in E minor (1932)
- Andante
Andrew Rosenblum, piano
Heifetz Institute recording
First Presbyterian Church, Staunton, VA | 07.21.2021
Copland / Traditional, arr. Nate Sabat: At The River / Shenandoah
Angel Azzarra, soprano
The Heifetz Band
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute recording | 08.04.2017
Jessie Montgomery: Strum [excerpt]
Borromeo String Quartet
Nicholas Kitchen, violin
Kristopher Tong, violin
Mai Motobuchi, viola
Yeesun Kim, cello
First Presbyterian Church, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.16.2021
Bernstein, arr. Raimundo Penaforte: West Side Story Suite
Rachell Ellen Wong, violin
Carlos Avila, piano
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Stuanton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.17.2016
MUSIC: Sousa, arr. Bruce Dukov: Stars & Stripes Forever
Madison Vest, violin
Geneva Lewis, violin
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Stuanton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.04.2015
Go Deeper
Every year, the Heifetz Institute brings its cohort of outstanding young musicians from around the globe to celebrate Indpendence Day with a free concert at Monroe’s Highland, the Charlottesville, VA presidential home of Founding Father James Monroe. Check out a full-length video program on our Rubato Digital Concert Hall channel featuring some of our Highland performances through the years. And join us in person for the 2023 celebration!
We are delighted to welcome soprano Angel Azzarra back to the Heifetz Institute for 2023, where she serves both on our Performance & Communication Training faculty, as well as a guest soloist for both our Indpendence Day concert in Charlottesville, as well as our Friday, July 7 Celebrity Series concert that will feature works by Sergei Rachmaninoff. Tickets & Info.
Learn why Alasdair Fraser has been called The Michael Jordan of Scottish Fiddling, and how the Scottish fiddler came to team up with the California cellist Natalie Haas. Alasdair and Natalie’s Gaelic-flavored tunes have been part of Heifetz Hootenannies from the jump, and we’re thrilled to announce that the groundbreaking duo will be in residence at the 2023 Heifetz Summer Institute!