Classical Performance Journal

4th Annual David Anderson Benefit Concert presented May 28, 2009

Henry Lewers — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:20:59 +0000

The fourth annual spring chamber music concert to benefit the David Anderson Music Fund was presented on Thursday, May 28 at 7:30 PM in the Big Room at High Mowing School. Performers included Jeremy Gillam ’09 (voice), Henry Lewers ’08 (piano), Nicole Perez ’10 (viola), and Elise MacDonald (flute). The all-romantic program included works by Brahms, Faure, Rachmaninov, and Schumann.

Recordings from the concert will be posted here shortly.

The David Anderson Fund was founded in memory of David Anderson’96, who passed away from leukemia several years after graduating from the school. David's accomplished cello playing and the importance of music in his life inspired his parents, Mike and Seraphin Anderson, to establish a scholarship fund in his honor for High Mowing music students. In 2006, Townsend Gregg ’06 and Henry Lewers ’08 initiated the David Anderson Fund Concert Series with a concert on May 31, David’s birthday. This year marks the fourth annual concert of the series. CDs of the concerts from 2006 and 2007 are available for sale, with all proceeds benefitting the David Anderson Music Fund.

2008 David Anderson Benefit Chamber Music Concert

Henry Lewers — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:35:59 +0000

On Friday, May 30, the Advanced Independent Chamber Music group at High Mowing School performed its 3rd annual concert to benefit the David Anderson Music Fund. Performing were seniors Henry Lewers (Piano), Michiko Takahashi (Violin), and Sophie Abrahams-Dematte (Violin), sophomore Nicole Perez (Viola), and alumnus Townsend Gregg '06 (Cello). The program featured works by Brahms, Mozart, Schubert, Kreisler, and others.

Click the icon below to download Sonata for Cello and Piano in G Minor, Op. 65 III: Largo. To hear clips from the other pieces, click here.

Pictured:
(Front from left) Nicole, Sophie (Back from left) Michiko, Townsend, Henry

2007 David Anderson Benefit Chamber Music Concert

Henry Lewers — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:30:24 +0000

Michiko Takahashi (violin), Sophie Abrahams-Dematte (violin), and Henry Lewers (piano), all from the class of 2008, gave a concert tonight in High Mowing School's Big Room to benefit the David Anderson Music Fund. Works of Saint Saens, Dvorak, Vivaldi, Prokofiev, and Bach, among others were performed.

(Pictured from left to right: Michiko, Sophie, Henry)

Click the icon below to download a recording of Bach's Concerto in D Minor for Two Violins (BVW 1043) III: Allegro from the concert. To hear clips of the other pieces, click here.

2006 David Anderson Benefit Chamber Music Concert

Henry Lewers — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:21:45 +0000

In spring of 2006, cellist Townsend Gregg ('06) and pianist Henry Lewers ('08) gave a concert, marking the culmination of their year of work together in their independent chamber music class. The program included works of Bruch, Saint-Saens, Brahms, Faure, and others. Proceeds from donations made at the concert benefited the David Anderson Music Fund.

Click the icon below to download Bourree. To hear clips of the other pieces, click here.