Community Music Center Orchestra

Sun 3 Jun, 4 pm. 3200 California Street, San Francisco, 94118. Michael McKenzie, (415)-292-1233. Jewish Community Center of San Franciso - [email][events]

Under the direction of Urs Leonardt Steiner Everyone is welcome to attend these free Friend Center concerts featuring an eclectic repertoire of classical, contemporary and original works, as well as collaborations with local artists. Part of the Shenson Community Music Series. Brought to you by the generosity of Fred M. Levin & Nancy Livingston, The Sheson Foundation, in memory of Ben & A. Jess Shenson.

Sun, Jun 3
4:00 PM
Concert #2
Hector Berlioz, Symphony Fantastique
Jean Sibelius, Violin Concerto in D Minor, op. 47
Violin soloist Monika Gruber-Gibbons

A native of Germany, Monika Gruber graduated from the ‘Hochschule für Musik’ in Weimar in 2003 with an Artistic Degree and a Teaching Degree. She spent the Academic Year 2000/01 as a recipient of the European “Erasmus” Scholarship at the ‘Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique’ in Lyon, France, studying violin with Stéphane Tran Ngoc. In 2003 she won the Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship Award, which enabled her to come to the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where she studied with Ian Swensen and completed her Masters Degree in May 2005. While studying, she participated in Masterclasses with artists such as Nobert Brainin (Amadeus Quartett), Menahem Pressler (Beaux Arts Trio) and Martha Katz (Cleveland Quartet). As a member of ‘The Eusebius Duo’, which she formed with pianist Hillary Nordwell, Monika has performed in chamber concerts in the US, Germany and Sweden. The duo was awarded 1st Prize at the International Chamber Music Ensemble Competition in Boston in 2006 and was invited to play in the prizewinner’s concert in Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall. Monika performs with numerous orchestras and ensembles throughout the Bay Area. A dedicated teacher, she was a faculty member of the SF Conservatory’s Preparatory Division in 2005/06 and currently teaches at the Community Music Center.