October 2, 2022 Season opening concert

Featuring
Anna Kosachevich, Soprano
Tiffany Chao, Oboe 

Program
Arias by Mozart, Puccini, and Donizetti Ukrainian Art Songs
Hummel, Introduction, Theme, and Variations in F major, Op. 12
Franz von Suppe Light Cavalry Overture
Schubert Symphony No.8 “Unfinished” Sousa Marches

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Anna Kosachevich performing Ukrainian Folk Songs and arias by Mozart and Donizetti

The 21-year-old Ukrainian-American Soprano Anna Kosachevich currently resides in New Jersey. She was invited to sing the Ukrainian National Anthem in celebrations Madison Square Garden in new York City and at the Prudential Center in New Jersey. Anna won 2nd Prize in Sanremo Junior, a major international singing competition held in Sanremo, Italy. Among her various performances at festivals and recitals, Anna has sung with the renowned singer Pavlo Tabakov in Lviv, Ukraine. Most recently, Anna has appeared at the Barcelona Festival of Songs in Spain and numerous fundraising events for Ukraine.

An expressive and passionate young artist, Anna is well versed in diverse styles of genre: folk, jazz, pops, and musical theater. Anna currently attends New York University, majoring in Vocal Performance. This concert marks her return engagement with the Bravura Youth Orchestra.

Oboeist Tiffany Chao was a winner of the 2020 Bravura Young Artist Competition. Tiffany Chao is in her first year at Rutgers University’s Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy. She has won the Grand Prize in the National league of Performing Arts International Young Artists Competition and the Sousa Award. Tiffany was selected to join All-Nationals Honors Band, All-Eastern honors Orchestra, and the New Jersey All-State Honors Orchestra. Tiffany was the principal oboist for Bravura Youth Orchestra for three years and was a soloist with the Bravura Youth Orchestra as a winner of its concerto competition. She has also frequently played as a member of the Bravura Philharmonic Orchestra.