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Solitude to Triumph
Friday, November 20, 2026: 7:30 PM
Saturday, November 21, 2026: 2:30 PM
Saturday, November 21, 2026: 7:30 PM
Sunday, November 22, 2026: 2:30 PM
All four concerts at the Gardner Theatre within Lancaster Country Day School
725 Hamilton Road, Lancaster, PA 17603
Concert Timing (approx.): 2 Hours (including a 20-minute intermission)
Tickets: $25-$105
Experience a powerful emotional journey as we present three deeply lyrical masterworks. Copland's Quiet City evokes urban solitude and contemplation, while Barber's Violin Concerto—performed by Sphinx Competition winner Amaryn Olmeda—offers pensive, elegant songfulness that moves from introspection to brilliant virtuosity. The concert culminates with Sibelius' triumphant Symphony No. 2, building from reflection to a glorious, uplifting finale. From quiet contemplation to radiant celebration, this program reveals the full range of the human spirit through three profoundly beautiful works.
FEATURING:
Amaryn Olmeda, violinist
REPERTOIRE:
Aaron Copland: Quiet City
Samuel Barber: Concerto for Violin, op.14
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No.2 in D major, op.43
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Meet Amaryn Olmeda
Winner of first prize and the audience choice award at the 24th Annual Sphinx Competition, American violinist Amaryn Olmeda is a rising star sought after for her bold and expressive performances as a soloist and collaborator. Violinist.com says of Olmeda, “...her commanding stage presence, infallible technique, and interpretive ability already rival that of international concert stage veterans.”
Highlights of the 2025-2026 season include debut performances with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Calgary Philharmonic, Tallahassee Symphony, Modesto Symphony, Williamsburg Symphony, and Shreveport Symphony, as well as return appearances with the Buffalo Philharmonic, Des Moines Symphony, Stockton Symphony, and Auburn Symphony. Olmeda also made her debut in recital at the Celebrity Series of Boston.
Olmeda made her Lincoln Center solo debut on the 2024 Summer for the City Series. Later that season, she returned for her solo debut at David Geffen Hall on the New York Philharmonic’s Kravis Nightcap Series with violinist Hilary Hahn and principal ballet dancer Tiler Peck. She made her Carnegie Hall solo debut on the Sphinx Virtuosi tour at the age of 14, garnering rave reviews.
Recent highlights include debuts with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Houston Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic, Seattle Symphony, Charlotte Symphony, Omaha Symphony, and the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra at their New Year’s Concert Series, earning her a nomination for the San Francisco Classical Voice Audience Choice Awards.
In 2023, she recorded Carlos Simon’s Between Worlds on Deutsche Grammophon, praised by The Strad as “an impressive reading by the young musician.” In 2022, Olmeda performed for the San Francisco Conservatory
Gala with Yuja Wang. At 13, Olmeda became the first member of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and Opus 3 Artist’s Artist Apprentice Program.
Born in Melbourne, Australia in 2008, Olmeda currently studies at the New England Conservatory of Music with Miriam Fried. She previously studied with Ian Swensen at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Olmeda performs on a violin made by J.B. Vuillaume in 1864.
Artists and programs are subject to change.