"Embrace" by Kenji Bunch Premieres

I’m proud to be premiering “Embrace”, the new electric violin concerto by Kenji Bunch. It was co-commissioned by 9 orchestras through an organization called the Orchestra Engagement Lab whose mission is to strengthen orchestras’ connections within their communities. The first premier was on April 6, 2013 with the Champlain Philharmonic Orchestra in Vermont and I’ve performed it recently with the Stockton Symphony, Berklee College Symphony and several others. there are still 2 more premiers coming up in Anchorage, Alaska with the Anchorage Symphony and in Avery Fisher Hall in NY with the Little Orchestra Society of NY in May. The piece coalesces on stage like a flash mob with orchestra members entering one by one from the audience and from various locations in the hall. It’s a joyful, beautiful work with plenty of room for me to improvise and rock out.