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Vivace Annual Recitals 2026 - Session 5 | VSR 25-26 XXVIII | Vivace International School of Music

Vivace International School of Music

Vivace Annual Recitals 2026 - Session 5 | VSR 25-26 XXVIII

Vivace International School of Music


Instructor

Ms. Alisiya Boiko


Piano Accompanist

N/A


Location

Vivace Houston Campus (Dun Huang Plaza) | 9889 Bellaire Blvd #D261, Houston, TX 77036


Run-Through

01:30 PM - 02:30 PM, May 9, 2026, Saturday

Please arrive at least 15 minutes early to allow time for parking.


Recital

03:00 PM, May 9, 2026, Saturday


Students Recital Etiquette: www.VivaceMusic.org/sre


Audience Age Limit: 6 Years Old & Above


PROGRAM

(This Marks the 28th Student Recital for the 2025-26 Season at Vivace International School of Music.)

Boxcar Rumble

Shave and Haircut by Nancy and Randall Faber

Kaitlyn Zhang

ca. 2

Traffic Jam 2nds 

I’m a Fine Musician by Nancy and Randall Faber

Stephen Lin

ca. 2

Riding the Wind

Horse-Drawn Carriage by Nancy and Randall Faber

Patrick Tang

ca. 2

Lead on, Black Horse - Ukrainian folk song 

Boogie on Broadway by Nancy and Randall Faber

Francis Xu

ca. 2

Fiesta España by Nancy and Randall Faber

Tuxedo Junction - E. Hawkins, W. Johnson, J. Dash, B. Feyne

Emily Lin

ca. 5

Phantom of the Keys by Nancy Faber

Canon by Johann Pachelbel 

Lawina Tang

ca. 7

Recital Rules:

o    NO FOOD OR DRINKS ARE ALLOWED INSIDE THE SCHOOL

o    Please set all cell phones and electronic devices to theater or airplane mode to avoid sound interruptions.

o    During performances, please remain quiet and stay until the end out of respect for each performer, who has worked very hard for this moment.


PARKING

You may park in the 4-stories garage building behind Vivace Houston (Dun Huang Plaza).


BEFORE YOU ARRIVE

  • Please self-assess your health before leaving home.

  • Please check-in at the entrance,

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Vivace International School of Music


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Vivace Masterclass Series 2025-26 Season | Prof. Espen Lilleslåtten | Vivace International School of Music

Vivace International School of Music

Vivace Masterclass Series 2025-26 Season

Prof. Espen Lilleslåtten | Violin

Vivace International School of Music


Host: Mr. Xiangwei Sun

Piano Accompanist: Ms. Alisiya Boiko


Time: 06:00 PM, May 8, 2026, Friday

Vivace Recital Hall: 9889 Bellaire Blvd., #D261, Houston, TX 77036


Students Recital Etiquette: www.VivaceMusic.org/sre


Audience Age Limit: 6 Years Old & Above


🌟 Active Participants:


Concerto No.2 3rd Mvt. by F. Seitz

Cleo Wang


Kujawiak by Henry Wieniawski

Anson Soule


Concerto in A minor 3rd Mvt. by A. Vivaldi

Vedant Balaji


Meditation from Thais by Jules Massenet

Queena Liu


Canon in D by Johann Pachelbel. arr. B. C. Dockery

Vivace Sugar Land Ensemble

First Violin: Prof. Espen Lilleslåtten, Cleo Wang, Maya Tino

Second Violin: Mr. Xiangwei Sun, Queena Liu, Ricky Wen.

Piano: Stanley He


Concerto No.2 3rd Mvt. by F. Seitz

Maya Tino


Kujawiak by Henry Wieniawski

Ethan Yu


Concerto No.5 1st Mvt. by F. Seitz

Ricky Wen


Espen Lilleslåtten is currently associate professor of violin at Louisiana State University. Previously he served for fifteen years as concertmaster of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and is currently concertmaster of the Amarillo Symphony Orchestra. During the summers, he is an artist faculty member at the Aspen Music Festival and School, where he is also principal second violin of the Aspen Chamber Symphony.


He has recently been invited as guest associate concertmaster of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra with Marin Alsop, and has performed with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra as associate principal violist with Klaus Mäkelä, recording Sibelius Symphony No.1 and Kodaly Danses from Galanta.

As a soloist, he has appeared with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and given recitals at the Bergen International Festival. He premiered the Concerto of Psalms for two violins and orchestra by Dinos Constantinides at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall, and at a recital in Carnegie Hall.


Mr. Lilleslåtten is also an active chamber player. The Amarillo String Quartet, consisting of the string principals of the Amarillo Symphony, has been actively engaged in music education in schools in west Texas spreading enthusiasm for music. For years, Espen was a violinist with the Logos String Quartet, which was based at LSU. He spent two semesters and several summers as a guest artist at the Banff Center for the Arts in Alberta, Canada. Among the artists with whom he has performed chamber music are the Harrington String Quartet, the Aspen Trio, the Pacifica String Quartet, Stafen Jackiw, Isaac Stern, Menahem Pressler, Sylvia Rosenberg, Bonnie Hampton, Natalia Gutman, Lynn Harrell, Joshua Bell, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg and Joel Krosnick.


Mr. Lilleslåtten began studying the violin at age five with his father, a violist with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. After receiving his Bachelor of Music degree from the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo, Mr. Lilleslåtten continued his studies in the U.S., earning his Master of Music degree from Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music as a student of Camilla Wicks, as well as an artist diploma in chamber music and violin performance with Ian Swensen at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.


Vivace International School of Music


Event Rules:

o    NO FOOD OR DRINKS ARE ALLOWED INSIDE THE SCHOOL

o    Please set all cell phones and electronic devices to theater or airplane mode to avoid sound interruptions.

o    During performances, please remain quiet and stay until the end out of respect for each performer, who has worked very hard for this moment.


PARKING

You may park in the 4-stories garage building behind Vivace Houston (Dun Huang Plaza).


BEFORE YOU ARRIVE

  • Please self-assess your health before leaving home.

  • Please check-in at the entrance,

Vivace International School of Music




Vivace International School of Music


Please subscribe Vivace’s Facebook and YouTube channel as below to receive the latest posts of the performances and other events.


Vivace Annual Recitals 2026 - Session 4 | VSR 25-26 XXVII | Vivace International School of Music

Vivace International School of Music

Vivace Annual Recitals 2026 - Session 4 | VSR 25-26 XXVII

Vivace International School of Music


Instructor

Dr. Nicole Sun


Piano Accompanist

N/A


Location

Vivace Houston Campus (Dun Huang Plaza) | 9889 Bellaire Blvd #D261, Houston, TX 77036


Run-Through

04:30 PM - 05:30 PM, May 3, 2026, Sunday

Please arrive at least 15 minutes early to allow time for parking.


Recital

06:00 PM, May 3, 2026, Sunday


Students Recital Etiquette: www.VivaceMusic.org/sre


Audience Age Limit: 6 Years Old & Above


PROGRAM

(This Marks the 27th Student Recital for the 2025-26 Season at Vivace International School of Music.)

This is not Jingle Bells by Nancy & Randall Faber

Breeze by Nobuaki Tamaru

Hannah Houeto                       

ca.2

Stars on a Summer Night by William Gillock

Green Dragonflies by Martha Mier

Aria Feng

ca. 3

Lightly Row by Nancy & Randall Faber

Zoey Gai


The clock shop by Nancy & Randall Faber

Primo Zoey Gai

Secondo Nicole Sun 

ca. 3

Waltz No. 2 by Shostakovich

Remember me from Coco by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez

Alex Zuo

ca. 3

Minute in G minor From the Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach

Always with me by Youmi Kimura

Yanxin Chen

ca. 4

Waltz Op. 39, No. 13 by Dmitri Kabalevsky

Little Fairy Waltz Op. 105 No. 1by Ludovic Streabbog 

Yanni Chen

ca. 5

Waltz in B minor by Franz Schubert

Nuvole Bianche ARR. Joel Biffin

Layla Aquilizan

ca. 7

Minute by Ludwig Van Beethoven

Experience by Ludovico Einaudi

Farrah Aquilizan

ca. 8

Pure Heart by Catherine Rollin

For Elis by Ludwig Van Beethoven

Sylvie Nguyen

ca. 9

Recital Rules:

o    NO FOOD OR DRINKS ARE ALLOWED INSIDE THE SCHOOL

o    Please set all cell phones and electronic devices to theater or airplane mode to avoid sound interruptions.

o    During performances, please remain quiet and stay until the end out of respect for each performer, who has worked very hard for this moment.


PARKING

You may park in the 4-stories garage building behind Vivace Houston (Dun Huang Plaza).


BEFORE YOU ARRIVE

  • Please self-assess your health before leaving home.

  • Please check-in at the entrance,

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Vivace International School of Music


Please subscribe Vivace’s Facebook and YouTube channel as below to receive the latest posts of the performances and other events.


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