Violin sensation Joshua Brown returns to perform with Elmhurst Symphony
When he won the Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra Stanger Audition and performed with the ESO in 2015, it was clear Joshua Brown was a star in the making.
Now the award-winning violin sensation is returning to perform a pair of concerts with the symphony.
Music fans will have a chance to hear Brown in two different settings as the symphony continues its 57th season.
The first concert featuring Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons" is at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 13, at the Mayslake Peabody Estate, 1717 West 31st St., Oak Brook.
The second concert, "Vivacious Vivaldi," will be at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 28, in the symphony's home at Elmhurst Christian Reformed Church, 149 W. Brush Hill Road.
Both concerts will feature the music of Vivaldi, Corelli and Handel as featured symphony principals join Brown, ESO Music Director and Conductor Stephen Alltop and the ESO Baroque ensemble.
At age 17, Brown already has won prizes at numerous competitions, including the 2015 IX International Tchaikovsky Competition, the 2015 Cooper International Violin Competition, and the 2016 Stradivarius International Violin Competition.
He has made solo appearances on NPR's "From the Top" and on WFMT's "Introductions" and has performed with several orchestras, including the Cleveland Orchestra and the Ars Viva Symphony Orchestra.
A National Young Arts winner in 2016 and 2017, he also won the 2015 Music Institute of Chicago Concerto Competition.
Recently named a recipient of a long-term instrument loan from a generous patron through the Stradivarius Society of Chicago, he performs on a 1679 Pietro Guarneri violin made in Cremona.
To benefit the youth outreach programs of the ESO, a bake sale will be held at the Jan. 28 concert. Proceeds support the ESO's annual visits to area schools, where members perform for several thousand elementary students each year. Proceeds also help support the annual Stanger Young Artists Audition.
Tickets for both concerts can be purchased at www.elmhurstsymphony.org or by calling the ESO Box Office at (630) 941-0202.
Mayslake tickets are $25 for adults, $23 for seniors and $7 for students. Tickets for the concert at the church are $35 for adults, $32 for seniors, and $12 for students. Group and family rates are available.
Three-concert subscriptions for the remainder of season still are available for purchase.
The 57th season of the Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra is made possible in part by grants from the City of Elmhurst, the Illinois Arts Council, the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, and WDCB 90.9-FM.