Winter Concert, featuring pianist Christopher Goodpasture
Sunday, February 16, 2025
3:00 PM
Central Bucks High School South
1100 Folly Road
Warrington, PA 18976
Concert Details
Concert Program
Jesse Montgomery: Soul Force
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in Eb major, Op. 73
José Luis Domínguez, conductor
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43
Sebastian Grand, conductor
Tickets: General Admission $25, Seniors $20, Students Free
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Christopher Goodpasture, pianist
Hailed by the Dallas Morning News as a pianist who plays “with rhetorical grandeur, romantic warmth, and surefire technique,” Steinway Young Artist Christopher Goodpasture is establishing himself as a bold and imaginative programmer of the classical repertoire.
Winner of the 2020 New York Concert Artists Worldwide Debut Auditions and the 2019 Astral Artists National Competition, Mr. Goodpasture has performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C.; Benaroya Hall in Seattle; Koerner Hall in Toronto; and Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Hall, and Weill Recital Hall in New York City. He has performed in the festivals at Ravinia, Aspen, Caramoor, Sarasota, and Port Townsend. Additionally, he received top prizes at the Serge Koussevitzky Competition for Pianists and the Washington, Dallas, Iowa and Seattle international piano competitions.
Recent orchestral performances include concertos with the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of New York, Dallas Chamber Symphony, Sioux City Symphony, Acadiana Symphony Orchestra, Oakville Symphony in Toronto, and the Joven Orquesta Leonesa in Léon, Spain.
From 2018-20, Mr. Goodpasture was a member of the New York-based Ensemble Connect, a fellowship program of Carnegie Hall and The Juilliard School, emphasizing chamber music, audience engagement, and mentorship for young musicians. He has an active interest in commissioning contemporary music, an endeavor that has led to residencies at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, and resulted in original works and premieres by George E. Lewis, Douglas Knehans, Jules Matton, and jazz pianist Benoît Delbecq.
A native of Los Angeles, Mr. Goodpasture’s musical life began at the Pasadena Conservatory, where he studied piano, chamber music, theory, and composition. He furthered his studies at the University of Southern California and the Glenn Gould School in Toronto, and pursued graduate degrees at The Juilliard School and the Yale School of Music. Currently, he is a doctoral candidate at the Peabody Institute.
