When The Leaves are Drifting: A Celebration of Autumn
Sunday, October 8, 2023
Doors: 3:30pm | Show: 4:00pm
Single Show Ticket Price
Adult - $20
Senior - $15
12 & Under - FREE
Season Pass - All 4 Shows (concert only)
*Available for purchase until 10/8/23*
Adult - $72
Senior - $52
12 & Under - FREE
*Ticket and Season Pass Prices do not include dinner for the 2/13/2023 Show.
About the Show
Mechanics Hall teams up with the faculty of the Pakachoag Music School to present "When the leaves are drifting," a concert celebrating the fall season. The varied program explores three centuries of music, with a little something for everyone -- everything from Tchaikovsky to songs from the Great American Songbook to several works by female composers to a new piece composed for the occasion by Leonardo Ciampa to favorites by the ultimate "autumnal composer," Johannes Brahms.
Featured Performers
Born in Taipei, Taiwan Jung-Yi Alice Hsieh Daugherty is an award-winning flutist currently working in New York City. Jung-Yi won first prizein several international competitions including the Taipei Music Competition, the Jui-Shin Music Competition and the Sun Yat-Sen University Concerto Competition. Additionally, she was a finalist in the 2009 Kousseyitzky Young Artist Award and a Prize Winner of the 2011 Alexander & Buono International Flute Competition.
Jung-Yi’s musical abilities allowed her to earn a scholarship to attend the National Sun Yat-Sen University where she received a Bachelor of Arts Degree and was Principal Flute of the orchestra for four consecutive years. Ms. Hsieh later earned a Master of Music Degree and Professional Studies Diploma from Mannes College the New School for Music in New York City where she received a scholarship and studied with Judith Mendenhall, Principal Flute of the American Ballet Theater.
Scott Daugherty is a passionate performing musician and educator. He has played on Broadway and with the Albany Symphony Orchestra. In 2008, Scott was awarded the honor of the James E. Hughes, Sr. Memorial Award for Performance from Mannes College of Music.
Scott has performed several engagements at Carnegie Hall and Avery Fisher Hall in New York City and has performed in Symphony Hall in Boston. He has focused on classical music in recent years, though he grew up primarily playing jazz and keeps it an active part of his playing. Scott is also an audio engineer and records often in New York City and Boston.
Scott is currently a Doctor of Musical Arts candidate at Stony Brook University, studying with American Brass Quintet Member Kevin Cobb.
Scott’s former teachers include Mr. Vincent Penzarella of the New York Philharmonic and Mr. Eric Berlin of the Boston Philharmonic and Albany Symphony. He has also studied with Thomas Smith of the New York Philharmonic and Raymond Riccomini of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Scott joined Pakachoag in September, 2013
Brenda Lau is a Chinese-Panamanian Singer/Songwriter based in Worcester, MA. She won the latest Panamanian version of American Idol, Vive la Musica 2010 (Batalla de las Estrellas). In 2020 she graduated from Berklee College of Music majoring Songwriting and Composition. Lau has performed the National Anthem for the Boston Bruins during the 2018-2019 season, following the retirement of local legend Rene Rancourt, who sang the anthem for the Bruins for 42 years. Now, she works as a voice faculty for Pakachoag Music School of Greater Worcester and Apple Tree Arts in Grafton as well as a music teacher for K-8 in Webster.
Kristjon Imperio serves as the Pakachoag Music School’s Director of Programs and Community Engagement. Kristjon is an experienced pianist, organist, teacher, chamber musician, and music administrator. He performs extensively as a collaborative pianist and organ recitalist throughout New England. A highly sought-after coach and instructor, he has served as a piano, choral, and chamber ensemble clinician for numerous institutions, including Fitchburg State University, Thayer Performing Arts Center, the QX Chamber Music Institute, and Atlantic Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.
As soloist, Kristjon has performed piano and harpsichord concerti of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Grieg, Tchaikovsky, and Brahms with the Atlantic Union College Symphony Orchestra, New England Youth Ensemble, and Southern Adventist University Symphony Orchestra. Chamber music being one of his greatest passions, he is a founding member of the New England Piano Trio, Worcester-based Seele Musicale Chamber Ensemble, and Imperio in Stereo, a piano duo he formed alongside his father in 2014.
Kristjon founded Bolton Philharmonic Society, Inc. in 2008 and served as artistic director of the organization’s four community choral and instrumental ensembles until his retirement in 2016. During his eight years with the Philharmonic, he managed and conducted over 30 performances of major works by Vivaldi, Haydn, Mozart, Chopin, Dvorak, Vierne, Durufle, Vaughan Williams, Hindemith, Barber, and Rutter.
He has also held the position of program director for Thayer Performing Arts Center, managing the organization’s after-school music program and introducing a visual art curriculum to the program’s community offerings; and previously served as a collaborative pianist and for the Anna Maria College’ Department of Music, Fitchburg State University’s choral ensembles, and Worcester State University’s Department of Visual & Performing Arts.
In addition to his administrative duties as director of programs & outreach for Pakachoag Music School, Kristjon serves as the school’s collaborative pianist. He is also organist and handbell choir director at Wellesley Village Church. Kristjon is also the President of the Worcester Organ Festival (Leonardo Ciampa, founding director).