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Caeli Smith & Tim Ribchester, Recital

  • Come hear violinist CAELI SMITH and pianist TIM RIBCHESTER in a recital featuring works by J. S. Bach, Samuel Barber, and Astor Piazzolla. 

The recital is free to the public. All ages, including children, are welcome to attend.

A freewill donation is requested to benefit a musical and healing mission by Rayos de Canción (Rays of Music).

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Rayos de Canción is a group of four Juilliard musicians and two dancers who will travel to Antigua City, Guatemala in May to work with children suffering from cerebral palsy at Las Obras Sociales del Santo Hermano Pedro (Social Works of Brother Pedro). Juilliard will supply a matching grant to help cover transportation, room and board, safety measures and supplies.

18-year-old CAELI SMITH is a Chestnut Hill native currently studying violin performance with Ronald Copes of the Juilliard Quartet.  Caeli made her debut as an orchestral soloist at age 10, and has performed as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestra member in venues throughout the US and South America, including Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and Philadelphia's Kimmel Center and Prince Music Theater. Her performances have also been featured frequently on radio, TV, and film. Caeli was a cast member of the NPR radio show From The Top for three years, and starred as a street musician in Robert Downey, Sr.'s feature documentary, Rittenhouse Square. Her YouTube channelwww.youtube.com/alicelizard, which features many collaborations with Tim Ribchester, has received over four million hits. She is a founding member of Rayos de Canción,

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TIM RIBCHESTER, a native of Denver, Colorado raised near Edinburgh, Scotland, has been active for many years in the Philadelphia area as conductor and pianist, acclaimed by colleagues and press alike for "awe-inspiring" music making "as passionate as it is expert." He serves on the musical preparation staff of the Academy of Vocal Arts and the Opera Company of Philadelphia. He is also a specialist in the Nuevo Tango music of Astor Piazzolla, which he researches, arranges, performs and directs in collaboration with distinguished chamber musicians in Philadelphia and New York, and with the guidance of Piazzolla's own former collaborators. 

Donations to support the Rayos de Canción project can also be made directly online at: https://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/fiscal/profile?id=4292

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