Intimate crowd welcomes Juilliard musicians

Intimate crowd welcomes Juilliard musicians

Baron Fenwick and Elena Ariza performed as a duo for the first time Sunday, Aug. 18.

Photo by Nathan Miller

LITHGOW — Baron Fenwick and Elena Ariza came together for the first time as a duo to perform for an intimate crowd at the Music Barn on Deep Hollow Road Sunday, Aug. 18.

The pair of musicians are both doctoral students at Juilliard in New York City. The duo started off with a collection of separate pieces, two piano and cello duets and two solos, one for piano and the other for cello. After a brief intermission the pair performed Francis Poulenc’s “Sonata for Cello and Piano,” in four movements.

More information about performances at the Music Barn is available by contacting Stephen Kaye at tmipagetwo@gmail.com.

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