Season Opener
Sat, Sep 24
|Atonement Lutheran Church Elca
NAVO will open its 8th season with the iconic Mendelssohn Octet! This performance brings together some of the area’s most sought-after chamber musicians including cellist Michael Mermagen and violinists Ben Sayevich and Elizabeth Suh-Lane, as well as, Indiana-based guest violist Rose Wollman.
TIME & LOCATION
Sep 24, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
Atonement Lutheran Church Elca, 9948 Metcalf Ave, Overland Park, KS 66212, USA
Guests
ABOUT THE EVENT
NAVO will open its 8th season with the iconic Mendelssohn Octet!
This performance brings together some of the area’s most sought-after chamber musicians including cellist Michael Mermagen and violinists Ben Sayevich and Elizabeth Suh-Lane. NAVO is excited to feature Indiana-based guest violist Rose Wollman. Along with Mendelssohn’s Octet, the concert will include the Kansas premiere of Greek-Canadian composer Christos Hatzis’ piano trio: Dance of the Dictators.
- Surprise appearance of soprano Stella Markou - the newly appointed voice faculty at KU - in Silent Music of Infinity by our composer in residence, Ingrid Sölzel.
Program: Mendelssohn Octet; Shostakovich 5 Pieces for violin, viola, piano; Dance of the Dictators for piano trio by Christos Hatzis; Silent Music of Infinity by Ingrid Stölzel
Performers: Ben Sayevich; Destiny Mermagen; Elizabeth Suh-Lane; Véronique Mathieu, violins | Rose Wollman; Shah Sadikov, violas | Michael Mermagen; Sunnat Ibrahim, cellos | Ellen Sommer, piano | Stella Markou, soprano
Venue and Parking
Atonement Lutheran Church Elca hosts numerous concert organizations and ensembles, and presents hundreds of concerts every year. NAVO is proud to call ALC its home. Designed by Shaughnessy Fickel and Scott Architects, a modern language invigorated by light underlies the design of the interior space that unfolds as one enters and experiences it (Crosbie, 2003).
As is with the interior of the church, the parking is plentiful. It's available all around the building. No matter at what time you arrive at the church, you have no challenges finding a spot for your car.