Perrot Memorial Library Welcomes Pizzi String Quartet
Join us on Sunday, May 4, at 2 pm for a performance by the Pizzi String Quartet. The concert will take place on the “green” (the central carpeted area) in our Youth Services Department, Radcliffe Building, Perrot Memorial Library. We are offering this concert in celebration of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
The concert will feature Ju Jin-Bornet on violin, Joanna Park on violin, Mitsuru Kubo on viola, and Sin Hwa Choi on cello. A native of South Korea, violinist Ju Jin-Bornet has been passionately performing and teaching in New York City and New Jersey since 2008. She has performed in a wide variety of orchestras, including the Broadway show “The Phantom of the Opera” (sub), the NYU Symphony Orchestra (concertmaster), the S. O. Phi. A Orchestra (concertmaster), the MSM Philharmonic (assistant concertmaster), the Manhattan Symphonie Orchestra played in Carnegie’s Weill Hall, and the Bergen Symphony Orchestra.
Joanna Park, a gifted violinist, embarked on her musical journey in her teenage years in Germany. Her passion for music blossomed during this time, leading her to pursue higher education in the United States. After earning her master’s degree from New York University, Joanna’s career took flight. With performances at renowned venues like Merkin Hall and Carnegie Hall, Joanna has showcased her exceptional talent and versatility as a violinist. Her ability to seamlessly transition between classical and contemporary repertoire, coupled with her expressive playing style, has captivated audiences worldwide.
Mitsuru Kubo received her training at Peabody Conservatory and the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is a dynamic musician, performing a wide range of modern and traditional chamber and solo repertoire. Her recent collaborations include American-rapper Common and eclectic-pop band Pink Martini. She is a founding member of the BeneSori Quartet, whom she met on the set of Saturday Night Live. Her performance credits include venues such as The Kennedy Center, the UN, Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, and the Hammerstein Ballroom.
Cellist Sin Hwa Choi was born in Seoul, Korea. She began her musical studies at the age of six with piano. She started her cello lesson at age nine. Since then, she has participated in various orchestras as a principal cellist, such as Ulsan University Orchestra, Ulsan Youth Orchestra, Asian Youth Orchestra. Bergen Symphony Orchestra, and Queensboro Symphony Orchestra. She also performed as a soloist for the Ulsan Symphony Orchestra, Ulsan University Orchestra, Busan Symphony Orchestra, Ulsan Chamber Orchestra, New York Chamber Orchestra, and, Queensboro Symphony Orchestra.
Seating is limited. Registration is required. To register, click here.
For more information, contact Lisa Thomas at 203-637-1066 x20 or lisat@perrotlibrary.org.
Mahjong: A 3-Part Series
Registered students are invited to attend Part 2 of Learn to Play Mahjong on Wednesday, April 30, 1-3 pm, in the Program Room, Radcliffe Building. Instructor: Rhonda Greif.
Please do not come if you are not registered as the class is full.
For more information, contact Judy Sgammato at 203-637-1066 x15 or judys@perrotlibrary.org.
Perrot Library Celebrates National Poetry Month
Perrot Memorial Library will celebrate National Poetry Month on Wednesday, Apil 23, at 7 pm in our Program Room, Radcliffe Building. Poets Kevin Pilkington and Laurel Peterson will read selected poems from their respective collections.
Kevin Pilkington is a member of the writing faculty at Sarah Lawrence College. He is the author of ten poetry collections and two novels. His collection Spare Change was a National Poetry Book Series Award winner. His collection Ready to Eat the Sky was a finalist for an Independent Publishers Book Award. In the Eyes of a Dog won the 2011 New York Book Festival Award. His collection Where You Want To Be: New and Selected Poems, published by Black Lawrence Press, was a 2017 Independent Publishers Book Award medalist. His latest poetry collection, Playing Poker With Tennessee Williams, was published by Black Lawrence Press in 2021. His second novel, Taking On Secrets, was published by Blue Jade Press in 2022. His poetry has appeared in numerous literary magazines and anthologies throughout the country.
Laurel S. Peterson is a community college English professor whose poetry has been published in many literary journals. She has two poetry chapbooks, That’s the Way the Music Sounds (Finishing Line) and Talking to the Mirror (Last Automat), and two full-length collections, Do You Expect Your Art to Answer? and Daughter of Sky (Futurecycle). She has also written two mystery novels, Shadow Notes and The Fallen (Woodhall). She is a member of the Norwalk Public Library Board, and served as Norwalk (Connecticut) Poet Laureate from April 2016 to April 2019. You can find her on Substack at laurelspeterson.substack.com.
Registration is required. Click here to register.
For more information, contact Judy Sgammato at 203-637-1066 x15 or judys@perrolibrary.org.
