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The Bowdoin International Music Festival wraps up its 2015 season Friday evening, August 7, with a sure crowd-pleaser. The program opens with a recent work by composer Kevin Puts, Seven Seascapes (2013), performed by Janet Sung, violin; Phillip Ying, viola; David Requiro, cello; Kurt Muroki, double bass; Tao Lin, piano; Krysia Tripp, flute; and Josh Thompson, horn.

Festival alumna Jennifer Koh then takes the stage with the Bowdoin Festival Orchestra, led by Robert Moody, music director of the Portland Symphony Orchestra. Koh, a widely heralded virtuoso violinist, will present a program of works by Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Three Pieces (Souvenir d’un lieu cher); Serenade Melancolique, Op. 26; and Valse Scherzo, Op. 34.

The evening’s program, and the 2015 Festival season, will conclude Aaron Copland’s beloved Appalachian Spring. A group of Festival faculty and Kaplan Fellows will present the original version for 13 instruments. Performers include

Frank Huang, concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic, leading Janet Sung, Sergiu Schwartz, and Yibin Li, violins; Caroline Coade and Dimitri Murrath, , violas; Rosemary Elliott and David Ying, cello; Isac Ryo, double bass; Yewon Jeong, piano; Beomjae Kim, flute; Chung Yoo, clarinet; Dillon Meacham, bassoon; and Robert Moody, conductor.

Festival Fridays concerts are held at 7:30 PM in Crooker Theater at Brunswick High School. Tickets are $40

The Bowdoin International Music Festival’s season finale will be preceded by long afternoon of Artists of Tomorrow concerts, featuring the Festival’s top students performing solo repertoire and chamber music. Repertoire is available at bowdoinfestival.org. This season’s final concerts begin at 12:30 PM on Friday, August 7.

Artists of Tomorrow student concerts are held in Studzinski Recital Hall at Bowdoin College. Suggested donation $10.

All Bowdoin Festival concerts are sponsored by Steinway & Sons piano company and the Maine Arts Commission. For ticket information and purchasing, visit bowdoinfestival.org. Tickets may also be ordered at the box office, 207­725­3895

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