This all-ages concert for families and young listeners will feature Asian music in celebration of Lunar New Year. Byram favorite, Darwin Shen, returns with friends to perform classical pieces by composers from Asia, including China, Korea, Japan, Philippines, Taiwan, India as well as a couple of surprises!

Violinist, Darwin Shen has been performing as a soloist in concert halls and with ensembles and orchestras all over the United States for over twenty years.  Although he continues to perform much of the standard violin repertoire of concertos, sonatas and short pieces, in recent years he has specialized in resurrecting lost or rarely performed works of the late 19^thand early 20^th centuries.  In addition to his performance schedule, Darwin maintains a teaching studio for pre-college students in the New York metropolitan area.  Darwin performs on various instruments depending on the genre and instrumentation of the performance.  His main concert instrument is a Honore Derazey circa 1870.  An ardent supporter of modern instrument makers, Darwin also performs on instruments by Robert Isley and Kenneth Beckman. Darwin studied violin with Paul Kantor, Kyung Yu and Yuval Waldman.  He also has a BA degree in History from Manhattanville College.

The Ashforth Concert Series is designed to introduce children to classical music performances. The concert is open to the public at no charge through the support of Georgie and Henry A. Ashforth.