Patricia Wnek

· “Performers hit a high note” by Sandy Alexander of Baltimore Sun, March 3, 2006

· “Young artists to play with Columbia Orchestra” by Eileen Soskin for Baltimore Sun, March 3, 2006

· “Young violinist has big aspirations” April 17, 2002 interview in the Gazette

· “Young Genius” by Anna Darewicz, Center Line, Vol. 1, No. 31, pp. 15-16, Summer 2002

Upcoming engagements

· Saturday, May 10, 2008. 7pm. As a winner of the Peabody Preparatory Senior Concerto Competition, Patricia will perform Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor by Henryk Wieniawski with the Peabody Preparatory Sinfonietta under the direction of Dr. Harlan Parker. Peabody Conservatory Friedberg Concert Hall, 1 East Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore Maryland, 410-659-8100.

· Sunday, April 13, 2008. 3 pm. Return solo engagement with the Trinity Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Dr. Richard Fazio, Washington D.C. St. Ann's Catholic Church, 4001 Yuma Street NW, Washington, DC 20016.

Past major performances

· Sunday, January 6, 2008, 6 pm. Patricia performed as one of the finalists of the National Symphony Orchestra Competition at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. She will perform Allegro Moderato from Concerto No. 2 in D minor by Henryk Wieniawski. The concert is open to the public and admission is free.

· August 30, 2007. Aula Florianka, Krakow, Poland. Patricia performed Introduction and Tarantella by P. Sarasate. She was accompanied by Anna Nowak-Dando, piano.

PROGRAM

· August 12, 2007. Leisure World, 19400 Leisure World Blvd, Lansdowne, VA. Patricia and her brother Paul appeared in a joint recital.

PROGRAM

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Preludio from Partita No.3 in E minor

Patricia Wnek, violin

Johann Sebastian Bach, Allemanda from Partita No.2 in D minor

Patricia Wnek, violin

Henryk Wieniawski (1835-1880), Concerto No.2 in D minor, Op.22

Allegro moderato

Romance: Andante non troppo

Allegro con fuoco

Patricia Wnek, violin

Jacob Frasch, piano

INTERMISSION

Niccolo Paganini (1782-1840), Caprice #14, Op.1

Patricia Wnek, violin

Jacob Frasch, piano

Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), Waltz, Op. Posthumous

Frederic Chopin, Mazurka in A Minor, Op.67, No.4 (Posthumous)

Edward MacDowell (1860-1908), Shadow dance, Op.39, No.8

Paul Wnek, piano

Pablo de Sarasate (1844-1908), Introduction and Tarantella, Op.43

Patricia Wnek, violin

Jacob Frasch, piano

· May 20, 2005, Second Presbyterian Church Community Concerts at Second Annual Youth Festival, 4200 St. Paul St., Baltimore MD. Patricia performed with the Peabody Prep Violin Choir and also as a soloist Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Romance by Henryk Wieniawski.

· May 19, 2005, John Paul II Cultural Center in Washington D.C. Patricia performed Bach-Gounod “Ave Maria” and Panis Angelicus by Cesar Franck during a Commemoration of Pope John Paul II birthday.

· May 18, 2007, Kennedy Center Terrace Theater, Washington D.C. Patricia performed with the Washington Youth Chamber Orchestra (WYCO) works by W.A. Mozart, A. Arensky, and as a soloist, Concerto Grosso for two violins and cello by A. Vivaldi.

· May 10, 2007, Peabody Conservatory, Goodwin Recital Hall, Baltimore MD. Patricia performed Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Allegro Moderato, by Henryk Wieniawski at the Vella Silver Recital for which she was nominated during an adjudicated Signature Recital.

· Sunday, March 25, 2007, Return solo engagement with the Trinity Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Dr. Richard Fazio, Washington D.C. Patricia appeared in the Concerto No. 4 for Violin and Orchestra by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. St. Ann's Catholic Church, 4001 Yuma Street NW, Washington, DC 20016.

· Wednesday, January 10, 2007, 6pm. American Center of Polish Culture, 2025 “O” St. Washington, D.C. NW. Patricia will perform a joint recital (sponsored by the ACPC and the Embassy of Republic of Poland) with her mother, Agnieszka Gawin-Wnek, soprano, and her brother, Paul, piano. She was accompanied by Darya Gabay, piano, and performed:

W.A. Mozart, Violin Concerto No.4 in D major, K. 218

Allegro

Andante cantabile

H. Wieniawski, Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Opus 22

Allegro moderato

· November 15, 2006, 10:30am, 12:15pm. Patricia appeared as a soloist with the National Philharmonic under the direction of Piotr Gajewski in a performance of Nigun from Baal Shem (Chassidic Life) at the Music Center at Strathmore, Bethesda, MD.

· October 1, 2006, 7:00 P.M. Cohen-Davison Family Theater Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore, MD.

Ernest Bloch, Nigun from the Chassidic Life

· September 17, 2006, Patricia appeared in the Young Soloists Recital in the Concerts at the Alden accompanied by Darya Gabay. Patricia’s program included:

Ottorino Respighi, Aria

Ernest Bloch, Nigun from the Chassidic Life

Friedrich Smetana, Aus der Heimat (From the Homeland)

· May 13, 2006, Peabody Conservatory of Music, Griswold Hall, Baltimore MD. Patricia appeared as a soloist with the Peabody Preparatory Orchestra under the direction of Daniel Levitov in a performance of “Spring” Concerto from the Four Seasons by A. Vivaldi.

· March 26, 2006, Return solo engagement with the Trinity Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Dr. Richard Fazio at the Historic Trinity Theater in Georgetown, Washington D.C. Patricia performed “Spring” Concerto from the Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi.

· March 4, 2006 As a first prize winner of the Columbia Orchestra’s Young Artist Competition, Patricia appeared as a soloist with the Columbia Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Jason Love in a performance of the Violin Concerto No. 1 in G-Minor Op. 26 by Max Bruch.

· January 29, 2006 Peabody Conservatory of Music, Goodwin Hall, Baltimore MD. Patricia appeared in an outreach concert for the Peabody Elderhostel. She performed the 2^nd movement of the Violin Concerto No. 1 in G-Minor Op. 26 by Max Bruch, and Spring from the Four Seasons by A. Vivaldi.

· January 14, 2006, 10 A.M. Patricia Wnek, violin; Sarah Hess, piano; Stephanie Sarbanes, cello; performed Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 17, Allegro by Clara Schumann at the Peabody Preparatory Chamber Music Concert.

· January 6, 2006, 7:30 P.M. As a member of the Peabody Preparatory Violin Choir Patricia performed at the Baltimore Lyric Opera House at the Annual Family Music and Dance Festival.

· December 14, 2005, 7:00 P.M. Peabody Conservatory, Goodwin Hall, Baltimore MD. Patricia performed Violin Concerto No. 1 in G-Minor Op. 26 by Max Bruch at the Vella Silver Recital for which she was nominated during an adjudicated Signature Recital.

· December 11 2005, 3:30 P.M. Patricia was invited to perform as a soloist at the Violin Choir outreach concert in the Performa Music Series. The concert took place at the Jewish Community Center in Owings Mills, MD.

· October 9, 2005, 7:00 P.M. Patricia performed Violin Concerto No. 1 in G-Minor Op. 26 by Max Bruch at an outreach concert for the Peabody Elderhostel.

· May 11, 2005, 7:00 P.M. Patricia performed J. Brahms Sonatensatz, Op. Posthumos, and H. Wieniawski, The Bag-Pipe Player during the Vella Silver Recital in the Goodwin Hall at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore.

· May 7, 2005, 10:00 A.M. Patricia performed F. Smetana “From the Homeland” and Bach-Gounod “Ave Maria” at the John Paul II Cultural Center in Washington D.C. during the special Celebration of the Life of Pope John Paul II.

· April 6, 2005, 4:30 P.M. Patricia, as the First Prize Winner of the 2005 Feder String Competition sponsored by the Washington Performing Arts Society, performed at the Awards Ceremony which took place at The Charles Sumner School Museum and Archives, Washington, D.C.

· March 13, 2005, 2:00 P.M. Patricia performed a joint recital with her 11-year-old brother Paul at the Embassy of Poland, 2640 Sixteenth St., NW, Washington, DC 20009. The event was sponsored by the Friends of John Paul II Foundation.

PATRICIA WNEK, violin

Accompanist Darya V. Gabay, piano

J. Brahms (1833-1897), Sonatensatz, Op. posthumos

W. A. Mozart (1756-1791), Rondo from Serenade in D major, K 250

Z. Noskowski (1846-1909), Melody Op. 21 No. 1

H. Wieniawski (1835-1880), The Bag-pipe Player in D major (Dudziarz)

PAUL C. WNEK, piano

F. Chopin (1810-1849), Waltz in A minor, Op. 32, No. 2

W. A. Mozart, Fantasy in D minor, K 397

B. Bartok (1881-1945), Roumanian Folk Dances

1. Joc Cu Bata

2. Braul

3. Pe Loc

4. Buciumeana

5. Poarca Romaneasca

6. Maruntel

· November 7, 2004, 3:00 P.M. Patricia appeared in the Young Soloists Recital in the Concerts at the Alden. The concert will be held at the Alden Theatre of the McLean Community Center, 1234 Ingleside Avenue, McLean VA. For more information please call (703) 324-8344. Free admission. Patricia’s program will include:

Giuseppe Tartini, Sonata “Didona abbandonata”

Larghetto

Presto non troppo

Largo

Allegro comodo

Bela Bartok, Roumanian Folk Dances

Allegro moderato

Allegro

Andante

Molto moderato

Allegro

Henryk Wieniawski, Concerto No 2 in D minor, Op.22, Romance

· June-July 2004 Patricia gave four solo and chamber music performances in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, as a part of the outreach concerts of the Heifetz International Music Institute.

· May 23, 2004 Patricia’s first European public performance in Stary Sacz, Poland.

· May 8, 2004 Patricia performed at the John Paul II Cultural Center in Washington, D.C. at the invitation of the Friends of John Paul II Foundation.

· March 21, 2004, 3 pm. Return engagement as a guest soloist with the Trinity Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Dr. Richard Fazio at the Historic Trinity Theater in Georgetown, Washington D.C., in the performance of Concerto no. 3 in B minor by Camille Saint-Saëns, and Polonaise brilliante No. 2 in A major by Henryk Wieniawski.

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· January 26, 2004, 1 pm, Baltimore, MD, 4 Wyndhurst Av. Patricia was invited to perform for the Three Arts Club of Homeland. She played:

Camille Saint-Saens, Concerto No 3. in B minor, Op. 61

Henryk Wieniawski, Polonaise brilliante No. 2 in A major

· January 10, 2004, 3 pm, Columbia, MD, Wilde Lake Interfaith Center, 10431 Twin Rivers Rd. Patricia performed with the Peabody Preparatory Violin Choir and the Columbia Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Jason Love:

Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto in A minor for two violins, Op. 3, Allegro

Vittorio Monti, Czardas

· January 22, 2004, 6 pm, Peabody Conservatory (Goodwin Hall) Baltimore, MD. Patricia performed Beethoven Sonata, Op. 12, No. 1 with Elizabeth Hogsten, piano, in the Chamber Music Recital.

· November 16, 2003, 4 pm, Solo recital for the Polish Heritage Association of Maryland, Inc., at the Polish National Alliance, 1627 Eastern Ave., Baltimore, MD. Patricia was accompanied by Anna Meyerov, piano, in the following program:

Camille Saint-Saens, Concerto No 3. in B minor, Op. 61, Allegro non troppo

Camille Saint-Saens, Concerto No 3. in B minor, Op. 61, Andantino quasi allegretto

Charles-Auguste de Beriot, Scene de Ballet, Op. 100

Ludwig van Beethoven, Sonata, Op. 12, Nr 1, Allegro con brio

Henryk Wieniawski, Legenda in G minor, Op. 17

Fryderyk Chopin, Nocturne in C# minor, Posthumous

Henryk Wieniawski, Concerto No 2 in D minor, Op.22, Romance

Vittorio Monti, Czardas

· June 29, 2003, 3 pm, Trumpet Room of the St. Raphael’s Church, Rockville, MD

Patricia appeared as a guest soloist at the Annual Parish Concert accompanied by Anna Meyerov, piano. She performed:

· F. Kreisler, Praeludium and Allegro (in the style of G. Pugnani)

· H. Wieniawski, Legenda in G minor, Op. 17

· P. de Sarasate, Malaguena, Op. 21

· June 12, 2003, 7 pm, Washington-Lee High School, Arlington, VA

Patricia appeared as a guest soloist with The Washington-Lee Orchestra under the direction of Theresa Jenkins-Russ. She performed Violin Concerto No. 2 in D major by W. A. Mozart in front of an extraordinarily enthusiastic audience of high school students and their families who rewarded Patricia’s playing with a huge applause and a standing ovation.

· Patricia’s orchestral debut

March 23, 2003, 3 pm – Solo performance with the Trinity Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Dr. Richard Fazio at the Historic Trinity Theater in Georgetown, Washington D.C. – W.A. Mozart, Violin Concerto No. 2 in D major, KV 211.

· December 14, 2002, 7:00 pm, McLean, VA

Patricia was a featured soloist at the Christmas celebration sponsored by the Polish-American Arts Association and the Polish Embassy. She performed works by Wieniawski and Chopin, as well as Christmas carols.

· November 3, 2002, 1:00 pm, Silver Spring, MD

Patricia performed works by Wieniawski and Chopin during the celebration of the 24^th Anniversary of the Pontificate of Pope John Paul II in the presence of the Papal Nuncio to the United States Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo.

· June 1, 2002 - Recital at the American Center of Polish Culture, Washington D.C.

· May 19, 2002 - Concert at Northwest High School, Germantown, MD

Biography

Patricia Wnek is a fifteen-year-old violin student of Rebecca Henry at the Peabody Preparatory of Johns Hopkins University. She began her violin studies with Seljuk Kardan at the age of 4 at the Hosford School of Music in Gaithersburg, MD, and transferred to the Peabody Prep at the age of 6 in order to enroll in the certificate program, which includes yearly exams and theoretical studies. Besides taking individual violin lessons, she has been involved in Peabody Prep Chamber music program, Preparatory Sinfonietta, and Violin Choir. She has also been selected by audition to participate in the Pre-Conservatory Violin Program.

Patricia frequently appears in solo recitals throughout the Washington-Baltimore-Philadelphia area. Up to date she has performed as a soloist in over 150 recitals. She gave her first, half-an-hour long, public performance at age 5 in Rockville, MD. At the age of 9, she made her formal, full recital debut accompanied by a string quartet and piano in front of an audience of over 500 classical music enthusiasts. At age 10, Patricia made her solo orchestral debut with the Trinity Chamber Orchestra of Washington D.C. under the direction of Dr. Richard Fazio.

Some of her recent engagements include: a performance at the Kennedy Center as a finalist of the National Symphony Orchestra Competition, a solo appearance with the National Philharmonic under the direction of Piotr Gajewski at the Strathmore Hall, November 15, 2006; a solo performance with the Washington Youth Chamber Orchestra (WYCO) under the direction of Olga Yanovich at the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater, May 2007; a solo performance with the Columbia Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Jason Love, March 4, 2006; her fourth solo appearance with the Trinity Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Richard Fazio, March 25, 2007; a solo performance with the Peabody Preparatory Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Daniel Levitov, May 13, 2006; joint solo recitals with her brother Paul (piano) at the Embassy of the Republic of Poland, March 2005 and American Center of Polish Culture in Washington DC, January 2007; her first European performance in May 2004 in Stary Sacz and subsequently in August 2007 in Krakow, Poland; appearances at the John Paul II Cultural Center in Washington, DC, two performances in the Young Soloist Recital in the Concerts at the Alden series in McLean Virginia, as well as in the Performa Music series at the Jewish Community Center in Owings Mills, MD. In addition, she has played in numerous repertoire and master classes with Victor Danczenko of the Curtis and Peabody Institutes, Mimi Zweig of Indiana University, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra violinists, Leri Slutsky and Ivan Stefanovic, as well as Mieczyslaw Szlezer, Prorector at the Krakow Conservatory of Music. In August of 2007, Patricia performed in master classes and a recital at the Summer Academy at the Krakow Conservatory of Music. In the summer of 2005 and 2006, Patricia participated in the Indiana University String Academy, where she performed as a soloist and a chamber musician. In 2003 and 2004, Patricia was enrolled in the summer program of the Heifetz International Music Institute in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, where she appeared in many outreach concerts as a soloist and a chamber musician.

Patricia is a first-prize winner of the following competitions: Peabody Preparatory Senior Concerto Competition, National Philharmonic Concerto Competition, Columbia Symphony Orchestra’s Young Artist Competition, Peabody Preparatory Junior Concerto Competition, two-time winner (junior and senior divisions) of the Feder String Competition sponsored by the Washington Performing Arts Society (WPAS), MSMTA Chamber Music competition, as well as a eleven-time nominee and performer of the prestigious Vella Silver Recital hosted by the Deans of the Peabody Conservatory and the Preparatory as well as a finalist of the National Symphony Orchestra Competition. She was selected by audition to perform in the Young Soloist Recitals in the 2004-2005 and 2006-2007 Concerts at the Alden. In June 2001, she was invited by the Dean of the Peabody Preparatory to perform at the 17^th Annual Graduation and Awards Ceremony.

Interviews with Patricia were featured in the March 2006 issues of Baltimore Sun, and the Catholic Standard, and in the April 2002 issue of Montgomery County Gazette. Other articles and concert reviews appeared in the Columbia Flier, Howard County Times, a quarterly publication of the American Center of Polish Culture, and in the Polish-American Arts Association of Washington newsletters.

In order to broaden her musical horizons, Patricia began taking piano lessons at the age of 5 and has been taking ballet since the age of 3. Patricia is a 12^th grade student of the Seton Home School in Front Royal, VA. Her hobbies include swimming, reading, knitting, crocheting, skiing, ice skating, biking, and horseback riding. Patricia is a daughter of a classical singer (graduate of the Peabody Conservatory) and a Ph.D. computer scientist, and has a three-year-old sister Anne-Marie, and four brothers, Paul, age 14, Matthew, age 12, Michael, 2, and baby John-Paul. Paul and Matthew study piano and the classical guitar at the Peabody Preparatory.

4/2008

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