Park University ICM Orchestra Season Finale to Feature Guest Conductor Barbara Yahr and Cello Concerto Performance
April 2, 2025 鈥� The Park University Orchestra will conclude its 2024-25 concert season on Friday, April 25, with a performance under the direction of . Admission to the concert, which begins at 7:30 p.m. in Graham Tyler Memorial Chapel on the University鈥檚 flagship Parkville Campus, is free, but attendees are asked to .
Yahr, in her 19th season as music director of the Greenwich Village Orchestra in New York, is making her second consecutive appearance with the ICM Orchestra. A New York native, Yahr鈥檚 previous posts include serving as principal guest conductor of the Munich Radio Orchestra, resident staff conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and conductor of the Pittsburgh Youth Orchestra.
The evening will include a concerto performance by cellist Diyorbek Nortojiev, a 2024 Park ICM graduate (Bachelor of Music degree) and current graduate certificate in cello performance student. Nortojiev studies under , Park ICM assistant teaching professor of cello, recognized as the finest Czech cellist since winning first prize at the 1976 Prague Spring Competition and the silver medal at 1978 Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.
The ICM Orchestra is scheduled to perform the following selections:
聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 鈥⒙� 鈥淣octurne in B Major, Op. 40,鈥� composed by Antonin Dvo艡谩k
聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 鈥⒙� 鈥淐ello Concerto No. 1 in C Major,鈥� composed by Joseph Haydn
聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽o聽 Diyorbek Nortojiev, cello soloist
聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 鈥⒙� 鈥淪ymphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92,鈥� composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
For more information about the concert, including brief biographies on Yahr and Nortojiev, and a link to RSVP, visit .
The final concert in the 鈥檚 2024-25 season will feature the father-daughter duo of , Park ICM founder and artistic director, and , as they present an all-French program in partnership with NAVO Arts on Wednesday, May 7, starting at 7:30 p.m. at the 1900 Building in Mission Woods, Kan. For more information about this concert and a link to tickets, visit .