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The Lee Trio will present its spring concert on Monday, March 14, at 7:30 p.m. in Squires Recital Hall, located in Lee University’s Humanities Center. The concert, titled “Brilliantly 21st Century,” will feature works written in 2018 by American composers.

The Trio will perform the premiere of Dr. David Young’s “Piano Trio No. 1 in C Sharp Minor,” which is dedicated to the Trio. They will also perform “Ode to Piazzolla” by Adrienne Albert in spirit of International Women’s Day.

“We invite everybody to come and share the brilliant contemporary music,” said Xiaoqing Yu, associate professor of violin at Lee. “The works are chosen to promote new music and to share wonderful and fresh ideas in music making.”

Formed in September 2017, the dynamic Lee Trio consists of faculty members from the Lee University School of Music including Yu, violin; Theodore Kartal, cello; and Muen Wei, piano. The Lee Trio advocates for cross-cultural unity through music, and its members serve as artistic ambassadors for music education between the United States and Asia.

The ensemble has appeared in concerts and masterclasses in North America and Asia, and its performances have won the trio popularity with large public audiences as well as educational institutions. When not touring internationally, Lee Trio regularly performs on campuses and surrounding communities across the U.S.

During the summers of 2018 and 2019, Lee Trio performed in Bangkok, Hua-Hin (Thailand); Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi (Vietnam); Lanzhou, Dongying, Chongqing, Zhuhai, Guangzhou, Wuhan, Shanghai, Rizhao, Qingdao (China); and Pusan (South Korea). The Trio will return to international performance and travel to Asia in the summer of 2022.

This concert is free, non-ticketed, and open to the public with limited seating. Livestream viewing is also available at leeu.live/.

For more information, visit Lee Trio or contact the School of Music at (423) 614-8240.