Shining a Spotlight on Shepherd Talent
These special concerts showcase Shepherd School Concerto Competition-winning instrumentalists, graduate orchestral conducting students, and new compositions by recent composition alumni, all performed by the Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra.
Jiaying Li’s Olvidar explores memory and flashback, and the bittersweetness of reliving past experiences. And perhaps no work looms larger in the piano repertoire than Rachmaninoff’s titanic third piano concerto; hear it performed with awe-inspiring virtuosity by Shepherd School Concerto Competition winner Szuyu Su.
Tickets required, reserved seating
*Shepherd School Concerto Competition winner
Repertoire
Jiaying Li ('25): Olvidar (World Premiere)
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 (Szuyu Su, soloist)
Artists
Pianist Szuyu Su is currently a Doctoral student at the Shepherd School of Music studying under Professor Jon Kimura Parker. She was a winner in the Shepherd School's Concerto Competition in the Spring of 2025.
Ana Spasovska and Kyle Haake are currently pursuing master’s degrees in Orchestral Conducting under Professor Miguel Harth-Bedoya. In addition to their roles as assistant conductors of Shepherd School Orchestra ensembles, they are also Associate Conductors of Rice University's Campanile Orchestra.
Jiaying Li recently received her master’s degree in Composition from the Shepherd School of Music studying under Professor Pierre Jalbert.
