The Friday Noon Concert Series
Bethesda Arts Trio
Glen Kuenzi, violin
Anthony Bock, piano
Katie McCarthy, cello
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC - RSVP required
(limited seating available)
Program:
Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 1, No. 3 - Ludwig van Beethoven
I. Allegro con brio
II. Andante cantabile con Variazioni
III. Minuetto. Quasi allegro
IV. Finale. Prestissimo
About the Artists:
Glen Kuenzi is an up and coming violinist based in Washington, D.C. Originally from Madison, Wisconsin, he earned his B.S. in Violin Performance and Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2022. Since 2020 he has been a regular substitute with the Madison Symphony Orchestra, performing with notable artists Olga Kern and Thomas Mesa in 2021. Glen is now studying for his M.M. in Violin Performance at the University of Maryland-College Park under tutelage of Irina Muresanu. During the summer of 2023 Glen was an orchestral fellow at the National Orchestral Institute where he performed as concertmaster and was honored to be included in NOI’s new partnership with the Smithsonian Stradivarius collection. He was also a string fellow at Eastern Music Festival, where he performed with the Eastern Festival Orchestra. Glen is currently a substitute violinist with the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra, Annapolis Opera, and Miami Beach’s New World Symphony. In November 2023, Glen was awarded a tenure track position with the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra.
Katie McCarthy is an active performer, teacher, and arts advocate based in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. She serves as principal cellist with the Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra and the Great Falls Philharmonic. She has the pleasure of regularly substituting with local ensembles, including the Alexandria Symphony Orchestra, the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra, and Annapolis Chamber Orchestra. She has performed in venues such as the the Kennedy Center, Millennium Stage, Signature Theater, Texas Public Radio, The Clarice, Maryland Hall, and the Arts Club of Washington. She maintains an active studio of dedicated cello students, ranging from beginners, to advanced high schoolers, to adult learners. She has served as a faculty member for the Arts Ahimsa music festival in Lenox, MA, where she coached amateur adult musicians in a variety of chamber music and performed alongside them in concert. During her studies, she was selected to play with the Piatigorsky International Cello Festival Mass Cello Ensemble at Walt Disney Hall in Los Angeles. She was also selected to perform in masterclasses given by Hai-Ye Ni of the Philadelphia Orchestra, Astrid Schween of the Juilliard Quartet, and the Shanghai Quartet. Ms. McCarthy holds a M.M. in Cello Performance and B.M. in Cello Performance from the University of Maryland. Go Terps!
Anthony Bock is a chamber musician, vocal coach, and collaborative pianist born in Medford, Oregon. Bock has competed and performed throughout the United States and Europe. He has won awards in numerous competitions including 1st prize in the Oregon Music Teachers Association (OMTA) Sonata Competition, OMTA Bach Competition, OMTA Classical and Baroque festival, the 2016-2020 Evans Family Scholarship at Southern Oregon University (SOU), the Brookings Friends of Music Scholarship competition, placed 3rd at Washington International Piano Competition at the Kennedy Center, and has won an orchestral fellowship at Eastern Music Festival. Outside of music, Bock has a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting and enjoys hiking, camping, and sports. Bock is an avid performer throughout the Pacific Northwest and the Northeastern United States and has played with numerous jazz ensembles, chamber groups, choirs, opera companies, Theater companies and orchestras. Bock has earned his Bachelor of Music from SOU. During his time at SOU he studied under the instruction of Dr. Alexander Tutunov and Dr. Matthew Goodrich. Bock has completed a Masters of music degree in Collaborative Piano at University of Maryland and is now studying for a Doctorate degree in Collaborative Piano both under the tutelage of Rita Sloan.
