Featuring pianist Leigh Pirtle of Burlington and violinist Jeffrey Phillips, the duet will open with a short explanation of the Violins of Hope project and the Anne Frank connection to the violin Jeffrey is playing.

Music selection includes:

Five Madrigal Stanzas by Bohuslav Martinu

Sonata for Violin and Piano by Aaron Copland

Theme from Schindler's List by John Williams

Jeffrey Phillips is the co-founder of the Burlington Lunchtime Chamber Music Series with Roger Hatteberg, a private violin instructor and the operations manager of the Southeast Iowa Symphony Orchestra. He was a freelance violinist for 16 years in New York and London and was a founding member of the new music group Cadillac Moon Ensemble. Jeffrey has performed with groups including English National Ballet, Artemis Chamber Ensemble, London Children’s Ballet, Scandinavian Chamber Orchestra of New York, Sequenza21, Mimesis Ensemble, American Opera Projects, and flutist Paula Robison at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He also was part of a touring ensemble that performed Arctic Magic Flute with Martin Woods (Inupiaq) under the direction of William Todd Hunt in the Alaskan Arctic.

He holds a BM in violin performance from St. Olaf College, an MM in violin performance from SUNY Purchase, and he apprenticed with the Manhattan String Quartet for two years. He studied violin with Laurie Smukler, Calvin Wiersma, Eric Lewis and Andrea Seen. Jeffrey studied chamber music with the aforementioned Manhattan String Quartet and members of the Mendelssohn String Quartet, Beaux Arts Trio, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Colorado String Quartet, and the Met Opera Orchestra.

After the concert, all attendees will be invited to a reception at our Anne Frank museum, with both buildings open for the afternoon for people to hear the Anne Frank Connection to Danville, Iowa.