Kristine Mertens, oboe

Lily Johnson, viola

The Fox Valley Philharmonic Orchestra, and director Maryann Flock, will display a broad spectrum of virtuosic music at a 3:00pm concert.  The Fox Valley Academy Concerto Competition Winner, twelve year-old Lily Johnson of Naperville, will perform Telemann’s energizing Viola Concerto in G major.  Ms. Johnson has been a member of the Academy of Music Performance since 2012 performing in numerous concerts and recitals in the Chicagoland area.  In addition to our youth winner, Kristine Mertens, Philharmonic principal oboist, will delight audiences with Jean Francaix’ The Flower Clock for solo oboe and orchestra. In this composition each movement is named to depict a flower that blooms each hour. The concept was used by Swedish botanist Linnaeus in his clock of blooming flowers in 1759. The concert will also feature other full orchestral works by the Philharmonic Orchestra. 

The Fox Valley Academy of Music Performance and director, Katheryn Barrett-Brown, will perform a 1:30pm concert. The concert will feature the Fox Valley Youth Strings and Academy Orchestra as well as the Academy Concerto Competition Winner.

Admission to both concerts is free, donations are welcomed.