Student Musicians, Dancers and their Mentors Join Violinist Daisy Jopling on Stage

World renowned classical/rock violinist Daisy Jopling will take the stage with high school musicians and their professional musical mentors in her September concert “Awakening” at the Paramount Hudson Valley, Peekskill, NY. The concert is scheduled for Saturday, September 24, 2016 at 7:30pm and tickets are still available to see Jopling perform along with the newly formed Academy Orchestra.

Student musicians, aged 13 to 22, who play the violin, viola, cello, double bass, flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, French horn, trumpet, trombone, and percussion will perform along side professional musicians—each having served as mentors to the students for the last three months. In addition to the full orchestra, the performance features solo singers, a rhythm specialist, choir and dancers.

Jopling's performances usually sell out in advance. Tickets for “Awakening” are available for $50, $35 and $25 at www.paramounthudsonvalley.com or by visiting the box office. Concert-goers will be presented with an exclusive offer to buy a promo sneak peak of Daisy’s new album “Awakening,” which will be released in early 2017.

Joining Jopling on stage are the Hendrick Hudson High School Treble Makers choir and soloists Emily Fareed, Kristen Bartolomeo, Katy Kenny and Katie Ciulla. Also featured are three award winning young dancers Elyse Michelle Hames, Skyler Ann Mondelli and Kassandra Acosta, and special guests Justin Sargent (Superman & Rock of Ages), Broadway sensation Joni Lanza, and rhythm specialist Michael Feigenbaum.

“We selected the best student talent for 'Awakening' from the hundreds who auditioned, so our concert will be spectacular! Each student musician has been paired with a professional musical mentor over the last several months in side-by-side rehearsals so the students can showcase their talents in this once in a lifetime experience,” said Jopling.

The concert music spans from classical, through world, to rock and pop, and more than half is composed by Jopling with arrangements and orchestrations by Brian Taylor, Dean Fransen and Mark McIntyre. The stage performance will be enhanced by custom-designed lighting and projections by Ro-z and Joshua DeLorimier. Band members include: Brian Taylor on flute, Brian Marsella on piano, Jamie Mohamdein on bass and Matt Zebroski on drums. The show will be filmed and produced for TV by Cinemusica for broadcast in the US, Europe and Asia.

Jopling has toured the world, recorded albums with BMG RCA Victor, and performed solo in front of 30,000 people. Be sure to follow Jopling on Facebook and Twitter.