Keyboard Students Perform Alongside Symphony Orchestra

From Mila Filatova's Piano Academy: The future of classical music, and the talents of some of the area's best young pianists, will be highlighted at an unusual concert next month in Nashua.On Sunday, June 11, a total of 19 students of Mila Filatova's Piano Academy will get to experience making music with a symphony orchestra.The young pianists, from 9 to 18 years old, will each take the stage at Nashua High School South for a chance to perform classic and modern works for keyboard and orchestra.

The event, dubbed the Sempre Musick Concerto Project, begins at 3 p.m. and takes place in the auditorium of Nashua High School South at 36 Riverside Drive. The concert is free and open to the public, with donations accepted to help defray costs.On the program: works by Mozart, Beethoven, Grieg, Saint Saëns, and many other composers from Baroque to contemporary, including a specially commissioned work by Robert Edward Smith.

The ensemble, known as the Sempre Musick Symphony Orchestra and led by Maestro David Feltner, was created to give music students the chance to experience performing in public with an ensemble."For many piano students, it's no longer enough to play solo works in recital," said Mila Filatova, founder of the Manchester-based Piano Academy that bears her name."It's important for them to make music that involves collaborating with other players. Not only is this exciting, but it opens up many new possibilities with the music that they study and learn."It's not the first time that Filatova has arranged for her students to work with orchestras. In the past, they've performed with ensembles ranging from the New Hampshire Concerti Sinfonietta Orchestra to the Nashua Chamber Orchestra, which David Feltner also conducts.Filatova created Sempre Music as an offshoot of her piano academy, and engaged Feltner to act as music director.

Filatova, who teaches students throughout southern New Hampshire, is an award-winning musician who was raised in Russia and came to the United States in 1999.Conductor David Feltner, in addition to leading the Nashua Chamber Orchestra, is also Music Director of the Chamber Orchestra of Boston.The Sempre Musick Concerto Project will take place on Sunday, June 11 at 3 p.m. in the auditorium of Nashua High School South, 36 Riverside St., Nashua, N.H.The auditorium is located at the back of the school; take a left at the cement school sign and go to the back of the school.The concert is open to the public and admission is free, with donations accepted to help defray costs.For more information, visit www.milafilatova.com.

Photos courtesy of Mila Filatova's Piano Academy (Piano students of Mila Filatova at a concert of the New Hampshire Philharmonic earlier this year. They'll be among the performers taking part in the Sempre Musick Concerto Project, a concert featuring young artists on Sunday, June 11 at 3 p.m. at Nashua High School South. Admission is free and the concert is open to the public. (Courtesy Photo)PIANIST: Maxine Park, 11, of Lyme, N.H., a piano student of Mila Filatova, performing Mozart's Piano Concert No. 21 with the Nashua Chamber Orchestra under David Feltner earlier this year. Park is among the young pianists taking part in the Sempre Musick Concerto Project, a concert featuring young artists on Sunday, June 11 at 3 p.m. at Nashua High School South. Admission is free and the concert is open to the public.)