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UPCOMING 2025 SEASON

2025 SEASON:

  • August 16-17  String Judges, United States International Music Competition (USIMC), San Jose, CA
  • July 13-30 – Cremona International Music Festival & Academy, Cremona, Italy https://cremonaacademy.com/
  • May – Elaris Summer Music Academy, Martin Luther University, Halle, Germany
  • May – Elaris Duo Recital, Martin Luther University Aule, Halle, Germany
  • May 21 – Elaris Duo Recital, Bach Archive Sommersaal, Leipzig, Germany, 3:00 PM
  • April 7 – Larisa Elisha Violin Recital with pianist, Cameron Fuhrman, Georgia Southern University Gretsch School of Music, Carol A. Carter Recital Hall (Statesboro Campus), 7:30 PM
  • March 28 – Cello-Piano Recital with pianist, Kyung-A Yoo, Townsend School of Music of Mercer University, 7:30 PM
  • March 3 – Faculty Cello Recital with pianist, Kyung–A Yoo, Georgia Southern University Gretsch School of Music, Carol A. Carter Recital Hall (Statesboro Campus), 7:30 PM

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2024 SEASON:

  • September 2024 – Italy Tour
    • Violin and Cello Master Classes, Milan Conservatory (Conservatorio di Milano), Milan, Italy
    • Elaris Duo Recital, Milan Conservatory Puccini Hall (Conservatorio di Milano), Milan, Italy
    • Elaris Duo Recital, Inaugural Concert of the 28th Season – Liszt Institute Foundation, Bologna, Italy
    • Elaris Duo Recital, Amici Della Spriale Series, (Musica tra pacificazione contrasti: oltre l’oscurità del conflitto”), PARCO Cultural Center, Milan, Italy
  • August 2024 – Violin and Cello Master Classes, Chinese Music Teachers’ Association of Northern California – United States International Music Competition, San Jose, California.
  • August 2024 – String Judges, United States International Music Competition (USIMC), San Jose, CA
  • June 2024 – Elaris Summer String Clinic Intensive, Georgia Southern University
  • May – June 2024   Germany Tour (violin and cello soloists with the Georgia Southern Symphony String Camerata
    • Pfefferberg, Potsdamer Art & Music Festival, Berlin (May 22)
    • Bach Archive Sommerhalle, Leipzig (May 24)
    • Martin Luther University – Aule, Halle (May 29)
    • Kaisersaal – Neue Residenz, Bamberg (May 30)

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2023 SEASON:

  • December 2023
    • December 10 – Elaris Duo Recital, San Diego Central Library Series, San Diego, CA
  • November 2023
    • November 2 – Elaris Duo and Piano Trio Concert with pianist, Pavel Nersessian, First Church Boston, Boston, MA
  • October 2023
    • October 30 – Elaris Duo Performance/String and Chamber Music Master Classes, Walnut Hill School for the Arts, Natick, Massachusetts
    • October 11 – Faculty Recital, Georgia Southern University Gretsch School of Music, Carol A. Carter Hall (Statesboro Campus), 7:30 PM
  • September 2023
    • September 29 – Faculty Cello Recital, Georgia Southern University Gretsch School of Music, Carol A. Carter Recital Hall (Statesboro Campus)
    • September 21 – Cello Recital/master class, Florida State University College of Music, Longmire Recital Hall, Tallahassee, Florida, 7:30 PM
  • August 2023
    • August 6-17 – Summit Music Festival – Faculty performances, master classes                         EF Academy campus – 582 Columbus Avenue, Thornwood, N.Y. www.summitmusicfestival.org
  • July 2023
    • July 29/30 – String Judges, United States International Music Competition (USIMC), Stanford, CA
  • March 2023
    •  Presenter, 2022 American String Teachers Association National Conference, “Initial Positioning for violin/Viola, Based on a Method of Natural approach and Functional Movement,” Orlando, Florida (Peer Reviewed)
    • Presenter, 2023 American String Teachers Association National Conference, Orlando, Florida, “Cello in the 21st Century: A Panel Discussion on Pedagogy and Creating Pathways to Student Success – “FOUNDATION AS THE BEDROCK OF TECHNICAL FREEDOM” (Peer Reviewed)
  • January 2023
      • Violin Presenter, Georgia Music Educators Association Inservice Conference, “Intonation Issues on String Instruments – Correcting them in the Classroom and Private Studio,” Athens, Georgia (Peer Reviewed)

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2022 Season:

  • November 2022 
    • Duo Recital, chamber music master classes, Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, Jacksonville, Florida
  • November 2022
    • Elaris Duo Performance, Telfair Art Museum Salon, Savannah, Georgia
  • October 2022
    • Elaris Duo Recital, ClassicMix Concert Series, Unitarian Universalist Church, Savannah, Georgia
  • September 2022
    • Soloists, Georgia Southern Symphony String Camerata, Statesboro, Georgia (J. S. Bach Double Concerto for violin and oboe (trans. S. Elisha for cello)
  • August 2022
    • Performance, Summit Music Festival Faculty Recital, Thornwood, New York
  • May 2022
    • Elaris Duo and Xun Pan Piano Trio Recital, Plant Riverside District Series, Savannah, Georgia
    • Elaris Duo and Xun Pan Piano Trio Recital, Arts at Messiah Music Series (Messiah Lutheran Church, Savannah, Georgia
  • April 2022
    • Cello Recital, First Presbyterian Church Recital Series, Savannah, Georgia
    • Cello Recital, Faculty Artist Series, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia
  • March 2022
    • Violin Presenter, 2022 American String Teachers Association National Conference, “Practicing Techniques and Approaches for Achieving Successful Results,” Atlanta, Georgia (Peer Reviewed)
  • January 2022
    • Faculty Violin Recital, “Travels in Time,” Georgia Southern University – Armstrong Campus and Statesboro Campuses

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2021 Season:

  • December 2021
    • Cello Recital, Unitarian Universalist Church Recital Series, Savannah, Georgia
  • November 2021
    • GA-ASTA Clinician, Master Class, All-State Auditions Preparation, Savannah Arts Academy, Savannah, Georgia
  • October 2021
    • String Judges, United States International Music Competition (USIMC), Stanford, California
  • April 2021
    • Elaris Duo Recital, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina
    • Violin Master Class, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina
    • Cello Master Class, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina

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2020 SEASON:

  • August 2020
    • String Judges, United States International Music Competition (USIMC), Stanford, California
  • May 2, 15, 30, 2020
    • 2020 “Social Distancing Live-Stream platform – Concerts & Coctails” – a virtual music series, featuring musicians from around the world (May 2, 15, 30, 2020).
  • April 2020
    • Clinicians, LGPE Preparation Workshop (Pre-Large Group Performance Evaluation Concert), Richmond Hill High School Orchestra, Richmond Hill, Georgia
  • March 2020
    • Upper Strings Workshop, “Initial Positioning of Violinist and Violist and how that affects all other techniques – sound production, articulations, intonation, shifting,” Cypress Lake High School, Ft. Myers, Florida
    • Lower Strings Workshop, Cypress Lake High School, Ft. Myers, Florida
    • Violin,Viola, cello and bass Master Classes, Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, Jacksonville, Florida

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2019 SEASON:

  • December 15, 2019 [3:00 PM]
    • Elaris Duo perform BRAHMS Double Concerto, Op. 102 with Highland Park Strings Orchestra (Chicago)

Double Your Pleasure

http://www.highlandparkstrings.org/pgs/december.html

  • December, 2019
    • Elaris Duo Chamber Recital, St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Skidaway Island (Savannah), GA
  • October 2019
    • GA-ASTA Clinicians, Master Class, All-State Auditions Preparation, Savannah Arts Academy, Savannah, Georgia
  • September 27, 2019 [7:30 PM]
    • Georgia Southern University Faculty Showcase Recital, Carol A. Carter Recital Hall, Statesboro, GA
  • September 24, 2019 [7:30 PM]
    • Georgia Southern University Faculty Showcase Recital, Fine Arts Hall, Armstrong Campus, Savannah, GA
  • September 21/22, 2019 [4:00  PM] 
    • Boulder Chamber Series – “NO NOTE LEFT BEHIND”  1195 Linden Avenue, Boulder, Colorado 80304 (RSVP to j.bein@comcast.net or 303-898-8636) Suggested contribution: $25 
  • March 2019
    • Presenter, 2019 American String Teachers Association National Conference, Conversations and Musical Dialogues of the ‘Dynamic Duo’: Exploring the Virtuosity and Conversational Intimacy of String Chamber Music’s Quintessential Genre – The Violin-Cello Duo, Albuquerque, New Mexico (Peer Reviewed)

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2018 Season:

December 17-20, 2018

    • Elaris Duo Master Classes & Recital, Jerusalem Academy of Dance and Music, Jerusalem, Israel
  • December 11-13, 2018
    • Elaris Duo Lecture Recitals, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
  • October 21, 2018 [5:00 PM (EST)]

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2017 Season:

  • Master Classes and Chamber/Solo Performances, Summit Music Festival, Manhattanville College, Purchase, New York
  • Omaha Conservatory of Music Orchestral Institute and Summer Festival, Steven Elisha solo recitals and Cello Master Classes
  • Elaris Duo Violin and Cello Master Classes at Charleston International Music School Summer Festival
  • Steven Elisha performance, St. Johns Episcopal Church, Savannah, GA
  • Larisa Elisha Violin Recital, with Karla Rocker, piano, Messiah Lutheran Church, Savannah, Georgia
  • Larisa Elisha Faculty Violin Recital, with Karla Rocker, piano, Georgia Southern University Carol A. Carter Recital Hall, Statesboro, GA
  • Steven Elisha presentation and pedagogic session, American String Teachers Association National Conference, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Steven Elisha Faculty Cello Recital, Georgia Southern University Carol A. Carter Recital Hall, Statesboro, GA
  • Steven Elisha Solo Cello Recital, East Carolina University, Greensville, North Carolina
  • Steven Elisha Cello Master Class, East Carolina University, Greensville, North Carolina

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2016 Season:

  • Elaris Duo recital, First United Methodist Church Family Life Center, Presented by the Arts Center of Appling County, Baxley, Georgia
  • Elaris Duo recital, Northbrook Public Library Chamber Music Series, Northbrook (Chicago), Illinois
  • Elaris Duo/Mr. Cello Stories, Artists-in-Schools Residency, Arts Council of Hillsborough County, Tampa, FL
  • Steven Elisha, Lecture Presentation, American String Teachers Association National Conference, Tampa, Florida
  • Elaris Duo, American String Teachers association National Conference College Fair, Tampa, Florida
  • Steven Elisha, GSU Faculty Recital (Complete Suites for unaccompanied cello – J. S. Bach), Carol A. Carter Recital Hall (Foy Building), Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA
  • Elaris Duo, Strings at Southern Chamber Music Festival, Faculty recital – Chamber concert – Gala concert, Carol A. Carter Recital Hall (Foy Building), Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia
  • Elaris Duo Concerto performance (Brahms Double Concerto), Washington Square Music Festival Orchestra, New York, New York
  • Elaris Duo Master Classes, Charleston International Music School, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
  • Elaris Duo Recital, Bard College Conservatory of Music, Redhook, New York
  • Elaris Duo Presentation at Stringendo Mid-Hudson Performing Arts College Fair, Hyde Park, New York

2015 

  • Elaris Duo Recital, Steven and Larisa Elisha Master Classes, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
  • Elaris Duo Performance, Focus on the Arts, Highland Park, Wisconsin
  • Elaris Duo Gala Concert, Statesboro Trinity Episcopal Church, Strings at Southern Chamber Music Festival, Statesboro, Georgia
  • Elaris Duo with Joel Feigin, pianist/composer, Newtown Promise Benefit, The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, New York, New York
  • Elaris Duo Recital, Messiah Lutheran Church, Savannah, GA

2014 

  • Drs. Larisa and Steven Elisha gave featured presentations at the 2015 American String Teachers Association National Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah;  They also participated in the ASTA College Fair as part of the National Orchestra Festival, which hosted over 600 string students from across the United States.
  • The Elaris Duo with Perry Mears II, piano: University of Memphis; Composers Concert at the College Music Society Southern Regional Conference at Mississippi University for Women, Columbus, Mississippi; World Premiere of Malcolm J. Solomon Piano Trio, University of St. Thomas
  • Elaris Duo with Karla Rocker, piano, “Love Songs Without Words-A Valentine’s Evening of Romantic Music,” Georgia Southern University, Carol A. Carter Recital Hall, Statesboro, GA
  • Elaris Duo Chamber Music Recital, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida
  • Elaris Duo Recital, Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA
  • Steven Elisha with Philip Pan and members of the Jacksonville Philharmonic (Florida): Jacksonville Cummer Museum, Jacksonville, Florida; Fleet Landing, Atlantic Beach, Florida
  • Elaris Duo, Summit Music Festival, Manhattanville College, Purchase, New York
  • Elaris Duo Faculty Recital, Strings at Southern Chamber Music Festival, Georgia Southern University Carol A. Carter Recital Hall, Statesboro, GA
  • Larisa Elisha Violin Recital, “French Musical Impressions,” (with Michael Braz -piano and Steven Elisha-cello), Georgia Southern University Faculty Recital, Georgia Southern University Carol A. Carter Recital Hall, Statesboro, GA
  • Larisa Elisha Violin Recital, “French Musical Impressions,” (with Michael Braz -piano and Steven Elisha-cello), Vidalia United Methodist Church (Sponsored by Art Guild 280), Vidalia, Georgia
  • Elaris Duo performance, Hilton Head Symphony League, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
  • Elaris Duo Benefit Recital, “Strings for Strings,” Trinity Episcopal Church, Statesboro, Georgia

2013 

  • Elaris Duo Concert for Hilton Head Symphony
  • Elaris Duo and Piano Trio Performance (with Susan Merdinger), Summit Music Festival, Purchase, New York
  • Steven Elisha, Summit Music Festival, Purchase, New York
  • Elaris Duo Concert, Newtown Arts Festival, Newtown, Connecticut
  • Steven Elisha Solo Cello Kol Nidre, Congregation Mickve Israel, Savannah, Georgia
  • Steven Elisha Conductor, Strings at Southern Chamber Music Festival Chamber Orchestra, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia
  • Elaris Duo and Piano Trio Performance (with Mary Watanabe McKee), St. Peter’s Episcopal Church community Concert Series, Savannah, Georgia
  • Elaris Duo and Piano Trio Performance (with Susan Merdinger), Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois
  • Elaris Duo Performance, Highland Park FOCUS ON THE ARTS, Highland Park, Illinois
  • Elaris Duo and Piano Trio Performance (with Susan Merdinger), University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, Wisconsin
  • Elaris Duo and Piano Trio Performance (with Susan Merdinger), University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
  • Elaris Duo and Piano Trio Performance (with Susan Merdinger), Northbrook Public Library Series, Chicago, Illinois
  • Elaris Duo Performance,  International Symposium on Performing Arts, National Taiwan University of the Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
  • Steven Elisha Solo Cello Lecture-Recital, National Taiwan University of the Arts,Taipei, Taiwan
  • Larisa Elisha Duo Lecture-Recital, National Taiwan University of the Arts,Taipei, Taiwan
  • Elaris Duo Collaboration with GSU Voice faculty of J. S. Bach’s “Coffee Cantata,” Fundraiser for Savannah Friends of Music, Savannah, Georgia
  • Steven Elisha Conductor, Larisa Elisha Solo violin (Adrian Gnam Solo-Oboe, Michael Braz-Harpsichord), GSU Sinfonietta, Statesboro, GA (J. S. Bach
  • Double Concerto in c minor)
  • Steven Elisha Solo Cello Recital, Hastings College, Hastings, Nebraska
  • Steven Elisha Conductor, Nebraska High School Honor Chamber Orchestra Festival, Hastings Nebraska
  • Steven Elisha with Michael Braz, Cello-Piano Faculty Recital, GSU, Statesboro, Georgia
  • Steven Elisha Solo Cello Recital, Trinity Episcopal Church, Statesboro, Georgia
  • Larisa Elisha Solo Violin Performance, Jewish Educational Alliance of Savannah, GA
  • Elaris Duo, Multiple Radio Broadcasts, Classical Broadcaster & Programmer at FM 92.9 “The Grand,” Canada

2012

  • Larisa Elisha Solo Violin Performance, Christ Episcopal Church, Savannah, Georgia
  • Steven Elisha Solo Cello Faculty Recital, GSU, Statesboro, Georgia
  • Elaris Duo Recital, Lithuanian Music and Theatre Academy, Vilnius, Lithuania
  • Elaris Duo GSU Faculty Showcase performance, Statesboro, Georgia
  • Elaris Duo with Richard Mercier Piano Trio Recital, Georgia University, Milledgeville, Georgia
  • Elaris Duo Recital, Summit Music Festival, Purchase, New York
  • Elaris Duo Recital, Temple Mickve Israel Music Series (Inaugural), Savannah, Georgia
  • Steven Elisha Conductor, GSU Sinfonietta Spring Chamber Concert (Foy), Statesboro, Georgia
  • Steven Elisha Conductor, GSU Sinfonietta Spring Chamber Concert, Christ Episcopal Church, Savannah, GA
  • Steven Elisha Conductor, GSU Sinfonietta Fall Chamber Concert (Carol A. Carter Recital Hall), Statesboro, Georgia
  • Elaris Duo and Trio Lecture-Recital (with Susan Merdinger), University of Wisconsin-Parkside Concert Series, Kenosha, Wisconsin
  • Elaris Duo and Piano Trio Recital (with Susan Merdinger), The Pianoforte Salon Series, Fine Arts Building, Chicago, Illinois
  • Elaris Duo and Piano Trio Recital (with Susan Merdinger), The Family Piano Company, Waukegan, Illinois
  • Elaris Duo and Piano Trio Recital (with Susan Merdinger), Northbrook Public Library, Northbrook, Illinois
  • Larisa Elisha GSU Faculty Violin Recital with Richard Mercier, Statesboro, Georgia
  • Larisa and Steven Elisha GSU Faculty Recital (with Linda Cionitti), Statesboro, Georgia
  • Elaris Duo In-Conference performance at GMEA, Savannah, Georgia
  • Elaris Duo Lecture/Performance at  International Conference on Arts and Humanities (Honolulu, Hawaii)
  • Elaris Duo with James Rivers Kansas Public Radio, Rebroadcast, Beethoven Triple Concerto with the Sunflower Chamber Orchestra

2011:

  • Steven Elisha GSU Faculty Solo Cello Recital, Statesboro, Georgia
  • Elaris Duo with Richard Mercier GSU Faculty Piano Trio recital, Statesboro, Georgia
  • Elaris Duo GSU Faculty recital, Statesboro, Georgia
  • Elaris Duo GSU Faculty Showcase performance, Statesboro, Georgia
  • Elaris Duo (2) Performances at Statesboro Rotary Club, Statesboro, Georgia
  • Steven Elisha, Eight Solo Cello Recitals, Harvest Festival, Troy, New York
  • Steven Elisha Solo Cello Recital, Topeka Shawnee County Public Library Recital Series (World Premier of original composition composed for Kansas Sesquicentennial), Topeka, Kansas
  • Elaris Duo Concerto Performance (Beethoven Triple Concerto), GSU Symphony Orchestra, Statesboro, Georgia
  • Elaris Duo performance for GSU Provost Gala, Statesboro, Georgia
  • Larisa Elisha Chamber and Orchestra performances, Sunflower Music Festival, Topeka, Kansas
  • Elaris Duo with Kyoko Hashimoto, pianist in live performance on KANU (Kansas Public Radio)
  • Elaris Duo with Kyoko Hashimoto trio performance, Hiawatha Church, Hiawatha, Kansas
  • Elaris Duo and Friends recital, Grace Cathedral ‘Great Spaces’ Series, Topeka, Kansas
  • Steven Elisha Solo Cello Performance, Holocaust Memorial (Kansas Historical Museum), Topeka, Kansas
  • Steven Elisha Chamber Music Performance, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
  • Steven Elisha Concerto Performance, Dvorak Cello Concerto, Hastings Symphony Orchestra, Hastings, Nebraska
  • Larisa Elisha Concerto Performance, Brahms Violin Concerto, Hastings Symphony Orchestra, Hastings, Nebraska
  • Elaris Duo Concerto Performance, Brahms Double Concerto, Hastings Symphony Orchestra, Hastings, Nebraska

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