Festival hosts FGCU students for concert
The Sanibel Music Festival presented its 50th Anniversary Luminary Concert, “All is Bright,” on Dec. 6 at the Sanibel Congregational United Church of Christ on Sanibel. Florida Gulf Coast University professors Kyle Szabo and Michael Baron presented their students, who performed classical selections by Dvorak, Chopin, Mendelssohn and Kapsutin. The pieces included: Dvorak’s String Quintet in G Major with two violins, a viola, cello and string bass; pianist Duy Vu’s showcase of Chopin’s Grande Polonaise Brillante, Op 22 and a composition by Nicolai Kapsutin entitled Toccatina Op. 40, No. 3; and Le Phuong Pham, accompanied by a violinist and cellist, for Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op 49. Holiday carols were also performed, which the audience joined in on. The concert was sponsored in memory of Marjorie M. Nordstrom.