Steeple Concerts at St. Paul’s is thrilled to present pianist Min Kwon in concert on Sunday, November 14.

Min Kwon has been praised in Piano magazine for her “captivating enthusiasm, superb technique, warm emotional lyricism, and explosive energy”. She has performed as soloist with the Philadelphia, Atlanta, and New Jersey orchestras, as well as others in the US, Latin America, Europe, and Asia. As a solo and chamber music recitalist, she has performed at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall and in other cities around the globe.

This summer Min Kwon premiered America/Beautiful, a project in which she commissioned a diverse group of more than 70 of today’s leading American composers to each compose a variation on “America the Beautiful.” The goal of the project was to paint a sonic picture of her adopted country in all of its sprawling complexity, and ultimately try to find the beauty at the core of the American experiment and its credo of 'e pluribus unum' (out of many, one). The series of concerts were streamed online beginning on July 4 of this year.

Min Kwon holds Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music degrees from The Juilliard School and a Bachelor of Music degree from The Curtis Institute of Music, and has completed post-doctoral studies in Salzburg. Dr. Kwon is Professor of Piano at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, since 2002 and is also the founder and director of the Center for Musical Excellence (CME), a non-profit dedicated to mentoring and supporting gifted young musicians. Dr. Kwon is a Steinway Artist.

The Steeple Concert season continues on Sunday, January 23, which brings the internationally respected baroque cellist and violist da gamba Shirley Hunt and one of North America's leading exponents of historical keyboard instruments, Sylvia Berry, to downtown Westfield.

Sunday, March 27, showcases The Westerlies, a brass quartet based in New York with a program that will explore jazz, roots and chamber music influences.

The season concludes on Sunday, May 15, with the traditional Masterworks Concert featuring the choir of St. Paul’s Church with orchestra. The concert is always a highlight of the season and offers an opportunity to hear major works for chorus and orchestra in a live setting.

Tickets and information for all individual concerts are available on the Steeple Concerts website. Individual tickets to the first four concerts are $25 for adults and $10 for students, with tickets for the Masterworks Concert priced at $35 for adults and $15 for students.