18 year old pianist and composer Patrick Kennedy

[David Polk]

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Today on Introductions our guest was 18 year old pianist and composer Patrick Kennedy, a senior at William Fremd High School in Palatine. We heard him in both some traditional piano repertoire and some of his own eclectic compositions, and he brought a few friends from Fremd over to perform with him!

Here he is in one of his own compositions, the Piano Sextet in D minor:


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And here’s Patrick in the Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor by Brahms:


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As we mentioned on the program, we first Patrick last year on this program in Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with the Fremd High School Symphony Orchestra. Here is an excerpt from that performance, with Patrick’s own introduction. Listen to the full performance here.


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Program:

Score to Settle, (Original Composition)

Prelude and Fugue No. 13 in F#, Bach

Intermezzo in A-Flat, (Original Composition)
Featuring violinist Leslie Chan

Fugue in A minor, (Original Composition)

Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor, Brahms

Untitled for piano and guitar, (Original Composition, co-written and performed on acoustic guitar w/ Brad Harris)

Excursions No. 1, Op. 20, Un poco allegro, Samuel Barber, arr. Patrick Kennedy

Sonata No. 31 Op. 110, Fuga, Beethoven

Piano Sextet in D minor, (Original Composition)
Performed with:
Violin I - Leslie Chan
Violin II - Jon Sullivan
Viola - Gina Lee
Cello - Gina Chung
Bass - Tom Oakes