RFH Students to Participate in Music Festival in Vienna

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RUMSON – Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School students Campbell Lee and Alexandra Siwulec will perform in the Golden Key Music Festival to be held Aug. 4-11 in Vienna, Austria.
Both musicians are juniors at RFH and study piano with Marina Strakovsky of Rumson.
Strakovsky encouraged Siwulec and Lee to take part in the Golden Key Competition, which is open to musicians ages 5 to 26. Siwulec auditioned by submitting a CD of her performance of “Sung Outside the Prince’s Door” by Edward McDowell and learned this past winter of her invitation to participate. Lee, who had been selected as a winner in the 2012 competition, was invited to perform as a guest artist at the 2014 event.
Young musicians from around the globe take part in the Golden Key Music Festival, which centers on the rich musical heritage and history of Vienna. The event includes master classes taught by notable European music teachers, as well as participation in the gala concert held in the world-famous Ehrbar Hall, where such musicians as Johannes Brahms, Anton Bruckner and Gustav Mahler have performed. During the gala Concert, where the students present their competition pieces, Siwulec will perform “Serenade” by William Gillock and Lee will perform “Sung Outside the Prince’s Door.”
The students also will perform in a concert featuring the music of Mozart and “A Tribute to Vienna,” a monster concert featuring four pianos and eight pianists.
They also will tour the historic cities of Vienna, Eisenstaedt and Salzburg.