Presents

The American Spirit

Sunday, October 11, 2026

Hopkins High School

Keehun Nam, Music Director
Erin Keefe, Concertmaster, Minnesota Orchestra Orchestra

Concert Program

Fanfare for the Common Man, Aaron Copland (1900–1990)

Violin Concerto, op. 14, Samuel Barber (1910–1981)

1. Allegro molto moderato
2. Andante sostenuto
3. Presto in moto perpetuo

Erin Keefe, Violin

Firebird Suite (1919 Version), Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971)

1. Introduction — The Firebird and Her Dance
2. Round Dance of the Princesses
3. Infernal Dance of King Kastchei
4. Lullaby (Berceuse) — Finale

Biographies

Keehun Nam, Music Director

Keehun Nam, Music Director of the Wayzata Symphony Orchestra, is a Minnesota native from Eden Prairie. He describes his conducting philosophy as driven by “a passionate commitment to the excellence of musicmaking, and the conviction that an orchestra’s greatest asset is its people.”

He earned a Bachelor of Musical Arts from Vanderbilt University, where he founded the Vanderbilt Commodore Orchestra, and later completed a Master’s in Orchestral Conducting at Ithaca College. Nam has held positions including Interim Director of Orchestras at the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse and Music Director of the Ithaca College Sinfonietta, and currently conducts the St. Olaf Philharmonia and the Southeastern Minnesota Youth Orchestras, with guest appearances spanning Berlin, Prague, and St. Petersburg.

Erin Keefe, Concertmaster, Minnesota Orchestra

Violinist Erin Keefe is the Concertmaster of the Minnesota Orchestra and on the violin faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music. Winner of an Avery Fisher Career Grant as well as numerous international competitions, she has appeared as soloist in recent seasons with the Minnesota Orchestra, New York City Ballet Orchestra, Korean Symphony Orchestra, Iceland Symphony, Lahti Symphony, Sendai Philharmonic and the Gottingen Symphony and has given recitals throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. Ms. Keefe has been performing with The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center since 2005, and she has recorded for Naxos, the CMS Studio Recordings label, BIS, Onyx and Deutsche Grammophon. Her festival appearances have included Music@Menlo, La Jolla SummerFest, Mainly Mozart, Ravinia and the Seattle, Bravo! Vail Valley, Colorado College, Skaneateles, Music in the Vineyards and Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festivals, and she has appeared as guest concertmaster with the New York Philharmonic, Pittsburgh Symphony, Seoul Philharmonic and the Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra.

Ms. Keefe earned a Master of Music Degree from The Juilliard School and a Bachelor of Music Degree from The Curtis Institute of Music. Her teachers included Ronald Copes, Ida Kavafian, Arnold Steinhardt and Philip Setzer.

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Lisa McDonnel, President
Beth Karges, Vice President
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Jacque Frazzini, Director
Ron Frazzini, Director
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Keehun Nam, Music Director
Marion Judish, Concertmaster
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