Saint Vincent College Concert Series will present Australian violinist Asmira Woodward-Page at 8 p.m. Saturday, February 16 at the Robert S. Carey Performing Arts Center.

Ms. Woodward-Page has received international praise for her passion and colorful artistry. First-prize winner of the Concert Artists Guild International Competition, the Sydney Morning Herald has hailed her as “a remarkable and auspicious talent.” She received praise for her “transforming intensity and beauty of tone” in The New York Times.

Ms. Woodward-Page has made numerous orchestral appearances under the batons of conductors Jahja Ling and Michael Christie, among others. In her native Australia, she has performed with the Sydney Symphony, Melbourne Symphony and Queensland Symphony. As a chamber musician she has collaborated with such artists as André Previn, Atar Arad, Gilbert Kalish, Lara St. John and Jennifer Frautschi. Her festival appearances include Aspen and Ravinia, and she followed the Ravinia appearances by touring with violinist Miriam Fried, featuring a concert at Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.

Ms. Woodward-Page leads the 20-member, conductor-less ensemble SONYC (String Orchestra of New York City). She was the founding violinist of “counter)induction,” a critically acclaimed seven-member new music composer/performer collective based in New York City.

In addition to her win at the CAG Competition, Ms. Woodward-Page has achieved success at the Queen Elizabeth International Violin Competition of Belgium and has been named Sydney’s 2MBS-FM Young Performer of the Year. Other recent achievements include the City of Sydney Violin Award (four-time winner), Australian Music Foundation in London Award and the Indiana University Concert Competition.

Ms. Woodword-Page received a Bachelor of Music and Artist Diploma degrees from Indiana University as a student of Miriam Fried and Paul Biss, where she was awarded the prestigious Performer’s Certificate. She went on to earn her Master of Music degree at The Julliard School under the tutelage of Robert Mann.

 Single tickets for the concert are $20 and the “Classic Evening” dinner and concert package can be purchased for $30. Tickets can be reserved and purchased by calling 724-805-2565.

Future Saint Vincent College Concert Series performances are The Janaki String Trio on March 15 in the Saint Vincent Archabbey Basilica and Benjamin Moser, piano, on April 12.

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