Steeplechase is presenting an exciting program of guitar and cello concerts featuring the highly talented Oren Fader (guitarist) and Julia MinJeong Kang (cellist).

Oren Fader (www.orenfader.com), guitarist, has performed hundreds of concerts in the U.S., Europe and Asia with a wide range of classical and new music groups, including the Met Chamber Ensemble, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, New York City Opera, New York City Ballet, New York Philharmonic, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Mark Morris Dance Group, Da Capo Chamber Players, New World Symphony, Absolute Ensemble, Poetica Musica and Speculum Musicae. Recent concerto performances include the Aranjuez Concerto with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, and a new concerto, Zephyr by David Del Puerto, with the New Paths in Music Chamber Orchestra. A champion of contemporary music, he has premiered over 250 works with guitar. He also performs, tours and records with the new music ensembles Cygnus, and Fireworks. The past 2 summers he performed works of Carter, Davidovsky and Chin at the Tanglewood Music Festival. Mr. Fader can be heard on over 40 commercial recordings and film, including the classical guitar parts for the recent film Everything is Illuminated. His latest solo recordings include Another’s Fandango, featuring 500 years of guitar music, and First Flight, a disc of 10 premiere solos written for Mr. Fader by New York City composers. Mr. Fader has been on the guitar and chamber music faculty of the Manhattan School of Music since 1994.

Cellist Julia MinJeong Kang has played with the "Arco" Moscow chamber orchestra, Seoul Pops Orchestra, and the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Neeme Järvi. She was the winner of the Associated Music Teacher's League of NY and ASTA state competition, New Jersey Symphony Young Artist Audition, and the Lillian Fuchs chamber music competition. Other awards and honors include the Governor's Award in Arts Education of NJ, the Samuel Mayes Memorial Cello Award, and Irene diamond Graduate Fellowship. She has attended Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival, Pacific Music Festival, the Tanglewood Music Center and the Castleton Music Festival. Her education includes Bachelor's degree from Manhattan School of Music and Master's of Music degree from the Julliard School under the instructions of Marion Feldman and Bonnie Hampton. She is currently a member of the Paumanok Trio, the Riverside Symphonia and the Salome Chamber Orchestra.