Music at Evergreen: Sage DeAgro-Ruopp, Soprano & Iwo Jedynecki, Classical Accordion

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Evergreen's popular and eclectic Music at Evergreen concert series continues its 70th season with a joint performance by soprano Sage DeAgro-Ruopp and classical accordionist Iwo Jedynecki. The performance will be followed by a meet-and-greet reception with the artists.

A native of northern Michigan, DeAgro-Ruopp holds a performance diploma from the Oberlin Conservatory as well as a bachelor's and master's degree from the Curtis Institute of Music under the tutelage of Mark Schnaible. Her most recent roles include Johanna from Sondheim's Sweeney Todd and Rosina from Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia. Outside of conventional operatic practices, she enjoys collaboration and involvement with contemporary composers and musicians as well as composing for dance. Recently, she performed with Koresh Dance Company to rave reviews in their show Masquerade, where she composed the entirety of the score and sang her works live.

Classical accordionist Iwo Jedynecki is the winner of top prizes at over 30 international music competitions and has performed throughout Europe, North America, and Asia. He regularly collaborates with other artists, including pianist Aleksander Krzyżanowski, accordionist Hubert Giziewski, and in a duo with Karolina Mikołajczyk, where a video of one of his violin-accordion transcriptions gained more than a million combined views on Facebook and YouTube. He received his doctoral degree in 2022 from The Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in his native Poland. Upon receiving a Fulbright Scholarship this past fall, he began his studies as the first-ever classical accordion artist diploma student at New York University.

Music at Evergreen is Evergreen Museum & Library's annual concert series, which features global classical music talent in the unique and intimate setting of Evergreen's historic Bakst Theatre.