Music, Wine, and Slab Pies in the Village

Come join at Saint John’s in the Village for a delightful evening of classical music concert of violin and piano duets, followed by a generous reception with food and drink.

Nate Sassoon and Marienn Sanchez will delight your senses with beautiful music.

The concert will feature beloved classical works, and exciting contemporary classical music showcasing American, British, and Mexican Composers, and also enjoy the pop hits arrangments.

The evening is more than music! Be prepared for a complete cultural experience: your ticket includes a hearty food and wine spread. Stay after the concert, meet the artists, make new friends and enjoy the following delights:

• Homemade Eastern European Slab pies (savory, sweet, vegetarian, vegan, and meat)
• Cheeses and Fruit
• Wine, soft drinks, and artesian water

Come hungry for music AND pies!

Program Highlights:

N. Paganini – Caprice No.16

F. Schubert – Violin Sonata No.1

J.Sibelius – Souvenir

N. Sassoon – Prelude and Fantasy for Marienn

F. Kreisler – Prelide and Allegro

N. Sassoon- The Debut Piano Sonata, Op.1

P. Sarasate – Carmen Fantasy, Op. 25

And to contrast:

Songs by Coldplay – Vida La Vida, Queen – Love of My Life, The Jacksons – Blame it on the Boogie, Kaoma – Lambada

Tickets: $40.00 general admission, $25.00 Seniors (65+) and Students (High School/College/University ID), $15.00 Children >10 years old. Children who are still 9 on August 18 are free when come with a paying adult.

Marienn Sanchez- violin

Marienn Sánchez is a Mexican violinist initially trained by her father, Raúl Sánchez. She studied at the Escuela Superior de Música y Danza de Monterrey with Pedro Fundora and earned a master’s degree from Jacobs School of Music with Grigory Kalinovsky under the CONAHCYT, a prestigious national scholarship for postgraduate studies abroad awarded by the Mexican government. She has distinguished herself for her commitment to contemporary music, premiering works by various composers, specializing Mexican composers such as her father Sanchez, Pablo M. Teutli, José H. Gama, having collaborations and premiered as well with international composers such as Nate Sassoon, Alexey Logunov, among others. She is currently Associate Concertmaster of the ESMDM Philharmonic Super Orchestra and frequently collaborates with the OSUANL and OCUANL orchestras as a soloist, concertmaster, and member. She has been a guest soloist with the Nuevo León Youth Philharmonic, the Monterrey Baroque Academy, the Armando Vargas Orchestra, and the San Luis Potosí Orchestra. She has won several national violin and piano competitions and was a finalist in the Leonid Kogan International Competition in Brussels. As member of the Deneb Quartet, she has won important prizes in national competitions. She has been a soloist with various orchestras and has received master classes from renowned musicians such Igor Ozim, Kirill Trousov, Lidia Brown, Christian Dollinger, in which all of have been provided by the patronage of the ESMDM. She has participated as a soloist, guest, and collaborator in national and international festivals.

Nate Sassoon- Piano

Nate Sassoon is a pianist/composer, early keyboardist (harpsichord, fortepiano), music producer and a vocalist.

He started his musical studies on cello with Misha Quint and piano with Genya Paley and then Elena Leonova at Pre College Mannes School of Music. He continued his piano studies in high school at Phillips Exeter Academy, studying with Jonathan Sakata.

Nate graduated from the University of Oxford with Hon. BA in Music and also holds MM in Music Composition and MM in Computer Music Composition from Jacobs School of Music Indiana University. In the Fall 2025, Nate will commence his studies at Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, Switzerland to pursue a Master’s degree in Historical Performance in Fortepiano.

As a soloist pianist, Nate performed at such New York venues as Merkin Hall, Steinway Hall, Carnegie Hall, Kosciushko Foundation, Catskills Fortepiano Academy, among many others. Also, he played piano recitals in St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod (Russia), Cremona, Vipiteno (Italy), and in Germany and Jamaica. As a basso continuo player he performed with Baroque Orchestra of Jacobs School of Music and in multiple chamber ensembles. As a composer, Nate scored the following plays: The elders of Oldridge, Sentenced to this Vessel (co-producer, composer and an actor), Baudelaire’s Passion, also worked on scoring Bulgakov’s The Cabal of the hypocrites, he is also an author of a Chamber opera, Il Bacio .

Nate scored over 30 indy video games, and won awards for Best sound, Best audio and Best sound track for 18 of these games. As a music producer, Nate released 7 albums of multiple genres EDM and recorded original music. As a computer music composer , Nate’s composition Spectre (piano with fixed media) was selected for a performance by the jury of the International Computer Music conference (Boston, 2025).Nate’s creative musical output can be heard

On Spotify: Nate Sassoon, and YouTube, and on Sound Cloud, under Nate Sassoon