Concert violinist Brent Busselberg will perform in Gallatin at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 17, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints building, 211 Ash Street. This concert is free to the public.
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Mr. Busselberg began playing violin when he was 12 years old. At first he paid for his lessons by himself having a paper route. However, upon his parents seeing that he was serious about the violin, they took over paying for the lessons so he could quit his paper route and have more time for practicing.
As a young teenager he began studying with some of the faculty at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee.
At age 17 he won the Milwaukee Symphony Young Artist Competition and took First Prize and debuted with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra playing the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor. Also at that time, he was selected to represent the Midwest in the American Youth Performs Inc., playing in Carnegie Hall, New York, and Constitutional Hall in Washington D.C.
He has studied Music at University Wisconsin Milwaukee, Roosevelt University (Chicago Musical College) and Boston University. As a young violinist he saw the opportunity to study under the direction of one of the great violinists of the day, Shmuel Ashkenasi from Israel, a Tchaikovsky Completion winner and Sol Hurok Artist. This later study lasted eight years with Shmuel Ashkenasi.
In 1990 Brent Busselberg married Franceli Benavides. They have moved to Gallatin, Mo., and have four boys.
Brent Busselbert will be performing: Beethoven, Sonata for Violin and Piano #5, in F Major, The Spring, 1st Movement, Allegro; Brahms, Sonata for Violin and Piano #1, G Major, 3rd Movement, Allegro molto moderato; Fritz kreisler, Liebesfreud (Love’s Joy); Claude Debussy, Clair De Lune; Sergei Rachmaninov, Vocalise; Anton Dvora’k , Humoreske; and Nicolo Paganini, 24th Caprise.
He will be accompanied by Jacki Hunt.
Jacki Hunt began accompanying musicians starting at an early age by playing for her elementary music classes. She holds a Master’s in Education degree from Missouri Western in teacher leadership and a Bachelor in Music Education from the University of Kansas.
Ms. Hunt taught many years in public and private schools from which she has retired. She is currently an assistant manager at a music store where she is the liaison for school districts by assisting music teachers to address program needs.
For her own musical enjoyment, she is the director of music at Redeemer Episcopal Church in Parkville, where she directs the adult choir, church Praise Band and is senior organist. She is also a board member and performs with the Northwinds Symphonic Band, a semi-professional wind symphony dedicated to providing exemplary wind performances for the public while partnering with area school music programs for educational and performance opportunities.
From January through May you will find a distinguished number of talented musicians in her home studio preparing for district and state music contests. It is a most rewarding time of year, especially when the students go on to audition at Interlochen, Jullliard, Curtis or other area colleges.
In Ms. Hunt’s spare time, she can been seen with her two grandsons, Ashton, 11, and Sullivan, 6.