They recall their father playing Mozart when they were young, him saying how beautiful the music was and asking the two if they wanted to learn how to play. Jessica has been playing piano since before the age of six, and Emily began when she was four and a half years old. She will also play the first movement of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No.

It will be the fourth CMO concert for Jessica as she’s been a member with the orchestra for a year, but it will be her first time playing as a soloist in a CMO concert. Together, they will perform Spring from Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons.

The orchestra will present Classical Music’s All-Time Greatest Hits Ever on Sunday, March 26.Įmily, a Grade 11 student at Chilliwack Secondary School, will be playing alongside her older sister who’s a student at UFV. “It’s really exciting to be able to perform,” said Emily who will be taking part in her first concert with the CMO. ARCT stands for the Associate of the Royal Conservatory of Toronto and it’s the highest academic standings awarded by the Royal Conservatory of Music certificate program. Jessica, 19, has received the highest mark in ARCT piano performance, while 16-year-old Emily is currently studying piano at the ARCT level. Sisters Jessica and Emily Jou are part of the Chilliwack Metropolitan Orchestra’s (CMO) upcoming spring concert on March 29. Two highly talented Chilliwack teens will be performing together on the piano during an upcoming orchestral concert in their hometown.

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