Fall Frolic Concert

Come in from the autumn chill for a cozy afternoon of music. Flute, piccolo, and piano come together for a program that includes Vivaldi’s lively concerto, Bartók’s rustic folk dances, and Bizet’s *Carmen.* This concert is free and open to the public. Doors open 15 minutes before.  **Lily Josefsberg** joined the Detroit Symphony as Piccoloist in June 2026. Previously, she was piccolo and third flute of the San Diego Symphony from 2022-2026. She has performed with the New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony, Kansas City Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Milwaukee Symphony, Columbus Symphony, Florida Grand Opera and Richmond Symphony, among other ensembles. In 2019, Lily won first place at the Walfrid Kujala International Piccolo Competition. She attended the Aspen Music Festival, serving for three summers as the piccolo fellow under the primary tutelage of Nadine Asin. Originally from Ridgewood, New Jersey, Ms. Josefsberg earned her Master’s of Music and Graduate Performance Diploma in piccolo performance from Peabody Conservatory, where she was the teaching assistant and student of Laurie Sokoloff. Her Bachelor’s of Music in flute performance is from Boston University, where she studied under Linda Toote and John Heiss. In her free time, she enjoys experimenting with her home baking business, @Bach2baking. **Dr. Hyun-Jeong Ahn** is a pianist, chamber musician, and educator with an active international career in the United States, Europe, and Korea. She appears regularly as an invited performer as a soloist and collaborative artist at venues including Carnegie Hall (New York), the Brahms House (Germany), Palffy Palace (Prague), and major performing arts centers in Seoul, and has participated in festivals such as the Bowdoin International Music Festival and the Art of the Piano Festival. A prizewinner of multiple international competitions, she is frequently invited to serve as an adjudicator. Dr. Ahn holds degrees from Seoul National University and the Peabody Conservatory, and earned her DMA from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She currently serves as Adjunct Professor at Grossmont College and joined the SDSU Community Music School in Spring 2026. **Rose Lombardo** was appointed Principal Flute of the San Diego Symphony in 2011 at the age of 23. At the time, she was in her second year of graduate studies with Jim Walker at the Colburn School Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles and graduated with a Professional Studies Certificate. Previously, Ms. Lombardo earned a Bachelor of Music degree from The Juilliard School where she studied with Jeffrey Khaner. Ms. Lombardo has traveled across the globe as an orchestral, chamber and solo artist. Her solo recitals have taken her from Boston to Europe and to China, and she has had the privilege of collaborating with some of the finest musicians in the most beautiful halls around the world, including Carnegie Hall, Bolshoi Zal at the St. Petersburg Philharmonia, Suntory Hall, Seiji Ozawa Hall, Jordan Hall and Boston Symphony Hall. Chamber music collaborations include performing alongside musicians from the Cincinnati Symphony, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic and William Christie’s early music ensemble, Les Arts Florissants. Ms. Lombardo performs regularly in San Diego with the Art of Elan and San Diego Symphony Chamber Music Series. Ms. Lombardo has appeared as principal flute in numerous summer music festivals, including the 2008 Pacific Music Festival in Sapporo, Japan, the 2011 Spoleto Music Festival USA in Charleston, South Carolina, and the 2012 Sunflower Music Festival in Topeka, Kansas. Most recently Rose Lombardo performed as principal flutist with the 2013 Artosphere Festival Orchestra in Fayetteville, Arkansas.