Violinist Ian Swensen, a New York native of Norwegian and Japanese-Hawaiian descent, has lived in the Bay Area for over 20 years, teaching at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and Sacramento State University. An award-winning soloist and chamber musician, he has performed with members of the Juilliard, Cleveland, Emerson, and Tokyo quartets, as well as artists like Yo-Yo Ma and Menahem Pressler. The program will include works by Grieg and Prokofiev, and donations will be accepted at the door.