Four Winds Farm presents the second concert of the inaugural season of Coppia Concerts. Coppia was founded with the mission of bringing together world-class artists and exceptional wines to create a unique, fun, and casual performance experience - ideal for both new and seasoned concertgoers.
In honor of Women's History Month, the March 2nd program features women composers and winemakers, including works from Reena Esmail, Gabriela Lena Frank, and Irene Britton Smith, paired with wines wines from American Wine Project (Mineral Point, WI), Brovia (Italy), and Ana María Cumsille (Chile). Performers will be Dawn Wohn, violin, and Satoko Hayami, piano.
The concert will be held in the Loft of Four Winds Farm’s 90-year-old barn which was restored from the ground up in 2020 and now serves the Madison area as an agricultural education and event center.
About Coppia Chamber Music:
Dawn Wohn, Artistic Director
Praised as having “a joyful sense of freedom, and a pure, unencumbered tone” by BBC Music Magazine, Korean American violinist Dawn Dongeun Wohn has performed in concert halls in North and South America, Asia, and Europe, including Carnegie Weill Hall, Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center, and the National Theater in Taiwan. As a soloist, she has performed with orchestras such as the Korean Broadcasting Symphony and the Aspen Conducting Orchestra, and she has toured internationally as a chamber musician.
Her debut album, Perspectives, features diverse works by female composers. Her recent release, Unbounded, on the Delos Music label explores music by American women. Both albums have been featured on radio programs all over the world and have been noted for “enlightened advocacy” (Gramophone), “elegant and impassioned playing” (Fanfare), and “warm, crystal-clear tone” (Whole Note).
A dedicated teacher, she is on the faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Mead Witter School of Music. Previously, she was Associate Professor of Violin at Ohio University. As a guest clinician and recitalist, she has presented and performed at schools across the United States and has been on the faculty of numerous festivals.
Dawn began her musical studies at The Juilliard School’s Pre-College Division as a student of Dorothy DeLay. Further studies include an undergraduate degree at Juilliard, Master of Music and Artist Diploma from Yale University and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Stony Brook University. Dawn lives in Middleton with her husband and 3-year-old son and performs on a 1732 Nicolo Gagliano violin.
Jay Hutchinson, Executive Director and Sommelier
Jay’s work in the hospitality and wine industries has taken him from California to the East Coast, and now to the Midwest. He holds the Advanced Sommelier certification from the Court of Master Sommeliers, and is a candidate for the Master Sommelier title. His work as sommelier at Michelin-starred Ai Fiori in New York City was recognized by Wine Spectator with a Grand Award for the restaurant, Vogue magazine named the event series he founded in Boston a “culinary disruptor," and he served for several years as the marketing director for one of the nation’s top wine auction houses, Hart Davis Hart. For his contributions to Italian wine, he earned the title of Italian Wine Ambassador from VinItaly International Academy, and was inducted into L’Ordine dei Cavalieri del Tartufo e dei Vini d’Alba.
Throughout his time in the wine industry, Jay developed a deep interest in sustainability and agriculture. After moving to the Madison area, he accepted the position of Director of Sales & Marketing for Four Winds Farm, an 86-acre farm with a focus on permaculture and regenerative agriculture. He is working to develop markets for the farm's perennial crops while also building a robust hospitality business based in the farm's renovated 1930s dairy barn. In 2023, he launched Coppia Concerts with violinist Dawn Wohn, a multisensory concert series that pairs exceptional wines with performances by world class musicians. Jay holds an undergraduate degree from New England Conservatory and an MBA from Ohio University.