{"id":8704,"date":"2025-09-15T13:53:41","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T17:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emersonavenuesalons.com\/?page_id=8704"},"modified":"2025-09-15T13:53:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T17:53:41","slug":"salonline-2025-09-14-sara-zhu-david-palmer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/emersonavenuesalons.com\/?page_id=8704","title":{"rendered":"Salonline 2025-09-14 Sara Zhu &amp; David Palmer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-dark-gray-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><a class=\"maxbutton-9 maxbutton maxbutton-button-5b\" title=\"Click to donate (100% Matched!)\" href=\"https:\/\/emersonavenuesalons.com\/?page_id=5466\"><span class='mb-text'>DONATE!<\/span><\/a> <a class=\"maxbutton-8 maxbutton maxbutton-button-5a\" title=\"Click to Watch Salonline\" href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/live\/M0oH8RYlzZE?feature=share\"><span class='mb-text'>Watch Salonline<\/span><\/a> <a class=\"maxbutton-8 maxbutton maxbutton-button-5a\" title=\"Click to see Older Salonlines\" href=\"https:\/\/emersonavenuesalons.com\/?page_id=189\"><span class='mb-text'>Previous Salonlines<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9ccfc9fc18f8b95028483328e89eb21b\" style=\"color:#000000\">Sunday, September 14, 2025<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#f30000\">&#8212; a &#8220;hybrid&#8221; event &#8212;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-7c3189770dea38d5ba0630de6e2181e0 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#312d97\"><strong>Sara Zhu<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-4b015fdb538d38ebc80d09175effe105 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#312d97\"><strong>Flute<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-6e346ae3221a7e038fdbe8582fae7b44 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#312d97\"><strong>David Palmer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-ec7d8f3a5f8e85ab37dc0b6d275c1d09 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#312d97\"><strong>Piano<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-ef0a09bf4a2216a60cea0017b4a74d32 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#5c8237\"><strong>Zhu and Palmer<\/strong><br><strong>Classical Conversations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/emersonavenuesalons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/David-Palmer-Sara-Zhu.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/emersonavenuesalons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/David-Palmer-Sara-Zhu.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8694\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Sara Zhu, flute, and David Palmer, piano, will take listeners through a chronological journey of collaborative music. Selections will include Bach, Gaubert, Hindemith, Palmer, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-x-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>BIOGRAPHY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sara Zhu<\/strong> is a genre blending flutist, vocalist, and songwriter based in the Washington, DC area. Zhu performs regularly as both a leader and side-woman in many of DC\u2019s staple establishments including Blues Alley, The Kennedy Center, Strathmore, and The Kreeger Museum. She is featured on Alfred Yun\u2019s recent album, \u201cVoice and Phenomenon,\u201d amongst many other recording projects. In addition to performing, Zhu is an avid educator, serving as the adjunct flute and jazz combo instructor at St. Mary\u2019s College of Maryland. Zhu is currently working on the first album with her alternative rock band,&nbsp;Your Trusted Officials.&nbsp;Their single, \u201cEverglades,\u201d is currently available on all streaming platforms.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>David Palmer<\/strong> is a music teacher, performer, and composer. Since moving to the DMV in 2020, he has worked as a piano teacher for children, a church musician, and an instructor for Wesley Seminary. He holds a Ph.D. in music theory from the Eastman School of Music, has a jazz trio, and plays music at a regional hospital and at a hospice facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">If you&#8217;d like to receive Emerson Avenue Salon invitations, you can add yourself to the invitation list <a href=\"https:\/\/emersonavenuesalons.com\/?page_id=1212\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday, September 14, 2025 &#8212; a &#8220;hybrid&#8221; event &#8212; Sara Zhu Flute David Palmer Piano Zhu and PalmerClassical Conversations Sara Zhu, flute, and David Palmer, piano, will take listeners through a chronological journey of collaborative music. Selections will include Bach, Gaubert, Hindemith, Palmer, and more. 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