The massive blizzard wasn’t the only thing the musicians had to face Feb. 10 at the Murphy Auditorium at Iona College.

The lighting technician forgot to show, leaving the musicians squinting to see their music sheets. Eventually the lighting situation was sorted out, and host Robert Sherman came on stage. Sherman is known for his folk series “Woody’s Children” heard on WFUV. The orchestra was led by conductor Barry Charles Hoffman, who guided the musicians for almost three hours of music

The event was sponsored by the Westchester Chamber Symphony. Hoffman founded the WCS in 1984 as a way to provide classical music to the Westchester area, showcasing some of the local aspiring musicians. The concert was broken up into three parts with two short intermissions. Each part featured one or two lead musicians, ranging from violins to cellos.

Moran Katz came out after the second intermission. She played for roughly an hour, performing pieces from the Mozart Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra K.622 in A major.

It is also worth noting that throughout her performance, Katz never used a single sheet of music, memorizing it to its entirety. After leaving the crowd in awe and some tears, Sherman came back onto the stage, and Katz talked about her instrument.

Apparently the piece she played wasn’t originally made for the clarinet used today, but rather it was designed for the basset clarinet, which is able to hit lower octaves.

Sherman than brought up to the front of the stage Katz’s sister Linor, who played in the orchestra as a cellist.

Linor jokingly said “I moved to America (from Israel, where her and her sister where born) to stay close to my sister, but while she lives in New York, I live in Boston. I can’t be that close.”

The laughter soon became amazement as Linor explained that she and her sister are part of a chamber group called Shuffle. What Shuffle does is give everyone in the crowd a musical menu, and they can select which music they want the orchestra to play.

Katz turned the crowd and asked if they wanted an encore, and the crowd overwhelmingly demanded it. She and Linor played a harmonious duo of Tales from Another Time by Daniel Snyder to close the show.