Gathering Note
Notes from the concert hall
Category: The Five
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In advance of next weekend’s Medieval Women’s Choir concert — A Voice of Her Own — at St. James Cathedral, Margriet Tindeman’s agreed to participate in The Five. A Voice of Her Own brings together music from the pen of a number of women composers. The program will feature pieces by local talents Karen Thomas…
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Just because I can’t hear Melia Watras perform on the 25th, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t. In case you don’t know, Watras is one of Seattle’s talented crop of violists (a hard instrument to play because of its size.) She teaches at the University of Washington and is 1/4 of the Corigliano Quartet. She’s good. and…
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Local composer Nat Evans has embarked on a project that fuses nature, music, community, and subjectivity of experience. Sunrise September 18, 2010 is a completely new piece of music written by Evans. It is a site specific, time specific, event specific work experienced differently by everyone who participates in the premiere. Listeners will gather at…
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Jayce Ogren is an example of what is happening in classical music these days. He’s a conductor who has stood before some of the finest orchestras in the world. Ogren finished a tenure with the Cleveland Orchestra in 2009. He has also conducted the Boston Symphony, LA Phil, and City Opera. Before that, he was…
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The Five is a feature I intended to start back in July. The feature was supposed to start with the musicians of the Seattle Chamber Music Society. It never able to take off because of the scheduling challenges presented by an always changing line up of musicians. I wish I could say the idea for…