Gathering Note

Notes from the concert hall

Tag: The Five

  • The Five: Margriet Tindemans, Artistic Director of the Medieval Women’s Choir

    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…

  • The Five: Nat Evans

    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…

  • The Five: Jayce Ogren

    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…

  • The Five: an introduction

    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…