May/June 2017

Music of Zachary Watkins - High Vibration Resonance

May 12, 8 pm at the Good Shepherd Center
Microtonal music by brilliant Bay Area composer Zachary James Watkins. Featuring his string quartet with Tari Nelson-Zagar and Austin Larkin, violin, and Darth Nielson, bass.

Lou Harrison at 100 Years: the Seattle Connection

May 13, 8 pm at the Good Shepherd Center
Stunning music of Lou Harrison with Gamelan Pacifica, directed by Jarrad Powell, and the Pacific Rims Percussion Quartet. Featuring the gorgeous Threnody for Carlos Chavez for viola and gamelan, and the Double Concerto for Violin and Cello and gamelan. With Maria Scherer Wilson, cello.

Northwest Sinfonietta: Mozart Requiem,
Gabriel Kahane Crane Palimpsest

May 19 - 21
Northwest Sinfonietta with Eric Jacobsen and Gabriel Kahane. With the Seattle Choral Company directed by Freddie Coleman
Incredible program of the Mozart Requiem paired with
Kahane's song cycle "Crane Palimpsest" with words by Kahane and Hart Crane.

Kaley Lane Eaton's "lily [bloom in my darkness]"
an electroacoustic opera

June 2, 8 pm at the Good Shepherd Center
Premiere of the stunning vocalist/composer Kaley Lane Eaton's electroacoustic opera hommage to her great grandmother Lily who fled Europe at the eve of WW1 and traveled to Everett by train, alone, to begin a new life. With my good friend Karin Stevens dancing. Performers are Gwen Franz, viola, Steve Treseler, sax, clarinet, Carol Levin, harp, Wei Yang, piano and Kaley Lane Eaton, vocals and electronics.

Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival

June 6, 7:30 pm at the Gesa Powerhouse Theatre, Walla Walla
I'm thrilled to be performing Ching-chu Hu's "Spheres of Influence" at the
Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival along with my viola buddy Timothy Christie!

Town Music - Every New Beginning

June 21, 7:30 pm at Town Hall Seattle
New string orchestra music with director/cellist Joshua Roman and members of the Seattle Youth Symphony plus mentors. We'll perform music of Caroline Shaw as well as the premiere of Gregg Kallor's new jazz-influenced work.