Concerts at Blessed Sacrament: An Evening of Song
Suggested donation: $25 advance, $30 at the door ($25 senior/student)
- Dean Williamson, piano
- Hsing-Hui Hsu, clarinet
- Caitlin Hennessy, soprano
- Cassandra Willock, soprano
- Michael Beetham, baritone
- Nori Heikkinen, mezzo-soprano
Hugo Wolf — Spanisches Liederbuch
Samuel Barber — Hermit Songs, Op. 29
Claude Debussy — La Belle au Bois dormant, CD 81, L. 74
Richard Strauss — Das Rosenband, Op. 36, No. 1
Richard Strauss — Ständchen, Op. 17, TrV 149, No. 2
Roger Quilter — Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal
Edvard Grieg — Ein Traum, Op. 48, No. 6
Blessed Sacrament staff singers present a candlelit evening of classical song with vocal coach and opera conductor, Dean Williamson. Come enjoy vocal music by Strauss, Grieg, Barber, Wolf, Schubert, and more.
About Music at Blessed Sacrament (Seattle)
Blessed Sacrament is fortunate to house an unparalleled collection of musical instruments situated within a warm and reverberant acoustical environment that preserves musical clarity. The primary purpose of these instruments is to facilitate our stunning weekly liturgical music program, but we believe it is our calling to share the beauty with which we've been blessed. Concerts at Blessed Sacrament are our gift to the greater Seattle community whereby we produce and host top ensembles from throughout our city, making available our resources for the benefit of the arts in general. The Church has long been a supporter of the arts and it is the goal of Concerts at Blessed Sacrament to preserve, enhance, and develop musical arts for the benefit of future generations.
https://www.blessed-sacrament.org/About Dean Williamson, piano
Music director of Nashville Opera, is widely known for his perceptive and commanding conducting. He was artistic director of Opera Cleveland and was the founder and music director of Seattle Opera’s Young Artist Program.
https://azopera.org/about/cast-members/dean-williamsonAbout Hsing-Hui Hsu, clarinet
Hsing-Hui Hsu received her Bachelors of Music in clarinet performance from Rice University, where she also served as Music Director of the Rice Light Opera Society. While working as a software engineer at Amazon, she became a founding member of the Amazon Symphony Orchestra and served as Music Director, collaborating with other arts organizations in the Seattle area as well as charitable organizations such as Mary's Place. Hsing-Hui is committed to making classical music more accessible to modern audiences—a mission she pursues as a board member for Emerald City Music. Last season, she performed the Copland Clarinet Concerto with the Puget Sound Symphony Orchestra, where she also serves as Principal Clarinet. She is the Bass Clarinetist with the Yakima Symphony Orchestra, and has also played with the Seattle Philharmonic, Pacific Northwest Opera, Sustain Music Project, Tacoma Opera, and Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra. Her principal teachers include Sidney Forrest, David Peck, Michael Webster, Thomas LeGrand, and Laurie de Luca.
https://clarinetandvio.la/#MusiciansAbout Cassandra Willock, soprano
Cassandra Willock is a soprano from Shoreline, Washington. In 2017, she graduated from Pacific Lutheran University with a BM in Vocal Performance and an Economics Minor. Cassandra has been seen as Jou-Jou in Tacoma Opera's The Merry Widow and as Rose Maurrant in PLU's summer workshop production of Street Scene; she has also worked with Seattle Opera in their education programs as a teaching assistant.
https://www.blessed-sacrament.org/cassandra-willock