SMCO: Hymn to the Sun
$35 ($10 student); at the door only
- Melissa Plagemann, mezzo-soprano
- Geoffrey Larson, conductor
- Gary D. Cannon, conductor
Édouard Lalo — Deux aubades for 10 instruments
Maurice Ravel — Ma Mère l'Oye ("Mother Goose") Suite
Maurice Ravel — Trois Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé
Lili Boulanger — Sous Bois ("Undergrowth") (orch. Geoffrey Larson)
Lili Boulanger — Hymne au Soleil ("Hymn to the Sun") (orch. Geoffrey Larson)
About Melissa Plagemann, mezzo-soprano
About Geoffrey Larson, conductor
About Gary D. Cannon, conductor
Dr. Gary D. Cannon is one of Seattle's most versatile choral personalities, active as conductor, singer, and musicologist. Since 2008 he is Artistic Director of Cascadian Chorale and of the 100-voice Vashon Island Chorale. In 2016 he founded the Emerald Ensemble, a professional chamber choir. At the invitation of the Early Music Guild, he founded and directed a Renaissance choir, Sine Nomine (2008–15). He has conducted for Vashon Opera three times, and has also directed Anna's Bay Chamber Choir, Choral Arts, Earth Day Singers, Kirkland Choral Society, and the Northwest Mahler Festival.
As a tenor soloist, he has appeared with Pacific Northwest Ballet, Seattle Philharmonic, and the Auburn, Eastside, Rainier, and Sammamish Symphony Orchestras, as well as many Seattle-area choirs. He lectures for Seattle Symphony and provides program notes for choirs across the country. His independent musicological research has a special emphasis on the music of William Walton.
A California native, Dr. Cannon holds degrees from the University of California at Davis and the University of Washington.
http://cannonesque.com/