Chatter PDX: Beethoven's 9th String Quartet
$20 ($10 ages 13-29, $5 ages 12 & under); available online or at the door
- James Shields, clarinet
- Emily Cole, violin
- Shin-young Kwon, violin
- Charles Noble, viola
- Seth Biagini, cello
- Jaye Nasir, spoken word
James Shields — Duo No. 11 "Mycelium Superhighway"
Ludwig van Beethoven — String Quartet No. 9 in C major, Op. 59, No. 3 "Razumovsky III"
Join us on April 20th for Beethoven's 9th String Quartet.
About Chatter PDX
Chatter PDX is a new weekly performing arts series blending chamber music, spoken word, and coffee. Chatter occurs every Sunday at 10:30am. Shows last approximately one hour. Tickets are available on Eventbrite.com or at the door. Coffee and baked goods included in the price of admission.
https://www.chatterpdx.org/About James Shields, clarinet
https://www.orsymphony.org/discover/orchestra/woodwinds/james-shields/
About Emily Cole, violin
Emily Cole joined the Oregon Symphony in 2011. An avid chamber musician, Emily is a member of the Mousai Remix string quartet with fellow Oregon Symphony musicians Shin-Young Kwon, Jennifer Arnold, and Marilyn de Oliveira. She has also performed locally with Third Angle Ensemble, fEARnoMUSIC, 45th Parallel, and Northwest New Music. During the summer months, Emily has performed with the Oregon Bach Festival, the Seattle Opera, and the Apollo Music Festival. Emily is on the faculty at Lewis & Clark College; she also coaches chamber musicians with Portland Summer Ensembles and Seattle’s Music Northwest.
Emily earned her M.M. from the University of North Texas, where she held a teaching fellowship and studied with Emanuel Borok. She received her B.M. from the University of Texas at Austin, studying with Brian Lewis. A native of Seattle, Emily was also a longtime student of former Seattle Symphony concertmaster Ilkka Talvi.
https://www.orsymphony.org/discover/orchestra/strings/emily-cole/About Shin-young Kwon, violin
https://www.orsymphony.org/discover/orchestra/strings/shin-young-kwon/
About Charles Noble, viola
About Seth Biagini, cello
Seth Biagini’s musical experiences have taken him to venues as obscure as the top of Aspen Mountain, an isolated East Coast island accessible only by boat, and a beer hall in Austria, as well as Carnegie Hall, David Geffen Hall, Alice Tully Hall, and Disney Hall. Hailing from a family of cellists, Seth begun his training in piano at age four and added the cello at age nine. Having received both his Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees at The Juilliard School, Seth studied with renowned cellists such as Timothy Eddy, Natasha Brofsky, Alan Stepansky, and Robert deMaine. Competition accolades include Variations on a Rococo Theme by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky with the Palisades Symphony Orchestra and Dmitri Shostakovich’s First Cello Concerto with the Culver City Orchestra as well as the Pasadena Community Orchestra. His love for chamber music has led him to summer festivals, where he has spent time at Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Kneisel Hall Chamber Music School and Festival, Taos School of Music, Aspen Music Festival and School, and Sarasota Music Festival. Attending Aspen Music Festival and School for three years, the New York String Orchestra Seminar led by Jaime Loredo, Germany’s Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, and, most recently, the Verbier Festival in Switzerland, has given Seth the experience needed to enter the professional orchestral arena, first with Colorado Symphony and now Oregon Symphony.
https://www.orsymphony.org/discover/orchestra/strings/seth-biagini/