Cascade Symphony Spring Chamber Music Concert at Edmonds Waterfront Center
$15 ($5 student—any age)
- Susan Telford Boyd, flute
- Edward Benyas, oboe
- Denise Lum, clarinet
- Steven Morgan, bassoon
- Jill Jaques, French horn
Giacomo Puccini — La bohème (Act I; arr. Edward Benyas)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Overture to Le nozze di Figaro ("The Marriage of Figaro"), K. 492 (arr. for percussion)
Alexander Borodin — "Polovtsian Dances" from Prince Igor (arr. for percussion)
Maurice Ravel — Ma Mere L'Oye ("Mother Goose") Suite for Piano Four Hands, M. 60 ("III. Laideronnette, Impératrice des pagodes"; arr. for percussion)
Johann Sebastian Bach — Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043 ("I. Vivace"; arr. for percussion)
Stephen Primatic — Three Shades of C
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov — "Dance of the Tumblers" from The Snow Maiden (arr. for percussion)
Paul Taffanel — Wind Quintet in G minor
Cascade Symphony Orchestra is partnering with the Edmonds Waterfront Center to present a new chamber music series, with its second concert this Spring. The performance will take place in the large room at the Waterfront Center overlooking beautiful Puget Sound. This concert features Northwestern Winds, a newly formed professional wind quintet, performing music by Franz Danzi, Paul Taffanel, and an arrangement of excerpts from Giacomo Puccini's La Bohème. The concert also features the Cascade Percussion Ensemble.
Please note: Cascade Symphony Orchestra does not perform on this program.
About Northwestern Winds
Northwestern Winds is a professional wind quintet whose members have performed with the Chicago, Seattle, Milwaukee, and Oregon Symphonies; the Seattle, Santa Fe and Chicago Lyric Operas, the Pacific Northwest, and Joffrey Ballets; and at the Spoleto, Carmel Bach, and Bellingham Music Festivals.
About Cascade Percussion Ensemble
Founded by Ian Alvarez in 1995, the Cascade Percussion Ensemble's mission is to create a performing group designed to bring together the percussionists of the Cascade Symphony Orchestra with outstanding percussionists from the Cascade Youth Symphony and surrounding community. Its youth members have received scholarships to major university music programs and have become music teachers throughout the Northwest. The ensemble has performed on KING FM, at university percussion ensemble events throughout Washington, and at chamber music events in South Snohomish County.
About Susan Telford Boyd, flute
About Denise Lum, clarinet
About Steven Morgan, bassoon
Steven Morgan joined the Federal Way Symphony as principal bassoon in 2015. As an active freelancer he also plays principal bassoon in multiple orchestras in Seattle, Everett and Bellevue. As a soloist, Steven performed concertos by Mozart and Vivaldi with the Federal Way Symphony, Everett Philharmonic Orchestra, and North Corner Chamber Orchestra. He also teaches privately and is a coach at the Bellevue Youth Symphony Orchestra. Before moving to the Puget Sound in 2001, Steven was an active freelancer in southern California, where he earned degrees from UCLA and the University of Redlands. When not playing bassoon or making reeds, Steven enjoys spending time with his twin sons and wife in Edmonds.
https://www.stevenbassoon.com/