Music in the Museum: Violist Mara Gearman & Pianist Paige Molloy play Schumann
$18 ($12 for museum members)
- Mara Gearman, viola
- Paige Roberts Molloy, piano
Paul Chihara — Viola Sonata
Violist Mara Gearman (assistant principal viola in the Seattle Symphony) and pianist Paige Molloy (appeared with orchestras and in recitals around the world and a frequent guest at chamber music festivals across the US) will perform the passionate and bravura Marchenbilder for viola & piano by Robert Schumann, and the lyrical Viola Sonata by Seattle native Paul Chihara. Mr. Chihara is the internationally recognized composer of more than 100 film and television scores, with classical works commissioned by the Boston Symphony, the London Symphony, the LA Philharmonic and others.
Your concert ticket includes admission to all the museum galleries, so make sure you come early to see our current exhibits!
About Mara Gearman, viola
About Paige Roberts Molloy, piano
Pianist Paige Roberts Molloy was born in Texas and made her orchestral debut at the age of thirteen at Baylor University, performing Beethoven's 1st Piano Concerto. Since then she has been soloist with Fort Worth Chamber Orchestra, East Texas Symphony, Rice University Orchestra, Jupiter Symphony, Flagstaff Festival Orchestra, and Leopoldina Orchestre in Poland. Paige has performed frequently in New York at Bargemusic, Alice Tully Hall, Weill Hall, and Miller Theatre. She was also Artist-in-Residence at the Lotus Club. Recital appearances include Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Ottawa, Houston, Miami, Pittsburgh, Prague, and Paris. Paige has participated in many music festivals such as Marlboro, Tanglewood, Aspen, Santa Barbara, Grand Canyon, and Mecklenberg, Germany. In 1999, Paige played Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations for Twyla Tharp's ballet, which premiered in Palermo, Italy, and continued in the U.S. She subsequently performed Beethoven's Hammerklavier Sonata with Ms. Tharp's company at Duke University. Paige has Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Piano Performance from The Juilliard School where she studied with Abbey Simon and Peter Serkin.
https://www.seattlechambermusic.org/artists/paige-roberts-molloy/