Chamber Music Quartet
$25
- Pamela Liu, violin
- William Goodwin, viola
- Anna Doak, double bass
- Don Dieterich, percussion
Johann Baptist Vanhal — Divertimento in G major for violin, viola, and double bass, W. VIb:13
Paul Desmond — Take Five
Leroy Anderson — The Typewriter
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov — "Flight of the Bumblebee" from The Tale of Tsar Saltan
Cole Porter — Begin the Beguine
Traditional — Selected works (Irish jigs TBA)
PROGRAM
Included will be two seldom performed chamber works for violin, viola and double bass.
Erste Suite by Fritz Skorzeny and Divertimento in G by JB Vanhal.
Percussionist Don Dieterich will join us for several pieces including Take Five by Paul Desmond,
The Typewriter by Leroy Anderson, Flight of the Bumblebee, Begin the Beguine, and some Irish jigs. Don’s "drum set" includes a array of alternative percussion instruments including a desk (slamming drawers), typewriter, telephone, lampshade, desk bells, stampers, garbage cans, and a suitcase kick drum.
This unlikely quartet is energetic and whimsical, a real audience pleaser.
About Pamela Liu, violin
Pamela Liu, violinist, has been in demand as a performer and pedagogue since returning to the Northwest twelve years ago. She received her Bachelors in Violin Performance at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University and was a member of the Evergreen Symphony Orchestra in Taipei, Taiwan, before attending the University of Washington where she received a master’s degree in Violin Performance.
A devoted mentor to young musicians, Ms. Liu coaches and teaches with Edmonds College, The Bellevue Youth Symphony Orchestras, the Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras, and Musicworks Northwest. As an active performer, Ms. Liu appears regularly on the Music at the Museum series with the Cascadia Art Museum, as a section member of the Yakima Symphony, and in the violin-guitar duo, Tutti Dolce, with husband Chris Liu.
https://www.edmonds.edu/programs/humanities/music/faculty/pamela-liu.htmlAbout William Goodwin, viola
Violist William Goodwin led the viola section of the Ulster Orchestra in Belfast, Northern Ireland until 2019 and has performed across the US, Europe, Asia, and South America. He is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music.
https://www.violinist.com/directory/bio.cfm?member=WilliamGoodwinAbout Anna Doak, double bass
Anna Doak is a member of the Northwest Sinfonietta and serves as principal bassist/teaching artist with the Seattle Collaborative Orchestra. She has also performed with the Seattle Symphony, Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra, Northwest Chamber Orchestra, the National Academy Orchestra of Canada and on numerous recording projects. A founding member of the chamber ensemble Different Drummer, Anna was awarded a Jack Straw artist support grant in 2015 and again in 2020. She taught at Western Washington University for 5 years, and after starting a family decided to focus on building her home teaching in Seattle where she now teaches students ranging in age from 4 to 80. In 2009 she became the Northwest region's first Suzuki Bass Teacher, and in 2020 the Suzuki Association of the Americas awarded Anna the position of Suzuki Bass Teacher Trainer.
http://www.basschurch.com/different-drummerAbout Don Dieterich, percussion
Percussionist Don Dieterich has been a regular at Benaroya Hall, the 5th Avenue Theater, recording studios, and inn film scores. He earned his Masters in Music at The Pennsylvania State University.
http://www.dondieterich.com/