Byron Schenkman & Friends: A Baroque Portrait – Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre
Free (donations appreciated)
- Katherine Goforth, voice
- Ingrid Matthews, baroque violin
- Adaiha MacAdam-Somer, viola de gamba
- Byron Schenkman, harpsichord
Élisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre — Harpsichord Suite No. 1 in D major ("Chaconne L’Inconstante (rondeau)")
Élisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre — Violin Sonata No. 4 in G major
Byron Schenkman & Friends continues its free virtual concert series with the premiere of A Baroque Portrait: Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre. Violinist Ingrid Matthews contributed to the rediscovery of Jacquet de la Guerre’s music when she made one of the first recordings of the composer’s complete violin sonatas with harpsichordist Byron Schenkman 30 years ago. Now Matthews returns to play two of these extraordinary sonatas for this virtual concert premiering Sunday, February 12, 2023, at 7:00 PM PST on the Byron Schenkman & Friends YouTube channel.
This event is free for all – help keep this possible by donating! https://byronandfriends.org/donate/
About Sound Salon (formerly Byron Schenkman & Friends)
Known as Byron Schenkman & Friends until recently, Sound Salon is a concert series that brings a diverse set of 21st-century perspectives to artistically excellent ensemble music, inspired by European traditions of the 17th through 19th Centuries. Byron Schenkman is Sound Salon's Artistic Director.
Sound Salon is a 501c3 non-profit supported by donors and ticket sales.
https://www.SoundSalonMusic.orgAbout Katherine Goforth, voice
American vocalist Katherine Goforth shares the "thrilling tenor power" (Opera News) of her "noble, colorful and iridescent vocal sound" (Magazin Klassik) in vivid character portraits and heartfelt performances that "[do] not hold back" (The New York Times). A transgender woman, Katherine is undeterred by historical barriers in the performing arts and is finding new ways to show up authentically on stage, in the rehearsal room, and as a creative artist.
Katherine is the recipient of Washington National Opera's inaugural True Voice Award for transgender and non-binary singers and the Career Advancement Award from the fourth Dallas Symphony Orchestra Women in Classical Music Symposium. She won critical acclaim as part of the cast that premiered Philip Venables and Ted Huffman’s The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions at Manchester International Festival, Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, and Bregenzer Festspiele. Based in Portland, OR, she has appeared extensively as a soloist with Pacific Northwest-based arts organizations, including Portland Opera, Bozeman Symphony, Walla Walla Symphony, Yakima Symphony, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Opera Bend, Harmonia Seattle, Opera Theater Oregon, Sound Salon (formerly Byron Schenkman and Friends), Ping and Woof Opera, Artists Repertory Theatre, Fuse Theatre Ensemble, and Pink Martini.
Equally at home as a creative artist, Katherine was most recently part of the team that developed and produced Nu Nah-Hup: Sacajawea's Story, a collaboration with Rose Ann Abrahamson, Sacajawea's familial descendant, Hovia Edwards, Native American flutist, and Justin Ralls, composer and artistic director of Opera Theater Oregon, starring mezzo soprano Marion Newman and baritone Richard Zeller. She has written for Opera Canada, and spoken at Boston Conservatory, Whitman College, Renegade Opera, the Beyond Travesti podcast, and the League of American Orchestras Anne Parsons Leadership Program. She is a member of the Beth Morrison Projects Producer Academy 2023 Cohort.
Katherine was a member of the International Opera Studio of Oper Köln, received her Bachelor's degree from St. Olaf College, her Master's degree from the Juilliard School, and attended the Franz-Schubert-Institut, Britten Pears Young Artist Programme, Heidelberger Frühling Liedakademie, Georg Solti Accademia, and Boston Wagner Institute.
https://katherinegoforth.com/About Ingrid Matthews, baroque violin
About Adaiha MacAdam-Somer, viola de gamba
Multi-instrumentalist Adaiha MacAdam-Somer is currently adjunct professor of cello at Linfield University in Portland. She is equally at home on the cello, baroque cello, and all branches of the viola da gamba family. She performs regularly with a variety of ensembles, including Portland Baroque Orchestra and Seattle Baroque Orchestra, and serves as artistic director of Voice of the Viol.
https://orpheuspdx.org/people/adaiha-mcadam-somer/