Orquesta Northwest: Fall Latino Chamber Music Festival
Free (RSVP required)
- Erin Wight, viola
- Michelle Huang, piano
- Ricardo de la Torre, piano
- Lark Powers, piano
- Teresa Caballero Jaime, flute
- Megan Hutchison, flute
- Kamil Tarnawczyk, oboe
- Brady Blaylock, clarinet
- Teo Benson, violin
- Maria Scherer Wilson, cello
Manuel de Falla — Harpsichord Concerto
Alberto Ginastera — Duo for Flute & Oboe, Op. 13
Joaquín Gutiérrez Heras — Canción en el puerto
Gabriela Lena Frank — Cinco Danzas de Chambi ("I. Harawi de Quispe" & "II. Diablicos Puneños")
Clarice Assad — Metamorfose
Orquesta Northwest presents its annual Fall Latino Chamber Music Festival.
Oct. 6, 7pm
Ballard Civic Orchestra and friends Featuring violist Erin Wight and pianist Michelle Huang, winners of the Festival's Call for Performers
Paula Madrigal, conductor
Works by Bach, Falla, Ginastera, Gutiérrez Heras, G. Lena Frank, and Clarice Assad.
Oct. 15, 1pm
Works by Ravel, Piazzolla, and traditional music from Argentina and Mexico.
About Orquesta Northwest
Orquesta NW is a 501c3 non-profit organization with a mission to enhance community life by providing inclusive Latinx arts and culture programs, projects, and events, without charge, that create a sense of belonging, build intercultural understanding, foster equity and civic engagement, and strengthen the voice of the Latinx community in the Seattle area.
https://www.orquestanw.orgAbout Erin Wight, viola
Violist Erin Wight, a Midwestern transplant to New York City, is an active chamber musician and avid performer of new music. Described by the NY Times as “engrossing” and “surehanded,” she performs frequently as a member of the Red Light New Music Ensemble and Either/Or, has played with Talea, Signal, the Wordless Music Orchestra, the New Juilliard Ensemble, Axiom, the Juilliard Electric Ensemble, FiRE, and worked closely with members of the Ensemble Modern and Ensemble Intercontemporain. In addition, Ms. Wight is a founding member of the Toomai String Quintet, 2007 winners of the 92nd St. Y’s Music Unlocked! competition for emerging ensembles dedicated to educational outreach. Ms. Wight is deeply committed to community engagement and is on the teaching artist faculty of the New York Philharmonic’s School Partnership Program and the Weill Institute at Carnegie Hall. Ms. Wight completed her Master of Music degree at The Juilliard School where she studied with Paul Neubauer.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/erin-wight-8b98a2149/About Michelle Huang, piano
A native of Taiwan, pianist Michelle Huang has performed and taught extensively throughout the U.S. as well as abroad in the Czech Republic, Italy, Switzerland, China, and Taiwan. She has appeared as soloist and guest artist in numerous recitals and has given lectures, workshops, and master classes. As a chamber musician, Michelle Huang has collaborated frequently with vocalists and instrumentalists as well as various chamber groups, such as the Mary L’Engle Ensemble; the River City Trio, the chamber group-in-residence at Friday Musicale in Jacksonville, Florida; the Jacksonville Symphony; and Richmond Symphony musicians.
https://www.michellehuangpiano.com/About Ricardo de la Torre, piano
About Lark Powers, piano
About Teresa Caballero Jaime, flute
Teresa Caballero, a native of Monterrey, Mexico, began her musical studies at age 11. After graduating with honors in music from Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon (UANL) in Mexico in 2005, she became second flute with the UANL chamber orchestra and principal flutist with the Nuevo Leon symphony youth orchestra. In addition to her achievements as a performer, she received, for her contributions to music education, a first-prize award in the highly regarded CONARTE (Mexico´s National Council for Culture and the Arts) competition for authoring a series of innovative, instructional concerts for children. Teresa currently teaches private flute lessons in Seattle and teaches preschoolers skills and social/emotional development through music.
About Megan Hutchison, flute
About Kamil Tarnawczyk, oboe
Oboist Kamil Tarnawczyk, who was born in Zamość, Poland in 2000. Kamil grew up as a part of the Polish community in Seattle since 2006 when his family first immigrated from Horoszczyce, a rural village in southeastern Poland. Kamil is one of the few Polish American classical musicians in Seattle and since graduating from UW has been working as a freelance performer and oboe teacher, growing his private studio and playing both in professional and community ensembles, most recently as a substitute player in the Yakima Symphony, and many others.
https://www.kamiltmusic.com/About Teo Benson, violin
Teo Benson, a Whidbey Island native, began playing violin at the age of five with Linda Good and Island Strings. He has won scholarships and concerto competitions in Washington State and Colorado and holds a Master of Music degree in Violin Performance from the University of Washington where he studied with internationally acclaimed violinist Ron Patterson. Mr. Benson is first violinist in Symphony Tacoma, and has also performed as soloist with the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara Orchestra and most recently in April 2021 with the Jalisco Chamber Orchestra in Guadalajara, Mexico. As a teaching artist, Mr. Benson directs the Halcyon Music School in Ballard where he is the lead instructor of a full studio of students. In 2006 he launched Young Strings Project Outreach and served as the lead instructor, providing classical instrument and orchestral instruction, without charge, to youth with limited means and/or access in the Seattle area. In 2014 he collaborated with Paula Nava Madrigal, youth orchestra conductor, to create the World Youth Orchestra. In 2016 the couple formed the Ballard Civic Orchestra, a multi-cultural, multi-generational community orchestra, integrating talented amateur musicians with experienced professional musicians to present a series of Latino arts and culture concerts and events each year. In 2019 Ms. Madrigal and Mr. Benson launched Orquesta Northwest, a 501c3 non-profit with a mission to enhance community life by providing inclusive Latino arts and culture programs, projects, and events, without charge, that create a sense of belonging, build intercultural understanding, foster equity and civic engagement, and strengthen the voice of the Latino community in the Seattle area. Under the leadership of Mr.Benson, Executive Director, and Ms.Madrigal, Artistic Director and Conductor, during the Covid-19 pandemic, Orquesta Northwest expanded its reach online with remote youth orchestra instruction and virtual events as well as community messaging.
http://www.teobenson.com/about/