Ladies Musical Club: Sopravente Presents Wind Quartets | Songs by Poulenc, Barber, & More, plus Christmas Songs
Free
- Madeline Beery, flute
- Rosemary Bell, oboe
- Jane Buckner, clarinet
- Peter Klein, bassoon
- Sydney Belden, soprano
- Luke Raffanti, piano
Karl Goepfart — Wind Quartet, Op. 93
Ignacio Cervantes — Danzas Cubanas (arr, Adam Lesnick)
Francis Poulenc — Airs chantés, FP 46 (No. 2: Air Champêtre)
Franz Schubert — Heidenröslein, D. 257
Samuel Barber — Sure on This Shining Night, Op. 13, No. 3
Dominick Argento — Six Elizabethan Songs (No. 1: Spring)
Stefano Donaudy — O del mio amato ben ("Oh My Dearly Beloved")
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — La Clemenza di Tito, K. 621 ("S'altro che lacrime")
Kirke Mechem — Tartuffe ("Fair Robin I Love")
Hugh Martin — Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Adolphe Adam — O Holy Night
Established in 1891, the Ladies Musical Club (LMC) fosters classical music in the Seattle community through education, performance, and awards. LMC's Public Concerts program presents over 50 FREE concerts at Seattle-area partner venues and online on LMC's YouTube channel.
About the Artists: https://lmcseattle.org/performing-artists-december-2022/
This program is supported by 4Culture, City of Seattle's Office of Arts and Culture, and other generous donors.
About Madeline Beery, flute
Madeline Beery, M.Ed., was a music major, and worked as a Music Therapist for several years before pursuing public health professionally. Since moving to Seattle in 1985, she has studied with Zart Dambourian-Eby, SSO; Wendy Wilhelmi, Vancouver Symphony; and Pam Mooney, SSO. She has played in the Dubuque, Alexandria, and Kuala Lumpur Symphonies, and now plays in the Rain City Symphony. She was the co-founder and President of AIDS Impact for 20 years that educated health professionals on AIDS, prevention, and infection control in over 42 countries. Her final public health project for WA State was to lead the planning for a pandemic.
About Rosemary Bell, oboe
A student of Bernard Shapiro and Dan Williams, Rosemary Bell played in the Seattle Youth Symphony under Vilem Sokol and later studied at the Cornish school. Rosemary has freelanced throughout the Seattle area for 30 years and has played in local orchestras including Thalia Symphony and Broadway Chamber Orchestra. She has been a soloist for many local churches.
About Jane Buckner, clarinet
Jane Hoyt Buckner, M.D. studied clarinet under Joseph Longo, principal Clarinetist at the Minnesota Orchestra, and was a member of the Minnesota Youth Symphony during her middle and high school years. She attended Carleton College she was principal clarinetist in the Carleton Orchestra, studied voice and was a member of the Carleton Choir. While attending the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine she was a member of the JHU Chamber Music Society, she continued to play chamber music throughout her Residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Minnesota. Jane moved to Seattle 30 years ago and has been a member of Rain City Symphony for over 15 years. She is a practicing rheumatologist at Virginia Mason and the President of the Benaroya Research Institute. As a physician and immunologist, she works to understand and treat autoimmune diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, type 1 diabetes and multiple sclerosis. She is a scientific co-founder of Gentibio, a company developing cell-based therapies to treat autoimmunity.
About Peter Klein, bassoon
Peter Klein grew up in Lexington, Massachusetts. He earned a BFA in Theater and Music from Emerson College in Boston, also studying at the Longy School of Music. His bassoon teachers include Louise Cavalieri Goni, Dan Welcher and Francine Peterson. He currently plays in the Rain City Symphony and in several informal chamber groups. Peter has composed several chamber and choral pieces, incidental music for theatrical productions, and musicals for children. Now retired from a career in information technology, he also announced classical music at public radio stations and wrote about music for newspapers and magazines.
About Luke Raffanti, piano
Luke Raffanti has been a frequent piano performer around Seattle since moving here in 2017. Before the pandemic, he performed frequently at house concerts, retirement homes, and for benefit concerts. In 2018, he earned the top prize in the Chopin Northwest solo piano competition and in 2019 he was featured as vocal accompanist and solo pianist on Classical KING FM. He has enjoyed collaborating with several professional opera companies: Seattle Opera, Seattle Modern Opera Company, and Northwest Opera in Schools, as well as numerous individual professional vocalists. Luke teaches roughly 40 students of all ages at Cascade Piano Studio in Ravenna, and is the collaborative pianist and organist at Richmond Beach Congregational United Church of Christ in Shoreline. Lately Luke has been taking voice lessons with Davida Kagen and singing with Seattle Pro Musica. He earned a BM in classical piano performance and a BA in environmental studies from Oberlin College and Conservatory of Music.
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