Wayward Music Series: Music of Angelique Poteat
$5-$20 donation at the door
- Angelique Poteat, clarinet
- Laura DeLuca, clarinet & narration
- Mikhail Shmidt, violin
- Natasha Bazhanov, violin
- Olivia Chew, viola
- Nathan Chan, cello
- Joseph Kaufman, double bass
- Matthew Kocmieroski, percussion
- Dawn Posey, violin
- Camille Ripple, viola
- Hsing-Hui Hsu, clarinet
- Elliot Isaacson, viola
Nonsequitur presents composer and clarinetist Angelique Poteat, the 2022-23 Seattle Symphony Artist in Residence, in an evening of her compositions inspired by the Pacific Northwest. Praised by The New York Times as "engaging, relevant," Angelique's music is rhythmically charged and colorfully picturesque. Works on the program include The Goose Egg, composed to narration of the children’s book by Liz Wong, as well as her clarinet quintet Six Seasons, which will be featured at the 2023 International Clarinet Festival.
Angelique is joined by an all-star cast of performers: Laura DeLuca (clarinet and narration), Mikhail Shmidt (violin), Natasha Bazhanov (violin), Olivia Chew (viola), Nathan Chan (cello), Joe Kaufman (double bass), Matt Kocmieroski (percussion), Dawn Posey (violin), Camille Ripple (viola), Hsing-Hui Hsu (clarinet), and Elliot Isaacson (viola).
The music of Angelique Poteat has been described as "engaging, restless" (The New York Times) and "serious and nicely crafted" (American Record Guide) and has been recorded and performed on four continents by ensembles including the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Emerald City Music, and arx Percussion Duo. Her genre-crossing music has been programmed alongside both classical and popular music legends, including Mike McCready, Chris Cornell, and members of Mad Season. Poteat is currently a 2022-23 Seattle Arts & Culture CityArtist, the Seattle Symphony Artist in Residence, and the Director of the Seattle Symphony Merriman-Ross Family Young Composers Workshop.
About Wayward Music Series
Each month, Nonsequitur and a community of like-minded organizations and artists present 10 concerts of adventurous and experimental music in the gorgeous Chapel Performance Space at the Good Shepherd Center: contemporary/post-classical composition, free improvisation and the outer limits of jazz, electronic/electroacoustic music, new instruments, phonography, sound art, and other innovative musics.
https://www.waywardmusic.org/About Angelique Poteat, clarinet
Angelique Poteat is a native of the Pacific Northwest, and many of her works are inspired by the natural beauty of the region. Her music has been described as "engaging, restless" (The New York Times), "serious and nicely crafted" (American Record Guide), and "extremely accomplished and vividly picturesque" (Seattle Times), receiving performances on four continents by ensembles including the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, arx Percussion Duo, Emerald City Music, CernaBella, and Trio Claviola. As a clarinetist, Poteat enjoys performing a wide variety of genres, from orchestral to new music for bass clarinet. She has appeared as a soloist with the Yakima Symphony Orchestra, North Corner Chamber Orchestra, and Saratoga Orchestra, and also performs with the Seattle Modern Orchestra, Northwest Sinfonietta, and regularly with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Bellingham Festival of Music, and Sunriver Music Festival.
https://angeliquepoteat.com/About Laura DeLuca, clarinet & narration
About Mikhail Shmidt, violin
About Natasha Bazhanov, violin
About Nathan Chan, cello
Cellist Nathan Chan made his musical debut at age three conducting the San Jose Chamber Orchestra. He has performed as a soloist with the San Francisco Symphony and The Royal Philharmonic, among others and was hailed by San Francisco Chronicle’s Joshua Kosman for his "profound technical gift and... his mastery of musical narrative." Chan was a chosen artist for Fondation Louis Vuitton's Classe d'Excellence du Violoncelle with renowned cellist Gautier Capuçon. Nathan earned his Bachelor's degree in Economics from Columbia University and has a growing internet presence with over 25 million views on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok. (@nathanchancello) Nathan studied with Richard Aaron at The Juilliard School, where he earned his Masters of Music. Nathan recently released his first NFT, collaborating with AI Artist Lia Coleman, combining classical music with machine learning art. He is currently Assistant Principal Cello of the Seattle Symphony.
https://nathanchan.com/About Joseph Kaufman, double bass
https://seattlesymphony.org/en/about/meetthemusicians/theorchestra/artists/bass/kaufman-joseph
About Dawn Posey, violin
Dawn Posey is an active international chamber musician, teacher and performer. She has performed with the Boston Conservatory Honors Quartet, Festival A Tempo in Caracas, Venezuela, the Chamber Music Festival of Amman, Jordan, Blossom Music Festival, and Tanglewood Music Center. Additionally, she has appeared as a soloist with orchestras in Washington, Missouri, Indiana, and England. She is a founding member of Kassia Ensemble, a mixed instrumentation chamber ensemble based in Pittsburgh made up entirely of female performers. Kassia Ensemble seeks to empower women through quality performance, collaboration, and outreach.
Dawn is a devotee of baroque performance practice, and a frequent guest artist with Chatham Baroque. She has toured with the ensemble to Ecuador and Los Angeles. Dawn was also a participant in the 2015 Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute.
Dawn received the Starling Scholarship at the University of Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, where her primary teacher was Dr. Won-Bin Yim. She has also studied with the late renowned string pedagogue, Miss Dorothy Delay, at Aspen Music Festival, Lynn Chang at the Boston Conservatory, Mrs. Almita Vamos in Chicago, and with concert violinist Rachel Barton Pine.
Dawn has been a member of the violin faculty at the Sherwood Conservatory, the Merit School of Music, the University of Evansville, St. Vincent College, and Slippery Rock University, and the Pittsburgh Music Academy. In Evansville, Dawn was the second violinist with the Eykamp String Quartet and Associate Concertmaster with the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra. She has served as assistant concertmaster with both the Youngstown Symphony and the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra. She has also held the positions of associate principal second violin with the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra, Principal Second Violin of the Pittsburgh Opera Orchestra and principal second violin with Pittsburgh Ballet Theater Orchestra. Most recently, Dawn has been appointed Concertmaster with the Bellingham Symphony Orchestra and assistant concertmaster of the Northwest Sinfonietta.
http://www.poseyviolin.com/About Hsing-Hui Hsu, clarinet
Hsing-Hui started playing the clarinet by accident. When her elementary school introduced her class to band instruments, she originally wanted to play the trombone. However, her mother, fearing what the neighbors would think, convinced her to try clarinet. Hsing-Hui went on to attend Interlochen Arts Camp as the Emerson Scholar from Maryland and Rice University, where she received a Bachelors of Music in Clarinet Performance. While working as a software development engineer at Amazon Web Services, she was one of the founding members of the Amazon Symphony Orchestra and served as Music Director for four years. Besides playing clarinet, Hsing-Hui also enjoys baking, gardening, playing piano, and going on hikes with her dog, Archer.
https://clarinetandvio.la/#MusiciansAbout Elliot Isaacson, viola
Elliot received a BM from the Juilliard School and an MM from the Cleveland Institute of Music. He studied with Karen Dreyfus, Heidi Castleman, Misha Amory, Stanley Konopka, and Melia Watras. He is currently a Senior Software Development Engineer at Amazon Prime Video Search.
https://clarinetandvio.la/#Musicians