Ladies Musical Club: Piano Works by Mozart & Schumann | Laughter Is the Best Medicine
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- Emiko Hori, piano
- Tiina Ritalahti, soprano
- Joan Lundquist, piano
Robert Schumann — Fantasie in C major, Op. 17 ("I. Durchaus fantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen; Im Legenden-Ton")
Jake Heggie — Paper Wings (No. 4: A Route to the Sky)
Leonard Bernstein — I Hate Music!: A Cycle of Five Kid Songs (No 4: A Big Indian and a Little Indian)
George Gershwin — Blah Blah Blah
Bern Herbolsheimer / Traditional — American Folk Song Settings ("Uncle Joe")
Nicholas Maw — Five American Folk Song Settings ("Darlin'")
Tom Cipullo — Another Reason Why I Don't Keep a Gun in the House ("Flames")
Tom Lehrer — Poisoning Pigeons in the Park
Tom Cipullo — Another Reason Why I Don't Keep a Gun in the House ("Another Reason Why I Don't Keep a Gun in the House")
Donald Swann — A Word on my Ear
Come join us for two wonderful sets! "Piano Works by Mozart and Schumann" features pianist Emiko Hori, and is followed by "Laughter is the Best Medicine" with soprano Tiina Ritalahti and pianist Joan Lundquist. Presented by the Ladies Musical Club of Seattle.
About Emiko Hori, piano
Emiko Hori, a native of Japan, graduated from renowned Indiana University Jacobs School of Music in Piano Performance. She studied with Shigeo Neriki, performed at numerous places including Banff Centre, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Germany, and others. Emiko became fascinated with and continued her study in Computer Science at Boston University. Busy working in technology companies such as CommerceHub and Microsoft, Emiko thought she would never play the piano again. She was wrong; Emiko became one of the newest performing members of Ladies Musical Club. Emiko enjoys dividing her time between performing concerts, teaching piano, and working at Starbucks HQ's Digital Commerce team.
http://emikohori.com/About Tiina Ritalahti, soprano
Soprano, Tiina Ritalahti holds degrees in music and vocal performance from the University of Washington. She has performed throughout Washington with Northwest Opera in Schools Etcetera (NOISE), Puget Sound Opera, Ladies Musical Club, and Puget Sound Concert Opera as well as being a featured soloist for the Finlandia Foundation. She has sung such roles as the First Spirit and Pamina in Mozart’s 'The Magic Flute', Despina in 'Cosi fan tutte', Lisa in Bellini’s 'La sonnambula', Änchen in 'Der Freischütz' by Weber, Cis in Britten’s 'Albert Herring', and Olympia in Offenbach’s 'The Tales of Hoffman'. Further she has performed in multiple operas by Menotti: 'Lucy in The Telephone', Monica in 'The Medium', and Laetitia in 'The Old Maid and the Thief'. Her passion for singing also extends to art song repertoire, which she performs regularly in recitals around Western Washington. Tiina has created unique breathing classes for young singers that combine her knowledge and experience as a massage therapist, certified yoga teacher and singer.
About Joan Lundquist, piano
Joan Lundquist has served as a collaborative pianist for Seattle area musicians and organizations for 30 years. Since moving to the area from Humboldt State University in northern California, where she was staff accompanist, Joan has worked with the Northwest Boychoir, Seattle Choral Company, has taught at Seattle University and Northwest University, and has worked with several area private music teachers. Currently, Ms. Lundquist is the Director of Music at Immanuel Lutheran Church in downtown Seattle and rehearsal accompanist for the Seattle Choral Company.