Second City Chamber Series: Grieg & Ravel
$35
- Svend Rønning, violin
- Gwendolyn Taylor, violin
- Padua Canty, viola
- Rowena Hammill, cello
Maurice Ravel — String Quartet in F major
Edvard Grieg — String Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 27
Join SCCS's Artistic Director and friends from Symphony Tacoma features two eras of Maurice Ravel’s compositional legacy embodied in his (Sonata for violin and cello, and his string quartet) set in contrast with the proto-impressionist string quartet by Edvard Grieg.
Children and student are welcome at our concerts! We love seeing whole families at our concerts. We simply request that you be considerate of our audience. If your child is too young to sit through a movie in the theater without talking, they may not yet be ready to be in our audience. Thank you for your consideration.
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About Gwendolyn Taylor, violin
Gwendoline Taylor has been a member of Northwest Sinfonietta since 2000. When not performing or teaching Gwen and her husband are off exploring the Pacific Northwest in their scamp trailer.
About Rowena Hammill, cello
Originally from Australia, cellist Rowena Hammill graduated with a master's degree from Indiana University where she was teaching assistant to Janos Starker. She has held professorships at the University of Northern Iowa and California State University Northridge and was Associate Principal Cello of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. Presently, she divides her time between her positions as Associate Principal Cello of the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra and Artistic Director of Vashon Chamber Music in Washington state.
In Los Angeles, she has performed with the Gold Coast Concert Artists, Pittance Chamber Music, and for the Guild Series. In the Seattle area, she curates and performs concerts for Club Shostakovich, and with the Girsky Quartet presents the Vashon Beethoven Quartet Project, performing all the quartets of Beethoven over three years, 2015-2018.
In 2016, she directed the inaugural Vashon Island Cello Camp, a summer camp for students ages 14 and older. Vashon Chamber Music is now in its eighth season, bringing chamber music concerts to the residents of beautiful Vashon Island in Puget Sound as well as outreach concerts in schools and senior centers all over the Seattle area.
https://pasadenaconservatory.org/about/faculty/rowena-hammill/