Northwest Sinfonietta: Wine & Dine
$25-$50; military discount available
- Dan Williams, oboe
- Jennifer Krikawa, soprano
- Ivy Zhou, soprano
- Andrew Etherington, tenor
- Pacific Lutheran University Opera Chorus
- Jeffery Meyer, conductor
Roupen Shakarian — Oboe Concerto (world premiere)
Johann Strauss II — Die Fledermaus (selections)
Northwest Sinfonietta's season of favorites opens with Juan Pablo Contreras's joyful homage to the birthplace of mariachi music, the Mexican state of Jalisco, where mariachis play their songs on every corner, vying for the love and attention of the crowds. We are thrilled to be premiering Roupen Shakarian's Oboe Concerto written for oboist and wine aficionado Dan Williams. We'll serve a complimentary flight of wines and munchies with this light, delightful work. The second half is an opera extravaganza. We are collaborating with the PLU Opera Chorus and soloists Ivy Zhou and Vashon Opera diva Jennifer Krikawa to bring our favorite Die Fledermaus selections to the party, including the famous "Champagne Song."
This program will receive 2 performances: Saturday, October 7 at 7:30pm at the Foss Waterway Seaport Museum in Tacoma; and Sunday, October 8 at 2pm at Pioneer Park Pavilion in Puyallup.
About Jennifer Krikawa, soprano
About Ivy Zhou, soprano
About Andrew Etherington, tenor
Andrew Etherington of Overland Park, Kansas, completed his undergraduate studies at Ole Miss and honed his singing and stage skills with Bill Hall’s American Opera Studio. Andrew then completed his graduate work at The Peabody Institute, studying both performance and pedagogy. While there, he conducted a volunteer choir at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and performed regularly in the professional choruses of Lyric Opera of Baltimore, Baltimore Concert Opera, and Washington National Opera. He is an adjunct voice faculty member at Olympic College in Bremerton, WA where he teaches applied voice and assists the opera productions. Recently, Andrew was proud to be a part of The ®evolution of Steve Jobs at Seattle Opera, a tenor soloist for Bremerton Symphony's December concerts, and in Willy & Fred, a new Opera by Linda Kitchen.
http://www.pugetsoundconcertopera.org/artists.html#andrewetherington