Northwest Sinfonietta: The Four Seasons
$45 ($20 student)
- Rachell Ellen Wong, violin & conductor
- Denise Dillenbeck, violin
- Dawn Posey, violin
Kian Ravaei — Pluck (world premiere)
Johann Sebastian Bach — Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043
Northwest Sinfonietta Concertmaster Denise Dillenbeck and Associate Concertmaster Dawn Posey open this program of Baroque favorites with Bach's beloved Concerto for Two Violins, then lead Northwest Sinfonietta strings in a world premiere performance of Pluck, a jubilant piece by emerging composer Kian Ravaei inspired by steel-guitar fingerpicking and Beethoven's Ode to Joy. The second half welcomes violinist Rachell Ellen Wong—a rising star on both the historical performance and modern violin stages. She will play/conduct Vivaldi's timeless blockbuster favorite, The Four Seasons, taking us on a journey through the beauty, drama, danger and joys of Spring, Summer, Fall, and teeth-chattering Winter. Each year this December concert creates magical moments and memories during the holiday season. Bring the whole family!
This program will receive 2 performances: Saturday, December 16 at 7:30pm at Court House Square in Tacoma; and Sunday, December 17 at 2pm at Pioneer Park Pavilion in Puyallup.
About Rachell Ellen Wong, violin & conductor
About Denise Dillenbeck, violin
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.
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