Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra: Still, Borodin, Mozart
Free (open rehearsal; donations appreciated)
- Anne Krabill, oboe
- Kevin Fay, clarinet
- David Krabill, bassoon
- Bruce Kelley, French horn
Alexander Borodin — Symphony No. 2 in B minor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Sinfonia Concertante for for oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, and orchestra in E-flat major, K. 297b
PTSO concerts are free to attend (but not free to produce). Donations are always gratefully accepted at the door, by mail, or via PayPal.
Concerts take place Sunday afternoons at 2pm at the Chimacum School Auditorium. There will be open dress rehearsals the Friday evening before each concert at 7pm. Programs subject to change.
About Anne Krabill, oboe
Anne Krabill holds the title of principal oboe of the Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra, the Port Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and the Port Townsend Community Orchestra. In addition she has performed as principal oboe with the Northwest Symphony in Seattle, the Bainbridge Symphony, the Peninsula Dance Theater in Bremerton, the Sooke Philharmonic in British Columbia, and was a guest performer with the 82nd Airborne Division Band in North Carolina.
Prior to moving to Washington, Anne was the principal oboist with the Atlantic Symphony Orchestra in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She taught oboe and chamber music at Dalhousie University, and performed frequently for the CBC with the ASO and as a soloist and chamber musician. Anne and her husband, David, a bassoonist, own a reed manufacturing business and sell oboe and bassoon reeds internationally.
She is a native Canadian and received a Bachelor of Music from Mount Allison University. Her oboe studies continued in Stuttgart, Germany with Gustav Steinert, and in London, England where she won a scholarship to study with the legendary oboist, Leon Goossens.
About David Krabill, bassoon
David Krabill is principal bassoonist with the Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra and co-principal bassoonist with the Port Angeles Symphony and the Port Angeles Chamber Orchestra.
Originally from Ohio, Dave studied at Kent State University and had further studies at the Cleveland Institute of Music. He spent several summers at the Blossom Festival of Music studying with members of the Cleveland Orchestra.
He moved to Canada in the early 1970s to play principal bassoon with the Atlantic Symphony Orchestra in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He also performed frequently for CBC Radio and Television. Along with his wife, Anne, he was a member of the East Coast Woodwind Trio and the Scotia Winds quintet, and taught bassoon and chamber music at Dalhousie University.
Dave plays on a vintage Heckel bassoon made in 1928.
Dave and Anne raised their four children in Port Townsend and they are delighted that their two grandsons also call Port Townsend home.