Ladies Musical Club: Four Seasons in Three Voices & 104 Years of Harmony

• Katie Hochman, soprano
• Regina Thomas, soprano
• Catherine Treadgold, mezzo-soprano
• Joan Lundquist, piano
• Silas Berlin, piano

Jules Massenet — A L'Hôtel de Transylvanie ("At the Hotel Transylvania")
Cécile Chaminade — Chanson de Neige
Cécile Chaminade — Bonne Humeur
John Ireland — The echoing green
Samuel Barber — The Daisies, Op. 2, No. 1
Gustav Holst — Two Eastern Pictures
John Ireland — The Trellis
John Ireland — Weathers
Gustav Holst — O swallow, swallow
Maurice Ravel — 5 Mélodies populaires grecques, No. 5: Tout Gai!
Alexander Scriabin — Piano Sonata No. 4 in F-sharp major, Op. 30
Ludwig van Beethoven — Piano Sonata No. 11 in B-flat major, Op. 22

Presented by the Ladies Musical Club of Seattle.

About Ladies Musical Club of Seattle

http://www.lmcseattle.org/

About Katie Hochman, soprano

Soprano Katie Hochman enjoys performing recitals, opera and opera scenes through the Ladies Musical Club and Puget Sound Concert Opera. Highlights for the soprano have been the title role of Massenet's Cendrillon and soloist in La Damoiselle Élue both with Puget Sound Concert Opera. Katie has previously sung with Portland Opera, Utah Opera, Willamette Concert Opera, Opera Theater Oregon, and Rainier Family Opera. She has also enjoyed orchestral work as soprano soloist in Handel's Messiah, Fauré's Requiem, Haydn's Creation, and Mozart's Exultate, Jubilate.

About Regina Thomas, soprano

An outstanding member of the Northwest musical community for over 20 years, Regina Thomas has performed with a variety of companies including Kitsap Opera, Willamette Concert Opera, Bellevue Opera, Puget Sound Concert Opera, Seattle Opera, and the Seattle Opera Guild. Currently Artistic Director of Puget Sound Concert Opera, Regina has served as Seattle Opera Guild’s VP of Education and is a past President and trustee of concerts for LMC. Favorite operatic roles include Adriana Lecouvreur, Suor Angelica, Tosca, and Judith (Bluebeard's Castle). Concert work includes Schumann's Frauenleibe und-leben, Elgar’s Sea Pictures, and Wagner’s Wesendonck-Lieder; soprano solos in Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, Fauré Requiem, and Berio's Folk Songs for voice and chamber ensemble.

https://www.musiccenternw.org/regina-thomas

About Catherine Treadgold, mezzo-soprano

http://catherinetreadgoldmezzo.com/

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.

About Silas Berlin, piano

Silas Berlin is a classical pianist with a rounded approach. Classically trained from the age of six, Silas discovered jazz while in high school and later found that he "re-discovered" classical music by way of the jazz music in which he was ensconced. Silas takes great pleasure in realizing the ways in which music is connected. He believes that discovering those connections naturally cultivates and propels intrigue and passion for music, and certainly aids in the appreciation, understanding and love of classical music.

Silas holds a Bachelor’s of Music from Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, where he studied with renowned pianist and teacher Peter Mack. Silas is a competition medalist, winning the silver medal in both the 2020 Seattle Bach festival and the 2020 Russian Music Competition with his performance of Alexander Scriabin's 4th Sonata. While piano technique is naturally key to learning the instrument, Silas firmly believes that knowledge of music theory can only benefit one's playing, and was hired as a music theory tutor by Cornish.

Silas derives great pleasure from teaching piano and enjoys tackling the tricky issue of playing the piano with each individual student, through their unique needs and wants. It is often that the teacher learns from the student, and it is in those special moments that Silas is especially reminded of the joy that comes with playing and teaching piano.