45th Parallel Holiday Pub Crawl: Ellington's 'Nutcracker Suite'
$35 plus fees
- Jim Brunberg, voice
- Seth Biagini, cello
- Pansy Chang, cello
- Trevor Fitzpatrick, cello
- Antoinette Gan, cello
- Kevin Kunkel, cello
- Marilyn de Oliveira, cello
Duke Ellington / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — The Nutcracker Suite (arr. John Nastos for 6 cellos)
Singer/songwriter Jim Brunberg joins the North Pole Cello Sextet for the grand finale, featuring Duke Ellington's legendary version of The Nutcracker Suite, arranged by Portlander John Nastos.
About the Pub Crawl: 45th Parallel Universe presents our 2nd annual Mississippi Chamber Music Holiday Pub Crawl, an exuberant evening of music, food, drink, and holiday merriment.
Featuring our beloved Cello Christmas show at Mississippi Studios, the Holiday Pub Crawl also features local singer-songwriter Jim Brunberg as well as other local chamber ensembles with 45th Parallel members in a unique "choose your own adventure" format of attending each crawl location show before the mainstage show at Mississippi Studios. Come break bread with us and be merry with holiday cheer!
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This event is 21+. Valid U.S. or Canada ID, or valid passport, required for entry.
About Jim Brunberg, voice
About Seth Biagini, cello
Seth Biagini’s musical experiences have taken him to venues as obscure as the top of Aspen Mountain, an isolated East Coast island accessible only by boat, and a beer hall in Austria, as well as Carnegie Hall, David Geffen Hall, Alice Tully Hall, and Disney Hall. Hailing from a family of cellists, Seth begun his training in piano at age four and added the cello at age nine. Having received both his Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees at The Juilliard School, Seth studied with renowned cellists such as Timothy Eddy, Natasha Brofsky, Alan Stepansky, and Robert deMaine. Competition accolades include Variations on a Rococo Theme by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky with the Palisades Symphony Orchestra and Dmitri Shostakovich’s First Cello Concerto with the Culver City Orchestra as well as the Pasadena Community Orchestra. His love for chamber music has led him to summer festivals, where he has spent time at Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Kneisel Hall Chamber Music School and Festival, Taos School of Music, Aspen Music Festival and School, and Sarasota Music Festival. Attending Aspen Music Festival and School for three years, the New York String Orchestra Seminar led by Jaime Loredo, Germany’s Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, and, most recently, the Verbier Festival in Switzerland, has given Seth the experience needed to enter the professional orchestral arena, first with Colorado Symphony and now Oregon Symphony.
https://www.orsymphony.org/discover/orchestra/strings/seth-biagini/About Pansy Chang, cello
http://www.miamioh.edu/cca/academics/departments/music/about/faculty-staff/strings/pansy-chang.html
About Trevor Fitzpatrick, cello
https://www.portlandopera.org/about/people/orchestra/trevor-fitzpatrick/