Seattle Festival Orchestra: Escape
$20 ($15 senior, $5 ages 5-18; ages 4 & under free)
- Luke Fitzpatrick, violin
- Liam Frye-Mason, cello
- Yuchi Chou, conductor
Brannon Warn-Johnston — Escape (Luke Fitzpatrick, violin)
Kurt Atterberg — Cello Concerto (Liam Frye-Mason, cello)
Jean Sibelius — Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43
Dr. Yuchi Chou leads the orchestra in our season opener, Escape, featuring two works by Seattle composer and violinist Brannon Warn-Johnston. With a theme of beauty and struggle, this concert takes the audience on a journey into the wilderness, where Warn-Johnston goes backpacking with her violin and staff paper, to experience scorching heat, cool waters and hope. Completing the program is SFO's own Liam Frye-Mason playing the beautiful and melodic Cello Concerto by Kurt Atterberg, followed by Sibelius's triumphant Symphony No 2.
SFO will also perform this program in a family-friendly concert on Saturday, November 25th, 2pm at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church.
About Seattle Festival Orchestra
Seattle Festival Orchestra is an all-volunteer community orchestra that presents concerts to delight and engage a 21st-century audience. With diverse programming, SFO creates space for its audience to experience the catharsis of the wide range of emotions available in orchestra music, to feel with our musicians the joy, sorrow, wonder, and ecstasy of our art.
http://www.seattlefestivalorchestra.org/About Luke Fitzpatrick, violin
About Yuchi Chou, conductor
Dr. Yuchi Chou, born in Taiwan, enjoys an international career as a conductor and pianist, as well as being a passionate educator and performer. Dr. Chou has been the winner of 2021 International Conductors Competition and Workshop in Atlanta, finalist of International Erno Lanyi Competition, Ansbacher Fellowship with Vienna Philharmonic at the Salzburg Festival, Conducting Fellow of Allentown (PA) Symphony, Aspen Music Festival, Conducting Fellow and at Peninsula Music Festival and San Francisco Shenson Fellowship. Dr. Chou has performed at Carnegie Hall, Chicago Symphony Hall, San Francisco Davies Symphony Hall, and Cleveland Severance Hall. Currently Dr. Chou serves as assistant conductor to Seattle Collaborative Orchestra and President of the Bellevue Federated Music Club. Past positions include Guest Conductor of Philharmonia Northwest, Guest Conductor of Western Washington University; Assistant Conductor of Peninsula Music Festival, Community Women's Orchestra (Oakland, CA); Coaching Conductor of San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra. Yuchi concluded her academic journey at Northwestern University after San Francisco Conservatory and Oberlin Conservatory. As a Mercer Island resident, Yuchi loves watching her honeybees buzzing in the backyard.
https://syso.org/staff/yuchi-chou/