Brandon Vance – Past Concerts
Internationally acclaimed Scottish fiddler and violinist Brandon Vance is the recipient of Scotland's 2017 Royal National Mòd "Sutherland Cup" in Scottish Fiddle, as well as being the youngest to win the U.S. National Open Scottish Fiddling Championship in both 1999 and 2001.
Vance has performed and taught internationally, serving as a guest lecturer at the University of Limerick's Irish World Academy, appearing as guest artist for the 50th Anniversary of the Armagh Piper's Club at the William Kennedy Piping Festival, and being selected as a featured soloist at the 2017 Scottish Royal National Mòd in Fort William.
Vance holds a B.M. and M.M. in Violin Performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music. Vance is the second violinist of the Skyros Quartet, and fiddler for folk ensembles Keltoi, as well as being a founding member of Celtic ensemble Dréos, and crossover ensemble Crossing the North Sea. He is a member of the chamber orchestra Northwest Sinfonietta and baroque ensemble Pacific MusicWorks, as well as having a vibrant career as a recording artist and composer. Vance had the honor of performing his own composition, Gael Storm, with the Cleveland Pops Orchestra at Severence Hall and premiering his Shetland Fantasia for String Quartet as part of the Auburn Symphony Orchestra Chamber Series.
Whidbey Island Music Festival: The Deer's Cry – Songs of the Celtic Saints
$30
Sanctuary in the City: The Deer's Cry – Songs of the Celtic Saints
An old Irish legend says that St. Patrick, traveling though territory controlled by a Druid chieftain, recited a prayer of protection as he…
Free
Skyros Quartet presents string quartets by Maddalena Lombardini
$35 (student/youth free)
Stage 7 Pianos: Hwaen, Erika, & Pamela Trio
Hwaen Ch'uqi — Deux Morceaux for cello and piano
Franz Schubert — Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667 "Trout"
Vittorio Monti — Czárdás
Brandon Vance — Shetland Fantasia
$20 (kids free)
Pianist Hwaen Ch'uqi in Concert
$20 (kids free)
New Beginnings – A Gala for Philharmonia Northwest
Wine, hors d'oeuvres, dinner, silent auction, and more, with entertainment provided by world-renowned fiddler Brandon Vance and Philharmoni…
$140
Hwaen Ch'uqi & Friends Chamber Music Series at Stage 7 Pianos
Hwaen Ch'uqi — Quintet No. 1 for Piano and Strings
Franz Schubert — Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667 "Trout"
Vittorio Monti — Czárdás
Brandon Vance — Shetland Fantasia
$20 (kids free)
Music in the Museum: Schubert "Trout" Quintet & World Premiere Piano Quintet
Hwaen Ch'uqi — Quintet No. 1 for Piano and Strings (world premiere)
$20 ($14 museum member)
Northwest Sinfonietta: Baroque to Blue Ridge
Henry Purcell — The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (selections)
Mark O'Connor — Appalachia Waltz
Brandon Vance — Gael Storm
Jennifer Sacher Wiley — Hanukkah Medley
$45 (student, military, & group discounts available)
Northwest Sinfonietta: Baroque to Blue Ridge
Henry Purcell — The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (selections)
Mark O'Connor — Appalachia Waltz
Brandon Vance — Gael Storm
Jennifer Sacher Wiley — Hanukkah Medley
$45
Hwaen Ch'uqi & Friends, a Mother's Day Concert
Hwaen Ch'uqi — A Little Book of Dances, CWV 53 (" XXI. Minuet XI" & "XXIV. Paidushko Horo")
César Franck — Prélude, Choral, et Fugue, FWV 21
Libby Larsen — Four on the Floor
Hwaen Ch'uqi — Élégie-Berceuse in C minor, CWV 40 (In Memoriam George Tomlinson)
Ralph Vaughan Williams — Piano Quintet in C minor
$25
World Renowned Pianist & Composer Hwaen Ch'uqi with String Virtuosi to play Vaughan Williams' Quintet & a World Premiere
Hwaen Ch'uqi — Élégie-Berceuse in C minor, CWV 40 (world premiere)
$18 ($12 for Museum Members); ticket includes admission to the museum galleries
Classical Uncorked: Erin Go Baroque
Charles McLean — Variations on 'Aileen a roon'
Magdalene Stirling — The Perthshire Hunt
Magdalene Stirling — Selected works
Ignatius Sancho — A Collection of New Songs, No. 5: Kate of Aberdeen
Newport Gardner (Occarmar Marycoo) — Crooked Shanks
Francis Johnson — The Arrival
$25 ($5 ages 17 & under)
Classical Uncorked: Erin Go Baroque – Concert & Whiskey Tasting
Charles McLean — Variations on 'Aileen a roon'
Ignatius Sancho — A Collection of New Songs, No. 5: Kate of Aberdeen
Francis Johnson — The Arrival
Newport Gardner (Occarmar Marycoo) — Crooked Shanks
Traditional — Selected works (Celtic folk songs & dance music TBA)
$40
Town Hall Seattle: Gretchen Yanover Findings Night – Cello in Connection
Town Hall’s Artist-in-Residence, cellist Gretchen Yanover, will perform new works as well as works-in-progress that have evolved during her…
$5 (ages 22 & under free)
Midsummer Fiddle Tunes
Free (Donations appreciated)
Wayward Music Series: Different Drummer
$15 ($10 youth/seniors)
Sundays on Bainbridge Island: Henry Lebedinsky & Brandon Vance
$20 (youth $5)
Bach's Lunch: Baroque & Traditional Music of Scotland
Free
First Friday Salons: Traditional & contemporary Scottish fiddle with Brandon Vance
$20
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