Resonance Masters’ Series invites music-lovers of the Seattle area to witness the Pacific Northwest premiere performance of the “Annunciation” Piano Quintet by Philip Glass. The work, written in 2018 and inspired by Greek Orthodox communion hymns, has received rave reviews in New York, Connecticut, and Nebraska, and will be performed by the composer’s longtime collaborator, pianist Paul Barnes, and the Seattle-based ensemble, Skyros Quartet. The program will also feature Bartok’s second String Quartet and additional piano works by Glass.

Barnes will offer a piano masterclass to local young musicians the previous evening.

This concert, Symphonette and Junior Symphony Orchestras are joined by guest artists – Skyros String Quartet and Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra for an afternoon highlighted by the great tradition of chamber music and the spectacular blend of symphonic and traditional jazz music. This concert features the Skyros String Quartet lead by a SYSO alumna, and a staple of the Seattle classical music scene. The Skyros Quartet brings a bright and inventive style to the performance stage. Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra is the Northwest’s premier big band jazz ensemble. Founded in 1995, the 17-piece big band is made up of the most prominent jazz soloists and band leaders in the greater Seattle area.

The Skyros Quartet is joined by friends in performance of two of the most epic works in the string chamber ensemble literature: Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht and Mendelssohn's String Octet in E-flat Major.

Featuring guest performers:
Brittany Boulding Breeden, violin
Brandon Vance, violin
Leslie Johnson, viola
Nathan Whittaker, cello

The Skyros Quartet performs as part of a May residency at Seattle University, where they will work with chamber music students to develop teaching-artist presentations.

Program:

Mozart: String Quartet in D Major, K. 575
Beach: Quartet for Strings, Op. 89
Vasks: String Quartet No. 3

General admission: $12

Every Wednesday during the school year, UBC Music hosts a noon hour concert in the beautiful Roy Barnett Recital Hall on the University of British Columbia's Vancouver campus. 

Featuring the Canadian Premiere of Górecki's Elegy for Cello and String Quartet
with Eric Wilson, cello

reSound, a Northwest Chamber Ensemble presents "Reformed & Reforming, celebrating the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation."

This free concert will also feature Skyros String Quartet, Kyle Erickson, Trumpeter, and special musical guests Steve Thoreson, tenor, and Andrew Marshall, sound healer. This exciting event will feature the world premiere of "From Death to New Life: A Requiem Mass for the Church," by Michael Austin Miller and Stephen Marshall-Ward.

Seattle Collaborative Orchestra presents
Sounds of Strength & Divination

Friday, October 27, 2017 at 7:30 pm

University Christian Church
4731 15th Ave NE
Seattle, WA 98105

Amy Beach – Symphony in E minor, Op. 32 “Gaelic” (1896)
Johannes Brahms – Symphony No. 2, op. 73 in D major (1877)

Tickets: $20 general, $10 seniors (65+) and students (18+),
FREE for students under 18

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About the Seattle Collaborative Orchestra

The Seattle Collaborative Orchestra (SCO) is a diverse, multigenerational performing arts organization representative of the greater Seattle community. SCO is devoted to bringing classical and new symphonic works into local schools and communities.

SCO musicians include students, community members, and professionals who work together to create a unique and collaborative musical experience that includes a creative mix of traditional orchestral music, seldom-performed classical works, works by female and Northwest composers, and new symphonic music.

Members of the Skyros Quartet serve as principals, coaches, and mentors in their respective sections.

The Skyros Quartet performs in UCM's Hart Recital in Warrensburg, Missouri.

Program:

Mozart: String Quartet in D Major, K. 575
Shai Cohen: Circles of Time
    with Alan Wenger, trumpet
Beach: Quartet for Strings (in One Movement), Op. 89
Schubert: String Quintet in C major, D. 956
     with Mike Bersin, cello

Don't miss the anxiously-awaited return of the critically-acclaimed production, Approaching Ecstasy. This production features choreography from artistic director, Olivier Wevers in collaboration with Eric Banks and The Esoterics. It incorporates 40 singers, 5 instrumentalists, and 7 dancers and is inspired by the poems of Constantine Cavafy, who lived as a closeted gay man in Egypt at the end of the nineteenth-century. When it premiered in 2012, the Seattle Times said its visually sumptuous and City Arts Magazine found the combination of poetry, dance, and music a bold and successful choice.

"In the hands of artistic director and choreographer Olivier Wevers, Whim W'Him has evolved into one of Seattle's most successful and renowned companies since its establishment in 2009."  Seattle Dances

June 2, 3, 9, and 10, 2017 at the Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center
Tickets: Starting at $25 Advance | $30 Day of | $15 Student Rush

Don't miss the anxiously-awaited return of the critically-acclaimed production, Approaching Ecstasy. This production features choreography from artistic director, Olivier Wevers in collaboration with Eric Banks and The Esoterics. It incorporates 40 singers, 5 instrumentalists, and 7 dancers and is inspired by the poems of Constantine Cavafy, who lived as a closeted gay man in Egypt at the end of the nineteenth-century. When it premiered in 2012, the Seattle Times said its visually sumptuous and City Arts Magazine found the combination of poetry, dance, and music a bold and successful choice.

"In the hands of artistic director and choreographer Olivier Wevers, Whim W'Him has evolved into one of Seattle's most successful and renowned companies since its establishment in 2009."  Seattle Dances

June 2, 3, 9, and 10, 2017 at the Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center
Tickets: Starting at $25 Advance | $30 Day of | $15 Student Rush

Don't miss the anxiously-awaited return of the critically-acclaimed production, Approaching Ecstasy. This production features choreography from artistic director, Olivier Wevers in collaboration with Eric Banks and The Esoterics. It incorporates 40 singers, 5 instrumentalists, and 7 dancers and is inspired by the poems of Constantine Cavafy, who lived as a closeted gay man in Egypt at the end of the nineteenth-century. When it premiered in 2012, the Seattle Times said its visually sumptuous and City Arts Magazine found the combination of poetry, dance, and music a bold and successful choice.

"In the hands of artistic director and choreographer Olivier Wevers, Whim W'Him has evolved into one of Seattle's most successful and renowned companies since its establishment in 2009."  Seattle Dances

June 2, 3, 9, and 10, 2017 at the Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center
Tickets: Starting at $25 Advance | $30 Day of | $15 Student Rush

Don't miss the anxiously-awaited return of the critically-acclaimed production, Approaching Ecstasy. This production features choreography from artistic director, Olivier Wevers in collaboration with Eric Banks and The Esoterics. It incorporates 40 singers, 5 instrumentalists, and 7 dancers and is inspired by the poems of Constantine Cavafy, who lived as a closeted gay man in Egypt at the end of the nineteenth-century. When it premiered in 2012, the Seattle Times said its visually sumptuous and City Arts Magazine found the combination of poetry, dance, and music a bold and successful choice.

"In the hands of artistic director and choreographer Olivier Wevers, Whim W'Him has evolved into one of Seattle's most successful and renowned companies since its establishment in 2009."  Seattle Dances

June 2, 3, 9, and 10, 2017 at the Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center
Tickets: Starting at $25 Advance | $30 Day of | $15 Student Rush

Skyros Quartet performs on a showcase of Northwest classical music, presented by KING FM 98.1 Seattle's classical music radio station.