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Welcometo the 20th season of the

Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival.

This will be a very special year. We are so glad to be back aftermissing last summer. I have worked up a full roster of outstandingmusicians and a program chock full of fresh, cutting-edge, hot-blooded, superb chamber music – never dull, always satisfying. I hope it will

thrill andinspire you.

Many of yourfavorite stars arehere: PaulWiancko, CraigSheppard, andMara Gearman,along withincredible new artists like Emilie-Anne Gendron and Grace Park. Our unique programs bring together some of the world’s most excitingchamber musicians in transcendent combinations.I want to say a personal thanks to the people of this valley for yourenthusiastic and unfailing support of the Methow Valley ChamberMusic Festival. We would not be here without you.

Now, sit back, relax, and experience the incredible acoustics,breathtaking outdoor scenery, and effusive joy shared byour audience and artists.

THURSDAY 7/239:30 am Open rehearsal6:00 pm Grounds open at Signal Hill Ranch6:30 pm Pre-concert presentation7:30 pm Centerstage Concert

10:00 pm Stargazing with Dave Ward

FRIDAY 7/245:30 pm Fellowship Quartet event at Mazama Store8:00 pm Fellowship Quartet event at Copper Glance, Winthrop

SATURDAY 7/259:30 am Open rehearsal6:00 pm Grounds open at Signal Hill Ranch6:30 pm Pre-concert presentation and recital7:30 pm Centerstage Concert

MONDAY 7/275:00 pm Fellowship Quartet event at Sun Mountain Lodge

TUESDAY 7/289:30 am Open rehearsal6:00 pm Grounds open at Signal Hill Ranch6:30 pm Pre-concert presentation and recital7:30 pm Centerstage Concert

WEDNESDAY 7/295:15 pm Fellowship Quartet event at Shafer Museum, Winthrop

THURSDAY 7/309:30 am Open rehearsal6:00 pm Grounds open at Signal Hill Ranch6:30 pm Pre-concert presentation and recital7:30 pm Centerstage Concert


Festival at a Glance

Welcometo the 20th season of the

Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival.

This will be a very special year. We are so glad to be back aftermissing last summer. I have worked up a full roster of outstandingmusicians and a program chock full of fresh, cutting-edge, hot-blooded, superb chamber music – never dull, always satisfying. I hope it will

thrill andinspire you.

Many of yourfavorite stars arehere: PaulWiancko, CraigSheppard, andMara Gearman,along withincredible new artists like Emilie-Anne Gendron and Grace Park. Our unique programs bring together some of the world’s most excitingchamber musicians in transcendent combinations.I want to say a personal thanks to the people of this valley for yourenthusiastic and unfailing support of the Methow Valley ChamberMusic Festival. We would not be here without you.

Now, sit back, relax, and experience the incredible acoustics,breathtaking outdoor scenery, and effusive joy shared byour audience and artists.

THURSDAY 7/239:30 am Open rehearsal6:00 pm Grounds open at Signal Hill Ranch6:30 pm Pre-concert presentation7:30 pm Centerstage Concert

10:00 pm Stargazing with Dave Ward

FRIDAY 7/245:30 pm Fellowship Quartet event at Mazama Store8:00 pm Fellowship Quartet event at Copper Glance, Winthrop


MONDAY 7/275:00 pm Fellowship Quartet event at Sun Mountain Lodge

TUESDAY 7/289:30 am Open rehearsal6:00 pm Grounds open at Signal Hill Ranch6:30 pm Pre-concert presentation and recital7:30 pm Centerstage Concert

WEDNESDAY 7/295:15 pm Fellowship Quartet event at Shafer Museum, Winthrop

THURSDAY 7/309:30 am Open rehearsal6:00 pm Grounds open at Signal Hill Ranch6:30 pm Pre-concert presentation and recital7:30 pm Centerstage Concert


Festival at a Glance

THURSDAY, JULY 23

6:30 pm ■ Pre-concert Presentation Lynette Westendorf

7:30 pm ■ Centerstage Concerthosted by Verne Windham, KPBX Spokane

Four Souvenirs for Violin and Piano Paul Schoenfield (1947 – )SambaTangoTin Pan AlleySquare Dance

■ Elena Urioste, violin | Chris Hahn, piano ■

String Quartet in F Major Maurice Ravel (1875 – 1937)Allegro moderato – Très douxAssez vif – Très rythméTrès lentVif et agité

■ Emilie-Anne Gendron, violin | Brittany Boulding, violinMara Gearman, viola | Eric Gaenslen, cello ■

I N T E R M I S S I O N

Variations on a Theme Niccolò Paganini (1782 – 1840)arr. by Gregor Piatagorsky

arr. for two celli by Paul Wiancko■ Paul Wiancko, cello | Kevin Krentz, cello ■

Piano Trio in C Minor, Felix Mendelssohn (1809 – 1847)Op. 66, No. 2

Allegro energico e fuocoAndante espressivoScherzo: Molto allegro quasi prestoFinale: Allegro appassionato■ Elena Urioste, violin | Kevin Krentz, cello

Ryan MacEvoy McCullough, piano ■

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THURSDAY, JULY 23

6:30 pm ■ Pre-concert Presentation Lynette Westendorf

7:30 pm ■ Centerstage Concerthosted by Verne Windham, KPBX Spokane

Four Souvenirs for Violin and Piano Paul Schoenfield (1947 – )SambaTangoTin Pan AlleySquare Dance

■ Elena Urioste, violin | Chris Hahn, piano ■

String Quartet in F Major Maurice Ravel (1875 – 1937)Allegro moderato – Très douxAssez vif – Très rythméTrès lentVif et agité



Variations on a Theme Niccolò Paganini (1782 – 1840)arr. by Gregor Piatagorsky

arr. for two celli by Paul Wiancko■ Paul Wiancko, cello | Kevin Krentz, cello ■

Piano Trio in C Minor, Felix Mendelssohn (1809 – 1847)Op. 66, No. 2

Allegro energico e fuocoAndante espressivoScherzo: Molto allegro quasi prestoFinale: Allegro appassionato■ Elena Urioste, violin | Kevin Krentz, cello


2015 Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival

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Methow, providing first class accommodations and comfort

with all the personal service you would expect in a small town.”

— D. B., WA

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SATURDAY, JULY 25

6:30 pm ■ Pre-concert PresentationVerne Windham, KPBX SpokanePre-concert RecitalRyan MacEvoy McCullough, piano, selected Debussy Etudes

7:30 pm ■ Centerstage Concerthosted by Verne Windham

History of the Tango Astor Piazzolla (1921 – 1992)(“L’histoire du tango”)

Bordel 1900Café 1930Night-Club 1960

■ Emilie-Anne Gendron, violin | Michael Partington, guitar ■

String Quartet in A minor, Op. 29, Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828)No. 13, D. 804 (“Rosamunde”)

Allegro ma non troppoAndanteMenuetto: Allegretto – TrioAllegro moderato



“Graceful Ghost Rag” William Bolcom (1938 – )from Three Ghost Rags

■ Brittany Boulding, violin | Chris Hahn, piano ■

Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Antonin Dvořák (1841 – 1904)Op. 87, No. 2, B. 162

Allegro con fuocoLentoAllegro moderato, graziosoFinale: Allegro, ma non troppo

■ Elena Urioste, violin | Charles Noble, viola | Eric Gaenslen, celloRyan MacEvoy McCullough, piano ■

SATURDAY, JULY 25

6:30 pm ■ Pre-concert PresentationVerne Windham, KPBX SpokanePre-concert RecitalRyan MacEvoy McCullough, piano, selected Debussy Etudes

7:30 pm ■ Centerstage Concerthosted by Verne Windham

History of the Tango Astor Piazzolla (1921 – 1992)(“L’histoire du tango”)

Bordel 1900Café 1930Night-Club 1960

■ Emilie-Anne Gendron, violin | Michael Partington, guitar ■

String Quartet in A minor, Op. 29, Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828)No. 13, D. 804 (“Rosamunde”)

Allegro ma non troppoAndanteMenuetto: Allegretto – TrioAllegro moderato



“Graceful Ghost Rag” William Bolcom (1938 – )from Three Ghost Rags

■ Brittany Boulding, violin | Chris Hahn, piano ■

Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Antonin Dvořák (1841 – 1904)Op. 87, No. 2, B. 162

Allegro con fuocoLentoAllegro moderato, graziosoFinale: Allegro, ma non troppo

■ Elena Urioste, violin | Charles Noble, viola | Eric Gaenslen, celloRyan MacEvoy McCullough, piano ■

TUESDAY, JULY 28

6:30 pm ■ Pre-concert PresentationConfluence Gallery, visual art and musicPre-concert RecitalAllan Dameron, piano, Beethoven Piano Sonata, Op. 16

7:30 pm ■ Centerstage Concerthosted by Weston Gaylord

Piano Quintet (1981) John Harbison (1938 – )OverturaCapriccioIntermezzoBurletta

■ Emilie-Anne Gendron, violin | Grace Park, violinCharles Noble, viola | Meeka Quan DiLorenzo, cello

Allan Dameron, piano ■

String Quartet in F Major, Antonin Dvořák (1841 – 1904)Op. 96, No. 12 (“American”)

Allegro ma non troppoLentoMolto VivaceFinale: Vivace, ma non troppo

■ Elena Urioste, violin | Jasper Wood, violinAyane Kozasa, viola | Paul Wiancko, cello ■


Romance, Op. 23 Amy Beach (1867 – 1944)■ Elena Urioste, violin | Allan Dameron, piano ■

Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Robert Schumann (1810 – 1856)Op. 47

Sostenuto assai – Allegro ma non troppoScherzo: Molto vivaceAndante cantabileFinale: Vivace

■ Brittany Boulding, violin | Charles Noble, violaMeeka Quan DiLorenzo, cello


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TUESDAY, JULY 28

6:30 pm ■ Pre-concert PresentationConfluence Gallery, visual art and musicPre-concert RecitalAllan Dameron, piano, Beethoven Piano Sonata, Op. 16

7:30 pm ■ Centerstage Concerthosted by Weston Gaylord

Piano Quintet (1981) John Harbison (1938 – )OverturaCapriccioIntermezzoBurletta

■ Emilie-Anne Gendron, violin | Grace Park, violinCharles Noble, viola | Meeka Quan DiLorenzo, cello

Allan Dameron, piano ■

String Quartet in F Major, Antonin Dvořák (1841 – 1904)Op. 96, No. 12 (“American”)

Allegro ma non troppoLentoMolto VivaceFinale: Vivace, ma non troppo

■ Elena Urioste, violin | Jasper Wood, violinAyane Kozasa, viola | Paul Wiancko, cello ■


Romance, Op. 23 Amy Beach (1867 – 1944)■ Elena Urioste, violin | Allan Dameron, piano ■

Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Robert Schumann (1810 – 1856)Op. 47

Sostenuto assai – Allegro ma non troppoScherzo: Molto vivaceAndante cantabileFinale: Vivace

■ Brittany Boulding, violin | Charles Noble, violaMeeka Quan DiLorenzo, cello


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THURSDAY, JULY 30

6:30 pm ■ Pre-concert Presentation Confluence Gallery, visual art and musicPre-concert RecitalCraig Sheppard, piano, selected Shostakovich Preludes

7:30 pm ■ Centerstage Concerthosted by Dave Beck, KING-FM

A Sanguine Clockwork Paul Wiancko (1982 – )for String Trio (2014)

■ Grace Park, violin | Ayane Kozasa, viola | Paul Wiancko, cello ■

String Quartet in D Major, Alexander Borodin (1833 – 1887)No. 2

Allegro moderatoScherzo: AllegroNotturno: AndanteAndante – Vivace

■ Jasper Wood, violin | Kwan Bin Park, violinMaurycy Banaszek, viola | Kevin Krentz, cello ■


Sonata for Violin and Piano Gabriel Fauré (1845 – 1924)in A Major, Op. 13

Allegro Molto■ Grace Park, violin | Craig Sheppard, piano ■

Piano Trio No. 2 Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 – 1975)AndanteAllegro con brioLargoAllegretto

■ Kwan Bin Park, violin | Kevin Krentz, celloCraig Sheppard, piano ■

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THURSDAY, JULY 30

6:30 pm ■ Pre-concert Presentation Confluence Gallery, visual art and musicPre-concert RecitalCraig Sheppard, piano, selected Shostakovich Preludes

7:30 pm ■ Centerstage Concerthosted by Dave Beck, KING-FM

A Sanguine Clockwork Paul Wiancko (1982 – )for String Trio (2014)

■ Grace Park, violin | Ayane Kozasa, viola | Paul Wiancko, cello ■

String Quartet in D Major, Alexander Borodin (1833 – 1887)No. 2

Allegro moderatoScherzo: AllegroNotturno: AndanteAndante – Vivace

■ Jasper Wood, violin | Kwan Bin Park, violinMaurycy Banaszek, viola | Kevin Krentz, cello ■


Sonata for Violin and Piano Gabriel Fauré (1845 – 1924)in A Major, Op. 13

Allegro Molto■ Grace Park, violin | Craig Sheppard, piano ■

Piano Trio No. 2 Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 – 1975)AndanteAllegro con brioLargoAllegretto

■ Kwan Bin Park, violin | Kevin Krentz, celloCraig Sheppard, piano ■

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 1

6:30 pm ■ Pre-concert Presentation Dave Beck, KING-FMPre-concert RecitalFellowship Quartet

7:30 pm ■ Centerstage Concerthosted by Dave Beck

Piano Trio No. 4 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827)in B-flat Major, Op. 11

Allegro con brioAdagio con espressioneTema con variazione

■ Grace Park, violin | Kevin Krentz, cello | Natalya Ageyeva, piano ■

Piano Quartet Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791)in E-flat Major, No. 2,K. 493

AllegroLarghettoAllegretto

■ Jasper Wood, violin | Maurycy Banaszek, violaPaul Wiancko, cello | Craig Sheppard, piano ■


Double Aria Daniel Ott (1975 – )■ Jasper Wood, violin ■

Viola Quintet in E-flat Major, Antonin Dvořák (1841 – 1904)Op. 97, B. 180 (“American”)

Allegro non tantoAllegro vivoLarghettoFinale: Allegro giusto

■ Grace Park, violin | Jasper Wood, violin | Ayane Kozasa, violaMaurycy Banaszek, viola | Paul Wiancko, cello ■

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and sponsors. We appreciate the efforts of our all-volunteer board

of directors and staff. Their vision and dedication has been the

backbone of the Festival’s success. Here’s to another 20 years!

SATURDAY, AUGUST 1

6:30 pm ■ Pre-concert Presentation Dave Beck, KING-FMPre-concert RecitalFellowship Quartet

7:30 pm ■ Centerstage Concerthosted by Dave Beck

Piano Trio No. 4 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827)in B-flat Major, Op. 11

Allegro con brioAdagio con espressioneTema con variazione

■ Grace Park, violin | Kevin Krentz, cello | Natalya Ageyeva, piano ■

Piano Quartet Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791)in E-flat Major, No. 2,K. 493

AllegroLarghettoAllegretto

■ Jasper Wood, violin | Maurycy Banaszek, violaPaul Wiancko, cello | Craig Sheppard, piano ■


Double Aria Daniel Ott (1975 – )■ Jasper Wood, violin ■

Viola Quintet in E-flat Major, Antonin Dvořák (1841 – 1904)Op. 97, B. 180 (“American”)

Allegro non tantoAllegro vivoLarghettoFinale: Allegro giusto

■ Grace Park, violin | Jasper Wood, violin | Ayane Kozasa, violaMaurycy Banaszek, viola | Paul Wiancko, cello ■

Offering inspired Northwest gourmet cuisine, a generous wine selection and a full service bar

Discover summer in the North Cascades. Enrich your days with adventure and nights with relaxation.

Climb the mountains, bike the valleys, swim the rivers and at the end of the day, relax in utter bliss at our pool, spa, and lakeside dining room.

The Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival is a 501(c)(3)

organization supported by grants, donations, dedicated volunteers,

and sponsors. We appreciate the efforts of our all-volunteer board

of directors and staff. Their vision and dedication has been the

backbone of the Festival’s success. Here’s to another 20 years!

Maurycy Banaszek, violaMaurycy Banaszek was born in Warsaw, Poland. He has performed at the Marlboro, Seattle, Santa Fe, Aldeburgh,Moritzburg, Mozart, Kingston, Martha’s Vineyard, and Warsaw Autumn festivals. Maurycy regularly tours with theMusicians from Marlboro and appears at the Bargemusic inNew York. As a founding member of the Elsner String Quartet,Maurycy has played in such prestigious venues as Carnegie

Hall in New York, Wigmore Hall in London, and Gewandhaus in Leipzig.

In August 1998, Maurycy was invited by the members of the legendaryAmadeus String Quartet to perform at their 50th Anniversary Gala Concertin London. He was recently invited to be the soloist with the National Sym-phony Orchestra of Mexico, with the New Jersey Lyric Orchestra at theirCarnegie Hall debut performance, and with the Metamorphosen ChamberOrchestra at Jordan Hall in Boston. Maurycy was also chosen by Gidon Kremer to participate in the Chamber Music Connects the World festival inKronberg, Germany, where he performed with the Guarneri String Quartet.

Maurycy is a graduate of the Manhattan School of Music in New York, where hestudied with Michael Tree. He is a principal violist of the New York SymphonicEnsemble, was principal viola with the Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra,and is a member of Sejong Soloists and the Metropolis Ensemble. Maurycy isalso a founding member of ECCO, the new conductor-less chamber orchestra.In 2011 Maurycy joined the Concert Artist faculty at Kean University.

Maurycy plays a viola made by Hiroshi Iizuka in Philadelphia in 1997.

Brittany Boulding, violinViolinist Brittany Boulding currently resides in Seattle.Recent solo appearances include performances with theNew Haven Symphony, the Spoleto Festival, and theNational Repertory Orchestra. Brittany also performsregularly with the Seattle Symphony and Seattle Opera.

An avid chamber musician, Brittany has most recentlyperformed in the Simple Measures, Second City, andGuemes Island chamber music series. During the summerseason, Brittany attends the Bellingham Festival of Musicand has appeared as concertmaster of the Tanglewood

Music Center, Banff Center, and Spoleto Festival USA orchestras.

Brittany studied with Kenneth Goldsmith and Robert Lipsett. Her violincareer also extends beyond her experience as a classical musician – sincethe age of 6, Brittany has performed with her family, the internationallyacclaimed MAGICAL STRINGS, touring throughout the U.S., Canada,Japan, and Ireland. Brittany has recorded on five of their 16 albums andbeen a featured soloist at their annual Celtic Yuletide Concerts, a cele-brated Northwest tradition.

Natalya Ageyeva, violinNatalya Ageyeva has dazzled audiences throughout the U.S.and internationally, including in Italy, Austria, and Israel, aswell as on tour in her native Russia. Her performances havealso been broadcast several times on KING-FM in Seattle andtelevised in Moscow and Chicago. Natalya has appeared at abroad range of venues, including the Governor’s Mansion in

Olympia, Carnegie Hall in New York, Benaroya Hall in Seattle, and the Rach-maninoff Hall in Moscow. Her pianism prompted one reviewer to write, “Im-mediately apparent was a tremendous technique at the command of a sharpmusical intelligence and fingers of steel.”

Natalya’s artistry has earned her awards and recognition around the world, in-cluding the Young Artist Competition in Moscow, Brechemin Scholarship atthe University of Washington, the Green Lake Music Festival Competition inWisconsin, Bradshaw & Buono International Piano Competition in New York,and the Zinetti International Chamber Music Competition in Italy.

An artist of great versatility, Natalya has performed as a recitalist, chambermusician, and soloist with orchestras internationally. She has also been anactive participant in many music festivals, including the Methow ValleyChamber Music Festival, the Seattle Chamber Music Society’s Summer Festi-val, the Mostly Nordic Chamber Music Series in Seattle, the Second CityChamber Series in Tacoma, First Sunday at the Commons Series in Bain-bridge Island, the Seattle Symphony Chamber Music Series in Seattle, andthe Green Lake Music Festival.

Natalya previously taught at Moscow Conservatory and the University ofWashington, and has adjudicated piano competitions in Chicago, Seattle, and Vancouver, BC. She is the founder and artistic director of the RussianChamber Music Foundation of Seattle. For more information, see www.russianchambermusic.org.

PianoNatalya AgeyevaAllan DameronChristopher HahnRyan MacEvoy

McCulloughCraig Sheppard

GuitarMichael Partington

ViolinBrittany BouldingEmilie-Anne GendronGrace ParkKwan Bin ParkElena UriosteJasper Wood

ViolaMaurycy BanaszekMara GearmanAyane KozasaCharles Noble

CelloEric GaenslenKevin KrentzMeeka Quan DiLorenzoPaul Wiancko

■ 2015 FESTIVAL MUSICIANS ■

Maurycy Banaszek, violaMaurycy Banaszek was born in Warsaw, Poland. He has performed at the Marlboro, Seattle, Santa Fe, Aldeburgh,Moritzburg, Mozart, Kingston, Martha’s Vineyard, and Warsaw Autumn festivals. Maurycy regularly tours with theMusicians from Marlboro and appears at the Bargemusic inNew York. As a founding member of the Elsner String Quartet,Maurycy has played in such prestigious venues as Carnegie

Hall in New York, Wigmore Hall in London, and Gewandhaus in Leipzig.

In August 1998, Maurycy was invited by the members of the legendaryAmadeus String Quartet to perform at their 50th Anniversary Gala Concertin London. He was recently invited to be the soloist with the National Sym-phony Orchestra of Mexico, with the New Jersey Lyric Orchestra at theirCarnegie Hall debut performance, and with the Metamorphosen ChamberOrchestra at Jordan Hall in Boston. Maurycy was also chosen by Gidon Kremer to participate in the Chamber Music Connects the World festival inKronberg, Germany, where he performed with the Guarneri String Quartet.

Maurycy is a graduate of the Manhattan School of Music in New York, where hestudied with Michael Tree. He is a principal violist of the New York SymphonicEnsemble, was principal viola with the Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra,and is a member of Sejong Soloists and the Metropolis Ensemble. Maurycy isalso a founding member of ECCO, the new conductor-less chamber orchestra.In 2011 Maurycy joined the Concert Artist faculty at Kean University.

Maurycy plays a viola made by Hiroshi Iizuka in Philadelphia in 1997.

Brittany Boulding, violinViolinist Brittany Boulding currently resides in Seattle.Recent solo appearances include performances with theNew Haven Symphony, the Spoleto Festival, and theNational Repertory Orchestra. Brittany also performsregularly with the Seattle Symphony and Seattle Opera.

An avid chamber musician, Brittany has most recentlyperformed in the Simple Measures, Second City, andGuemes Island chamber music series. During the summerseason, Brittany attends the Bellingham Festival of Musicand has appeared as concertmaster of the Tanglewood

Music Center, Banff Center, and Spoleto Festival USA orchestras.

Brittany studied with Kenneth Goldsmith and Robert Lipsett. Her violincareer also extends beyond her experience as a classical musician – sincethe age of 6, Brittany has performed with her family, the internationallyacclaimed MAGICAL STRINGS, touring throughout the U.S., Canada,Japan, and Ireland. Brittany has recorded on five of their 16 albums andbeen a featured soloist at their annual Celtic Yuletide Concerts, a cele-brated Northwest tradition.

Natalya Ageyeva, violinNatalya Ageyeva has dazzled audiences throughout the U.S.and internationally, including in Italy, Austria, and Israel, aswell as on tour in her native Russia. Her performances havealso been broadcast several times on KING-FM in Seattle andtelevised in Moscow and Chicago. Natalya has appeared at abroad range of venues, including the Governor’s Mansion in

Olympia, Carnegie Hall in New York, Benaroya Hall in Seattle, and the Rach-maninoff Hall in Moscow. Her pianism prompted one reviewer to write, “Im-mediately apparent was a tremendous technique at the command of a sharpmusical intelligence and fingers of steel.”

Natalya’s artistry has earned her awards and recognition around the world, in-cluding the Young Artist Competition in Moscow, Brechemin Scholarship atthe University of Washington, the Green Lake Music Festival Competition inWisconsin, Bradshaw & Buono International Piano Competition in New York,and the Zinetti International Chamber Music Competition in Italy.

An artist of great versatility, Natalya has performed as a recitalist, chambermusician, and soloist with orchestras internationally. She has also been anactive participant in many music festivals, including the Methow ValleyChamber Music Festival, the Seattle Chamber Music Society’s Summer Festi-val, the Mostly Nordic Chamber Music Series in Seattle, the Second CityChamber Series in Tacoma, First Sunday at the Commons Series in Bain-bridge Island, the Seattle Symphony Chamber Music Series in Seattle, andthe Green Lake Music Festival.

Natalya previously taught at Moscow Conservatory and the University ofWashington, and has adjudicated piano competitions in Chicago, Seattle, and Vancouver, BC. She is the founder and artistic director of the RussianChamber Music Foundation of Seattle. For more information, see www.russianchambermusic.org.

PianoNatalya AgeyevaAllan DameronChristopher HahnRyan MacEvoy

McCulloughCraig Sheppard

GuitarMichael Partington

ViolinBrittany BouldingEmilie-Anne GendronGrace ParkKwan Bin ParkElena UriosteJasper Wood

ViolaMaurycy BanaszekMara GearmanAyane KozasaCharles Noble

CelloEric GaenslenKevin KrentzMeeka Quan DiLorenzoPaul Wiancko

■ 2015 FESTIVAL MUSICIANS ■

Vladimir Feltsman; and Dale Clevenger, the legendary principal horn of theChicago Symphony Orchestra. Mara is also a founding member of theBarston String Quartet and of Trio Tara, with pianist Oksana Ezhokina andclarinetist Laura DeLuca.

Mara has held or been awarded a number of orchestral appointments. Shewas principal viola (at age 20) under maestro Rossen Milanov, and principalviola of the Kansas City Symphony and of the Oregon Symphony undermusic director James DePreist. Currently Mara is the second-desk violist forthe Seattle Symphony Orchestra under maestro Ludovic Morlot.

As a solo performer, Mara has won awards at the Primrose and Tertis Inter-national viola competitions, performing viola solos by American composersAlan Shulman and Derek Bermel and by Hungarian composer Miklós Rózsa,among others.

A graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, Mara had as her primary teachersRoberto Díaz, Pinchas Zukerman, and Karen Tuttle. She pursued additionalstudy in Canada, Germany, Holland, and Switzerland with Nobuko Imai, Barbara Westphal, and Gérard Caussé.

Emilie-Anne Gendron, violinViolinist Emilie-Anne Gendron, lauded by the New YorkTimes as a “brilliant soloist” and by France’s Classique-Info for her “excellent technical mastery” and “undeni-able sensitivity,” enjoys an active freelance career fromher base in New York. A deeply committed chamber musician, Emilie-Anne is a member of the MomentaQuartet, a two-time recipient of the prestigious Kousse-vitzky Foundation commission grant.

She also appears on the rosters of Musicians from Marlboro, Gamut Bach Ensemble, Argento Chamber Ensemble, IRIS Orchestra, A Far Cry, ToomaiString Quintet, New York Chamber Soloists, Chamber Orchestra of Philadel-phia, and Sejong Soloists, where she is a core member and frequent leader.Recent performances include collaborations with artists such as RichardGoode, Leon Fleisher, Bruno Canino, and members of the Guarneri, Juil-liard, Pro Arte, and Johannes quartets.

Emilie-Anne is a past winner of the Stulberg String Competition and tooksecond prize and the audience prize at the Sion-Valais International ViolinCompetition.

She was trained at the Juilliard School, where her principal teachers wereWon-Bin Yim, Dorothy DeLay, David Chan, and Hyo Kang. Emilie-Anneholds the distinction of being the first person in Juilliard’s history to be accepted simultaneously to its two most selective courses of study, the Doctorof Musical Arts and the Artist Diploma. She holds a BA in classics, magnacum laude and with Phi Beta Kappa honors, from Columbia University as agraduate of the Columbia-Juilliard joint-degree program, and a Master ofMusic degree and the coveted Artist Diploma from Juilliard.

Allan Dameron, pianoAllan Dameron is a graduate of North Carolina School of theArts, where he fell in love with chamber music, vocal accom-panying, and ballet, and it is these collaborative disciplinesthat have inspired him ever since. Ten years later, whenworking as a vocal coach at Chicago Lyric Opera, Allan wasassigned to play a dance scene in Gounod’s Faust under

Maestro Georges Prêtre’s direction, and this experience renewed his affinityfor the choreography of George Balanchine. Shortly afterwards, Allan becamesolo pianist for Maria Tallchief’s Chicago City Ballet, where he was later ap-pointed music director. He came to the attention of Kent Stowell and FranciaRussell at Pacific Northwest Ballet, who engaged him as pianist and conduc-tor. In that role, Allan has performed most of the active Balanchine repertoryon four continents.

Eric Gaenslen, celloCellist Eric Gaenslen is a part-time artist-in-residence at theUniversity of Washington School of Music. He has been amember of the Rossetti Quartet since 1999. As a recitalist,Eric has performed worldwide at such venues as the Con-certgebouw in Amsterdam, Lincoln Center in New York, andin San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. As orchestral soloist, Erichas performed Bloch’s Schelomo at New York’s Avery FisherHall, the Beethoven Triple Concerto in Mexico, and he gave

the premier performance of Laura Carnibucci’s Siddhartha for cello andstring orchestra. Chamber music performances at major music festivals in-clude the Olympic, Aspen, Evian, Tanglewood, Bowdoin, Banff, and VermontMozart Festival. Among the artists with whom Eric has collaborated are Eugene Istomin, Anton Kuerti, and Gautier Capuçon. He has been a guestartist with the Ying Quartet.

Born in San Francisco, Eric began his musical studies at the age of 7 withmaster pedagogue Irene Sharp. He went on to receive his Bachelor of Artsdegree from Yale University while studying with Aldo Parisot, and his Masterof Music degree from the Juilliard School with Joel Krosnick, cellist of theJuilliard Quartet. Other major influences on Eric include Robert Mann,William Pleeth, and Gyorgy Kurtag.

Eric is a committed teacher himself and has taught at the Mannes Collegepre-college in New York and at the University of California at Santa Cruz.

Mara Gearman, violaWhile still early in her career, violist Mara Gearmanis already an accomplished player with extensiveexperience in both orchestral and chamber musicsettings. She regularly performs with the chambergroups American String Project and Seattle Cham-ber Players; and has collaborated with such presti-gious performers as Ani Kavafian; Peter Wiley;

Vladimir Feltsman; and Dale Clevenger, the legendary principal horn of theChicago Symphony Orchestra. Mara is also a founding member of theBarston String Quartet and of Trio Tara, with pianist Oksana Ezhokina andclarinetist Laura DeLuca.

Mara has held or been awarded a number of orchestral appointments. Shewas principal viola (at age 20) under maestro Rossen Milanov, and principalviola of the Kansas City Symphony and of the Oregon Symphony undermusic director James DePreist. Currently Mara is the second-desk violist forthe Seattle Symphony Orchestra under maestro Ludovic Morlot.

As a solo performer, Mara has won awards at the Primrose and Tertis Inter-national viola competitions, performing viola solos by American composersAlan Shulman and Derek Bermel and by Hungarian composer Miklós Rózsa,among others.

A graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, Mara had as her primary teachersRoberto Díaz, Pinchas Zukerman, and Karen Tuttle. She pursued additionalstudy in Canada, Germany, Holland, and Switzerland with Nobuko Imai, Barbara Westphal, and Gérard Caussé.

Emilie-Anne Gendron, violinViolinist Emilie-Anne Gendron, lauded by the New YorkTimes as a “brilliant soloist” and by France’s Classique-Info for her “excellent technical mastery” and “undeni-able sensitivity,” enjoys an active freelance career fromher base in New York. A deeply committed chamber musician, Emilie-Anne is a member of the MomentaQuartet, a two-time recipient of the prestigious Kousse-vitzky Foundation commission grant.

She also appears on the rosters of Musicians from Marlboro, Gamut Bach Ensemble, Argento Chamber Ensemble, IRIS Orchestra, A Far Cry, ToomaiString Quintet, New York Chamber Soloists, Chamber Orchestra of Philadel-phia, and Sejong Soloists, where she is a core member and frequent leader.Recent performances include collaborations with artists such as RichardGoode, Leon Fleisher, Bruno Canino, and members of the Guarneri, Juil-liard, Pro Arte, and Johannes quartets.

Emilie-Anne is a past winner of the Stulberg String Competition and tooksecond prize and the audience prize at the Sion-Valais International ViolinCompetition.

She was trained at the Juilliard School, where her principal teachers wereWon-Bin Yim, Dorothy DeLay, David Chan, and Hyo Kang. Emilie-Anneholds the distinction of being the first person in Juilliard’s history to be accepted simultaneously to its two most selective courses of study, the Doctorof Musical Arts and the Artist Diploma. She holds a BA in classics, magnacum laude and with Phi Beta Kappa honors, from Columbia University as agraduate of the Columbia-Juilliard joint-degree program, and a Master ofMusic degree and the coveted Artist Diploma from Juilliard.

Allan Dameron, pianoAllan Dameron is a graduate of North Carolina School of theArts, where he fell in love with chamber music, vocal accom-panying, and ballet, and it is these collaborative disciplinesthat have inspired him ever since. Ten years later, whenworking as a vocal coach at Chicago Lyric Opera, Allan wasassigned to play a dance scene in Gounod’s Faust under

Maestro Georges Prêtre’s direction, and this experience renewed his affinityfor the choreography of George Balanchine. Shortly afterwards, Allan becamesolo pianist for Maria Tallchief’s Chicago City Ballet, where he was later ap-pointed music director. He came to the attention of Kent Stowell and FranciaRussell at Pacific Northwest Ballet, who engaged him as pianist and conduc-tor. In that role, Allan has performed most of the active Balanchine repertoryon four continents.

Eric Gaenslen, celloCellist Eric Gaenslen is a part-time artist-in-residence at theUniversity of Washington School of Music. He has been amember of the Rossetti Quartet since 1999. As a recitalist,Eric has performed worldwide at such venues as the Con-certgebouw in Amsterdam, Lincoln Center in New York, andin San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. As orchestral soloist, Erichas performed Bloch’s Schelomo at New York’s Avery FisherHall, the Beethoven Triple Concerto in Mexico, and he gave

the premier performance of Laura Carnibucci’s Siddhartha for cello andstring orchestra. Chamber music performances at major music festivals in-clude the Olympic, Aspen, Evian, Tanglewood, Bowdoin, Banff, and VermontMozart Festival. Among the artists with whom Eric has collaborated are Eugene Istomin, Anton Kuerti, and Gautier Capuçon. He has been a guestartist with the Ying Quartet.

Born in San Francisco, Eric began his musical studies at the age of 7 withmaster pedagogue Irene Sharp. He went on to receive his Bachelor of Artsdegree from Yale University while studying with Aldo Parisot, and his Masterof Music degree from the Juilliard School with Joel Krosnick, cellist of theJuilliard Quartet. Other major influences on Eric include Robert Mann,William Pleeth, and Gyorgy Kurtag.

Eric is a committed teacher himself and has taught at the Mannes Collegepre-college in New York and at the University of California at Santa Cruz.

Mara Gearman, violaWhile still early in her career, violist Mara Gearmanis already an accomplished player with extensiveexperience in both orchestral and chamber musicsettings. She regularly performs with the chambergroups American String Project and Seattle Cham-ber Players; and has collaborated with such presti-gious performers as Ani Kavafian; Peter Wiley;

Chamber music has also been a vital part of Ayane’s musical career, and herinterests have led her to appearances at numerous festivals, including theMarlboro Music Festival, the Kingston Music Festival, and the Ravinia Festival. She is a founding member of the Aizuri Quartet, the current quartet-in-residence at the Curtis Institute of Music and the winner of the 2015 Lon-don Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition. Ayane is alsothe principal violist of the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, a position thatshe has held since fall 2012.

Ayane is deeply grateful for the mentorship she received from her past teachers, Nobuko Imai, Kirsten Docter, Roberto Díaz, Misha Amory, andWilliam Preucil.

Kevin Krentz, celloCellist Kevin Krentz enjoys a multi-faceted career as aperformer, teacher, inventor, and artistic director.

A devoted chamber musician, Kevin is Artistic Director ofthe Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival in Washing-ton state. He has been a winner in the Fischoff NationalChamber Music Competition with his trio In Flight 3 and,with Finisterra Trio, a winner in the Zinetti InternationalChamber Music Competition in Verona, Italy, and theGreen Lake National Chamber Music Competition.

With Finisterra Trio, Kevin is devoted to performing contemporary works aswell as the standard repertoire. The trio has commissioned new works bymodern composers. Finisterra Trio are artists-in-residence at the PhoenixSeries in New York.

Kevin’s teachers have included Florian Kitt and Jontscho Bayrov in Vienna,and Gary Hardie, Owen Carman, and Toby Saks in the U.S. Master-class performances include János Starker, Matt Haimovitz, Paul Katz, andTsuyoshi Tsutsumi. Chamber music studies include the Florestan Trio, ElsaVerdehr, Stephen Shipps, Ron Patterson, and Ralph Votapek.

Kevin is also founder of Krentz String Works, which primarily develops and sells his inventions, including the Krentz Modulator, which can be foundin virtually every major symphony in the world since its launch in 2013.Other innovations involve all aspects of instrument-tone enhancement anddesigns for cases and other accessories. For more information, visitKrentzStringWorks.com.

Ryan MacEvoy McCullough, pianoPianist Ryan MacEvoy McCullough has developed a diverse ca-reer as a soloist and collaborator, comfortable with music rang-ing from standard repertoire to electro-acoustic improvisation.He has appeared as concerto soloist with numerous orchestras,including the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Los AngelesPhilharmonic, and has performed alongside the Mark MorrisDance Group and contemporary ensemble eighth blackbird.

Christopher Hahn, pianoDr. Christopher Hahn maintains a multifaceted career as pianist, adjudicator, clinician, and author. He has been fea-tured as soloist and collaborative artist throughout NorthAmerica and Europe, and has performed in Carnegie Hall’sWeill Recital Hall; the Haydnsaal in Eisenstadt, Austria; theMusic Gallery in Toronto; and at institutions such as North-western University, the Interlochen Center for the Arts, andStanford University. Chris had the honor of performing forthe Archbishop Desmond Tutu with the Metropolitan

Opera’s Leona Mitchell, and has also performed with such recognized artistsas flutist Christina Jennings, trumpet/piano virtuoso Guy Few, pianist LydiaBrown, violinists Timothy Fain and Eugenia Choi, cellist Amit Peled, and theRussian dissident poet Evgeny Yevtushenko.

Chris pursued his early training through the Royal Conservatory of Music inToronto, and has since furthered his study of performing and teaching inCanada, the U.S., and Europe. He holds the Associate Diploma in Performancefrom the Royal Conservatory, and both the Licentiate and Fellowship Diplo-mas in Performance from Trinity College of Music in London, England.

Additional performance studies include sessions at the Orford Center for Advanced Musical Studies in Québec (Anton Kuerti), the Adamant MusicSchool (Menahem Pressler), the University of Michigan (Louis Nagel), andprivate study in Verneuil-sur-Avre, France (Jean-Paul Sevilla). He hascoached with Yefim Bronfman, Constance Keene, Angela Cheng, Yong HiMoon, and Marilyn Horne, and has received extensive chamber music coach-ing from members of the Penderecki String Quartet and the Gryphon Trio.

Chris is professor of piano at the University of Montana, where he teachespiano at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Ayane Kozasa, violaHailed for her “magnetic, wide-ranging tone” and her“rock-solid technique” (Philadelphia Inquirer), violistAyane Kozasa enjoys a career that spans a broad spectrumof musical personas. A violinist turned violist, Ayane holdsa Bachelor of Music from the Cleveland Institute of Musicand artist certificates from the Curtis Institute of Music aswell as the Kronberg Academy Masters school in Germany.

Ayane’s solo career took off when she won the 2011 Primrose InternationalViola Competition. Following the competition, she joined the Astral Artistsroster and became a grant recipient from the S&R Foundation, an organiza-tion recognizing and supporting young aspiring artists of all mediums. Herinternational solo opportunities have been a platform to unearth seldom-heard works and to commission new pieces, an aspect of viola playing thatshe loves. Most recently, Ayane commissioned a work by Brooklyn composerPaul Wiancko for viola and cello, which they premiered in Washington, DC,at the S&R Foundation.

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Chamber music has also been a vital part of Ayane’s musical career, and herinterests have led her to appearances at numerous festivals, including theMarlboro Music Festival, the Kingston Music Festival, and the Ravinia Festival. She is a founding member of the Aizuri Quartet, the current quartet-in-residence at the Curtis Institute of Music and the winner of the 2015 Lon-don Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition. Ayane is alsothe principal violist of the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, a position thatshe has held since fall 2012.

Ayane is deeply grateful for the mentorship she received from her past teachers, Nobuko Imai, Kirsten Docter, Roberto Díaz, Misha Amory, andWilliam Preucil.

Kevin Krentz, celloCellist Kevin Krentz enjoys a multi-faceted career as aperformer, teacher, inventor, and artistic director.

A devoted chamber musician, Kevin is Artistic Director ofthe Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival in Washing-ton state. He has been a winner in the Fischoff NationalChamber Music Competition with his trio In Flight 3 and,with Finisterra Trio, a winner in the Zinetti InternationalChamber Music Competition in Verona, Italy, and theGreen Lake National Chamber Music Competition.

With Finisterra Trio, Kevin is devoted to performing contemporary works aswell as the standard repertoire. The trio has commissioned new works bymodern composers. Finisterra Trio are artists-in-residence at the PhoenixSeries in New York.

Kevin’s teachers have included Florian Kitt and Jontscho Bayrov in Vienna,and Gary Hardie, Owen Carman, and Toby Saks in the U.S. Master-class performances include János Starker, Matt Haimovitz, Paul Katz, andTsuyoshi Tsutsumi. Chamber music studies include the Florestan Trio, ElsaVerdehr, Stephen Shipps, Ron Patterson, and Ralph Votapek.

Kevin is also founder of Krentz String Works, which primarily develops and sells his inventions, including the Krentz Modulator, which can be foundin virtually every major symphony in the world since its launch in 2013.Other innovations involve all aspects of instrument-tone enhancement anddesigns for cases and other accessories. For more information, visitKrentzStringWorks.com.

Ryan MacEvoy McCullough, pianoPianist Ryan MacEvoy McCullough has developed a diverse ca-reer as a soloist and collaborator, comfortable with music rang-ing from standard repertoire to electro-acoustic improvisation.He has appeared as concerto soloist with numerous orchestras,including the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Los AngelesPhilharmonic, and has performed alongside the Mark MorrisDance Group and contemporary ensemble eighth blackbird.

Christopher Hahn, pianoDr. Christopher Hahn maintains a multifaceted career as pianist, adjudicator, clinician, and author. He has been fea-tured as soloist and collaborative artist throughout NorthAmerica and Europe, and has performed in Carnegie Hall’sWeill Recital Hall; the Haydnsaal in Eisenstadt, Austria; theMusic Gallery in Toronto; and at institutions such as North-western University, the Interlochen Center for the Arts, andStanford University. Chris had the honor of performing forthe Archbishop Desmond Tutu with the Metropolitan

Opera’s Leona Mitchell, and has also performed with such recognized artistsas flutist Christina Jennings, trumpet/piano virtuoso Guy Few, pianist LydiaBrown, violinists Timothy Fain and Eugenia Choi, cellist Amit Peled, and theRussian dissident poet Evgeny Yevtushenko.

Chris pursued his early training through the Royal Conservatory of Music inToronto, and has since furthered his study of performing and teaching inCanada, the U.S., and Europe. He holds the Associate Diploma in Performancefrom the Royal Conservatory, and both the Licentiate and Fellowship Diplo-mas in Performance from Trinity College of Music in London, England.

Additional performance studies include sessions at the Orford Center for Advanced Musical Studies in Québec (Anton Kuerti), the Adamant MusicSchool (Menahem Pressler), the University of Michigan (Louis Nagel), andprivate study in Verneuil-sur-Avre, France (Jean-Paul Sevilla). He hascoached with Yefim Bronfman, Constance Keene, Angela Cheng, Yong HiMoon, and Marilyn Horne, and has received extensive chamber music coach-ing from members of the Penderecki String Quartet and the Gryphon Trio.

Chris is professor of piano at the University of Montana, where he teachespiano at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Ayane Kozasa, violaHailed for her “magnetic, wide-ranging tone” and her“rock-solid technique” (Philadelphia Inquirer), violistAyane Kozasa enjoys a career that spans a broad spectrumof musical personas. A violinist turned violist, Ayane holdsa Bachelor of Music from the Cleveland Institute of Musicand artist certificates from the Curtis Institute of Music aswell as the Kronberg Academy Masters school in Germany.

Ayane’s solo career took off when she won the 2011 Primrose InternationalViola Competition. Following the competition, she joined the Astral Artistsroster and became a grant recipient from the S&R Foundation, an organiza-tion recognizing and supporting young aspiring artists of all mediums. Herinternational solo opportunities have been a platform to unearth seldom-heard works and to commission new pieces, an aspect of viola playing thatshe loves. Most recently, Ayane commissioned a work by Brooklyn composerPaul Wiancko for viola and cello, which they premiered in Washington, DC,at the S&R Foundation.

Ryan has performed at such festivals as the Tanglewood Music Center, TokenCreek Chamber Music Festival, Sarasota Festival, Methow Valley ChamberMusic Festival, and Nohant International Chopin Festival; in March 2015 heco-directed Environs Messiaen, a festival at Cornell University celebrating thenaturalist aesthetic of French composer Olivier Messiaen.

Interested in new music from an early age, Ryan has worked closely withcomposers George Benjamin, John Harbison, Helen Grime, and AndrewMcPherson, and has commissioned or been dedicatee of works by James Primosch, Carter Pann, John Liberatore, Jenny Beck, and Dante De Silva. In2008, Ryan released a CD of solo piano music by 20th-century Polish-Frenchcomposer Miłosz Magin on the Polish label Acte Prealable, and in January2013 was featured on an Innova Records release of composer AndrewMcPherson’s Secrets of Antikythera for magnetic resonator piano.

Ryan holds his BA from Humboldt State University and M.Mus. from theUniversity of Southern California, as well Artist Diplomas from the ColburnConservatory and The Glenn Gould School. He has studied primarily withDeborah Clasquin, David Louie, and John Perry, in addition to influentialwork with Stephen Drury, Leon Fleisher, and Peter Serkin. Ryan is currentlya DMA candidate in Contemporary Performance Practice at Cornell Univer-sity, where he works with Xak Bjerken. For more information, visitwww.RMMpiano.com.

Charles Noble, violaCharles Noble has been assistant principal violist of theOregon Symphony since 1995. He has appeared as soloistwith the Oregon Symphony and with the Cascade andSunriver music festivals. Prizes and awards Charles has re-ceived include the C.D. Jackson Award at the TanglewoodMusic Center, the Israel Dorman String Prize at thePeabody Conservatory of Music, and first prize at the Seattle Ladies Musical Club Competition.

Charles holds degrees from the University of Puget Sound, the University ofMaryland, and the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University. He was amember of the faculty at the inaugural 1998 National Youth Orchestra Festi-val, and is co-founder of the Max Aronoff Viola Institute, where he has servedon the faculty since 1990. In addition, Charles has conducted master classesin orchestral audition preparation at the University of Nevada at Reno.

As a writer, Charles has published two articles in The Strad magazine, and heauthors the popular classical-music blog NobleViola (www.nobleviola.com).In 2000, Charles was one of three American violists invited to tour Japanwith an orchestra whose roster included members of the Vienna and NewYork Philharmonic orchestras, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, and thePhiladelphia and Cleveland orchestras.

Charles has been the principal violist with the Ernest Bloch and Cascademusic festivals, and he is currently the co-principal violist of the SunriverMusic Festival. He was a featured performing artist at the 2002, 2004, and

2006 International Viola Congresses. Charles is a founding member of theEthos and Arnica string quartets.

Grace Park, violinGrace Park is a dynamic violinist, dedicated chamber musician, and passionate pedagogue.Her diverse career has carried her from theworld’s foremost concert halls to inner-cityschools as a soloist, collaborator, coach, and multi-disciplinary educator. Currently in residence atCarnegie Hall as part of The Academy–Carnegie

Juilliard Weill program, Grace pairs her elite musicianship with a ferventcommitment to community engagement.

As a soloist, Grace has been the featured artist at the Kennedy Center inWashington, DC; Walt Disney Hall in Los Angeles; Jordan Hall in Boston;Carnegie Hall in New York; the Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium in the Met-ropolitan Museum of Art in New York; the Rudolfinum in Prague; and GlinkaHall in St. Petersburg. She is a laureate of the National Symphony Orches-tra’s Young Soloist Competition.

Grace has performed with chamber ensembles around the world. She performed the world premiere of Samuel Carl Adams’ String Sextet and aCarnegie Hall–commissioned work by Andy Akiho. Grace has been recog-nized for her work in the Vitas Quartet, her chamber collaborations at TrinityWall Street’s “Concerts at One,” and for performances at the Yellow BarnMusic Festival, Music@Menlo, IMS Prussia Cove, and the Perlman MusicProgram’s Chamber Music Workshop.

While pursuing her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at the New EnglandConservatory under the tutelage of Donald Weilerstein and Miriam Fried,Grace achieved the unprecedented honor of sweeping both of the school’sconcerto competitions in the same year. She represented the conservatoryin an inaugural series of house concerts and a live performance on WGBHtelevision.

Kwan Bin Park, violinKwan Bin Park holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees fromthe Juilliard School of Music, where he was a recipient of theGluck Fellowship. He won the silver medal at the Zinetti International Chamber Music Competition in Verona, Italy,competing with groups from 20 different countries as therepresentative of the U.S. Kwan Bin’s other awards includebeing a finalist at the National Chamber Music Competitionat Green Lake, Wisconsin, and a finalist at the 2005 BrahmsInternational Competition in Austria.

Kwan Bin has performed in numerous venues around the world, includingCarnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, and Merkin Hall in New York; Benaroyaand Nordstrom Recital Halls in Seattle; and at the Busan and Seoul national

Ryan has performed at such festivals as the Tanglewood Music Center, TokenCreek Chamber Music Festival, Sarasota Festival, Methow Valley ChamberMusic Festival, and Nohant International Chopin Festival; in March 2015 heco-directed Environs Messiaen, a festival at Cornell University celebrating thenaturalist aesthetic of French composer Olivier Messiaen.

Interested in new music from an early age, Ryan has worked closely withcomposers George Benjamin, John Harbison, Helen Grime, and AndrewMcPherson, and has commissioned or been dedicatee of works by James Primosch, Carter Pann, John Liberatore, Jenny Beck, and Dante De Silva. In2008, Ryan released a CD of solo piano music by 20th-century Polish-Frenchcomposer Miłosz Magin on the Polish label Acte Prealable, and in January2013 was featured on an Innova Records release of composer AndrewMcPherson’s Secrets of Antikythera for magnetic resonator piano.

Ryan holds his BA from Humboldt State University and M.Mus. from theUniversity of Southern California, as well Artist Diplomas from the ColburnConservatory and The Glenn Gould School. He has studied primarily withDeborah Clasquin, David Louie, and John Perry, in addition to influentialwork with Stephen Drury, Leon Fleisher, and Peter Serkin. Ryan is currentlya DMA candidate in Contemporary Performance Practice at Cornell Univer-sity, where he works with Xak Bjerken. For more information, visitwww.RMMpiano.com.

Charles Noble, violaCharles Noble has been assistant principal violist of theOregon Symphony since 1995. He has appeared as soloistwith the Oregon Symphony and with the Cascade andSunriver music festivals. Prizes and awards Charles has re-ceived include the C.D. Jackson Award at the TanglewoodMusic Center, the Israel Dorman String Prize at thePeabody Conservatory of Music, and first prize at the Seattle Ladies Musical Club Competition.

Charles holds degrees from the University of Puget Sound, the University ofMaryland, and the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University. He was amember of the faculty at the inaugural 1998 National Youth Orchestra Festi-val, and is co-founder of the Max Aronoff Viola Institute, where he has servedon the faculty since 1990. In addition, Charles has conducted master classesin orchestral audition preparation at the University of Nevada at Reno.

As a writer, Charles has published two articles in The Strad magazine, and heauthors the popular classical-music blog NobleViola (www.nobleviola.com).In 2000, Charles was one of three American violists invited to tour Japanwith an orchestra whose roster included members of the Vienna and NewYork Philharmonic orchestras, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, and thePhiladelphia and Cleveland orchestras.

Charles has been the principal violist with the Ernest Bloch and Cascademusic festivals, and he is currently the co-principal violist of the SunriverMusic Festival. He was a featured performing artist at the 2002, 2004, and

2006 International Viola Congresses. Charles is a founding member of theEthos and Arnica string quartets.

Grace Park, violinGrace Park is a dynamic violinist, dedicated chamber musician, and passionate pedagogue.Her diverse career has carried her from theworld’s foremost concert halls to inner-cityschools as a soloist, collaborator, coach, and multi-disciplinary educator. Currently in residence atCarnegie Hall as part of The Academy–Carnegie

Juilliard Weill program, Grace pairs her elite musicianship with a ferventcommitment to community engagement.

As a soloist, Grace has been the featured artist at the Kennedy Center inWashington, DC; Walt Disney Hall in Los Angeles; Jordan Hall in Boston;Carnegie Hall in New York; the Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium in the Met-ropolitan Museum of Art in New York; the Rudolfinum in Prague; and GlinkaHall in St. Petersburg. She is a laureate of the National Symphony Orches-tra’s Young Soloist Competition.

Grace has performed with chamber ensembles around the world. She performed the world premiere of Samuel Carl Adams’ String Sextet and aCarnegie Hall–commissioned work by Andy Akiho. Grace has been recog-nized for her work in the Vitas Quartet, her chamber collaborations at TrinityWall Street’s “Concerts at One,” and for performances at the Yellow BarnMusic Festival, Music@Menlo, IMS Prussia Cove, and the Perlman MusicProgram’s Chamber Music Workshop.

While pursuing her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at the New EnglandConservatory under the tutelage of Donald Weilerstein and Miriam Fried,Grace achieved the unprecedented honor of sweeping both of the school’sconcerto competitions in the same year. She represented the conservatoryin an inaugural series of house concerts and a live performance on WGBHtelevision.

Kwan Bin Park, violinKwan Bin Park holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees fromthe Juilliard School of Music, where he was a recipient of theGluck Fellowship. He won the silver medal at the Zinetti International Chamber Music Competition in Verona, Italy,competing with groups from 20 different countries as therepresentative of the U.S. Kwan Bin’s other awards includebeing a finalist at the National Chamber Music Competitionat Green Lake, Wisconsin, and a finalist at the 2005 BrahmsInternational Competition in Austria.

Kwan Bin has performed in numerous venues around the world, includingCarnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, and Merkin Hall in New York; Benaroyaand Nordstrom Recital Halls in Seattle; and at the Busan and Seoul national

Cello Concerto with the Pacific Symphony, under the direction of Carl St. Clair.

Meeka was offered a scholarship to the Cleveland Institute of Music’sYoung Artist Program at age 15, where she finished her high schooldiploma, and then her Bachelor’s degree in 2002. During her last year inCleveland, Meeka performed the Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1 withthe CIM orchestra under the direction of Wilson Hermanto, associate con-ductor of the Cleveland Orchestra. Recent concerto appearances include the Haydn Cello Concerto in C major with the Utah Symphony, under thedirection of Keith Lockhart.

An avid chamber musician, Meeka has participated in many summer festi-vals, performing with members of the Juilliard and Cleveland quartets. Shehas received invitations to the Aspen, Ravinia, Taos, Kingston, Sun Valley,and Kneisel Hall music festivals.

Meeka lives in Green Lake in Seattle with her husband, the Emmy award–winning composer and trumpet soloist Anthony DiLorenzo. They have oneson, Luca. She plays a 1908 cello by Stefano Scarampella.

Craig Sheppard, pianoPianist Craig Sheppard has had a commanding presence onthe international scene for the past 40-plus years. A gradu-ate of both the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia and the Juil-liard School in New York, Craig won the Silver Medal of the1972 Leeds International Pianoforte Competition, moved toLondon the following year and spent the next 20 years per-forming on multiple occasions with all the British orches-

tras, many in both the U.S. (Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, San Francisco,etc.) and on the European continent (including the Berlin Philharmonic andLa Scala), and with many of the leading conductors of the day, includingErich Leinsdorf, Sir Georg Solti, James Levine, Michael Tilson Thomas,Leonard Slatkin, Arthur Fiedler, Aaron Copland, Yehudi Menuhin, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Kurt Sanderling, and David Zinman.

Craig’s devotion to collaborative work shows in the many artists of previousand present generations with whom he has performed, including Victoria delos Angeles, José Carerras, Ida Handel, James Ehnes, and AugustinHadelich, among others.

Craig possesses an eclectic repertoire from the Baroque to the present, having performed this season the 24 Preludes and Fugues of Shostakovich,Op. 87, in Houston, San Francisco, Oberlin, Shanghai, and Beijing. His April25 recital of the Shostakovich in Seattle’s Meany Theater was recorded on theRomeo label for release in September 2015.

Since 1993, Craig has been Professor of Piano at the School of Music of theUniversity of Washington in Seattle. With colleague Dr. Robin McCabe, hehosts the annual Seattle Piano Institute in July, dedicated to the growth ofthe well-rounded musician in today’s demanding world. His website iswww.craigsheppard.net.

arts centers in South Korea. He has toured extensively in Europe in cities in-cluding London, Paris, Vienna, Poertschach, Munich, Verona, Barcelona, andAmsterdam.

Kwan Bin’s performance of Daron Hagen’s complete cycle of piano trios(Naxos CD, 2010) was described as played “with… prowess and finesse, [it]deserves every second of your attention,” by Daniel Gilliam of National Pub-lic Radio (NPR). The recording was chosen as one of five Best American Con-temporary Classical Albums of 2010 by NPR.

Kwan Bin has been the Artistic Director of the Mukilteo Christmas Concertfor 17 years.

Michael Partington, guitarMichael Partington is one of the most engaging concertplayers of his generation. Praised by Classical Guitar mag-azine for his “lyricism, intensity, and clear technical com-mand,” this award-winning British guitarist has performedto unanimous critical praise. Audiences are put at ease byhis charming stage manner and captivated by his interpre-tations. An innate rhythmic understanding and sense for

tonal color combine to form some of the most memorable phrasing to beheard on the guitar.

Michael began playing guitar at age 6 while growing up in Wales, gave hisfirst public performance at age 7, and won his first competition at age 9. He has trained with many of the world’s greatest guitarists, including OscarGhiglia, Eliot Fisk, Eduardo Fernández, Manuel Barrueco, and David Russell.Russell commented on Michael’s “exquisite good taste and fluid perfection.”

Michael has appeared throughout North America, Europe, Russia, and Scan-dinavia as a soloist and with ensembles. He has performed live on radio inthe U.S. and U.K., including BBC Radio 3’s In Tune, BBC Wales, and SaintPaul Sunday on National Public Radio.

An advocate of new music, Michael has commissioned and premiered worksby Stephen Goss, Bryan Johanson, Toshio Hosokawa, Angelo Gilardino, TomBaker, Kevin Callahan, and others. He released eight solo CDs for RosewoodRecordings, and can be heard on the Cadenza and Present Sounds labels. He is currently artist-in-residence and director of the guitar program at theUniversity of Washington in Seattle.

Meeka Quan DiLorenzo, celloMeeka Quan DiLorenzo joined Seattle Symphony in 2009after five seasons as associate principal cellist of the UtahSymphony. She began her cello studies at age 6 in her nativecity of San Francisco with Suzuki teacher Beth Goldstein.Other teachers include Julie Feldman, Irene Sharp, StephanGeber, and Richard Aaron.

Meeka has been a prizewinner in several national and international compe-titions. At age 16, Meeka made her orchestral debut playing the Dvořák

Cello Concerto with the Pacific Symphony, under the direction of Carl St. Clair.

Meeka was offered a scholarship to the Cleveland Institute of Music’sYoung Artist Program at age 15, where she finished her high schooldiploma, and then her Bachelor’s degree in 2002. During her last year inCleveland, Meeka performed the Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1 withthe CIM orchestra under the direction of Wilson Hermanto, associate con-ductor of the Cleveland Orchestra. Recent concerto appearances include the Haydn Cello Concerto in C major with the Utah Symphony, under thedirection of Keith Lockhart.

An avid chamber musician, Meeka has participated in many summer festi-vals, performing with members of the Juilliard and Cleveland quartets. Shehas received invitations to the Aspen, Ravinia, Taos, Kingston, Sun Valley,and Kneisel Hall music festivals.

Meeka lives in Green Lake in Seattle with her husband, the Emmy award–winning composer and trumpet soloist Anthony DiLorenzo. They have oneson, Luca. She plays a 1908 cello by Stefano Scarampella.

Craig Sheppard, pianoPianist Craig Sheppard has had a commanding presence onthe international scene for the past 40-plus years. A gradu-ate of both the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia and the Juil-liard School in New York, Craig won the Silver Medal of the1972 Leeds International Pianoforte Competition, moved toLondon the following year and spent the next 20 years per-forming on multiple occasions with all the British orches-

tras, many in both the U.S. (Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, San Francisco,etc.) and on the European continent (including the Berlin Philharmonic andLa Scala), and with many of the leading conductors of the day, includingErich Leinsdorf, Sir Georg Solti, James Levine, Michael Tilson Thomas,Leonard Slatkin, Arthur Fiedler, Aaron Copland, Yehudi Menuhin, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Kurt Sanderling, and David Zinman.

Craig’s devotion to collaborative work shows in the many artists of previousand present generations with whom he has performed, including Victoria delos Angeles, José Carerras, Ida Handel, James Ehnes, and AugustinHadelich, among others.

Craig possesses an eclectic repertoire from the Baroque to the present, having performed this season the 24 Preludes and Fugues of Shostakovich,Op. 87, in Houston, San Francisco, Oberlin, Shanghai, and Beijing. His April25 recital of the Shostakovich in Seattle’s Meany Theater was recorded on theRomeo label for release in September 2015.

Since 1993, Craig has been Professor of Piano at the School of Music of theUniversity of Washington in Seattle. With colleague Dr. Robin McCabe, hehosts the annual Seattle Piano Institute in July, dedicated to the growth ofthe well-rounded musician in today’s demanding world. His website iswww.craigsheppard.net.

arts centers in South Korea. He has toured extensively in Europe in cities in-cluding London, Paris, Vienna, Poertschach, Munich, Verona, Barcelona, andAmsterdam.

Kwan Bin’s performance of Daron Hagen’s complete cycle of piano trios(Naxos CD, 2010) was described as played “with… prowess and finesse, [it]deserves every second of your attention,” by Daniel Gilliam of National Pub-lic Radio (NPR). The recording was chosen as one of five Best American Con-temporary Classical Albums of 2010 by NPR.

Kwan Bin has been the Artistic Director of the Mukilteo Christmas Concertfor 17 years.

Michael Partington, guitarMichael Partington is one of the most engaging concertplayers of his generation. Praised by Classical Guitar mag-azine for his “lyricism, intensity, and clear technical com-mand,” this award-winning British guitarist has performedto unanimous critical praise. Audiences are put at ease byhis charming stage manner and captivated by his interpre-tations. An innate rhythmic understanding and sense for

tonal color combine to form some of the most memorable phrasing to beheard on the guitar.

Michael began playing guitar at age 6 while growing up in Wales, gave hisfirst public performance at age 7, and won his first competition at age 9. He has trained with many of the world’s greatest guitarists, including OscarGhiglia, Eliot Fisk, Eduardo Fernández, Manuel Barrueco, and David Russell.Russell commented on Michael’s “exquisite good taste and fluid perfection.”

Michael has appeared throughout North America, Europe, Russia, and Scan-dinavia as a soloist and with ensembles. He has performed live on radio inthe U.S. and U.K., including BBC Radio 3’s In Tune, BBC Wales, and SaintPaul Sunday on National Public Radio.

An advocate of new music, Michael has commissioned and premiered worksby Stephen Goss, Bryan Johanson, Toshio Hosokawa, Angelo Gilardino, TomBaker, Kevin Callahan, and others. He released eight solo CDs for RosewoodRecordings, and can be heard on the Cadenza and Present Sounds labels. He is currently artist-in-residence and director of the guitar program at theUniversity of Washington in Seattle.

Meeka Quan DiLorenzo, celloMeeka Quan DiLorenzo joined Seattle Symphony in 2009after five seasons as associate principal cellist of the UtahSymphony. She began her cello studies at age 6 in her nativecity of San Francisco with Suzuki teacher Beth Goldstein.Other teachers include Julie Feldman, Irene Sharp, StephanGeber, and Richard Aaron.

Meeka has been a prizewinner in several national and international compe-titions. At age 16, Meeka made her orchestral debut playing the Dvořák

Elena Urioste, violinElena Urioste, recently selected as a BBC New GenerationArtist, has been hailed by critics and audiences for her richtone, nuanced lyricism, and commanding stage presence.Since making her debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra atage 13, she has appeared with major orchestras in the U.S.and abroad, including the London and New York philhar-monics; the BBC Symphony, BBC Philharmonic, and

National Orchestra of Wales; the Cleveland Orchestra; the Boston Pops; andthe Chicago, Atlanta, Detroit, Pittsburgh, and National symphony orchestras.

Elena has collaborated with acclaimed conductors Sir Mark Elder, ChristophEschenbach, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Keith Lockhart, and Robert Spano; pianists Mitsuko Uchida, Dénes Várjon, and Christopher O’Riley; cellistsPeter Wiley, Colin Carr, and Carter Brey; violists Kim Kashkashian andMichael Tree; and violinists Joseph Silverstein, Shlomo Mintz, and Cho-Liang Lin. She has been a featured artist at the Marlboro, Ravinia, and LaJolla music festivals, among others.

Winner of Switzerland’s Sion-Valais International Violin Competition, a London Music Masters Award, a Salon di Virtuosi career grant, and the inaugural Sphinx Medal of Excellence, Elena has appeared on NBC’s TodayShow, Telemundo, Performance Toda, and the Emmy award–winning docu-mentary Breaking the Sound Barrier. Chosen by Latina magazine as one ofthe “Future Fifteen,” she was featured in the magazine’s 15th-anniversaryissue.

Elena is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, where she studied withJoseph Silverstein, Pamela Frank, and Ida Kavafian. She completed graduatestudies with Joel Smirnoff at the Juilliard School.

Paul Wiancko, celloCellist and composer Paul Wiancko has performed extensivelythroughout the U.S., Europe, South America, Japan, and SouthAfrica. In addition to solo performances with orchestrasaround the world, Paul has collaborated with artists from allwalks of life, including Midori, Yo-Yo Ma, the Guarneri Quar-tet, Etta James, Dave Stewart, Joe Cocker, Stanley Clarke, andmany others.

Paul has composed works for the Grammy-winning Parker Quartet, cellistJudith Serkin, violist Ayane Kozasa, the Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival, and Bargemusic in Brooklyn. His studio productions, which rangefrom experimental orchestral arrangements to gospel funk tunes, can beheard on numerous albums, commercials, and films. Recent highlights in-clude scoring the new prison-drama feature film Heartlock, as well as a newMars exploration–based work for solo piano commissioned by Peter Smith,the principal investigator for NASA’s Phoenix mission to Mars. Paul is cur-rently the resident composer for the Twickenham Festival and will beCaramoor’s commissioned composer for the summer of 2016.

Wiancko has toured regularly with Chick Corea, ECCO, and Musicians from

Marlboro, and is a member of the Brooklyn-based electro-acoustic chamberensemble Bright Wave. He spends his spare time woodworking; fly-fishing;and practicing guitar, bass, harmonica, berimbau, shamisen, and theremin.

Jasper Wood, violinCanadian violinist Jasper Wood has performed with manyof North America’s finest orchestras, in cities such asToronto, Montreal, Winnipeg, Buffalo, and throughout Europe. He has performed under the batons of GregoryNovak, George Cleve, Georg Tintner, Bramwell Tovey, andMiguel Harth-Bedoya. Jasper has also garnered acclaim forhis performances as a recitalist and chamber musician,

which have taken him to major cities worldwide in venues such as DameMyra Hess concerts (Chicago), Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall (New York),and the Toronto Centre for the Performing Arts. Jasper has been equallycommitted to performing in Canada’s smaller communities, such as theNorthwest Territories and other parts of northern Canada.

Jasper performs with guitarist Daniel Bolshoy in Duo Rendezvous, and withpianist David Jalbert and cellist Yegor Dyachkov in the piano trio TripleForte. He also performs frequently with pianist David Riley, with whom hehas performed for 20 years and collaborated on multiple recordings.

The Halifax Chronicle Herald wrote the following about Jasper’s musician-ship: “As an added gift, violinist Jasper Wood played… with a gorgeoussound and brilliant control of his instrument. Wood sounded like an entireviolin section unto himself.”

In 2013, Jasper’s CD project included a recording of the works of Americancomposer Mathew Fuerst. Education and outreach has always been importantto Jasper, and as such he regularly visits schools and gives master classes.

Jasper resides in Vancouver with his wife, Grace, and two children. He is Associate Professor of Violin and Chamber Music at the University of BritishColumbia. He plays a 1914 Stefano Scarampella violin. See more aboutJasper at www.jasperwood.net/en.

Fellowship QuartetThe Daana Quartet, a student ensemble at the University of Washington,holds a unique position at the university – a group of touring artists who perform in local schools and throughout the community. Known as the UWMusic Link Program, the touring program is in its inaugural season, trainingartists to create educational curricula and concerts for performance in venuesthroughout the area.

Mentored by world-renowned music and education faculty at the universityand by touring artists who perform in the UW World Series, the Daana Quar-tet has taken their educational performances to public schools throughoutthe Seattle area. As winners of the 2015 UW Chamber Music Competition,the Daana Quartet will be the official scholarship ensemble representing theUW School of Music on- and off-campus for the 2015–16 year.

It is therefore fitting that the quartet – Erin Kelly, violin; Sol Im, violin;Alessandra Barrett, viola; and Sonja Myklebust, cello – is featured this year as the Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival’s Fellowship Quartet, a scholarship program made possible through the generosity of the Betti Foundation.

Weston Gaylord, hostWeston Gaylord is an actor, director, musician, writer, and lyri-cist from Seattle, who is currently attending Stanford Univer-sity. As an actor, Weston has performed with Seattle Children’sTheater, CalShakes, San Jose Repertory Theater, ArtsWestPlayhouse, and numerous student organizations.

Recent appearances include roles in My Fair Lady (as Col.Pickering), The Fantasticks (as Hucklebee), and An Inspector

Calls (as Inspector Goole). Weston is currently a professional member ofStanford Repertory Theater.

Weston directed American Buffalo in 2014 and projects with the ReDesign-ing Theater program at Stanford’s Institute of Design. Favorite past roles include Fagin, Macbeth, and Tevye, but Weston hopes he will never actuallybecome a pickpocket, a murderer, or a milkman.

Weston’s writing includes librettos for two original musicals, A Campus Divided (produced in 2013) and Full Doom on the Quad (produced in 2012).Weston is a co-creator, writer, and actor for the original web series HigherEducation, and the writer and host of the “Starting on a Hat” podcast.

Weston has narrated with the Seattle Symphony and performed originalwork for the 2013 season of the Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival. Hemet Kevin Krentz accidentally in a crowd of thousands.

Dave Beck, hostDave Beck is an award-winning host and producer at KING-FMradio in Seattle. Before joining KING-FM, Dave got his start in1985 at KUOW, as classical music host and music director. In1993 Dave was promoted to co-host and interviewer on theKUOW programs “The Beat,” “Weekday,” and “KUOW Presents.”

Dave’s national and regional broadcast honors include the Pub-lic Radio News Directors Incorporated (PRNDI) Award for Best Interview,and the Society of Professional Journalists Northwest Regional ExcellenceAward. Dave is a 2008 National Endowment for the Arts Fellow in ClassicalMusic Journalism.

An active musician (cellist) as well as broadcaster, Dave is a member of theAuburn Symphony Orchestra, and he has played as principal cellist of theBellevue Philharmonic and Seattle Philharmonic orchestras. He is currentlya member of the Simple Measures board of directors. Dave has served asboard president of the Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras and has per-formed in the Seattle-based chamber music society Klassikon and in theBravura String Quartet.

Lynette Westendorf, presenterEmmy–award winning composer Dr. Lynette Westendorf hasbeen composing and performing her original works in creativejazz and modern classical music for over 40 years. She has fiveCDs of original works to her credit, and her experience has en-compassed works for the recital stage, modern dance, theater,sound installation, documentary film, and audio recordings.

From her earliest compositions, Lynette has embraced multiple musical styles– from traditional folk, avant jazz, modern classical, and free improvisation topopular and eclectic styles. She designed and made a xylophone out of hubcaps. Collaborating with the late sculptor Bernard Hosey, she recorded exten-sively, playing a 300-foot-long aeolian harp. A successful composition, toLynette, is one that cannot be described according to established norms.

Among her works are two orchestra commissions – her award-winning firstsymphony was premiered in 1984, and the second was commissioned in2009. Since that time she has composed works for choir, voice, piano, cham-ber ensembles of various instrumentation, and many jazz pieces in smallerform. Her works have been performed throughout the U.S., in England,Spain, Germany, and British Columbia.

Throughout her life, Lynette has been a dedicated music teacher. She has main-tained a private piano studio since the 1970s. She has taught college-level the-ory as well as music theory and fundamentals on a community level, and hascoached performing ensembles. She has presented numerous pre-concert lec-tures/demos pertaining to modern music, and is a sought-after accompanist.

Lynette is an outdoor enthusiast and a quilter. She collects rocks. She andher husband live in Winthrop.

Verne Windham, hostVerne Windham came to Spokane in 1971 to become principalhornist of the Spokane Symphony, having played in the orches-tra while in high school in the 1960s. At the same time he be-came French horn instructor at Washington State University.

While playing in the symphony, Verne founded many musicgroups, which played everything from baroque to modernmusic. Two highlights were RSVP, a trio that played classical

music in Henny’s bar, and the Spokane Falls Brass Band, famous for ragtimeand other American music.

In the 1980s Verne began announcing for the fledgling public radio stationKPBX, becoming its music director in the early 1990s and, more recently, itsprogram director. In 1996 Verne found his dream job, as conductor of thefreshest, most exciting and second-best orchestra in the region, the SpokaneYouth Orchestra. Verne had previously conducted the Spokane Symphony oneducational tours and at the Festival at Sandpoint. He has also conducted forSpokane Opera and Spokane Ballet.

Verne is married to the soprano Susan Windham. Their children sing andplay drums and tuba.

Elena Urioste, violinElena Urioste, recently selected as a BBC New GenerationArtist, has been hailed by critics and audiences for her richtone, nuanced lyricism, and commanding stage presence.Since making her debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra atage 13, she has appeared with major orchestras in the U.S.and abroad, including the London and New York philhar-monics; the BBC Symphony, BBC Philharmonic, and

National Orchestra of Wales; the Cleveland Orchestra; the Boston Pops; andthe Chicago, Atlanta, Detroit, Pittsburgh, and National symphony orchestras.

Elena has collaborated with acclaimed conductors Sir Mark Elder, ChristophEschenbach, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Keith Lockhart, and Robert Spano; pianists Mitsuko Uchida, Dénes Várjon, and Christopher O’Riley; cellistsPeter Wiley, Colin Carr, and Carter Brey; violists Kim Kashkashian andMichael Tree; and violinists Joseph Silverstein, Shlomo Mintz, and Cho-Liang Lin. She has been a featured artist at the Marlboro, Ravinia, and LaJolla music festivals, among others.

Winner of Switzerland’s Sion-Valais International Violin Competition, a London Music Masters Award, a Salon di Virtuosi career grant, and the inaugural Sphinx Medal of Excellence, Elena has appeared on NBC’s TodayShow, Telemundo, Performance Toda, and the Emmy award–winning docu-mentary Breaking the Sound Barrier. Chosen by Latina magazine as one ofthe “Future Fifteen,” she was featured in the magazine’s 15th-anniversaryissue.

Elena is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, where she studied withJoseph Silverstein, Pamela Frank, and Ida Kavafian. She completed graduatestudies with Joel Smirnoff at the Juilliard School.

Paul Wiancko, celloCellist and composer Paul Wiancko has performed extensivelythroughout the U.S., Europe, South America, Japan, and SouthAfrica. In addition to solo performances with orchestrasaround the world, Paul has collaborated with artists from allwalks of life, including Midori, Yo-Yo Ma, the Guarneri Quar-tet, Etta James, Dave Stewart, Joe Cocker, Stanley Clarke, andmany others.

Paul has composed works for the Grammy-winning Parker Quartet, cellistJudith Serkin, violist Ayane Kozasa, the Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival, and Bargemusic in Brooklyn. His studio productions, which rangefrom experimental orchestral arrangements to gospel funk tunes, can beheard on numerous albums, commercials, and films. Recent highlights in-clude scoring the new prison-drama feature film Heartlock, as well as a newMars exploration–based work for solo piano commissioned by Peter Smith,the principal investigator for NASA’s Phoenix mission to Mars. Paul is cur-rently the resident composer for the Twickenham Festival and will beCaramoor’s commissioned composer for the summer of 2016.

Wiancko has toured regularly with Chick Corea, ECCO, and Musicians from

Marlboro, and is a member of the Brooklyn-based electro-acoustic chamberensemble Bright Wave. He spends his spare time woodworking; fly-fishing;and practicing guitar, bass, harmonica, berimbau, shamisen, and theremin.

Jasper Wood, violinCanadian violinist Jasper Wood has performed with manyof North America’s finest orchestras, in cities such asToronto, Montreal, Winnipeg, Buffalo, and throughout Europe. He has performed under the batons of GregoryNovak, George Cleve, Georg Tintner, Bramwell Tovey, andMiguel Harth-Bedoya. Jasper has also garnered acclaim forhis performances as a recitalist and chamber musician,

which have taken him to major cities worldwide in venues such as DameMyra Hess concerts (Chicago), Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall (New York),and the Toronto Centre for the Performing Arts. Jasper has been equallycommitted to performing in Canada’s smaller communities, such as theNorthwest Territories and other parts of northern Canada.

Jasper performs with guitarist Daniel Bolshoy in Duo Rendezvous, and withpianist David Jalbert and cellist Yegor Dyachkov in the piano trio TripleForte. He also performs frequently with pianist David Riley, with whom hehas performed for 20 years and collaborated on multiple recordings.

The Halifax Chronicle Herald wrote the following about Jasper’s musician-ship: “As an added gift, violinist Jasper Wood played… with a gorgeoussound and brilliant control of his instrument. Wood sounded like an entireviolin section unto himself.”

In 2013, Jasper’s CD project included a recording of the works of Americancomposer Mathew Fuerst. Education and outreach has always been importantto Jasper, and as such he regularly visits schools and gives master classes.

Jasper resides in Vancouver with his wife, Grace, and two children. He is Associate Professor of Violin and Chamber Music at the University of BritishColumbia. He plays a 1914 Stefano Scarampella violin. See more aboutJasper at www.jasperwood.net/en.

Fellowship QuartetThe Daana Quartet, a student ensemble at the University of Washington,holds a unique position at the university – a group of touring artists who perform in local schools and throughout the community. Known as the UWMusic Link Program, the touring program is in its inaugural season, trainingartists to create educational curricula and concerts for performance in venuesthroughout the area.

Mentored by world-renowned music and education faculty at the universityand by touring artists who perform in the UW World Series, the Daana Quar-tet has taken their educational performances to public schools throughoutthe Seattle area. As winners of the 2015 UW Chamber Music Competition,the Daana Quartet will be the official scholarship ensemble representing theUW School of Music on- and off-campus for the 2015–16 year.

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It is therefore fitting that the quartet – Erin Kelly, violin; Sol Im, violin;Alessandra Barrett, viola; and Sonja Myklebust, cello – is featured this year as the Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival’s Fellowship Quartet, a scholarship program made possible through the generosity of the Betti Foundation.

Weston Gaylord, hostWeston Gaylord is an actor, director, musician, writer, and lyri-cist from Seattle, who is currently attending Stanford Univer-sity. As an actor, Weston has performed with Seattle Children’sTheater, CalShakes, San Jose Repertory Theater, ArtsWestPlayhouse, and numerous student organizations.

Recent appearances include roles in My Fair Lady (as Col.Pickering), The Fantasticks (as Hucklebee), and An Inspector

Calls (as Inspector Goole). Weston is currently a professional member ofStanford Repertory Theater.

Weston directed American Buffalo in 2014 and projects with the ReDesign-ing Theater program at Stanford’s Institute of Design. Favorite past roles include Fagin, Macbeth, and Tevye, but Weston hopes he will never actuallybecome a pickpocket, a murderer, or a milkman.

Weston’s writing includes librettos for two original musicals, A Campus Divided (produced in 2013) and Full Doom on the Quad (produced in 2012).Weston is a co-creator, writer, and actor for the original web series HigherEducation, and the writer and host of the “Starting on a Hat” podcast.

Weston has narrated with the Seattle Symphony and performed originalwork for the 2013 season of the Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival. Hemet Kevin Krentz accidentally in a crowd of thousands.

Dave Beck, hostDave Beck is an award-winning host and producer at KING-FMradio in Seattle. Before joining KING-FM, Dave got his start in1985 at KUOW, as classical music host and music director. In1993 Dave was promoted to co-host and interviewer on theKUOW programs “The Beat,” “Weekday,” and “KUOW Presents.”

Dave’s national and regional broadcast honors include the Pub-lic Radio News Directors Incorporated (PRNDI) Award for Best Interview,and the Society of Professional Journalists Northwest Regional ExcellenceAward. Dave is a 2008 National Endowment for the Arts Fellow in ClassicalMusic Journalism.

An active musician (cellist) as well as broadcaster, Dave is a member of theAuburn Symphony Orchestra, and he has played as principal cellist of theBellevue Philharmonic and Seattle Philharmonic orchestras. He is currentlya member of the Simple Measures board of directors. Dave has served asboard president of the Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras and has per-formed in the Seattle-based chamber music society Klassikon and in theBravura String Quartet.

Lynette Westendorf, presenterEmmy–award winning composer Dr. Lynette Westendorf hasbeen composing and performing her original works in creativejazz and modern classical music for over 40 years. She has fiveCDs of original works to her credit, and her experience has en-compassed works for the recital stage, modern dance, theater,sound installation, documentary film, and audio recordings.

From her earliest compositions, Lynette has embraced multiple musical styles– from traditional folk, avant jazz, modern classical, and free improvisation topopular and eclectic styles. She designed and made a xylophone out of hubcaps. Collaborating with the late sculptor Bernard Hosey, she recorded exten-sively, playing a 300-foot-long aeolian harp. A successful composition, toLynette, is one that cannot be described according to established norms.

Among her works are two orchestra commissions – her award-winning firstsymphony was premiered in 1984, and the second was commissioned in2009. Since that time she has composed works for choir, voice, piano, cham-ber ensembles of various instrumentation, and many jazz pieces in smallerform. Her works have been performed throughout the U.S., in England,Spain, Germany, and British Columbia.

Throughout her life, Lynette has been a dedicated music teacher. She has main-tained a private piano studio since the 1970s. She has taught college-level the-ory as well as music theory and fundamentals on a community level, and hascoached performing ensembles. She has presented numerous pre-concert lec-tures/demos pertaining to modern music, and is a sought-after accompanist.

Lynette is an outdoor enthusiast and a quilter. She collects rocks. She andher husband live in Winthrop.

Verne Windham, hostVerne Windham came to Spokane in 1971 to become principalhornist of the Spokane Symphony, having played in the orches-tra while in high school in the 1960s. At the same time he be-came French horn instructor at Washington State University.

While playing in the symphony, Verne founded many musicgroups, which played everything from baroque to modernmusic. Two highlights were RSVP, a trio that played classical

music in Henny’s bar, and the Spokane Falls Brass Band, famous for ragtimeand other American music.

In the 1980s Verne began announcing for the fledgling public radio stationKPBX, becoming its music director in the early 1990s and, more recently, itsprogram director. In 1996 Verne found his dream job, as conductor of thefreshest, most exciting and second-best orchestra in the region, the SpokaneYouth Orchestra. Verne had previously conducted the Spokane Symphony oneducational tours and at the Festival at Sandpoint. He has also conducted forSpokane Opera and Spokane Ballet.

Verne is married to the soprano Susan Windham. Their children sing andplay drums and tuba.

Sandy Mackie, presidentMike Real, vice president

Jane Orme, secretaryCarolanne Steinebach

Carolyn CilekDelene MonettaDavid Chantler

Howard Johnson

Liz Johnson, executive directorJennifer Epps, summer festival director

Rebecca Thomson, event coordinator

Advisory BoardSonya CampionDavid Ebenger

Robert and Charlotte NelsonHerbert Wimberger

Gerald SparlingKaren Edwards

Richard and Nancy GodeJohn Ehrenberg

Lynette Westendorf

Methow Valley Chamber Music FestivalP.O. Box 249

Winthrop, WA 98862509.997.5000

[email protected]

CreditsCover photo: Teri J. Pieper

Program design: Marcy Stamper

FESTIVAL BOARD AND STAFF

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Signal Hill Ranch Winthrop, Washington

Kevin Krentz, Artistic Director

July 23 to August 1, 201520th season

Documents

MVCMF program 2015A:Layout 1 - methowmusicfestival.orgselected Debussy Etudes 7:30 pm Centerstage Concert hosted by Verne Windham History of the Tango Astor Piazzolla (1921 – 1992)