Pacific MusicWorks Underground: Avant (Baroque) Garde on Whidbey Island

Pacific MusicWorks Underground and the Whidbey Island Music Festival present their second season of fun, informal, Cabaret-style concerts in the beautiful parish hall of St. Augustine's Episcopal Church. Enjoy world-class performance along with insights into the stories behind the music and complimentary wine and refreshments.

Avant (Baroque) Garde... It was music that broke all the rules, caused an uproar, and turned the establishment on its head. It was the birth of the modern, the birth of the cool. It rocked and it rolled 400 years ago, and they play it like it was written yesterday. Experience the music that pushed the limits and changed the world, including works by Castello, Marini, Rossi, Jarzebski, and more.

About Henry Lebedinsky

https://www.henrylebedinsky.com/

About Tekla Cunningham

Baroque violinist Tekla Cunningham delights in bringing the music of the baroque, classical and romantic eras to life with vivid and expressive historically informed performances.

Praised as "a consummate musician whose flowing solos and musical gestures are a joy to watch", her performances have been described as "ravishingly beautiful" and "stellar". Her greatest musical love is music of the baroque and chamber music of all stripes, though she can’t seem to quit Johannes Brahms. She is co-artistic director of Pacific MusicWorks in Seattle, artist-in-residence at the University of Washington and founder and director of the Whidbey Island Music Festival.

Tekla plays regularly as concertmaster and principal player with the American Bach Soloists. Her new release 'Stylus Phantasticus' with Pacific MusicWorks is delighting critics. "Tekla is a marvel…an endlessly songful bird". Early Music America describes the recording as "played with verve, the music presented here reaffirms the old notion that instrumental music can have the flair of any theatrical spectacle. … a stellar vessel for the boldest showmanship".

Tekla plays on a violin made by Sanctus Seraphin in Venice in 1746.

About Pacific MusicWorks Underground

http://www.pacificmusicworks.org/underground

About Anna Marsh

http://annamarshmusic.com/