Classical Tuesdays in Old Town Tacoma: Tacoma Composers
Free
- Maria Sampen, violin
- Margeret Betts, harp
- Soon Cho, mezzo-soprano
- Dawn Padula, mezzo-soprano
- Pamela Ryker, flute
- Cindy Renander, clarinet
- Lawrence Bradley, clarinet
- Elizabeth C.D. Brown, guitar
Melia Watras — Selected works
Jerry Kracht — Selected works
Sheila Bristow — Selected works
Elise Winkler — Selected works
Kathryn Derksen — Selected works
Some of the region's stellar musical talents be will celebrated. Tacoma area composers Rob Hutchinson, Melia Watras, Jerry Kracht, Sheila Bristow, Elise Winkler, and Kathryn Derksen have created a variety of works for harp, flute, clarinet and bass clarinet, violin, guitar, and voice. Hear Tacoma musicians Maria Sampen, Margaret Betts, Soon Cho, Dawn Padula, Pamela Ryker, Cindy Renander, Lawrence Bradley, and Elizabeth Brown.
Join us in historic Slavonian Hall! or look for a video of the evening to be posted on YouTube.com/classicaltuesdays on November 15.
About Maria Sampen, violin
Maria Sampen is the University of Puget Sound School of Music's professor of violin and chair of the string department. With extensive experience as a soloist and chamber performer, Sampen teaches a talented studio of Puget Sound students. Her students are frequent winners of various competitions at the local and regional levels.
https://www.pugetsound.edu/faculty-pages/msampen/?subject=Maria%20Sampen,%20violinistAbout Margeret Betts, harp
About Soon Cho, mezzo-soprano
Praised by Opera News for her "potent presence" and acclaimed by Cincinnati Post as "regal in bearing, with vocal endowments to match," lyric mezzo-soprano Soon Cho has gained recognition for her sensitive artistry. She is renowned for her performances in recital, concert, and opera stages.
https://www.plu.edu/music/staff/soon-cho/About Dawn Padula, mezzo-soprano
Dawn Padula, mezzo-soprano is a versatile performer of opera, oratorio, musical theatre, jazz, and classical concert repertoire. Opera roles include Carmen (Carmen), Azucena (Il Trovatore), Lady Jane (Patience 2018 Gregory Awards People’s Choice Award Nominee), Lady Blanche (Princess Ida), Ruth (The Pirates of Penzance), Cherubino (Le Nozze di Figaro), Suzuki (Madama Butterfly), Meg (Falstaff), The Third Lady (The Magic Flute), the Witch (Hansel and Gretel), Maddalena (Rigoletto), Isabella (The Italian Girl in Algiers), Erika (Vanessa), and the Sorceress (Dido and Aeneas). In the Pacific Northwest, she has performed with Tacoma Opera, Seattle Gilbert and Sullivan Society, Kitsap Opera, Concert Opera of Seattle, PLU’s Jazz Under the Stars, Puget Sound Concert Opera, the Tacoma Concert Band, the Oregon Symphony, the Portland Symphonic Choir, the Seattle Bach Choir, the Second City Chamber Series, Classical Tuesdays in Old Town Tacoma Concert Series, Lakewood Playhouse, and Opera Pacifica. With Seattle Opera, she is a member of the Supplementary Chorus. In June 2017, she toured to Varna and Sofia, Bulgaria as the mezzo-soprano soloist in Mozart’s Requiem with the Pazardzhik Symphony. In August 2017, she released her debut classical solo album, Gracious Moonlight, featuring Dominick Argento’s Pulitzer Prize winning song cycle, From the Diary of Virginia Woolf. Dr. Padula is currently the Director of Vocal Studies at the University of Puget Sound School of Music.
http://dawnpadula.com/home.htmlAbout Elizabeth C.D. Brown, guitar
Elizabeth C.D. Brown is head of the Guitar and Lute program at Pacific Lutheran University and is active throughout the Pacific Northwest as a solo and ensemble performer. Known for her musically passionate performances, she has given solo recitals and performed concertos throughout North America. An enthusiastic advocate for the guitar and lute, Ms. Brown has given numerous outreach performances at schools, senior centers, and community centers for the Seattle Classic Guitar Society and the Early Music Guild, as well as by arrangement while on tour. Also active as a chamber musician, Ms. Brown is a member of La Lira, Baroque Northwest, and the Puget Sound Consort and has appeared with many other ensembles and well-respected musicians. She has been featured on Channel 9's KCTS Connects program, and has given numerous radio interviews and performances. Ms. Brown's first solo recording, La Folía de España: Dances for Guitar, features works for baroque, 19th-century and modern guitars.
http://www.elizabethcdbrown.com