Advent & Christmas Concert
Free
- Grant Sears, violin
- Roberta Hansen Downey, cello
- April Kuhr, piano & organ
Please join us for a concert of Christmas and Advent music on December 22 at 7:30pm, featuring Grant Sears, violin; Roberta Hansen Downey, cello; and April Kuhr, piano and organ.
About Roberta Hansen Downey, cello
Roberta Hansen Downey grew up in Seattle and Tacoma. She earned her Bachelor of Music at the University of Southern California, studying cello with Gabor Rejto, and continued her cello studies with Cordelia Wikarski-Miedel. She was a winner of the Northwest Young Artist Competition and the Don Bushell Concerto Competition. She joined the Northwest Chamber Orchestra in 1978, and subsequently joined the Seattle Symphony in 1982. After her first six seasons with the Orchestra, Roberta took time off to earn her Master’s Degree in Performance at the Eastman School of Music. She is a frequent guest artist on the Second City Chamber series in Tacoma.