Seattle Modern Orchestra: therefore i was
$25 ($15 senior, $10 student)
- Sarah Pyle, flute
- Rachel Yoder, clarinet
- Ha-Yang Kim, cello
- Bonnie Whiting, percussion
- Cristina Valdés, piano
- Sophie Baird-Daniel, harp
R. Murray Schafer — The Crown of Ariadne (for harp)
Giacinto Scelsi — Ko-Lho (for flute & clarinet)
Jérémy Jolley — (contro-)clessidra III for cello and percussion (world premiere)
Jérémy Jolley — (contro-)clessidra IV for piano and electronics (world premiere)
SMO will return to the Chapel Performance Space for its second concert, featuring exclusively small chamber and solo works. The program includes Ash Fure's piano trio therefore i was, Giacinto Scelsi's celebrated i for flute and clarinet, world premieres by Jérémy Jolley for piano and electronics and cello and percussion from his (contro-)clessidra series, and a remembrance of Canadian composer, R. Murray Schafer, with the performance of his virtuosic work for solo harp, The Crown of Ariadne.
About Seattle Modern Orchestra
Founded in 2010, Seattle Modern Orchestra (SMO) is the only large ensemble in the Pacific Northwest solely dedicated to the music of the 20th and 21st Centuries. Led by co-artistic directors Julia Tai and Jérémy Jolley, SMO commissions and premieres new works from an international lineup of composers, in addition to presenting important pieces from the contemporary repertoire that are rarely if ever heard by Seattle audiences. The ensemble "operates at that exciting cusp between old and new, between tradition and innovation" (Vanguard Seattle) curating new sounds and experiences for concert goers in the region.
SMO provides audiences with performances of the best in contemporary chamber and orchestral music, and develops radio talks, lectures, and other forms of outreach in an accessible and inviting format all designed to expand the listener’s appreciation and awareness of the music of today.
http://www.seattlemodernorchestra.org/About Sarah Pyle, flute
About Rachel Yoder, clarinet
About Ha-Yang Kim, cello
About Bonnie Whiting, percussion
Bonnie Whiting (she/her) performs, improvises, and composes new music for percussion. Exploring intersections of storytelling and experimental music, her work is often cross-disciplinary, integrating text, music, movement, and technology. Her debut album, featuring a solo-simultaneous realization of John Cage's 45' for a speaker and 27’10.554 for a percussionist was released by Mode Records in 2017, and her second album, Perishable Structures, launched on the New Focus Recordings label in 2020. Whiting is a core member of the Seattle Modern Orchestra and she has performed with the country’s leading new music groups: Ensemble Dal Niente, International Contemporary Ensemble, Talea Ensemble, and red fish blue fish percussion group. Bonnie uses Innovative Percussion sticks and mallets, and she is Chair of Percussion Studies and the Ruth Sutton Waters Associate Professor of Music at the University of Washington.
http://www.bonniewhitingpercussion.com