Seattle Festival Orchestra: Our Place in this World
$20 ($15 seniors, $5 youth)
- Bhavani Kotha, oboe
- Yuchi Chou, conductor
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
Franz Joseph Haydn — Oboe Concerto in C major, Hob. VIIg:C1
Journey into the rainforest with the Seattle Festival Orchestra and explore themes of fate, magic and mimicry at our winter concert, "Our Place in This World." Music Director Bobby Collins continues this year's theme of featuring new music and young soloists, with Parrot in the Rainforest by Korean composer SiHyun Uhm, and Haydn's Oboe Concerto featuring Seattle soloist Bhavani Kotha. Completing the program is Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony of which the composer said, "Ought it not to express all those things for which words cannot be found but which nevertheless arise in the heart and cry out for expression."
The orchestra will be conducted by guest conductor Dr. Yuchi Chou.
Seattle Festival Orchestra will also perform a family-friendly version of it's "Our Place in this World" program on Saturday, March 9 at First United Methodist Church. This family concert will feature a shortened program.
About Seattle Festival Orchestra
Seattle Festival Orchestra is an all-volunteer community orchestra that presents concerts to delight and engage a 21st-century audience. With diverse programming, SFO creates space for its audience to experience the catharsis of the wide range of emotions available in orchestra music, to feel with our musicians the joy, sorrow, wonder, and ecstasy of our art.
http://www.seattlefestivalorchestra.org/About Bhavani Kotha, oboe
Oboist Bhavani Kotha was a winner of the 2019 National Yamaha Young Performing Artists Competition and the National Federation of Music Clubs Carolyn Nelson Double Reed Award. Based in Seattle, WA, she has performed with the Oregon Symphony, Oregon Ballet Theatre, Eugene Symphony, Boise Philharmonic, Boise Baroque Orchestra, The Sound Ensemble, North Corner Chamber Orchestra (NOCCO), and Seattle Modern Orchestra. She was also featured on Classical King FM Northwest Focus Live and Musical Chairs Seattle radio broadcasts. Her debut album, Bhavani's Oboe, was released in 2019. Bhavani balances a busy freelance performance schedule with teaching and fundraising for Mary's Place.
https://www.bkoboe.com/About Yuchi Chou, conductor
Dr. Yuchi Chou, born in Taiwan, enjoys an international career as a conductor and pianist, as well as being a passionate educator and performer. Dr. Chou has been the winner of 2021 International Conductors Competition and Workshop in Atlanta, finalist of International Erno Lanyi Competition, Ansbacher Fellowship with Vienna Philharmonic at the Salzburg Festival, Conducting Fellow of Allentown (PA) Symphony, Aspen Music Festival, Conducting Fellow and at Peninsula Music Festival and San Francisco Shenson Fellowship. Dr. Chou has performed at Carnegie Hall, Chicago Symphony Hall, San Francisco Davies Symphony Hall, and Cleveland Severance Hall. Currently Dr. Chou serves as assistant conductor to Seattle Collaborative Orchestra and President of the Bellevue Federated Music Club. Past positions include Guest Conductor of Philharmonia Northwest, Guest Conductor of Western Washington University; Assistant Conductor of Peninsula Music Festival, Community Women's Orchestra (Oakland, CA); Coaching Conductor of San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra. Yuchi concluded her academic journey at Northwestern University after San Francisco Conservatory and Oberlin Conservatory. As a Mercer Island resident, Yuchi loves watching her honeybees buzzing in the backyard.
https://syso.org/staff/yuchi-chou/