Haller Lake Music Series: The Brittany Boulding Ensemble
$20 suggested ($5 for students and children)
Franz Schubert — String Quartet No. 12 in C minor, D. 703 "Quartettsatz"
Ludwig van Beethoven — String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18, No. 4
Brittany Boulding, violin
Mae Lin, violin
Sayaka Kokubo, viola
Eric Han, cello
Schubert – String Quartet No. 12 “Quartettsatz” in C minor, D. 703 (I. Allegro assai)
Haydn – String Quartet in G minor, Op. 74 No. 3
Beethoven – String Quartet in C minor, Op. 18 No. 4
Seattle Symphony’s Brittany Boulding returns with her ensemble to Haller Lake Music Series.
No need to dress up! There's plenty of off-street, free parking. Audience members get a chance to speak with the musicians at a post-concert reception in Fellowship Hall across from the chapel, where there are free refreshments.
About the artists
Violinist Brittany Boulding, a member of the Seattle Symphony and Seattle Opera Orchestra, has appeared most recently as a soloist with the Northwest Sinfonietta, Olympia, Auburn, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Bainbridge, Thalia, Cascade, Spoleto, New Haven Symphony Orchestras as well as the Orquesta de Camara Concerto Sur (Cuba). Her major music festival appearances include Tanglewood, Spoleto, Aspen, Vail, Banff and Bellingham. A passionate chamber musician, she is a member of the Finisterra Trio and can be seen performing at chamber festivals across the county and abroad. Ms. Boulding earned her Bachelor of Music from Rice University and Professional Studies Certificate from the Colburn Conservatory with Robert Lipsett. A Pacific Northwest native, Ms. Boulding grew up performing and recording with her family, the internationally acclaimed Magical Strings.
Korean-born Canadian cellist Eric Han made his concerto debut with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra at the age of 14. Following his debut, he had many engagements with Toronto Sinfonietta, Toronto Chamber Players and Boston’s Symphony by the Sea. As a guest artist and Artist in Residence, Han has participated at various festivals including the Moritzburg Festival, La Jolla SummerFest, Music@Menlo and Sarasota Music Festival, among others. Han studied with David Hetherington at the Glenn Gould School, Ronald Leonard at Colburn School of Music (BM), Peter Wiley and Carter Brey at the Curtis Institute of Music.
Born in Tokyo, Japan, Sayaka Kokubo has earned honors, prizes, and awards from many competitions and foundations including the Primrose International Competition, Pasadena Instrumental Competition, Carmel Music Society Competition, Music Academy of the West Concerto Competition, Ohmagari Music Competition, Maestro Foundation, Colburn Foundation and Leni Febland Foundation. Her radio appearances include KUSC, K-Mozart, and KCBX. The Peninsula Review praised Ms. Kokubo’s playing “The real tour de force…mature polished playing that was truly artistic and simply the best viola playing.” The America Viola Society Magazine described her Paganini as “... just dazzling!” Ms. Kokubo joined Seattle Symphony in 2007. She was a soloist for the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra as it opens its 28th Concert Season 2010-2011.
Mae Lin joined the Seattle Symphony in 2008 as a member of the second violin section. In 2014, she joined the first violin section. Having grown up in Bellevue, she was very excited to return home to join her hometown symphony. She previously served as Associate Concertmaster of the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra and Artist in Residence at the University of Evansville with the Eykamp String Quartet. Ms. Lin received a Bachelor of Music and a Master of Music in performance from The Juilliard School, where she studied with Naoko Tanaka, and was the recipient of the Irene Diamond Scholarship.