PLU Artist Series: The 'Goldberg Variations' by J.S. Bach

• Artur Girsky, violin
• Timothy Christie, viola
• Rowena Hammill, cello

Featuring an arrangement for string trio by Dmitri Sitkovetsky. Performed by Artur Girsky, violin; Timothy Christie, viola; and Rowena Hammill, cello.

COVID-19 Protocols: As of Saturday, March 12, 2022 the PLU campus has moved to a mask-optional policy in concert with changes at the state level and recommendations of the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department. In addition, the university will no longer mandate proof of vaccination for visitors attending campus events.

About Pacific Lutheran University Music Department

https://www.plu.edu/music/

About Artur Girsky, violin

https://www.seattlesymphony.org/en/about/meetthemusicians/theorchestra/artists/second-violin/girsky-artur

About Timothy Christie, viola

https://www.pugetsound.edu/faculty-pages/tchristie/

About Rowena Hammill, cello

Originally from Australia, cellist Rowena Hammill graduated with a master's degree from Indiana University where she was teaching assistant to Janos Starker. She has held professorships at the University of Northern Iowa and California State University Northridge and was Associate Principal Cello of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. Presently, she divides her time between her positions as Associate Principal Cello of the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra and Artistic Director of Vashon Chamber Music in Washington state.

In Los Angeles, she has performed with the Gold Coast Concert Artists, Pittance Chamber Music, and for the Guild Series. In the Seattle area, she curates and performs concerts for Club Shostakovich, and with the Girsky Quartet presents the Vashon Beethoven Quartet Project, performing all the quartets of Beethoven over three years, 2015-2018.

In 2016, she directed the inaugural Vashon Island Cello Camp, a summer camp for students ages 14 and older. Vashon Chamber Music is now in its eighth season, bringing chamber music concerts to the residents of beautiful Vashon Island in Puget Sound as well as outreach concerts in schools and senior centers all over the Seattle area.