Music on the Strait Festival Finale: A World Premiere by Paul Chihara

• Kyu-Young Kim, violin
• James Garlick, violin
• Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir, cello
• Richard Yongjae O'Neill, viola
• George Li, piano

The Seattle-born composer Paul Chihara spent his childhood in Minidoka, Idaho at an internment camp for Japanese Americans. Artistic Directors Richard O’Neill and James Garlick present the world premiere of a new duo that Chihara has written expressly for Music on the Strait. Felix Mendelssohn’s vivacious D minor Piano Trio and Edward Elgar’s romantic masterpiece, his Piano Quintet in A minor, conclude our 2022 season! 

Free livestream available at musiconthestrait.com.

COVID-19 Protocols: Masks required.

About Music on the Strait

Music on the Strait celebrates chamber music in the singularly beautiful environment of the Olympic Peninsula and Salish Sea. Founded in Port Angeles in 2018 by locally-raised musicians James Garlick and Richard O'Neill in partnership with the Port Angeles Symphony, Music on the Strait aims to share chamber music, both its traditions and its emerging voices, through community programming and educational outreach.

About Kyu-Young Kim, violin

https://cla.umn.edu/about/directory/profile/kimx0885

About James Garlick, violin

https://www.macalester.edu/music/studio-instructors/

About Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir, cello

http://www.saeunn.com/

About Richard Yongjae O'Neill, viola

https://www.richard-oneill.com/

About George Li, piano

http://www.georgelipianist.com/