Ladies Musical Club: Gottschalk Birthday Celebration
Free
- Dora Barnes, soprano
- Lin Chen, violin
- Steven Damouni, piano
- Diana Gao, piano
- Katie Beisel Hollenbach, clarinet
- Karin McCullough, piano
- Colin Ward, baritone
Louis Moreau Gottschalk — The Last Hope, Op 16
Louis Moreau Gottschalk — Suis Moi! Caprice, Op. 45
Louis Moreau Gottschalk — The Banjo Op. 15
Louis Moreau Gottschalk — Le Bananier Op. 5
Louis Moreau Gottschalk — The Mountaineer's Song
Louis Moreau Gottschalk — I Don’t See It, Mama
Louis Moreau Gottschalk — O Loving Heart, Trust On
Louis Moreau Gottschalk — Viens, ô ma belle, RO 120
Louis Moreau Gottschalk — Ave Maria
Louis Moreau Gottschalk — Ô ma charmante, épargnez moi!, ("O my charmer, spare me"), Op. 44
Louis Moreau Gottschalk — Souvenir de Puerto Rico
About Dora Barnes, soprano
Dora Barnes was born and raised in Yakima Washington and now resides in Seattle. She is a classically trained vocalist, pianist, and saxophonist, and is currently studying with Davida Kagen. Dora attended Yakima Valley Community College and Central Washington University with a focus on vocal performance. Dora has performed with the Seattle Art Song Society, Ladies Musical Club, and the Puget Sound Concert Opera, among others. Notably, she has performed as Zerlina in Don Giovanni, placed 1st in the PAFE Opera division, placed 3rd in the Seattle Opera Guild's Singer Development Awards, and was an honorable mention in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Awards. When not singing opera, Dora is the lead singer and plays saxophone in two Motown/Oldies bands, and also composes her own music.
https://www.dorabarnes.com/About Lin Chen, violin
Lin Chen is a freelance vocalist, violinist, and music educator in the Greater Seattle area. Growing up in Australia, she was fortunate to study music with esteemed teachers from the Griffith Conservatorium in Brisbane and the Sydney conservatorium. Her experience in vocal performance expands multiple genres including Classical, Musical theatre and Jazz. She currently studies voice with Dr. Kari Ragan. Lin is also a violin coach for the Bellevue Youth Symphony Orchestra (BYSO) and performs with a number of local ensembles including her own string quartet—Quartet Evolution. Her career highlights include performing at the Sydney Opera House, Westminster Abbey and Cologne Cathedral. She enjoys giving regular recitals in Seattle with the Ladies Musical Club.
About Diana Gao, piano
Diana Gao began studying piano at age 4. She moved to the U.S. from China in 2013 to pursue her MBA at the University of Washington (UW), and is currently a Senior Marketing Manager at Microsoft. Although she has pursued a career outside of music, the piano has remained a significant mainstay in her life. She has consistently cultivated her passion through regular lessons and performances. She’s been studying with Dr. Robin McCabe from UW and is a prizewinner in many competitions, including Gold Medalist of the Seattle International Competition and First Prize of the "Golden Classical Music Awards" International Competition. She also performed at the prestigious Piano Texas International Festival. Since 2020, she has presented annual fundraising recitals through the Microsoft Give campaign, raising thousands of dollars in support of local organizations. Those events reinforced her belief that music has the power to inspire change and make the world a better place.
https://pianotexas.tcu.edu/artists/profile/teachers_amateurs/diana-gao.phpAbout Katie Beisel Hollenbach, clarinet
Katie Beisel Hollenbach received a Bachelor of Music degree in clarinet performance from the University of Denver, twice placing in the Boulder Philharmonic Young Artists Concerto Competition, as well as traveling to Assisi, Italy as a finalist in the International Clarinet Association's annual research competition. She received her PhD in musicology from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and is currently the assistant director for admissions and lecturer at the University of Washington School of Music. An active musicologist, Katie's research on 1940s music fandom will soon be published by Oxford University Press, and she is currently serving as the Trustee, Archives for the Ladies Musical Club of Seattle.
About Karin McCullough, piano
Karin McCullough took the less-traveled road to a music career. A serious pianist while growing up in Illinois, she suppressed her aspirations and instead became a paralegal. One day she was asked to accompany opera singers at a Fremont Bistro—a weekly engagement lasting 5 years. By then her popularity as an accompanist, soloist and piano teacher let her trade her life as a paralegal for that of a full-time musician. Karin is a Nationally Certified Teacher of Music in Piano. Karin maintains a flourishing piano studio in Ballard and performs frequently in the Seattle area. She is an active volunteer and member of Seattle Music Teachers Association (SMTA), Principal Organizer for the local chapter of Bach in the Subways, and has served on the boards of SMTA and Musical Experiences, a nonprofit classical music education organization. Karin is the pianist for Third Church of Christ, Scientist.
http://Bachinthesubways.comAbout Colin Ward, baritone
Colin Ward is a graduate of Western Washington University with a Major in Political Science and a Minor in Music. He has appeared in many concerts and operas including The Ballad of Baby Doe as Bushy, Le Nozze di Figaro as Count Almaviva, and I Pagliacci as Beppe. Colin Ward also occasionally performs with the Seattle Opera Chorus. Colin sings regularly with Puget Sound Concert Opera, notably as the Priest (Idomeneo) and Frederico (L'amico Fritz).