Ladies Musical Club: Duets for Violin and Viola | Songs for Mother’s Day

• Lin Chen, violin
• Mariya Ksondzyk, viola
• Julia Bezems, soprano
• Peter Nelson-King, piano

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — String Duo No. 1 in G major for violin and viola, K. 423 ("1. Allegro")
Jean Sibelius — Duo in C Major
Reinhold Glière — Huit Morceaux (8 Duets for Violin and Cello), Op. 39 ("1. Prelude," "2. Gavotte," "3. Berceuse," "4. Canzonetta," & "8. Etude")
Franz Schubert — Ellens dritter Gesang, D. 839, Op. 52, No. 6 "Ave Maria"
Robert Schumann — Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42 ("VI. Süsser Freund, du blickest mich verwundert an" & "VII. An meinem Herzen, an meiner Brust")
Jason Robert Brown — Songs for a New World ("Christmas Lullaby")
Francis Poulenc — La courte paille ("I. Le sommeil" & "II. Quelle aventure!")
Antonín Dvořák — Songs My Mother Taught Me, B. 104, Op. 55, No. 4

About Ladies Musical Club of Seattle

http://www.lmcseattle.org/

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 Julia Bezems, soprano

Julia Bezems is excited to join the Bellevue Chamber Chorus for their 2023-24 Season as Student Assistant Conductor. Hailing from Allentown, PA, Julia holds Bachelors degrees in voice performance and computer science from the University of Michigan, and she is now active as a choral conductor and ensemble singer in the Seattle area. While at the University of Michigan, she performed frequently as a soprano with the Chamber Choir and as a soloist with the University Baroque Orchestra. Since moving to the Seattle area in 2022, she has sung with Seattle Pro Musica, Opus 7 Vocal Ensemble, and Northwest Symphony Orchestra, and Radiance vocal ensemble. She serves as the co-leader of the Seattle branch of Crescendo North America, an international organization for Christian musicians, and she freelances as a choral conductor for projects with Crescendo and other community engagements. Julia works as a software engineer at Microsoft, and she enjoys hiking and studying theology.

https://soundcloud.com/julia-bezems

About Peter Nelson-King, piano

Peter Nelson-King is an active performer and teacher on trumpet and piano, and plays regularly with multiple orchestras and large ensembles in the Seattle area. A King County native, they earned degrees from University of Puget Sound and Boston University, returning to the Seattle area after freelancing in the Northeast. They are a longtime member of Lake Washington Symphony Orchestra and Brass Band Northwest, and a frequent recurring member of the experimental jazz group Scrambler. As a solo and chamber performer, they specialize in promoting works by composers who have unjustly fallen into neglect, and have revived major works by dozens of these composers for Seattle audiences.

https://www.facebook.com/peternkmusician/