Dec 19, 2019
Though she came from a family of distinguished music teachers, performing is the first love of Seattle Symphony Principal Second Violin Elisa Barston. She'll do plenty of performing in December and January when she solos with the SSO in the demanding Four Seasons Violin Concertos. She'll present versions by both...
Dec 11, 2019
Performing on an instrument made of ice, introducing a high-tech concert hall and taking musical inspiration from the worlds of dance and martial arts are all in a day's work for the cellist Seth Parker Woods. He's the first ever Seattle Symphony Artist in Residence at the new Octave 9: Raisbeck Music Center in...
Dec 5, 2019
“Be Prepared” is not only a motto in the world of scouting, but it’s good advice for those who work as Associate Conductors of professional symphony orchestras. Lee Mills holds that position with the Seattle Symphony. When the orchestra’s music director, Thomas Dausgaard, was unable to conduct the season opening...
Nov 21, 2019
A signature programming approach of Seattle Symphony Music Director Thomas Dausgaard is to collaborate with folk musicians in exploring the roots of symphonic music by composers like Rachmaninoff and Sibelius. This week’s SSO performances of Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring” in Benaroya Hall are preceded by a 20...
Nov 15, 2019
For about a year, Seattle Symphony Principal Cellist Efe Baltacigil has been in conversation with Seattle-based composer Angelique Poteat as the two have collaborated on this week’s world premiere of Angelique’s new cello concerto. Angelique is a much admired clarinetist and composer with deep ties to the...