Our Sixth Season
November 21 and 22, 2009
Haydn, Opera, and a Tuba
Auber - Overture to 'Fra Diavolo'
Haydn - Symphony No. 101 (The "Clock")
Frescobaldi - Toccata
John Williams Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra
Tuba Soloist Jon Hansen
Jon Hansen, a native of Bellingham, Washington, is currently in his first year of graduate tuba study with Chris Olka at the University of Washington. In high school, he was fortunate to have studied with Dr. Carla Rutschman at Western Washington University.
Last May, he graduated from the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music, where he was taught by Jim Self and Norm Pearson. While in Los Angeles, Jon played with the USC Thornton Symphony, Wind Ensemble, and Chamber Orchestra, The Four Tuba Quartet, and a contemporary improvisation orchestra called The Anything Goes Collaborative, among other groups. This last year has brought him to the Rafael Mendez Brass Institute in Denver, Colorado, as well as Porto, Portugal, as a soloist with the Portuguese tuba ensemble, How Low Can You Go?, both for a live concert and the group's upcoming CD. Also in Portugal, Jon studied tuba with Sérgio Carolino, a tubist for whom he wrote a piece that is soon to be recorded. Jon is currently performing often with The Fabulous Party Boys, a funk band based out of Seattle.
Saturday, November 21 at 7:30 p.m., at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 415 S. 18th St. Mount Vernon
Sunday, November 22, at 3:00 p.m., Central Lutheran Church, 925 N. Forest St., Bellingham
January 31, 2010
Snohomish Music Teachers Association Concerto Competition Winners
Jeanette Ojala, piano, Mozart Concerto in F Major, K.459, Allegro
Katrina Overgaard, piano, Beethoven Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15, Allegro con brio
Colleen McElroy, flute, Griffes Poem for Flute and Orchestra
Isis Rush, violin, Mozart Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K.219, Allegro aperto
Marie Leou, violin, Mozart Concerto No. 3 in G Major, K. 216, Allegro
Dan Skubi, voice, Sullivan "The Nightmare Song" from 'Iolanthe'(alternate winner)
First Presbyterian Church of Everett
2936 Rockefeller Ave.
Everett, WA
3:00 p.m.
February 27 and 28, 2010
Beethoven, Bloch, and a Pianist
Boieldieu - Overture to 'La Dame Blanche'
Beethoven - Symphony No. 4
Bloch Concerto Grosso No. 1, with pianist Lynne Berg
Pierne - Suite for Orchestra
Saturday, February 27 at 7:30 p.m., at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 415 S. 18th St. Mount Vernon
Sunday, February 28, at 3:00 p.m., Central Lutheran Church, 925 N. Forest St., Bellingham
May 8 and 9,
2010
A Classical Pops Concert
Mendelssohn - Wedding March
Dukas - The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Gliere - 'Russian Sailor's Dance'
Anderson - 'Plink, Plank, Plunk!'
Strauss - Three Waltzes
Williams - 'Basin Street Blues'
Mercer - 'That Old Black Magic'
Sibelius - Finlandia
May 8,
7:30 p.m. at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 415 S. 18th
St., Mount Vernon
May 9,
3:00 p.m., 925 N. Forest St., Bellingham
