Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Portland musicians at summer festivals

This summer many Portland area instrumentalists are performing at summer festivals. Here's a partial list:

Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra

David Buck - principal flute
Todd Kuhns - clarinet
Aaron LaVere - principal trombone
Karen Strand - oboe
Brenda Liu - viola

Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra

Julie Coleman - violin
Gregory Ewer - violin
Joël Belgique - viola
JaTtik Clark - Tuba
and
Amy Schwartz Moretti - concertmaster (ASM was the former Oregon Symphony concermaster)

Britt Festival Orchestra

Camilla Wilson Scott - violin
Barbara George - violin
Brenda Liu - viola
Catherine Barrett - harp

Sunriver Festival

Charles Noble - viola
Heather Blackburn - cello
Jun Iwasaki - soloist on August 14 - (Vaughan William's The Lark Ascending for Violin & Orchestra)
Jeffrey Work - soloist on August 22 - (Hummel's Concerto in E for Trumpet & Orchestra)

Also, Amy Schwartz Moretti is performing at the Seattle Chamber Music Society's Summer Festival and will be in Portland to direct the new Portland Summer Ensembles program, which is sponsored by Chamber Music Northwest.

2 comments:

nobleviola said...

Heather and I will also be at the Sunriver Festival, as we have been for the last 10 years or so!

James Bash said...

Great! I'll add you in!