St. John’s Episcopal Church (19th & Capitol Way, Olympia) announces the third concert in their 2022-2023 organ series celebrating the completion of the Schlicker organ. Paul Tegels, Associate Professor of Music at Pacific Lutheran University (PLU), will perform on Saturday, March 4, 2023 at 3pm. Tegel’s program includes works by well-known composers such as J.S. …
Emerald City Music presents a night of legendary pianists in our flagship date-night experience of classical music. The evening features recent winners of the Van Cliburn Competition alongside iconic pianist Wu Han, an open bar, and a “wander-around” concert setting with no stage dividing you from our vastly talented musicians. PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY: Nutcracker …
Olympia Opera Theatre Washington’s newest opera company located in the heart of Olympia Washington. It is our mission to bring opera and music theater to nontraditional spaces, allowing the audience to be fully immersed in the story and characters’ experiences. Our premier concert features some of western Washington’s finest singers, as well as exciting guest …
Sunday, November 6, at 4 pm, join Student Orchestras of Greater Olympia (SOGO) for our Fall Concert at the Washington Center for the Performing Arts! SOGO is pleased to welcome Andy Classen, Professor of Trumpet and Jazz Studies at Drake University, as the featured guest artist for our season opening concert. Professor Classen will perform …
Emerald City Music celebrates our seventh season finale with two impactful works based on the number seven, performed in our beautiful South Sound home venue: The Minnaert Center. Program: Andrea CASARRUBIOS: SEVEN for solo cello (2020) Ludwig van BEETHOVEN: Septet in E-flat major, Op.20 (1800) The Artists: Kristin Lee, violin Dana Kelley, viola Thomas Mesa, …
Emerald City Music brings WindSync back to our stages to give the world-premiere of a new wind quintet by GRAMMY-nominated flutist and composer Nathalie Joachim. Program: Jean-Philippe RAMEAU/arr. Kara LaMoure: Pastoral Suite (1748-1753) Akshaya Avril TUCKER: Hold Sacred (2020) Marc MELLITS: Apollo (2019) Theia Sea of Tranquility Buzz Luna Nova Debbie Waltzing on …
Emerald City Music peeks into the musical friendship of two iconic composers – Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms – in the intimate setting of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. Program: Robert SCHUMANN: Phantasiestüke Op. 88 (1842) Johannes BRAHMS: Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8 (1853, 1899) The Artists: The Sitkovetsky Trio …
Emerald City Music presents winners of the 2022 Van Cliburn Competition alongside legendary pianist, Wu Han in our beautiful South Sound home venue: The Minnaert Center. Program: Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY: Nutcracker Suite for two pianos (arr. Nicholas ECONOMOU) (1892) Sergei RACHMANINOFF: Suite No. 1 for two pianos, Op. 5 (1893) – Intermission – Pyotr …
The award-winning Telegraph Quartet performs three powerful and contrasting works in the intimate Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. Program: Florence PRICE: Five Folksongs in Counterpoint (1950) Grażyna BACEWICZ: String Quartet No. 4 (1951) Maurice RAVEL: String Quartet in F Major (1903) The Artists: The Telegraph Quartet: Eric Chin, violin Joseph Maile, violin Pei-Ling Lin, …
Emerald City Music reveals the wild historical development of the cello from the Baroque period to today, in the newly renovated Washington Center for the Arts. Program: Johann Sebastian BACH: Prelude to Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012, for piccolo cello (1720) Domenico GABRIELLI: Ricercar No. 7, for baroque cello (1688) Kaija …