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2013-2014 inaugural season Special thanks also to the following people who have generously contributed their time and wisdom to help launch this series:

Special thanks to our Maria V. Coldwell Sara Levant Series Founders: Connie Cooper Thomas Lewandowski Carol Salisbury Culbertson Robert DeLine Peggy Monroe Anthony Detrano William Whipple Neely Robert DeLine & Alan J. Knue Paul Elrif Rebecca Richards-Diop Seneca Garber Naomi Shiff Rebecca Kowals Sheila Smith

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W elcome to the inaugural season of Byron Schenkman & Friends at Benaroya Hall! Made with raw nuts, organic dried fruits, and egg white protein I am delighted to be back at Benaroya sharing some of my favorite music with friends onstage and off. Fits perfectly into paleo, gluten-free, and raw food diets Our series features music of the 18th and early 19th centuries, inspired by ideals of the Age of Enlightenment: individual Nutritious and tasty creativity, reason, learning, and a love of natural beauty. 18th-century musicians recognized that music could reach and transform us emotionally, intellectually, and spiritually % OFF for fans of and could also be just plain fun! As we strive to bring new Byron Schenkman & Friends light to this music of the past, may it bring new light into 10 Coupon code: Friendofbyron our lives in the present.

Enjoy! Artist Bios * page 2

photo: will austin B the Seattle Baroque in frequently inrecital withviolinistIngrid Matthews, with whom heco-founded Philharmonia Northwest, andthePortland . He also appears Daedalus theNorthwest Quartet, Sinfonietta, Pacific Baroque Orchestra, been afeatured Ensemble ofBoston,the guestwiththeChameleonArts He ensembleGut periodinstrument Reaction isamemberofthenew andhas described in University Jacobs SchoolofMusic. asguestlecturer inharpsichordserved attheIndiana andfortepiano teaches atSeattle University In andCornishCollegeoftheArts. from theIndianaperformance University SchoolofMusic. He currently New andreceived hismaster’s England Conservatory degree withhonorsin his New York recital debutonmodernpianoin “for outstandingachievement inthefieldofearlymusic.”Schenkmanmade BodkyAwardthe Erwin from theCambridgeSociety forEarlyMusic the National Music andtheMuseum ofFine Boston.He Arts, received 18 th-century repertoire, includingrecordingsth-century from onhistoricalinstruments yron S The New YorkThe Times chenkman

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October 6, 2013 intermission Thema: Cantabile andvariations Allegro conspirito Adagio assai-- WoO 36,no.1 Quartet inE-flat Major, Ludwig vanBeethoven: Rondo: Allegro Adagio conespressione Allegro vivace (1770-1827) WoO 36,no.3 Quartet inCMajor, Ludwig vanBeethoven: Byron Schenkman Nathan Whittaker Jason Fisher Liza Zurlinden QUARTETS BEETHOVEN *

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Joseph Haydn: Rondo: Allegro Andante conmoto Allegro moderato no. 2 Quartet inDMajor, WoO 36, Ludwig vanBeethoven: Presto Andante (1743-1805) violin, andcello), op. 12,no.4 inB-flat Major(piano, : Finale: Presto Adagio -- Allegro (1732-1809) H.XVI:24 Sonata inDMajor(pianosolo),

Beethoven piano quartets * page 3 Artist Bios * page 4

photo: Bob Peterson photo: Rika Manabe N Violist Violinist 18 Asuka Usui, live intheJamaica Plain neighborhood ofBoston.He playsonan as guestwiththeSingapore Orchestra. Jason Fisher andhiswife,violinist with inauguralceremonies for thenew Yong Siew Toh andperforming Conservatory as well asaPeabody Singapore Fellow, spendingamonthinSoutheast Asiaassisting outreach,of concerts, andculturalexchange inKazakhstanandtheKyrgyz Republic, “first-rate” ( the Peabody Trio, hewashailedasa“fineguestartist”, describedas hisperformance Emerson, Mendelssohn, andSt. Lawrence String In Quartets. anappearancewith with membersoftheFlorestan andPeabody Trios, andtheBrentano, Cleveland, as“delightfullyplaying wasportrayed rich” ( conversational nature ofchambermusic” ( as bringing“an andinnateunderstandingofthe intelligent,impassioned delivery foundedbi-coastalbaroquenewly ensemble,Gut Reaction. Jason hasbeendescribed acclaimed, co-directed chamber orchestra AFar Cry. He isalsoamemberofthe DiplomaArtist from SUNY Purchase. the University ofMichigan, aMaster ofMusic degree from RiceUniversity, andan NSS, andBlue Note Records. Ms.Zurlinden holdsaBachelor ofMusic degree from Memphis fortheyear Stringprofessor ofviolinandamembertheCeruti attheUniversity Quartet of Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra chambermusicprograms. She wasassistant the New York Summer , andthrough theNew York Youth Symphony and music inRiceUniversity’s pre-college musicprogram, attheUniversity ofMemphis, at Ms. Zurlinden maintainsaprivate teachingstudioandhasalsocoachedchamber and wasamemberoftheMosaic inNew Quartet York from collaborated withmembersoftheCleveland, Juilliard, andMendelssohn Quartets and theself-conductedchamberorchestra AFar inBostonsince Cry withtheNew ChamberOrchestraperformed inSan Century Francisco since Seattle andisthrilledtobemakingthisbeautifulcityherhome!Ms.Zurlinden has with chambermusic,orchestral playing,andteaching.She isarecent transplantto University Jacobs SchoolofMusic. from theUniversity of Washington in Northwest He andCornishCollegeoftheArts. completedaDoctorate ofMusical Arts he maintainsadynamicprivate studioandisonthefacultyatAcademy ofMusic and Harmonia andbroadcasts by NPR,CBC,andKINGFM.Anactive pedagogue, Seattle Invented“When theFuture.” He can be heard on recordings by ATMA Musique also composedandrecorded anoriginalscore fortheEmmy-nominated documentary stopsrangingfromB.C.), aswell Seattle asotherconcert toNew York toDubai. He Music Festival, Vancouver EarlyMusic Festival, andPacific Baroque (Victoria,Festival HisQuartet. and Portland Baroque Orchestra, andisafoundingmemberoftheOp. He playsregularly withtheSeattle Baroque Orchestra, Pacific Baroque Orchestra, soloist,chambermusician,recitalist,concert teacher, andhistoricalcellospecialist. th-century English violaby Richardth-century Duke madeinLondon, athan J L ason The Baltimore Sun iza W 2012-2013 F Z hittaker urlinden 2002-2003 isher concert seasonincludedappearancesattheIndianapolis concert Early ). He wasaCarnegieHall Fellow, takinghimonatour , native ofSeattle, isafoundingmemberofthecritically , violoncello,enjoys auniqueanddiverse career asa . She hasrecorded forNaxos, Paladino Music, Azica, , anative ofSan Francisco, enjoys acareer rich 2012 The Springfield Republican andalsoholdsdegrees from theIndiana The Times ArgusThe Times ). Fisher hasperformed 2008-2010 1768 . ), andhis 2007 20 .

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TOWN HALLSEATTLE’S FIFTHANNUAL * 6 Jan. 27,2014

photo: will austin I ngrid she isactive asavisualartist. inSeattle.on thefacultyofCornishCollegeArts In additiontoher musicalwork, the International Baroque Institute atLongy, andAmherstEarly Music, andiscurrently Washington, Indiana University, theUniversity ofSouthern CaliforniainLosAngeles, onthefacultiesofUniversityMatthews hasserved of Toronto, theUniversity of top recommendation Ingrid forthis music…oneithermodernorperiodinstruments.” works,” andthecriticfor by repertoire through theSonatas andPartitas ofJ.S.Bach. The latterrecording wasnamed won internationalcriticalacclaimforadiscographyrangingfrom theearliestsoloviolin the BostonEarlyMusic Festival Orchestra, Tafelmusik, andmanyothers.Matthews has ensembles includingtheNew York Collegium,theAustralian Brandenburg Orchestra, as soloist,guestdirector, withmanyprominent period-instrument orconcertmaster Competition forEarlyMusic, extensively Matthews around hasperformed theworld that positionin Byron Schenkmanin baroque violinistsofhergeneration.She foundedtheSeattle Baroque Orchestra with Third Ear’s ClassicalMusic Listening Companion M 2013 atthews . First prize-winner inthe 1994 prizes, andagoodtime for all! be chocolates, sparklingbeverages, Osborn. Andasalways, there will Jason Fisher,andclarinetist Sean violinist LizaZurlinden,violist joined bysoprano LindaTsatsanis, Byron Schenkmanwillbe piano. and obbligato violin;andthebeloved Kegelstatt Trio Kegelstatt violin; ariasincluding Featuring for pianoand costante American Record Guide , and served asMusic, andserved Director untilsteppingdown from haslongbeenestablishedasoneoftheleading from 1989 writes“this superbrecording ismy Il re Pastore re Il for ,viola,and as“the finestcompleteset ofthese Erwin BodkyInternational Erwin L’amerò, sarò sarò L’amerò, for soprano

MOZART BIRTHDAY TOAST TOWNHALLSEATTLE.ORG TOWN HALLSEATTLE’S FIFTHANNUAL Jan. 27,2014 prizes, andagoodtime for all! be chocolates, sparklingbeverages, Osborn. Andasalways, there will Jason Fisher,andclarinetist Sean violinist LizaZurlinden,violist joined bysoprano LindaTsatsanis, Pianist Byron Schenkmanwillbe piano. and obbligato violin;andthebeloved Kegelstatt Trio Kegelstatt violin; ariasincluding Featuring sonatas for pianoand costante from Il re Pastore re Il for clarinet,viola,and L’amerò, sarò sarò L’amerò, for soprano intermission Allegro Andante Allegro Adagio Sonata inBMinor, BWV 1014 Johann SebastianBach: Allegro Adagio Cembalo solo:Allegro Largo-- Allegro (1685-1750) Sonata inGMajor, BWV 1019 Johann SebastianBach: Byron Schenkman Ingrid Matthews INGRID MATTHEWS SONATASBACH WITH November 24,2013 *

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Johann SebastianBach: Presto Andante unpoco Allegro Dolce Sonata inAMajor, BWV 1015 Johann SebastianBach: BourréesIandII Allemande Prélude solo), BWV 807 inAMinor(harpsichord

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photo: Don Lassell photo: Iván Romero photo: Sheila Newbery A C J from theRenaissance tothemodernera.She appearsregularly with Tempesta home inSeattle. He isagraduateofIndiana University’s EarlyMusic Institute. and Indiana University Press. Originally from Wichita, Kansas,Mr. Foster now makeshis and thePhoenix . He hasrecorded forATMA Classique,CedilleRecords includethe performances Vancouver, Bloomington, andChicagoEarlyMusic Festivals, Chicago Theater, Baroque Band, andtheJeune Orchestre Atlantique. Festival others. He hasalsobeenheard withPacific Musicworks, Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra, American Opera Theater, Pacific Collegium, Toronto’s Classical and Music Consort, Seattle andPacific Baroque , the Consort, Victoria Newberry Baroque Players, “brilliantly introverted charm” ( most exciting musicalvoices new ofthenextgenerationearlymusicians.Praised forhis andtheIndiana UniversityVienna Conservatory EarlyMusic Institute. doctorate inearlymusicfrom Stanford University, andhasbeenavisitingprofessor atthe Academy ofMusic. She isa to Austria, shewasawarded theSoloist Diploma withHighest Honors from the Vienna Drag CityRecords (withJoanna Newsom), andHännslerClassics.AFulbright scholar harmonia mundiusa,Koch International, Reference Recordings, Musical Heritage Society, received internationalacclaim.She hasrecorded for Virgin Classics, Dorian, Solimar, andeightrecordingswhose performances onthe Virgin ClassicsandDorian labelshave Directorand others.Ms.LinsenbergisArtistic oftheBaroque ensembleMusica Pacifica the Portland andSeattle Baroque Orchestras, theOregon andCarmelBach Festivals, Symphony, ChamberOrchestra, LA Philharmonia Baroque, AmericanBach Soloists, San Francisco Symphony, theSan Francisco andLosAngelesOperas, theOregon Recorder Festival; andhasbeenfeatured withsuchleadingAmericanensemblesasthe including soloappearancesattheHollywood Bowl, LincolnCenter, andtheMontreal playing.” She extensively throughout hasperformed theUnited States andEurope, in theUSandhasbeenacclaimedforher“virtuosity,” “expressivity,” and“fearless Naxos, theSuper Bowl, andMusica Omnia. University andhasrecorded forAnalekta, ATMA, CBCRadio,NPR,Centaur, Avie, Ecuador annually forthepast4years. AnnaisABDfor herDoctorate at Indiana co-directs thegroup Ensemble Lipzodes whichhasrecorded twoCDsandhastoured School, Art The Western Baroque Festival, andRocky RidgeEarlyMusic Festival. She The EastmanSchool,theHawaii Performing Festival, Arts theLosAngelesMusic and the AmherstEarlyMusic Festival, San Francisco EarlyMusic Society Baroque Workshop, Chiostro, Sante Fe Pro Musica, AradiaEnsemble, andmanyothers.She hastaughtat Chicago Opera Theater, theHollywood Bowl, Banff Centre Musica fortheArts, nel Cathedral Baroque Orchestra, Trinity Wall Street, Ensemble Voltaire, Apollo’s Fire, also appeared withMusica AngelicaontheirtourswithJohn Malkovich, The National Buxtehude inPhiladelphia, AmericantigaOrchestra Consort in Washington DC.She has in Montreal, The DrydenEnsemble inPrinceton, Foundling Orchestra inProvidence, Music Society. She hasbeenafeatured soloistwiththeArionBaroque concerto Orchestra Baroque, Opera Lafayette, Ensemble Caprice, Washington Bach andClarion Consort di Mare, Opera Atelier, Tafelmusik, ArionBaroque Orchestra, Atlanta Baroque, Seattle urtis urtis udith nna F L M oster insenberg arsh , historicaloboesandrecorders, israpidly emergingasoneofthe summa cumlaude , ,isoriginallyfrom Tacoma, WA, andowns six , recorder, isoneoftheleadingexponentsrecorder Seattle Times ), hehasappeared asprinciple oboewiththe graduateofPrinceton University, holdsa

December 29,2013 Allegro Largo Allegro and continuo, RV 99 recorder, , violin, bassoon, Concerto inFMajor for : Vivace Andante Allegro Triste 41:f1(1681-1767) TWV continuo, in FMinorforbassoonand Telemann:Georg Philipp Sonata Allegro molto Largo Allegro cello, andcontinuo, RV 83 Sonata inCMinorfor violin, Antonio Vivaldi: Allegro (Largo) Allegro (1678-1741) bassoon, andcontinuo, RV 100 F Majorforrecorder, violin, Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in Anna Marsh Curtis Foster Linsenberg VIVALDI * *

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cello harpsichord intermission Allegro Largo Allegro RV 107 violin, bassoon,andcontinuo, in GMinorforrecorder, oboe, Antonio Vivaldi:Concerto Presto Allegro Adagio Allegro 42:d10 TWV recorder, violin, andcontinuo, Sonata inDMinorfor Telemann:Georg Philipp Allegro Largo Vivace op. 37,no.5(1689-1755) cello, andcontinuo, Sonata inAMinorfor violin, Josef BodindeBoismortier:

Vivaldi concertos * page 9 Lynne C. White White Restorations LLC

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Saturday, december 21, 2013, 8 pm Christmas in the Cloister - Music by Hildegard and Héloise St. James Cathedral

Saturday, march 15, 2014, 8 pm Saturday, may 17, 2014, 8 pm Sunday, march 16, 2014, 3 pm Eleanor of Aquitaine & Her Daughters Sun, Moon, and Stars Trinity Parish Church Trinity Parish Church www.medievalwomenschoir.org 206-264-4822 intermission LaMarais LaCupis LaForqueray and harpsichord,for violin, Concert no.5inDMinor Jean-Philippe Rameau: (1666-1747) violin andcontinuo inGMajorfor Rebel:Jean-Féry (1665-1729) continuo andfor violin,viol, Major Guerre:la Sonata no.4inG Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de LaRameau L’Indiscrète LaPantomime (1683-1764) and violviolin, Major forharpsichord, Concert no.4inB-flat Jean-Philippe Rameau: Byron Schenkman Elisabeth Reed Ingrid Matthews RAMEAU CONCERTS March 16,2014 *

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Jean-Henry D’Anglebert: Tambourins La Timide LaLapoplinière and viol harpsichord,for violin, Concert no.3inAMajor Jean-Philippe Rameau: Chaconne LaBagatelle Rondeau Petite Caprice Sarabande Allemande Prélude (1656-1728) and continuo (book v) Suite inAMinorfor viol : (1629-1691) harpsichord Chambonnières for deM.

Rameau concerts * page 11 Artist bios * page 12 www.behance.net/rrdd |[email protected] www.behance.net/rrdd Branding for

photo: Krista Gullickson C E Byron Schenkman &Friends Penderecki, directed by Helmut by theOregon Rilling,andperformed Bach including theGrammy of“Credo”, winningperformance composedby Krzysztof Emerson, Guarneri, and Tokyo He Quartets. isheard onanumberofrecordings, where with,amongothers, membersofthe hehashadtheprivilege ofperforming 1997 asprincipalbassistforthePortlandMr Daily hasserved ChamberOrchestra since across North chambermusicperformance, America.Alsoactive incontemporary with Pacific Baroque Orchestra in Vancouver BC,andinearlymusicfestivals Orchestra since a focusonworking withmusiciansandperformers. practitioner oftheFeldenkrais Method ofAwareness Through Movement, with Steven Stubbs andPacific Musicworks in Seattle, WA. She isa Guild-certified music withMonica Huggett inPortland, OR;andtheSt. John Passion with Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C.; ofHaydninclude performances trioswithIan Swensen andKen Slowik atthe at theUniversity ofCaliforniaatBerkeley. Highlights ofthiscurrent season Magnatune recording labels.She alsoteachesbaroque celloandvioladagamba Institute, shecanbeheard onthe Virgin Classics,Focus, and Oberlin Conservatory, theEastmanSchoolofMusic, andIndiana University’s Mozart Festival. AgraduateoftheNorth the Carolina SchooloftheArts, Ohai Festival, the Whidbey Island Music Festival, andtheSan Luis Obispo and attheBostonEarlyMusic Festival, theBerkeley EarlyMusic Festival, the appeared withtheSeattle, Portland, andPhilharmonia Baroque Orchestras, the AmericanBach Soloists, Voices ofMusic, and Wildcat , shehasalso powerful playingofthebaroque celloandvioladagamba.”Amemberof Reed provided theauthenticbaroque sound,withherdelicatelynuancedand suffused withheatandvigor.” The orchestra. Her playinghasbeendescribedinthepress as,“Intense, graceful, San Francisco ofMusic, Conservatory where sheisco-director ofthebaroque Festival Orchestra, soloists,andchorus. created by lisabeth urtis urtis andfrequently atChamberMusic performs Northwest inPortland, Oregon, D R aily 1989 eed RRD Design andSeattle Baroque Orchestra since has served asprincipalbassistwithPortland hasserved Baroque teachesbaroque celloandvioladagambaatthe Seattle Post-Intelligencer LLC

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June 15,2014 intermission Allegretto Adagio (1797-1828) for andpiano viola Sonata inAMajor, D.821, Schubert:Franz “Arpeggione” Rondo alla Turca Andante convariazioni Allegro Moderato (1778-1837) cello, andpiano Trio inF, op. 22,for violin, Johann NepomukHummel: Nathan Whittaker Jason Fisher Liza Zurlinden QUINTET SCHUBERT’S “TROUT” Allegro moderato *

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Schubert’s “Trout” Quintet * page 13 Medical Acupuncture An individualized approach

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