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CRESCENDO CHAMBER MUSIC PROJECT West Side Presbyterian Church more than music West Side Presbyterian Church 7:30 pm | July 6, 2021 Serenade in C Major, Op.10 Ernst von Dohnányi (1877 – 1960) Marcia: Allegro Romanza: Adagio non troppo Scherzo: Vivace Tema con variazioni: Andante con moto Rondo: Allegro vivace Li-Ling Liao, violin Agnes Chen, viola Janice Ching-Jung Lee, cello String Quartet in D Major, Op. 44 No. 1 Felix Mendelssohn (1809 – 1847) Molto allegro vivace Menuetto: un poco Allegretto Andante espressivo ma con moto Presto con brio Tom Dziekonski, violin Ingrid Fredrickson, violin Eileen Swanson, viola Virginia Dziekonski, cello Trio 1 in D minor, Opus 49 Felix Mendelssohn (1809 – 1847) Andante con molto tranquillo Tango: Por Una Cabeza Carlos Gardel (1890 – 1935) arr. Matthew Naughtin Cherlyn Johnson, violin Michael Tavani, cello Dorothy Sica, piano, Tarantelle, Op.6 Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 – 1921) Lauren Asimakoupoulos, flute Brian N. Schappals, clarinet Jamie Namkung, piano Taiwanese-Canadian including the International Summer Academy violinist LI-LING LIAO of the MDW — University of Music and studied at the Lucerne Performing Arts Vienna and the Orford Conservatory in Switzer- International Academy, among others. She had land with Daniel Dodds, engagements with Taiwan Youth Orchestra, the Boston Conservatory Taipei Symphony Orchestra, La Pietà — an with Lynn Chang, and the all-female string ensemble founded by Angèle New England Conservatory under James Dubeau, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, and Buswell IV and the legendary pedagogue Eric Los Angeles Philharmonic. She is currently the Rosenblith. She completed her violin studies principal viola of the Pacifica Chamber with a Doctoral degree from the University of Orchestra. Maryland under the tutelage of Dr. James Stern. Ms. Liao has appeared as a soloist with Taiwanese-American the Vancouver Philharmonic Orchestra (B.C.), cellist JANICE CHING- New West Symphony Orchestra (B.C.), the JUNG LEE is an active Dallas American Asian Youth Orchestra, the performer and music Taipei Century Symphony, and the Taipei educator in the greater Century Youth Orchestra. She is a member of Seattle area. She is the Symphony Tacoma, and is currently second cellist for the Seat- violin principal of the Northwest Symphony tle-based Ellinor String Quartet, plays Orchestra. frequently with the Gilbert and Sullivan Society, Tacoma City Ballet Orchestra, Puget Taiwan-born violist Sound Concert Opera, Seattle Philharmonic AGNES CHEN was Orchestra and many other ensembles. initiated to viola during She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Music early childhood while Education and Cello Performance from the studying with Yung-Ching National University of Tainan in Taiwan, and Chen and Kao-Pao Huang. Master’s Degree in Cello Performance from the She won a scholarship in University of Washington in Seattle under the National Taiwan Normal University, under the late Professor Toby Saks. Other musicians with guidance of Ting-Hui Chen. In 2000, she was whom Janice had studied include Eugene chosen as one of eight exceptional performers Osadchy of North Texas University, and among competitors in the Fourth Taiwan Katinka Kleijn of the Chicago Symphony. Concerto Competition. She holds a Master’s Violinist degree in viola performance from The Cleve- land Institute of Music with Lisa Boyko and an Artist Diploma at the Schulich School of Music at McGill University with André Roy. Agnes Chen has participated at various festivals, TOM under the direction of Hummie Mann. Virginia DZIEKONSKI has been is an active chamber musician and has a performer ever since appeared in many series such as Second City he sang Polish folk songs in Tacoma, Artswest, and the Mostly Nordic as a 7-year-old with his Chamber Music Series. She also toured to New parents at the United York and Chicago playing for the premier of the Nations Pavilion at the Seattle World’s Fair in Philip Glass Operetta “In the Penal Colony”. 1962. He graduated with honors in Music and Arts and in Electrical Engineering from the INGRID FREDRICKSON University of Washington. He also studied received her degrees in with Daniel Majeske, the late concertmaster of music and education from the Cleveland Orchestra. Tom played electric the Universty of Wash- violin for various casts at Teatro Zinzanni from ington where she studied 2004 to 2014. He is also First Violinist with the violin with Emanuel Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra and he Zetlin and Denes Zsigmondy. She has also wrote the orchestral gags for the “Nutty studied with Camilla Wicks and Charmian Nutcracker”. He concertmasters the orchestra Gadd. After graduation she travelled to for the 5th Ave Theatre. He played for the Norway where she played as a member of the world premiere of “In the Penal Colony”, a Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Returning to chamber opera by Philip Glass, in Seattle, Seattle, she joined the Northwest Chamber Chicago and New York in 2000-1. Tom records Orchestra where she played principal second soundtracks for commercials, video games, violin for many years. Currently, Ingrid plays theme park attractions, motion pictures, principal second violin with the Auburn television and for foreground environmental Symphony, and is a member of the Pacific music such as the Bird’s Nest Stadium at the Northwest Ballet Orchestra. She has also Beijing Olympics in 2008. performed with the Seattle Symphony and Seattle Opera. Ingrid is an avid chamber VIRGINIA DZIEKONSKI musician, having performed on many series in is assistant principal cello the Pacific Northwest. A highlight of her career of the Pacific Northwest was performing as a member of a string Ballet Orchestra. Virginia quartet playing in China and Europe. She also plays principal cellist enjoys her work as a coach and violin teacher. for 5th Avenue Theater, the St. James Cathedral Chamber Orchestra, Violist EILEEN and at Paramount Theater. She works for all the SWANSON was born in major recording studios in the Seattle area, Longview, WA, and came playing scores for radio, television, video games to Seattle to study music and movies. She also plays principal cello for at the University of the Pacific Northwest Film Scoring Institute Washington, where she was a student of Donald McInnes and Silvia Youth Symphony. A graduate of North Park Kind. She has been a Seattle resident ever University and the St. Louis Conservatory, she since, enjoying a long career playing in the loves mentoring younger musicians, and has Northwest Chamber Orchestra (1973-2006) and large studios of private students; her students the Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra (1989- have been featured in performances with The present). She played for 20 seasons with her Piano Guys. Cherlyn lives with her husband friends in the Providence Point String Quartet and son in Maple Valley, is hooked on Banana- and is delighted that Crescendo has provided a grams, loves exploring state parks, laughing wonderful coda to those years. She also played with friends, and enjoying the ocean. regularly for St James Cathedral for over 30 years and managed its chamber orchestra. Cellist MICHAEL TAVANI, Additionally, she contracted and played many the second oldest of six seasons for the choral groups Seattle Pro brothers, began studying Musica and Opus 7. Highlights of her career cello at the age of six. His have included performing with a string quartet broad musical interests (including Ingid Fredrickson) on the Great Wall have led him to perform of China, two tours to New York City with PNB, around the world, and playing at chamber music festivals at the including concerts at venues such as Carnegie Grand Canyon, in Great Barrington, MA, Hall, The Kennedy Center, and the Ryman Fayetteville, AK, and Orcas Island, WA. Auditorium. Currently on faculty at Northwest University in Kirkland, WA, and worship/arts CHERLYN JOHNSON pastor at Shoreline Community Church, Tavani enjoys an active musical holds degrees in music performance from career, performing often Cleveland State University and Vanguard with artists including University of Southern California; he is also Michael W. Smith, Amy pursuing a DMA in cello performance from the Grant, Phil Keaggy and University of Alabama. Michael releases his own more, and her own ensemble, Heartdance. music under the moniker Jarus, is a co-founder Cherlyn’s orchestral work includes positions the Immensity Records label with his brother with the Chicago Civic Orchestra, Belleville Daniel Tavani, and works as a performer, Philharmonic, and Federal Way Symphony; she teacher, and recording artist throughout the now focuses on collaborating/improvising with Northwest other solo artists, arranging, performing, and recording her own music, and small ensemble DOROTHY SICA work. Cherlyn is Instructor of Violin and Viola is an active pianist, at Northwest University, Improvisation for collaborative pianist, Worship/Strings Clinician for Christian piano instructor, and Musician Summit conferences and is a church musician in the Conductor and Coach with the Maple Valley Seattle area. She started accompanying school choirs and the Hong Kong BRIAN SCHAPPALS is a Children’s Choir when she was in elementary clarinetist, composer and school. She has 30+ years working with many educator based in Seattle, ensembles, musicals, vocalists, and instrumen- WA. He holds a Master’s in talists. She studied extensively with Dr. Chow Music degree in Clarinet Shu San before continuing her piano studies at Performance from the the University of Iowa. Aside from collabo- University of Washington and Bachelor’s of rating, her current musical focus has been Arts degrees in Clarinet Performance and piano pedagogy and teaching in her piano Music Composition from Whitworth Univer- studio, where her students included award sity, having studied with Ben Lulich, Dr. Del winners and other piano teachers. Hungerford, Brent Edstrom, Richard Strauch, and Thomas Shook. Brian is an active musician LAUREN in the greater Seattle area, performing with ASIMAKOUPOULOS Seattle Collaborative Orchestra, Emerald Ballet is a professional flutist in Theater Orchestra, Saratoga Orchestra, the greater Seattle area.