Spokane Symphony Chamber Soirée Program October 2021

Chamber Soirée at Barrister Winery Johan Halvorsen Passacaglia, after G. F. Handel, Suite No. 7

Mateusz Wolski, violin Nick Carper, viola

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Serenade, in E flat K.375 I. Allegro maestoso II. Menuetto I III. Adagio IV. Menuetto II V. Finale: Allegro

Sponsored by Richard Trudell and Dr. Nancy Morrison

Chip Phillips, clarinet Daniel Cotter, clarinet Lynne Feller-Marshall, bassoon Luke Bakken, bassoon Katie Upton, horn Chuck Karschney, horn

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Alexander Borodin String Quartet No. 2 in D major I. Allegro moderato II. Scherzo. Allegro III. Notturno (Nocturne): Andante IV. Finale: Andante — Vivace

Chamber Soirée at Barrister Winery Wednesday, October 13, 2021, 7:30 pm Thursday, October 14, 2021, 7:30 pm

Amanda Howard-Phillips, violin Xu Duo, violin Jeanette Wee-Yang, viola Helen Byrne, cello

MEET THE MUSICIANS CHIP PHILLIPS has been Principal Clarinet with the Spokane Symphony since 2000, and holds the same position with the Oregon Coast Music Festival Orchestra.

He received a Bachelor of Music from the New England Conservatory of Music. Chip teaches clarinet at Gonzaga University. Apart from the Symphony, Chip explores his passion for landscape photography. Matt Kloskowski, Director of Education for Kelby Media Group and Editor-in-Chief of Lightroom Magazine calls Phillips one of the landscape photographers to watch. He writes: “What I love about [Chip’s] work is that regardless of what the location is, there’s always something different about his photos.

He just has a meticulous eye for composition and I love the way he leads you through his photos.”

DANIEL COTTER, member of the Spokane Symphony since 2005, holds dual roles as the orchestra’s general manager and 2nd clarinetist. With a Bachelor of Music degree from Harid Conservatory and a Master of Music degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music, Daniel has been invited to perform as a soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra, the Harid Philharmonia, the Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra, the Philharmonic of Veracruz, and the Jalisco Philharmonic, among others. Daniel and his wife are the owners of the oboe cane website, Northwest Oboe Cane. The business sells precisely prepared cane for making reeds to oboists around the world. Together they have twin boys, Ethan and Logan (aka “Team Destructo”), born in 2012, who keep them incredibly busy.

LYNNE FELLER-MARSHALL has been Principal Bassoon with the Spokane Symphony since 1994. She teaches bassoon at Eastern Washington University, Whitworth University, and privately. She also performs with a variety of music groups. Lynne has a Bachelor of Music Education from the Crane School of Music, and a Master of Music and a Doctor of Musical Arts from The Juilliard School.

LUKE BAKKEN currently serves as second bassoon and contrabassoon with the Spokane Symphony. He holds a Bachelor’s of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Rochester. Luke performed with the Moscow Chamber Orchestra and at the 1998 New York String Orchestra Seminar, both in Carnegie Hall. He held the contrabassoon fellowship at the Aspen Music Festival from 1996 until 1999. In July 2010, he performed as contrabassoon soloist with the WDR Rundfunkorchester in Cologne, Germany. He has been a regular performer in the Northwest Bach Festival, Royal Fireworks Concert and Mostly Mozart summer concerts. He has performed on several Hollywood movie soundtracks including “The Grudge” and “Drag Me To Hell.”

KATIE UPTON is currently Principal Horn of the Spokane Symphony, and was previously Principal Horn of the Orquesta Filarmónica de Boca del Río in Veracruz, Mexico.

Prior to her work in Mexico, she worked as a freelance horn player in Los Angeles, California, Bloomington, Indiana, and Des Moines, Iowa. Katie received her Bachelor of Music degree in Horn Performance from Indiana University, and her Master of Music Horn Performance from the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music. She is from Cheney, WA.

MEET THE MUSICIANS CHUCK KARSCHNEY has been second horn in the Symphony for more than three decades. He began as a student growing up in Seattle where he was featured as a soloist with the Seattle Symphony under the direction of the late Rainer Miedel. Among many accomplishments throughout his career, he traveled and performed at the Blossom Music Festival, Snowbird Festival and spent several summers at the Grand Teton Music Festival in Wyoming. Chuck attended the Cleveland Institute of Music, studying under Richard Solis and graduated from the University of Washington as a full Brechemin Scholar. Chuck also doubles as the Symphony’s production and equipment manager. He designs the sets for every symphony concert, accommodating every possible combination of musicians, from small ensembles to over 200 musicians for Carmina Burana.

AMANDA HOWARD-PHILLIPS joined the Spokane Symphony in 2003, and was awarded the position of Principal Second Violin in 2008. Originally from Bainbridge Island, Washington, Amanda began violin lessons at four years old, and made her solo debut with the Bainbridge Orchestra at age eleven. Amanda received her Master’s degree in Violin Performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music, and her Bachelor’s Degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where she studied with Camilla Wicks. She has studied chamber music with many prominent chamber musicians, including Mark Sokol, Peter Salaff (of the Cleveland Quartet), the Cavani Quartet, Paul Hersh, Ian Swensen, Bonnie Hampton, and Clive Greensmith (of the Tokyo Quartet).

XU DUO is an international music competition award winner and serves as chair

of the Judging Panel for String Instruments at Zhongsing International Music Competition in Singapore. Duo is the first Chinese violinist to earn the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree from the world-renowned St. Petersburg State Conservatory in Russia. He also earned an Artist Diploma from Ball State University, Indiana, where he received a superior violin and conducting education from A. Vayman and Maestro B. Rattay. Duo has been invited to serve as guest concertmaster with the St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra in Russia, Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra, Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra and Shreveport Symphony Orchestra in the U.S.A.

JEANNETTE WEE-YANG is Assistant Principal Violist in the Spokane Symphony, and violist in the Spokane String Quartet. She has a bachelor’s degree from the University of British Columbia, and a Master of Music from Indiana University. Jeannette has performed with the Milwaukee Symphony, Milwaukee Chamber, Singapore Symphony and Vancouver Symphony Orchestras. She was principal violist of the Sudbury Symphony in Ontario, and assistant principal violist of the Milwaukee Ballet Orchestra.

She has taught at Whitworth University and Carroll College, WI. She currently serves as vice president of the Spokane Chamber Music Association and Spokane Youth Symphony boards.

HELEN BYRNE is the Assistant Principal Cello of the Spokane Symphony. A native of Spokane, she joined the orchestra in 1982 after earning her Bachelor of Music in Cello Performance from Northwestern University. She is also the cellist with the Spokane String Quartet, and the organist at Manito Presbyterian Church.