A seira-ous dose of chamber music
The ensemble Duo Seira, will present a free chamber music concert at Atonement Lutheran Church in Newport this Sunday, Feb. 12. Also performing on the program will be the Newberg High School String Quintet.
Violinist Sofie Yang lives in Eugene and is currently associate concertmaster of the Rogue Valley Symphony and violinist in the Oregon Mozart Players and Eugene Opera. She also plays in the Eugene Symphony and Eugene Concert Orchestra. An active teacher, she runs a string academy class through the Eugene–Springfield Youth Orchestras along with teaching students at the John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts and Sound of Light Music Academy.
Pianist Juan Avendano is from Bogotá, Colombia, and has a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from the National University of Colombia and a Master of Music in both Piano Performance and Piano Pedagogy. Throughout his career, he has won several awards for his piano playing. He is currently enrolled at the University of Oregon, where he is working towards a Doctor of Musical Arts degree.
This talented duo will be performing the “Violin Sonata No 1 in G major op. 78” by Johannes Brahms.
The Newberg High School Chamber Orchestra is a continuation of more than half a century of musical excellence. The chamber orchestra has been in existence for two years and is the result of strong growth in the orchestra program under the direction of Joel Tanner and Shae Skiles. The performing quintet is made up of violinists Zach Waibel and Tatiana Bega, violist Rowan Lowery, cellist Acacia Czuk and bassist Erik Hansen. They will perform the “Meditation from Thais” by Jules Massenet, “Divertimento in C Major” by Mozart and the “Capriol Suite” by Peter Warlock.
The Oregon Coast Youth Symphony Festival presents three major events each year, including an annual four-day April Festival for high school orchestras and a Composers’ Symposium for middle school and high school students.
The concert begins at 2 pm at Atonement Lutheran Church, located at 2315 N Hwy. 101 in Newport. The concert is free but donations will be accepted. For more information, go to youthsymphonyfestival.org.