EMERALD CITY MUSIC. Artistic Director, Violinist Kristin Lee ANNOUNCING SEASON 02 OF CHAMBER MUSIC SHOWS IN SOUTH LAKE UNION & OLYMPIA.

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2 For Immediate Release: Contact: Andrew Goldstein Executive Director EMERALD CITY MUSIC Artistic Director, Violinist Kristin Lee ANNOUNCING SEASON 02 OF CHAMBER MUSIC SHOWS IN SOUTH LAKE UNION & OLYMPIA. Contents P. 2 The Artists P. 4 The Concerts P. 10 Tickets & Venues P. 11 Contact (SEATTLE, WA) Emerald City Music announces its second season of concerts in Seattle s South Lake Union and Olympia, WA. This follows their raved-about inaugural season in , featured in The Seattle Times, CityArts Magazine, The Olympian, The Tacoma News Tribune, and more. The new season focuses on the legacy of Leonard Bernstein, with special highlights such as the world-premiere of there is no one, not even the wind by Pulitzer and Grammy award winning composer John Luther Adams, and the Seattle debut of acclaimed composer and percussionist Andy Akiho SEASON OVERVIEW The Theme Season 02 celebrates the centennial of the legendary composer, conductor, and pianist Leonard Bernstein. Of course, the repertoire isn t only Bernstein and his close collaborators, but delves into the greater legacy Bernstein left to the musical world. From the leading American composers of today, to the influence of blues and jazz, to the new ways Bernstein helped us experience geniuses like Beethoven; Emerald City Music s second season is as bold and eclectic as ever. The Concerts Vogue, non-traditional performances in South Lake Union feature the world s top soloists and chamber musicians in a chique, casual downtown venue. In Olympia, the music is enhanced with stories told from stage, performed in the city s timeless concert halls.

3 EMERALD CITY MUSIC JUNE 15, 2017 Page 2 THE ARTISTS Emerald City Music presents 40 classical soloists and chamber musicians, from emerging artists like Avery Fisher Career Grant winner Alexi Kenney to iconic musical figures such as the pianist and pedagogue Gilbert Kalish. Biographies and high-resolution images are available on the Emerald City Music website: COMPOSER CELLO PIANO John Luther Adams Dmitri Atapine Michael Mizrahi Andy Akiho Nicholas Canellakis Erika Dohi Robert demaine Gilbert Kalish VIOLIN Brook Speltz Jeewon Park Alexi Kenney Jeffrey Ziegler Gilles Vonsattel Kristin Lee Cho-Liang Lin WINDS PERCUSSION Mark Dover, clarinet Ayano Kataoka VIOLA Eric Jacobs, clarinet Svet Stoyanov Che-Yen Chen Tara O Connor, flute Christine Grossman Robin Peery, flute ENSEMBLES Yura Lee Ransom Wilson, flute The Miró Quartet Sandbox Percussion VOICE Christopher Herbert, baritone Fay Wang, soprano

4 EMERALD CITY MUSIC JUNE 15, 2017 Page 3 QUICK GUIDE TO THE ARTISTS COMPOSERS John Luther Adams: Grammy & Pulitzer prizewinner, wrote Become Ocean with Seattle Symphony Andy Akiho: Luciano Berio Rome Prize, recent commission with NY Philharmonic VOICE Christopher Herbert, baritone: Member of two-time Grammy nominated NY Polyphony Fay Wang, soprano: Yale graduate, winner of Ezra Laderman Prize and John Day Jackson Prize PIANO Michael Mizrahi: Member of Decoda, Moët Trio, Faculty at Lawrence University Erika Dohi: Member of RighteousGIRLS, Director of blueprints piano series Gilbert Kalish: Chamber Music Society artist, collaborator of Dawn Upshaw, champion of Ives Jeewon Park: Juilliard, Yale, and SUNY graduate; winner of Dean Horatio Parker Prize Gilles Vonsattel: winner of Avery Fisher Career Grant, Naumburg and Geneva competitions VIOLIN Alexi Kenney: Avery Fisher Career Grant winner, Chamber Music Society Two artist Kristin Lee: Emerald City Music Artistic Director, member of Chamber Music Society Cho-Liang Lin: Director of La Jolla Music Society s SummerFest VIOLA Che-Yen Chen: founding member of Formosa Quartet, Primrose & London competition winner Christine Grossman: Principal Viola of Kansas City Symphony Yura Lee: Member of Chamber Music Society, Enso Quartet, winner of ARD competition CELLO Dmitri Atapine: Member of Chamber Music Society Two, faculty at University of Nevada Nicholas Canellakis: Carnegie debut with American Symphony, Chamber Music Society Two Robert demaine: Principal of Los Angeles Philharmonic, member of Hahn Zhu-deMaine Trio Brook Speltz: Member of the Escher Quartet, winner of Ima Hogg Competition Jeffrey Ziegler: former member of Kronos Quartet, faculty at Mannes College WIND Mark Dover, clarinet: Member of Grammy nominated Imani Winds Eric Jacobs, clarinet: Member of Seattle Symphony Orchestra Tara Helen O Connor, flute: Member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Robin Peery, flute: former Principal Flute of Carmel Bach Festival; Seattle Symphony & Opera Ransom Wilson, flute: Artistic Director of the Redlands Symphony Orchestra PERCUSSION Ayano Kataoka: Member of Chamber Music Society, faculty UMass Amherst Svet Stoyanov: Winner of Concert Artists Guild Competition ENSEMBLES Miró Quartet: Winners of the Banff and Naumburg Competitions Sandbox Percussion: Premiered 12 new works last season, hosts annual percussion seminar at NYU

5 EMERALD CITY MUSIC JUNE 15, 2017 Page 4 CONCERT DETAILS NOT EVEN THE WIND Opening Night Sept 15, 2017 (8:00 p.m.): 415 Westlake, Seattle Sept 16, 2017 (7:30 p.m.): The Washington Center, 512 Washington St SE, Olympia Opening night unveils the season-long centennial celebration of composer/conductor Leonard Bernstein. The centerpiece of the evening is the world-premiere of a new work by John Luther Adams, whose Become Ocean (with the Seattle Symphony) attracted a Grammy for Best Classical Composition, the Pulitzer Prize, and the attention of pop-icon Taylor Swift. BERNSTEIN America!, for Violin and Piano NORMAN Light Screens ADAMS* there is no one, not even the wind... REICH Nagoya Marimbas, for two marimbas DVORÁK Piano Quartet in E-flat Major Musicians: Ransom Wilson (flute), Tara Helen O'Connor (flute), Kristin Lee (violin), Yura Lee (viola), Dmitri Atapine (cello), Michael Mizrahi (piano), Ayano Kataoka (percussion), Sven Stoyanov (percussion) About the World-Premiere by John Luther Adams This world-premiere co-commission of composer John Luther Adams is in partnership with a cohort of five national arts presenters: The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (New York, NY), Chamber Music Northwest (Portland, OR), Camerata Pacifica (Santa Barbara, CA), and Redlands Symphony (Redlands, CA). The work, titled there is no one, not even the wind, will receive its world premiere at Emerald City Music in Seattle and Olympia, WA in September 2017 before traveling for regional premieres at each of cocommissioning partners throughout the season. We are so thrilled and honored to play a role in this far-reaching co-commissioning partnership. As a brand new organization and one that s committed to the vitality of contemporary music we know that the Seattle audience will be proud to experience another John Luther Adams s world premiere. Kristin Lee, Emerald City Music co-founder and Artistic Director

6 EMERALD CITY MUSIC JUNE 15, 2017 Page 5 ARTIST SPOTLIGHT Percussionist Andy Akiho Oct 27, 2017 (8:00 p.m.): 415 Westlake, Seattle Oct 28, 2017 (7:30 p.m.): The Minnaert Center at SPSCC, 2011 Mottman Rd SW, Olympia Brooklyn-based composer and percussionist Andy Akiho takes over the Emerald City Music stage to curate an exclusive evening of his own compositions alongside the work by Arvo Pärt and Osvaldo Golijov. Described as "mold-breaking, "alert and alive," "dramatic," and "vital by The New York Times, Akiho's commissions have premiered by the New York Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, and more. AKIHO Stop Speaking, for solo snare drum AKIHO 21, for cello and steel pan PÄRT Spiegel im Spiegel, for violin and piano AKIHO Pillar IV, for percussion quartet AKIHO Deciduous, for violin and steel pan GOLIJOV Mariel, for cello and percussion AKIHO NO one To know one Musicians: Andy Akiho (steel pan), Fay Wang (soprano), Erika Dohi (piano), Eric Jacobs (clarinet), Robin Peery (flute), Kristin Lee (violin), Jeffrey Zeigler (cello), Sandbox Percussion: Ian Rosenbaum, Jonathan Allen, Terry Sweeney, Victor Caccese

7 EMERALD CITY MUSIC JUNE 15, 2017 Page 6 THE MIRÓ QUARTET Quartet Ecstasy Dec 8, 2017 (8:00 p.m.): 415 Westlake, Seattle Dec 9, 2017 (7:30 p.m.): Evergreen State College Recital Hall, 2700 Evergreen Pkwy, Olympia The Miró Quartet winners of the Banff String Quartet Competition and Naumburg Chamber Music Competition visits Emerald City Music with a virtuosic evening of music by Haydn, Puts, and Schumann. The Miró Quartet has a special relationship with the Pacific Northwest, having recorded all of their recent albums in Seattle s concert halls. HAYDN String Quartet in E-flat Major, op. 71, no. 3 PUTS Credo, for string quartet SCHUMANN String Quartet no. 1 in A Minor, op. 41 Musicians: The Miró Quartet: Daniel Ching (violin), William Fedkenheuer (violin), John Largess (viola), Joshua Gindele (cello)

8 EMERALD CITY MUSIC JUNE 15, 2017 Page 7 SPIRITUAL JOURNEY The Voyage Feb 16, 2018 (8:00 p.m.): 415 Westlake, Seattle Feb 17, 2018 (7:30 p.m.): The Minnaert Center at SPSCC, 2011 Mottman Rd SW, Olympia Emerald City Music explores the power of the human voice with a handcrafted evening of works inspired by art songs and spirituals. Two-time Grammy-nominated baritone Christopher Herbert performs alongside one of the most lauded pianists and pedagogues of our day, Gilbert Kalish. IVES Violin Sonata no. 4 COPLAND Three Moods, for solo piano HERBERT Selected Songs and Spirituals BLOCH Prayer, for cello and piano MENDELSSOHN Piano Trio no. 2 in C Minor Musicians: Christopher Herbert (baritone), Gilbert Kalish (piano), Kwan Yi (piano), Alexi Kenney (violin), Robert demaine (cello)

9 EMERALD CITY MUSIC JUNE 15, 2017 Page 8 IN BLUE BY EMERALD CITY MUSIC Mar 23, 2018 (8:00 p.m.): 415 Westlake, Seattle Mar 24, 2018 (7:30 p.m.): The Minnaert Center at SPSCC, 2011 Mottman Rd SW, Olympia In this boundary-breaking performance, Emerald City Music explores the relationship between two related, but wildly different genres: blues and classical. Clarinetist Mark Dover, praised for his balanced virtuosity in jazz, blues, and classical, performs Bernstein s rarely heard Clarinet Sonata. RAVEL Violin Sonata no. 2 RZEWSKI Cotton Mill Blues, for solo piano STRAVINSKY The Soldier s Tale, for piano, violin, and clarinet BERNSTEIN Clarinet Sonata GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue, for four-hands piano Musicians: Mark Dover (clarinet), Gilles Vonsattel (piano), Jeewon Park (piano), Kristin Lee (violin)

10 EMERALD CITY MUSIC JUNE 15, 2017 Page 9 METAMORPHOSIS BY EMERALD CITY MUSIC May 4, 2018 (8:00 p.m.): 415 Westlake, Seattle May 5, 2018 (7:30 p.m.): Evergreen State College Recital Hall, 2700 Evergreen Pkwy, Olympia Concluding the centennial of the legendary composer/conductor Leonard Bernstein, the season culminates with the music of Beethoven and Strauss, two composers whose music Bernstein championed and redefined for generations to come. BEETHOVEN Eyeglass Duo, for viola and cello STRAUSS Metamorphosen, for string sextet BERNSTEIN On Beethoven BEETHOVEN Viola Quintet in C Major Musicians: Cho-Liang Lin (violin), Kristin Lee (violin), Che-Yen Chen (viola), Christine Grossman (viola), Nicholas Canellakis (cello), Brook Speltz (cello)

11 EMERALD CITY MUSIC JUNE 15, 2017 Page 10 TICKET DETAILS Seattle tickets: $45, includes open bar, $10 students Olympia tickets: $43 premium seating, $28 general seating, $10 students Tickets can be ordered online at or by calling (206) THE VENUES Lee, alongside Executive Director Andrew Goldstein, crafted a concert experience unique to the cities of Seattle and Olympia, as further detailed below. 415 Westlake, South Lake Union, Seattle Nestled behind Kakao Coffee & Chocolate in South Lake Union is an intimate venue for music lovers. Concert attendees mingle with artists over local drinks before hearing an hour of incredible chamber music; live and up close. The causal atmosphere with no stage or assigned seating gives listeners a place to enjoy timeless music in good company. The Washington Center, Olympia A timeless destination in downtown Olympia, with 978 seats in four-tiers, with every seat experiencing the gorgeous acoustics provided by the airy hall. The Minnaert Center, Olympia An acoustically superb 500-seat hall located at South Puget Sound Community College. Evergreen State College Recital Hall, Olympia An intimate 200-seat hall nestled within the wooded campus at Evergreen State College.

12 EMERALD CITY MUSIC JUNE 15, 2017 Page 11 ON SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook (facebook.com/emeraldcitymusic) Twitter (twitter.com/emeraldctymusic) Instagram (instagram.com/emeraldcitymusic) Website ( PRESS INQUIRIES Contact Andrew Goldstein, Executive Director at: Phone: (206) Emerald City Music is a IRS 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and is registered with the Washington State Charities Program.