Seattle Symphony guests will kick off chamber series

Vashon Chamber Music will lauch its popular Concert Series B for 2014 with special guests Laura de Luca (clarinet) and Mikhail Shmidt (violin) from the Seattle Symphony at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Vashon United Methodist Church.

January 14, 2014 4:48 pm
Heather Bentley
Heather Bentley

Vashon Chamber Music will lauch its popular Concert Series B for 2014 with special guests Laura de Luca (clarinet) and Mikhail Shmidt (violin) from the Seattle Symphony at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Vashon United Methodist Church.

Featured in a clarinet quintet by Weber and Milhaud’s trio for violin, clarinet and piano, the duo will be joined by series founders Doug Davis (cello) and Rowena Hammill (cello) and regular guests Heather Bentley (viola) and Natasha Brazhanov (violin) to perform Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 9.

On Feb. 23, series regulars Trio Pardalote, featuring Hammill and Bentley, will play a piece written for them by guest composer Wayne Horvitz. An all-string Beethoven and Brahms concert will conclude the series on May 4.

Single tickets are $18 for VAA members, students, seniors and $22 for general admission. Series B tickets (Sundays) are $48 for VAA members, students and seniors and $60 general admission. Tickets are available at VAA, www.VashonAlliedArts.org or call 463-5131.