Public Concerts and Other LMC Events
Free Public Concert Series
LMC’s most visible face is its Public Concert Series that offers free classical music concerts from October through May by LMC member-musicians and guests. The classical music series is presented at a variety of venues throughout the Seattle metro area, including Seattle Art Museum, Seattle Public Library – Central and West Seattle Branches, University House Wallingford, Mirabella Seattle, Tagney Jones Hall, Bellevue’s Crossroads Community Center Theater, and the Music Center of the Northwest in North Seattle.
These intimate, one-half-hour to one-hour, music programs are free and open to the public. A selection of these are now available online through our Facebook page and YouTube channel. No advance tickets are required.
With generous support and partnership from:
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The 2024 Frances Walton Competition Outreach Tours are supported in part by the Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF) and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Event Calendar
Vocal Music by Local Composers
Pieces by LMC composer Eldon Leuning, and local composers Kam Morrill and Janet Anderson
Composer Kam Morrill:
Icarus Flies Economy (poem by Bob Weber)
Overhead Bin
Composer Janet Anderson:
Binsey Poplars (poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins)
Composer Eldon Leuning:
Have You Got A Brook? (poem by Emily Dickinson)
How Do I Love Thee? (poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning)
My River Runs to Thee (poem by Emily Dickinson)
Not in Lone Splendour (poem by Emily Dickinson & John Keats)
Katie Hochman, soprano
Karin McCullough, piano
Piano Works by Brahms and Mazzoli
Fantasies, Op. 116 by Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
1. Capriccio in D minor. Presto energico
2. Intermezzo in A minor. Andante
6. Intermezzo in E Major. Andantino teneramente
7. Capriccio in D minor. Allegro agitato
Bolts of Loving Thunder by Missy Mazzoli (b. 1980)
Michelle Huang, piano
Works for Voice, Viola, and Piano
Zwei Gesaenge, Op. 91 for mezzo soprano, piano & viola by Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
1. Gestillte Sehnsucht (Appeased Desire)
2. Geistliches Wiegenlied (Sacred Lullaby)
Kathryn Vinson, mezzo-soprano
Carolyn Wyman, viola
Joan Catoni Conlon, piano
Vocalise, Op. 34 for viola and piano by Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)
Carolyn Wyman, viola
Joan Catoni Conlon, piano
From 4 Lieder, Op. 43 for mezzo soprano & piano by Johannes Brahms
II. Die Mainacht
Frage for mezzo soprano and piano by Fanny Mendelssohn (1805–1847)
Kathryn Vinson, mezzo-soprano
Joan Catoni Conlon, piano
Piano Works by Beethoven & Liszt
Piano Sonata No. 26 in E♭ major, Op. 81a, “Les Adieux” by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
1. Das Lebewohl. Adagio – Allegro (E♭ major)
2. Abwesenheit. Andante espressivo (C minor) (attacca)
3. Das Wiedersehen. Vivacissimamente (im Lebhastesten Zeitmasse) (E♭ major)
Concert Paraphrase on ‘Rigoletto,’ S.434 by Franz Liszt (1811–1886)
Allen Chang, piano
LMC Composers Concert
This program features the compositions of LMC member composers.
Limerick by Steve White
Birr by Steve White
Steve White, piano
Sonatina for String Quartet by Patrick O’Keefe
I. Allegro
II. Nocturne (Tranquillo)
III. Dance (Allegretto)
String Quartet No. 1 by Colleen Fraser
Movement I
Movement II
Movement III
String Quartet No. 2 by Frances Walton
II. Martin
Kathryn Zufall, violin
Ann Rackl, violin
Janice Gockel, viola
Erika Pierson, cello
The Taxi (poem by Amy Lowell) by Colleen Fraser
Dhanushi Wijeyakulasuriya, Soprano I
Ute Freund, Soprano II
Stephanie Guasch, Alto I
Kathryn Vinson, Alto II
Elgar’s Sea Pictures
Sea Pictures, Op. 37 by Sir Edward Elgar (1857–1934)
“Sea Slumber Song,” poem by Roden Noel
“In Haven,” poem by Caroline Alice Elgar, the composer’s wife
“Sabbath Morning at Sea,” poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
“Where Corals Lie,” poem by Richard Garnett
“The Swimmer,” poem by Adam Lindsay Gordon
Kathryn Vinson, mezzo-soprano
Joan Lundquist, piano
Piano Trios by Haydn and Higdon
Piano Trio in A-flat Major, Hob. XV:14 by Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
I. Allegro Moderato
II. Adagio
III. Rondo (Vivace)
Piano Trio by Jennifer Higdon (b. 1962)
I. Pale Yellow
II. Fiery Red
Caitlin Kelley, violin
Emily Hu, cello
Thomas Lee, piano
The Flute in Nature
Deep Blue by Ian Clarke
Iroquois Suite by Herman Beeftink
I. Earth
II. Eagle Cry
III. Morning Dance
V. Tree of Peace
VI. Mohawk Valley
Trillium by Elizabeth Brown
Stasia Kulsa, flute
Program TBA
Regina Thomas, soprano
TBA, piano
Art of the Piano
Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3 by Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)
I. Elegie
II. Prélude
Valentina Rodov, piano
Islands by Jarrad Powell (b. 1948)
A 60-second Ballet (for Chickens) by William Bolcom (b. 1938)
A 60-second Gigue (for Goats) by Stephen Parris (b. 1975)
From Three Preludes for piano by George Gershwin (1898–1937)
II. Andante con moto e poco rubato
III. Allegro ben ritmato e deciso
Stephanie Shadbolt, piano
Prelude in G, Op. 32, No. 5 by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Monica Kessler, piano
Ballade No. 3, Op. 47 in A-flat major by Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)
Mia HyeYeon Kim, piano
Sonatine by Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
1. Modéré
2. Mouvement de menuet
3. Animé
Diana Gao, piano
Music for Woodwind Ensemble
Libertango by Astor Piazzolla (1921–1992)
La Cheminée Du Roi René (The Chimney of King Rene) by Darius Milhaud (1892–1974)
I. Cortège (Procession)
II. Aubade (Morning Serenade)
III. Jongleurs (Jugglers)
IV. La Maousinglade (Sarabande)
V. Joutes Sur L’Arc (Jousts on the Arc)
VI. Chasse À Valabre (Hunting at Valabre)
VII. Madrigal-Nocturne
From Circus Etudes by Jeffrey Agrell (b. 1948)
1. Dancing Elephants
Jan Bleakney, flute
Julie Shankland, clarinet
Gail Perstein, oboe
Eric Shankland, bassoon
Mariane Hermanson (guest artist), French horn
Sonata for Cello and Piano
Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op 40 by Dimitri Shostakovich (1906–1975)
I. Allegro non troppo
II. Allegro
III. Largo
IV. Allegro
Lawrence Chu, cello
Selina Chu, piano
Beyond the Pyrenees: Music of France and Spain
Songs of the Auvergne
Three Folk Songs arranged by Joseph Canteloube (1879–1957)
Sung in the Auvergne Dialect
– L’aїo dè rotso (“Spring water”)
– Tchut, Tchut (“Don’t tell anybody!”)
– Malurous qu’o uno fenno (“Unfortunate is he who has a wife”)
Three Songs by Federico Mompou (1893–1987)
Sung in Catalan and Castillan
– Canço de la fira (“Song of the fair”)
– Jo et pressentia com la mar (“I sensed you were like the sea and the immense wind”)
– Solo las flores sobre ti (“Flowers over you, nothing but flowers”)
Songs of the Auvergne
Two Folk Songs arranged by Joseph Canteloube
– La delaїssádo (“The abandoned”)
– Passo pel prat (“Go through the meadow”)
Diane Althaus, soprano
Joan Lundquist, piano
Mendelssohn Piano Trio
Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49 by Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)
I. Molto Allegro agitato
II. Andante con moto tranquillo
III. Scherzo. Leggiero e vivace
IV. Finale. Allegro assai appassionato
Adrianna Hulscher, violin
Erika Pierson, cello
Sophia Chou, piano
French Songs for Solo Voice and Duos with Piano
2 Duets, Op.10 (1873), for two voices & piano by Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Other vocal chamber music for two sopranos, TBA
Clarice Alfonso and Susan Payne O’Brien, sopranos
Rhonda Kline, piano