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
Listen to 2024 FWC Small Ensemble Silver Medalists Mousai Quintet perform on Seattle’s premier classical music station.
Classical KING and Ladies Musical Club
present
mousai QUinTET
on Northwest Focus Live
Friday, December 6, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Listen Here! or tune into 98.1 FM.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
The Mousai Quintet from the Eastman School of Music consists of members Julia Benitez-Nelson (flute), joining the group in the fall of 2023, Ernest Chau (oboe), Scott Shao (clarinet), Kenny Ford (bassoon), and Alina Liebschner (horn), and began as a wind quintet formed at random in the fall of 2021 by their coach, Professor Anne Harrow. Acting as a quintet both in the Eastman chamber music curriculum and independently in their community, the Mousai Quintet is now reaching outside the Rochester area. Recent performances include opening the Eastman Centennial Celebration in the fall of 2021, playing for the community with the Eastman To-Go program, multiple Eastman Honors Chamber Recitals, the inaugural Context Conference in the fall of 2023, and winning the Chamber Music Foundation of New England’s Adult Age Division along with winning the Silver Medal for the Foundation’s Michael Rudyak Memorial Prize and Silver Medal for the Frances Walton Competition in 2024.
The Frances Walton Competition and LMC are generously supported by:
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Come watch 2024 FWC Small Ensemble Silver Medalists Mousai Quintet perform a ticketed concert at Cascadia Art Museum in Edmonds
In partnership, Ladies Musical Club and Cascadia Art Museum
present
Mousai Quintet
Cascadia Art Museum, Edmonds, WA
Saturday, December 7, 2024 at 6:00 PM
Listen Here! or tune into 98.1 FM.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
The Mousai Quintet from the Eastman School of Music consists of members Julia Benitez-Nelson (flute), joining the group in the fall of 2023, Ernest Chau (oboe), Scott Shao (clarinet), Kenny Ford (bassoon), and Alina Liebschner (horn), and began as a wind quintet formed at random in the fall of 2021 by their coach, Professor Anne Harrow. Acting as a quintet both in the Eastman chamber music curriculum and independently in their community, the Mousai Quintet is now reaching outside the Rochester area. Recent performances include opening the Eastman Centennial Celebration in the fall of 2021, playing for the community with the Eastman To-Go program, multiple Eastman Honors Chamber Recitals, the inaugural Context Conference in the fall of 2023, and winning the Chamber Music Foundation of New England’s Adult Age Division along with winning the Silver Medal for the Foundation’s Michael Rudyak Memorial Prize and Silver Medal for the Frances Walton Competition in 2024.
The Frances Walton Competition and LMC are generously supported by:
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Listen to 2024 FWC Solo Finalist Wenlan Jackson, violin, perform on Seattle’s premier classical music station.
Classical KING and Ladies Musical Club
present
Wenlan Jackson, Violin
on Northwest Focus Live
Friday, December 13, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Listen Here! or tune into 98.1 FM.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Born in New York City, violinist Wenlan Jackson has performed on stages across the United States and Europe. Recent engagements are solo performances with the Colburn Orchestra, Burbank Philharmonic, SoCal Philharmonic, San Fernando Valley Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Santa Monica. She was a finalist at the 2024 Frances Walton Competition and has won numerous competitions such as the Mika Hasler Competition, SoCal Phil Young Artist Competition, Hennings-Fischer Young Artist Competition, Colburn Music Academy Concerto Competition, among others as well as competing internationally. Other accomplishments include serving as Associate Concertmaster of the New York String Orchestra and soloing The Storm with the London Symphony Orchestra on a Grammy-winning album. She has performed at many summer festivals including International Holland Music Sessions, Tibor Varga Academy, and Aspen Music Festival. Wenlan is currently completing her Bachelor of Music with Robert Lipsett at the Colburn Conservatory of Music. Beyond performing, Wenlan is also engaged in Colburn’s Center for Innovation and Community Impact, teaching violin to underprivileged children.
The Frances Walton Competition and LMC are generously supported by:
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