Linfield College will host a Faculty-Student Chamber Ensemble performance on Wednesday, Dec. 2, at 7:30 p.m. in Ice Auditorium in Melrose Hall at Linfield.
The concert will showcase faculty and students in a program of music that highlights chamber music for string quartet and soloists.
Performers include Linfield music faculty mezzo-soprano Hannah Penn, guitarist Pamela Goldsmith and Victoria Gunn on viola, along with professional musicians from Portland-area colleges and performing groups.
The concert includes the popular “Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 581” by W.A. Mozart; “Il Tramonto” (“The Sunset,” text by poet Percy Bysshe Shelley) for mezzo-soprano and string quartet by Ottorino Respighi; and Luigi Boccherini’s “Quintet in D Major” for guitar and string quartet.
Clarinet soloists are Mark Dubac of the Oregon Symphony with Linfield senior Quillan Bourassa and junior Parker Wells. Penn, who also performs with the Portland Opera, is the featured soloist in Il Tramonto. Classical guitarist Goldsmith will perform a duet with senior Adrian Clifford, and will also be the guitarist for the Boccherini Quintet. The string quartet players are Gunn, viola; Casey Bozell, violin; Heather Mastel-Lipson, violin; and Valdine Mishkin, cello.
The performance is free and open to the public, and made possible by the generosity of dedicated music supporters who value live classical music in the community. It is part of the Department of Music’s program in ensemble education, giving advanced Linfield music students the opportunity to play alongside mentor musicians in study and performance.
For more information, call 503-883-2275 or visit www.linfield.edu/arts.
