From November 24 & 25, 2012: Live recording from the Byrd Ensemble / Parnassus Project joint concerts at Trinity Parish Church in Seattle, also featuring actor Nurmi Husa. Recorded by Scribe Records.
Instrumentalists: Winnie Chen Dungey, violin; Clifton Antoine, viola; Nathan Harrenstein, cello; Ruth Mar, harp
On Friday, August 17th, we joined Sean MacLean at Classical KING FM 98.1 for a live radio show.
Program:
Ibert, Jacques
Two Interludes
Maggie Stapleton, flute / Sol Im, violin / Ruth Mar, harp
Debussy, Claude
Cello Sonata in D minor: I. Prologue
Maria Scherer Wilson, cello / Brooks Tran, piano
Schaposhnikov, Adrian
Flute and Harp Sonata: I. Andante con moto (1925)
Maggie Stapleton, flute / Ruth Mar, harp
Ravel, Maurice
Mother Goose (excerpts)
Tom Lee and Brooks Tran, piano
Bartok, Bela
Romanian Folk Dances
Sol Im, violin / Ruth Mar, harp
Piazzolla, Astor
Oblivion
Sol Im, violin / Maria Scherer Wilson, cello / Brooks Tran, piano
Schoenfield, Paul
Café Music: I. Allegro con fuoco
Sol Im, violin / Maria Scherer Wilson, cello / Brooks Tran, piano
A time-lapse of our recent show at Design Commission Gallery:
Parnassus Project at Design Commission Gallery – Timelapse from Design Commission on Vimeo.
A sample of our inaugural first concert on May 5th:
The Program
Dohnanyi: Serenade in C major, Op. 10
Ravel: Violin Sonata
Foote: At Dusk
Scott: Lotus Land
Gershwin-Heifetz: It Ain’t Necessarily So
Schoenfield: Café Music
The Artists
Violin: Mitchell Drury, Sol Im, Jae-In Shin
Viola: Clifton Antoine
Cello: Maria Scherer Wilson
Piano: Mayumi Tayake, Brooks Tran
Flute: Maggie Stapleton
Harp: Ruth Mar
Parnassus Project was recently featured in the Seattle PI:
“At first, it seemed like a normal Friday night at the Green Bean Coffeehouse in Greenwood. An elderly woman lounged in a red chair. A barista took orders behind the bar.
Then there was the harpist setting up in the corner next to the violinists.
Espresso brewing in the background, idle coffee drinkers found themselves in the midst of a chamber music concert, courtesy of the Parnassus Project.”
Check out the whole article for interviews with musicians and audience members, and pictures from our last show at Green Bean Coffeehouse!
Photo: Sofia Jaramillo / Seattle PI
Parnassus Project is up for a $2500 grant from Good.Is to continue our cafe concerts throughout Seattle. The winner is determined by audience vote — would you help us by casting one our way? It’s fast and free, and would mean a whole lot to us!
Vote for Parnassus Project at Good.Is.
Above: The view from the street at our last cafe concert at Cafe Cesura in downtown Bellevue. Check out more pictures on Facebook! Photo credit: Ben Pink.
Parnassus Project and Classical Revolution got a nice preview in The Sun Break about our upcoming joint cafe concert at Cafe Cesura!
We have another piece of good news. Parnassus Project is officially a fiscally sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. This means that all donations are fully tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
Would you consider including Parnassus Project in your end-of-year giving? Your resources will go towards funding our first season of performances, which includes our first official concert in May 2012 and spring cafe concerts currently in the works; and to offsetting our general operating expenses. Any amount helps!
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Parnassus Project is up for vote in the Pepsi Refresh Everything program! Help us earn a $5000 grant by voting for us every day for the month of December.
Visit http://www.refresheverything.com/parnassusproject to cast your vote. You can also text 110137 to Pepsi (73774). Spread the word!
THANKS!
Our first official concert may not be ’til May, but we’ve got a couple chamber music events featuring Parnassus Project artists happening before the end of the year. Hope you’ll join us!
Enjoy an exciting evening of chamber music for a cause! Our Associate Artistic Director Brooks Tran is organizing a benefit concert featuring some of our artists. All the proceeds will go to Compassion in Deeds, a non-profit organization that raises scholarship money for needy children in Vietnam. For more details, see the Facebook event page.
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Parnassus Project is bringing chamber music to Starbucks! Take a break from your holiday shopping, grab a cup of coffee or a glass of wine, and enjoy some live violin, cello and harp music. It’s free!
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(Image: courtesy of Benjamin Liang from the University of Washington Photography Club)
Parnassus Project is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
