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Molto allegro vivace Menuetto. Un poco Allegretto Andante espressivo ma con moto Presto con brio Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) S t r i n g Q u a r t e t N o . 3 , O p . 4 4 , N o . 1 Largo Allegro molto Allegretto Largo Largo Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) S t r i n g Q u a r t e t N o . 8 i n C m i n o r , O p . 8 Setting by Danish String Quartet T r a d i t i o n a l : Y e H o n e s t B r i d a l C o u p l e S ø n d e r h o B r i d a l T r i l o g y P a r t s I & I I Aerlige Brudefolk Brudestykke Intermission Welcome! Artists Presents: HELEN KIM, violin Enjoys a versatile career as a performer and teacher. She was a member of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra from 2011-2016. She was recently the Associate Principal Second Violin with the San Francisco Symphony and just this year was appointed Associate Concertmaster of the Seattle Symphony. Helen has spent her summers teaching and performing at festivals including Aspen Music Festival and School, Yellow Barn, Luzerne Music Festival, and the Innsbrook Institute. CHRISTINE GROSSMAN, viola Born to a musical family and raised in New York City, Christine Grossman began playing the violin at the age of five, piano at the age of ten, and viola at sixteen. She received both her Bachelors and Masters degrees in viola performance from the Juilliard School. Formerly Principal Viola with the Kansas City Symphony for 11 seasons, Ms. Grossman resides in Kansas City, concertizes across the country, and teaches violin and viola privately. RACHEL LEE PRIDAY, violin Has appeared as soloist with major international orchestras, including the Chicago, Saint Louis, Houston, Seattle, and National Symphony Orchestras, the Boston Pops, and the Berlin Staatskapelle. Recital appearances have brought her to eminent venues including the Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center, Musée du Louvre, Verbier Festival, Ravinia Festival and Dame Myra Hess Memorial Series in Chicago, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival in Germany, and tours of South Africa and the United Kingdom. KEVIN KRENTZ, cello Has been Artistic Director of the Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival since 2008. With the Finisterra Trio, he won multiple competitions and awards at the Fischoff, Zinetti, and Greenlake Competitions and played concerts throughout the US, UK, Italy, and Austria. He is a very active teacher and has taught at Seattle University. He is also known world-wide among cellists for the Krentz Modulator and other products he has invented for Krentz String Works. Great art, art with relevance and staying power, must find a balance between moving the heart and the head. Many say that too much current music is too head heavy. I agree. The Shostakovich and Mendelssohn on the program tonight demonstrate what happens when the balance is perfect: music that makes you feel first but has the intellect to make further listening richer and richer. If this is your first time hearing these pieces or your 50th, I’m sure you’ll love this music as much as we do. Thank you for being with us tonight! - Kevin Krentz

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Molto allegro vivaceMenuetto. Un poco AllegrettoAndante espressivo ma con motoPresto con brio

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)String Quartet N o.3, Op.44, N o.1

LargoAllegro moltoAllegrettoLargoLargo

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)String Quartet N o. 8 in C minor, Op. 8

Setting by Danish String Quartet

Traditional: Ye Honest Bridal C oupleSønderho Bridal Trilogy Parts I & II

Aerlige BrudefolkBrudestykke

Intermission

Welcome!

Artists

Presents:

HELEN KIM, violinEnjoys a versatile career as a performer and teacher. She was a member of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra from 2011-2016. She was recently the Associate Principal Second Violin with the San Francisco Symphony and just this year was appointed Associate Concertmaster of the Seattle Symphony. Helen has spent her summers teaching and performing at festivals including Aspen Music Festival and School, Yellow Barn, Luzerne Music Festival, and the Innsbrook Institute.

CHRISTINE GROSSMAN, violaBorn to a musical family and raised in New York City, Christine Grossman began playing the violin at the age of �ve, piano at the age of ten, and viola at sixteen. She received both her Bachelors and Masters degrees in viola performance from the Juilliard School. Formerly Principal Viola with the Kansas City Symphony for 11 seasons, Ms. Grossman resides in Kansas City, concertizes across the country, and teaches violin and viola privately.

RACHEL LEE PRIDAY, violin Has appeared as soloist with major international orchestras, including the Chicago, Saint Louis, Houston, Seattle, and National Symphony Orchestras, the Boston Pops, and the Berlin Staatskapelle. Recital appearances have brought her to eminent venues including the Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center, Musée du Louvre, Verbier Festival, Ravinia Festival and Dame Myra Hess Memorial Series in Chicago, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival in Germany, and tours of South Africa and the United Kingdom.

KEVIN KRENTZ, celloHas been Artistic Director of the Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival since 2008. With the Finisterra Trio, he won multiple competitions and awards at the Fischo�, Zinetti, and Greenlake Competitions and played concerts throughout the US, UK, Italy, and Austria. He is a very active teacher and has taught at Seattle University. He is also known world-wide among cellists for the Krentz Modulator and other products he has invented for Krentz String Works.

Great art, art with relevance and staying power, must �nd a balance between moving the heart and the head. Many say that too much current music is too head heavy. I agree. The Shostakovich and Mendelssohn on the program tonight demonstrate what happens when the balance is perfect: music that makes you feel �rst but has the intellect to make further listening richer and richer. If this is your �rst time hearing these pieces or your 50th, I’m sure you’ll love this music as much as we do. Thank you for being with us tonight!

- Kevin Krentz