Photo courtesy of Frederick Community College
Christian Colberg and David Coombs will play at Jack B. Kussmaul Theater on Monday as part of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's Chamber Series.
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The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Chamber Series returns to Frederick Community College's Jack B. Kussmaul Theater at 3 p.m., Monday with "Winds, Strings, and Other Things." The program includes an eclectic blend of chamber music hits for winds, strings and piano, featuring seven BSO winds and strings players and a guest pianist in performances of music by Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, and Jean Francaix.
Admission is $20; tickets can be bought on-line at www.bsomusic.org or at the door.
On Tchaikovsky's "Quartet No. 1, Op. 11 in D Major," Jonathan Carney and Ivan Stefanovic will play violins; Ilya Finkelshteyn, cello; and Christian Colberg, viola. Jonathan Carney is in his fifth season with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra after 12 seasons with London's Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. He is a native of New Jersey and comes from a musical family where all six members graduated from the Juilliard School in New York.
Ivan Stefanovic was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia and began his violin studies at the age of 5. At 16, he came to the United States to continue his education at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Stefanovic is principal second violin of the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, a baroque violinist in Pro Musica Rara, and a co-coordinator and co-founder of the "Chamber Music by Candlelight" series.
Cellist Ilya Finkelshteyn has performed throughout the United States, Canada, Europe and Japan. In 2002 he became principal cello of the BSO. He was previously a member of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra for five seasons. He began his education at the Special Music School at the St. Petersburg Conservatory in Russia. After immigrating to the United States, he studied at the University of Minnesota School of Music and at the Juilliard School.
Christian Colberg is a violinist, violist, composer and conductor. A graduate of the Peabody Conservatory, he has traveled widely, giving performances and master classes throughout Canada, the United States, Central America and Europe.
On Ludwig van Beethoven's "Trio Op. 38 in E-flat Major (arrangement of the Septet op. 20)," Edward Palanker will play clarinet; David Coombs, bassoon; and Mary Woehr, piano. Palanker is a clarinetist and bass clarinetist with the BSO and professor emeritus at Towson University, where he was in charge of the clarinet department, woodwind ensembles, and director of the Towson Chamber Players. He also teaches at the Peabody Conservatory of Music where he performs regularly in the chamber music series.
Contrabassoonist David Coombs has been a member of the BSO since 1982. He holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Rochester and a master's degree in music theory from the Eastman School of Music.
Woehr has been a member of the BSO since 1982, both as a violist and a pianist. Before joining the BSO, she performed with the London Sinfonia in Canada, the Dallas Chamber Orchestra, the Dallas Ballet Orchestra, and the Chautauqua Symphony. She is originally from Pittsburgh and completed her Bachelor in Music Performance degree at Bowling Green State University in Ohio.
On Jean Francaix's "Divertissement," Jane Marvine will play oboe; Edward Palanker, clarinet; and David Coombs, bassoon. Marvine earned a Bachelor of Music degree in oboe performance and a master's degree in composition from Northwestern University. She concurrently plays principal oboe, oboe d'amore and English horn with the Baltimore Choral Arts Society Orchestra.
‘Winds, Strings...'
When: 3 p.m. Tuesday
Where: Frederick Community College's Jack B. Kussmaul Theater, Opossumtown Pike, Frederick
Tickets: $20 at the door or www.bsomusic.org
For information: 301-845-2608
