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© Chester Higgins PROGRAM RECOVERED VOICES An evening of chamber music with Maestro James Conlon, Pacific Trio, and Friends THU / OCT 4 7:30 PM CLASSICAL James Conlon, conductor Pacific Trio Edith Orloff, piano John Walz, cello Roger Wilkie, violin and friends Steve Becknell, horn Stuart Clark, clarinet Brian Dembow, viola Anna Landauer, violin Timothy Landauer, cello Shawn Mann, viola This performance is generously underwritten by Marilyn Ziering. OCT 2012 4
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Part OneRun Time: approx. 40 minutes

Der Wind (1909) after a poem by Grete Wiesenthal ......... Franz Schreker (1878-1934)

(James Conlon, conductor)(Becknell, Clark, Orloff, Wilkie, Walz)

Duo for Violin and Cello ......................... Erwin Schulhoff (1894-1942)ModeratoZingaresca: Allegro giocosoAndantinoModerato

(Walz, Wilkie)

Trio in D Minor, Op. 3 ...................Alexander Zemlinsky (1871-1942)Allegro ma non troppoAndanteAllegro

(Pacific Trio)

There will be one 15 minute intermission.

PROGRAM

RECOVERED VOICESAn evening of chamber music with

Maestro James Conlon, Pacific Trio, and Friends

THU / OCT 47:30 PM

CLASSICAL

James Conlon, conductor

Pacific TrioEdith Orloff, piano

John Walz, celloRoger Wilkie, violin

and friends

Steve Becknell, hornStuart Clark, clarinetBrian Dembow, viola Anna Landauer, violin

Timothy Landauer, celloShawn Mann, viola

This performance is generously underwritten by Marilyn Ziering.

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Part OneRun Time: approx. 40 minutes

Der Wind (1909) after a poem by Grete Wiesenthal ......... Franz Schreker (1878-1934)

(James Conlon, conductor)(Becknell, Clark, Orloff, Wilkie, Walz)

Duo for Violin and Cello ......................... Erwin Schulhoff (1894-1942)ModeratoZingaresca: Allegro giocosoAndantinoModerato

(Walz, Wilkie)

Trio in D Minor, Op. 3 ...................Alexander Zemlinsky (1871-1942)Allegro ma non troppoAndanteAllegro

(Pacific Trio)

There will be one 15 minute intermission.

Part TwoRun Time: approx. 35 minutes

Mailblumen for Soprano and String Sextet ...................Alexander Zemlinsky (1871-1942)

(James Conlon, conductor)(Dembow, A. Landauer, T. Landauer, Mann, Walz, Wilkie)

Verklarte Nacht, Op. 4 .....................Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)

(Dembow, A. Landauer, T. Landauer, Mann, Walz, Wilkie)

Please reserve your applause until the end of each musical composition.

PROGRAM

RECOVERED VOICESAn evening of chamber music with

Maestro James Conlon, Pacific Trio, and Friends

THU / OCT 47:30 PM

CLASSICAL

James Conlon, conductor

Pacific TrioEdith Orloff, piano

John Walz, celloRoger Wilkie, violin

and friends

Steve Becknell, hornStuart Clark, clarinetBrian Dembow, viola Anna Landauer, violin

Timothy Landauer, celloShawn Mann, viola

This performance is generously underwritten by Marilyn Ziering.

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James Conlon, conductor, one of today’s most versatile and respected conductors, has culti-vated a vast symphonic, operatic, and choral repertoire. Since his 1974 debut with the New York Philharmonic, he has conducted virtu-ally every major American and European sym-phony orchestra. Through worldwide touring, an extensive discography and videography, numerous essays and commentaries, frequent television appearances, and guest speak-ing engagements, Mr. Conlon is one of classi-

cal music’s most recognized in-terpreters. He is currently Music

Director of LA Opera, the Ravinia Festival (sum-mer home of the Chicago Symphony Orches-tra), and the Cincinnati May Festival, America’s oldest choral festival. He has served as Prin-cipal Conductor of the Paris National Opera (1995-2004); General Music Director of the City of Cologne, Germany (1989-2002), where he was Music Director of both the Gürzenich Orchestra-Cologne Philharmonic and the Co-logne Opera; and Music Director of the Rot-terdam Philharmonic (1983-1991). Since his first appearance as a guest conductor at the Metro-politan Opera in 1976, Mr. Conlon has led more than 250 performances there and has often ap-peared at Teatro alla Scala in Milan, the Rome Opera, the Royal Opera at Covent Garden in London, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, and the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence. In an effort to raise awareness of the significance of the lesser-known works of composers silenced by the Nazi regime, Mr. Conlon has devoted himself to extensive programming of this mu-sic throughout Europe and North America. In 1999, he received the Zemlinsky Prize for his efforts in bringing that composer’s music to in-ternational attention. In 2007, he received the Crystal Globe Award from the Anti-Defamation League for championing these works, includ-

ing his initiation of LA Opera’s groundbreaking Recovered Voices project. His work on behalf of suppressed composers led to the creation of The OREL Foundation (www.orelfounda-tion.org), an invaluable resource on the topic for music lovers, students, musicians, and scholars. Mr. Conlon is currently engaged in a three-year homage to Benjamin Britten, set to culminate in 2013 during the 100th anniversary of the composer’s birth. A long-time devotee of Britten’s music, he is conducting six produc-tions of Britten operas in the U.S. and Europe. Mr. Conlon’s extensive discography and videog-raphy can be found on the EMI, Erato, Capric-cio, Decca, and Sony Classical labels. He has won two Grammy Awards. He was named Com-mandeur de L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Minister of Culture, and in 2002, he received France’s highest distinction from then President of the French Republic Jacques Chi-rac; the Légion d’Honneur.

Pacific Trio “Top string quartets pop up everywhere, but first-rate piano trios are rare. A concert by the Pacific Trio was a special treat, as the trio dem-onstrated in convincing manner, why it should be considered one of the best.” So began the Los Angeles Times review of Pacific Trio’s de-but. Each member has enjoyed a celebrated career on the international music scene, rich in recital, ensemble, and concerto performanc-es. Founded in 1979 in Los Angeles by John Walz and Edith Orloff, this acclaimed ensemble has played more than 1,000 concerts in the Unit-ed States, Canada, and Europe. In addition to touring, they serve as trio-in-residence at the Idyllwild Arts Summer Program in Southern California. In 1986, the trio made its New York debut at Lincoln Center, in a concert benefit-ing the New York chapter of the Alzheimer’s Foundation. “Pacific Trio’s debut concert at Alice Tully Hall could easily have stood on its

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own merits, but the players had the generos-ity to turn the program into a benefit, donat-ing all the proceeds to the Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Association. The mem-bers of the trio played with warmth, exper-tise, and unanimity… elegantly tapered, yet directly emotive playing” (The New York Times). In 2001, the trio was joined by renowned vio-linist Roger Wilkie. Their repertoire includes virtually all the standard fare and champions new works, especially by American compos-ers. In addition, their celebrated performances of Beethoven’s Triple Concerto with many of the finest European and American orchestras have cemented their place as one of the pre-mier chamber ensembles on the scene today. Pacific Trio began recording in 1989 with a CD of Brahms and Shostakovich, followed by trios of Dvorak and Smetana. Since then, they have completed many extensive European tours and have recorded the Beethoven Triple Concerto with the Czech National Orches-tra in Prague. Their latest CD, American Composers, featuring music of Gershwin, Bernstein, Copland, and Muczynski, was re-leased in fall of 2009 in conjunc-tion with concerts in Germany, Poland, and France. Reviews in the German press referred to their performances as… “chamber music of the highest order.”

Steve Becknell, horn, has performed with LA Opera for over 20 years. He was a member of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra for eight years, and has performed with the LA Philhar-monic, San Diego Symphony, Pasadena and Pacific Symphonies, and Los Angeles Master Chorale. He has played on hundreds of film soundtracks, television shows, and recordings with artists such as Barbra Streisand, Andrea Bocelli, and Josh Groban. He holds degrees from the University of Wisconsin and USC.

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ing his initiation of LA Opera’s groundbreaking Recovered Voices project. His work on behalf of suppressed composers led to the creation of The OREL Foundation (www.orelfounda-tion.org), an invaluable resource on the topic for music lovers, students, musicians, and scholars. Mr. Conlon is currently engaged in a three-year homage to Benjamin Britten, set to culminate in 2013 during the 100th anniversary of the composer’s birth. A long-time devotee of Britten’s music, he is conducting six produc-tions of Britten operas in the U.S. and Europe.Mr. Conlon’s extensive discography and videog-raphy can be found on the EMI, Erato, Capric-cio, Decca, and Sony Classical labels. He has won two Grammy Awards. He was named Com-mandeur de L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Minister of Culture, and in 2002, he received France’s highest distinction from then President of the French Republic Jacques Chi-rac; the Légion d’Honneur.

Pacific Trio “Top string quartets pop up everywhere, but first-rate piano trios are rare. A concert by the Pacific Trio was a special treat, as the trio dem-onstrated in convincing manner, why it should be considered one of the best.” So began the Los Angeles Times review of Pacific Trio’s de-but. Each member has enjoyed a celebrated career on the international music scene, rich in recital, ensemble, and concerto performanc-es. Founded in 1979 in Los Angeles by John Walz and Edith Orloff, this acclaimed ensemble has played more than 1,000 concerts in the Unit-ed States, Canada, and Europe. In addition totouring, they serve as trio-in-residence at the Idyllwild Arts Summer Program in Southern California. In 1986, the trio made its New York debut at Lincoln Center, in a concert benefit-ing the New York chapter of the Alzheimer’s Foundation. “Pacific Trio’s debut concert at Alice Tully Hall could easily have stood on its

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own merits, but the players had the generos-ity to turn the program into a benefit, donat-ing all the proceeds to the Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Association. The mem-bers of the trio played with warmth, exper-tise, and unanimity… elegantly tapered, yet directly emotive playing” (The New York Times). In 2001, the trio was joined by renowned vio-linist Roger Wilkie. Their repertoire includes virtually all the standard fare and champions new works, especially by American compos-ers. In addition, their celebrated performances of Beethoven’s Triple Concerto with many of the finest European and American orchestras have cemented their place as one of the pre-mier chamber ensembles on the scene today. Pacific Trio began recording in 1989 with a CD of Brahms and Shostakovich, followed by trios of Dvorak and Smetana. Since then, they have completed many extensive European tours and have recorded the Beethoven Triple Concerto with the Czech National Orches-tra in Prague. Their latest CD, American Composers, featuring music of Gershwin, Bernstein, Copland, and Muczynski, was re-leased in fall of 2009 in conjunc-tion with concerts in Germany, Poland, and France. Reviews in the German press referred to their performances as… “chamber music of the highest order.”

Steve Becknell, horn, has performed with LA Opera for over 20 years. He was a member of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra for eight years, and has performed with the LA Philhar-monic, San Diego Symphony, Pasadena and Pacific Symphonies, and Los Angeles Master Chorale. He has played on hundreds of film soundtracks, television shows, and recordings with artists such as Barbra Streisand, Andrea Bocelli, and Josh Groban. He holds degrees from the University of Wisconsin and USC.

Stuart Clark, clarinet, received his music edu-cation at the Royal College of Music in London, graduating with honors. In his postgraduate year he was awarded an exchange fellowship to study at UCLA and furthered his studies at USC. Mr. Clark is currently the Principal Clarinetist of the LA Opera. He has performed with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Pasadena Sym-phony, Spokane Symphony, Pacific Symphony, and New West Symphony. As an active chamber musician, Mr. Clark has performed with numer-ous ensembles including Jacaranda, Capitol Ensemble, and the New Hollywood String Quar-tet. In addition to live orchestral and chamber music concerts, he records regularly for film and television.

Brian Dembow, viola, is well known in the field of chamber music. Born in New York City, he was admitted to the Juilliard School at age elev-en as a scholarship student of the renowned

pedagogue Dorothy DeLay. As a young violinist, Mr. Dembow be-gan capturing first place finishes in competitions as well as winning the Edward Dethier Award and on two occasions the Michael Rabin

Award. At age eighteen he made his first ap-pearances abroad with orchestra in a series of concerts throughout Germany and Scandinavia. A move to Southern California in 1978 helped establish his reputation there as a teacher at the University of California, and as an orches-tral musician serving as concertmaster of both the Long Beach and San Diego Symphonies. Mr. Dembow has been a member of the New York and Sequoia String Quartets. As a member of the Angeles String Quartet, Mr. Dembow won a Grammy for Best Chamber Music Performance (2001) for the landmark recording of the 68 String Quartets of Joseph Haydn for the Philips Classics label. In addition, he has recorded for the Delos, Sine Qua Non, CRI, and Koch inter-

“…the Philharmonic under Conlon made

every note sound absolutely gorgeous”

—New York Magazine

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national labels. Mr. Dembow has also served for several years as Artist-in-Residence at the As-pen Music Festival in Colorado.

Anna Landauer, violin, is the winner of several national violin competitions in her native Ar-menia. She began her violin studies at age six with her father, and later continued at the Tchaikovsky Academy of Music. She made her de-but with the State Philhar-monic Orchestra of Armenia at the age of 14, and has performed since then in major halls throughout Armenia. In the United States, she holds Artist Diplomas from Duquesne Univer-sity and the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music. Winner of the 1995 Elizabeth Harper Vaughn International Com-petition in Tennessee, she has appeared at the Tanglewood Music Festival, the Shady Side Mu-sic Festival, the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, and served as Concertmaster and Guest Soloist for the National Repertory Orchestra in Colorado. An active chamber mu-sician in the greater Los Angeles area, she has performed with the Los Angeles Chamber Or-chestra, and Pacific Symphony Orchestra and is currently a tenured member of the LA Opera Orchestra.

Timothy Landauer, cello, was hailed “a cellist of extraordinary gifts” by The New York Times when he won the coveted Concert Artists Guild International Award in 1983. Mr. Landauer is the winner of numerous prestigious prizes and awards, among them the Young Musicians Foundation’s National Gregor Piatigorsky Me-morial Cello Award, the Samuel Applebaum Grand Prize of the National Solo Competition of the American String Teacher’s Association, and the 1984 Hammer-Rostropovich Scholarship Award. Mr. Landauer’s extensive engagements

include his highly acclaimed recitals at Carn-egie Recital Hall, the Ambassador Auditorium in Los Angeles, the Orford Arts Centre in Mon-treal, the City Hall Theatre in Hong Kong, and in Hannover, Germany. He has performed as a soloist with orchestras across three continents

including the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, the Gulbenkian Orchestra in Lisbon, the Hong Kong Philharmon-ic, the Taiwan National Symphony, the Beijing Symphony, and the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra. In the United

States, Mr. Landauer has also appeared with the Maryland Symphony, the Grand Teton Fes-tival Orchestra, and the Pacific Symphony Or-chestra. Mr. Landauer was the recipient of the Outstanding Individual Artist Award 2004 pre-sented by Arts Orange County.

Shawn Mann, viola, is a native of Texas and a long-standing member of the LA Opera Or-chestra. He can be seen around town playing with the Los Angeles Master Chorale, the Pasa-dena Symphony and Pops, and was recently a featured soloist with Pasadena-based cham-ber orchestra MUSE/IQUE. He is also an active studio musician, having played on hundreds of motion picture soundtrack scores for compos-ers such as John Williams, James Horner, and Danny Elfman, and recordings with artists such as Barbra Streisand, Andrea Bocelli, and Josh Groban. Mr. Mann has traveled the length and breadth of Japan as Principal Viola of the Percy Faith Orchestra, and performed with the Pacif-ic Symphony on their critically-acclaimed tour of Germany and Austria. He has performed at Festival Mozaic, the Aspen Music Festival, the Taos School of Music, Colorado Music Festival, and the Music Academy of the West. Mr. Mann holds degrees from the Interlochen Arts Acad-emy, the Eastman School of Music, and the University of Southern California. His teachers have included Yizhak Schotten, David Holland,

John Graham, and Donald McInnes. When not playing the viola, Mr. Mann can often be found restoring his 1970 Triumph TR6 or deciding which house project to tackle next.

John Walz, cello, is a celebrated soloist and chamber music artist, known for his dazzling virtuosity and elegant musicianship. A student of the legendary French cellist Pierre Fournier, he has appeared as soloist with more than 150 symphony orchestras on four continents. His performances of 25 different concertos in-clude both standard showcases and rarities like Martinu’s Concerto #1 and William Schuman’s Song of Orfeus. In 1979, Mr. Walz, along with pianist Edith Orloff, founded the Pacific Trio. Now performing with violinist Roger Wilkie, this renowned ensemble has played more than 900 concerts throughout North America and Eu-rope. In addition to his solo and chamber mu-sic duties, he is currently the principal cellist with the LA Opera, a position he previously held for 20 years with the Long Beach Symphony. His ever expanding discography includes record-ings of the concertos by Dvorak, Haydn, Shostakovich, Bloch, Mar-tinu, Vivaldi, and trios by Brahms, Dvorak, Smetana, and the newly released Pacif-ic Trio CD featuring Beethoven’s Triple Concer-to and Archduke Trio. He is on the faculty of the Idyllwild Arts Summer Program and Academy.

Edith Orloff, piano, is known for her versatil-ity as a performer and has earned acclaim in the United States and Europe. She has concert-ized with equal success as recitalist, chamber musician, and soloist with orchestra. Her solo German debut in 1998 was received as “elegant, a pleasure to hear,” and her music-making has won praise at home and abroad for its inter-pretive vitality and perceptive musicianship. She is a founding member of the Los Angeles-

“…The members of the trio played

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include his highly acclaimed recitals at Carn-egie Recital Hall, the Ambassador Auditorium in Los Angeles, the Orford Arts Centre in Mon-treal, the City Hall Theatre in Hong Kong, andin Hannover, Germany. He has performed as a soloist with orchestras across three continents

including the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, the Gulbenkian Orchestra in Lisbon, the Hong Kong Philharmon-ic, the Taiwan National Symphony, the Beijing Symphony, and the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra. In the United

States, Mr. Landauer has also appeared with the Maryland Symphony, the Grand Teton Fes-tival Orchestra, and the Pacific Symphony Or-chestra. Mr. Landauer was the recipient of theOutstanding Individual Artist Award 2004 pre-sented by Arts Orange County.

Shawn Mann, viola, is a native of Texas and a long-standing member of the LA Opera Or-chestra. He can be seen around town playing with the Los Angeles Master Chorale, the Pasa-dena Symphony and Pops, and was recently afeatured soloist with Pasadena-based cham-ber orchestra MUSE/IQUE. He is also an active studio musician, having played on hundreds of motion picture soundtrack scores for compos-ers such as John Williams, James Horner, and Danny Elfman, and recordings with artists such as Barbra Streisand, Andrea Bocelli, and Josh Groban. Mr. Mann has traveled the length and breadth of Japan as Principal Viola of the Percy Faith Orchestra, and performed with the Pacif-ic Symphony on their critically-acclaimed tour of Germany and Austria. He has performed at Festival Mozaic, the Aspen Music Festival, the Taos School of Music, Colorado Music Festival, and the Music Academy of the West. Mr. Mann holds degrees from the Interlochen Arts Acad-emy, the Eastman School of Music, and the University of Southern California. His teachers have included Yizhak Schotten, David Holland,

John Graham, and Donald McInnes. When not playing the viola, Mr. Mann can often be found restoring his 1970 Triumph TR6 or deciding which house project to tackle next.

John Walz, cello, is a celebrated soloist and chamber music artist, known for his dazzling virtuosity and elegant musicianship. A student of the legendary French cellist Pierre Fournier, he has appeared as soloist with more than 150 symphony orchestras on four continents. His performances of 25 different concertos in-clude both standard showcases and rarities like Martinu’s Concerto #1 and William Schuman’s Song of Orfeus. In 1979, Mr. Walz, along with pianist Edith Orloff, founded the Pacific Trio. Now performing with violinist Roger Wilkie, this renowned ensemble has played more than 900 concerts throughout North America and Eu-rope. In addition to his solo and chamber mu-sic duties, he is currently the principal cellist with the LA Opera, a position he previously held for 20 years with the Long Beach Symphony. His ever expanding discography includes record-ings of the concertos by Dvorak, Haydn, Shostakovich, Bloch, Mar-tinu, Vivaldi, and trios by Brahms, Dvorak, Smetana, and the newly released Pacif-ic Trio CD featuring Beethoven’s Triple Concer-to and Archduke Trio. He is on the faculty of the Idyllwild Arts Summer Program and Academy.

Edith Orloff, piano, is known for her versatil-ity as a performer and has earned acclaim in the United States and Europe. She has concert-ized with equal success as recitalist, chamber musician, and soloist with orchestra. Her solo German debut in 1998 was received as “elegant, a pleasure to hear,” and her music-making has won praise at home and abroad for its inter-pretive vitality and perceptive musicianship. She is a founding member of the Los Angeles-

based Pacific Trio. The ensemble, with violin-ist Roger Wilkie and cellist John Walz, makes annual tours of the U.S. and Europe. For many years the group has served as ensemble-in-residence of the Idyllwild Arts summer festival, where Ms. Orloff has taught piano and cham-ber music since 1976. In February of 2009, the Pacific Trio traveled to Europe to perform and record trios by American composers. The CD American Composers featuring works of Ger-shwin, Bernstein, Copland, and Muczynski for the Marsyas label, was released in September of 2009 in conjunction with a European tour. Ms. Orloff has appeared as guest artist with many notable ensembles, including the Hous-ton Symphony Chamber Players, the Ensemble Con Brio of Bruchsal, Germany, and the Czech String Trio. In keeping with her interest in pro-moting new music, she has helped to launch several series devoted to the works of contem-porary composers. She performs frequently on several prominent series in the Los Ange-

les area. Ms. Orloff also enjoys a long-standing musical collabora-tion with her husband, Houston Symphony principal clarinetist David Peck; their CD of modern works for clarinet and piano was

released in 2004. She has also recorded for the Brio Classics, Resort Classics, and Yarlung labels. Summer concert appearances have in-cluded La Jolla SummerFest, Grand Tetons Festival, Ventura Chamber Music Festival, and ongoing performances at Idyllwild Arts and Festival Mozaic (formerly San Luis Obispo Mo-zart Festival). A master’s degree graduate of the California Institute of the Arts, where she studied piano with Earle Voorhies and cham-ber music with Cesare Pascarella, she has also worked with Jerome Lowenthal, Reginald Stew-art, Rosina Lhevinne, Daniel Pollack, and Ro-berto Eyzaguirre. Ms. Orloff teaches privately and in master classes. In addition to her musi-

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chamber music artist, known for his dazzlingvirtuosity and elegant musicianship. A

legendary French cellist Pierre Fournier, appeared as soloist with more than

symphony orchestras on four continents.performances of 25 different concertos

both standard showcases and raritiesMartinu’s Concerto #1 and William Schuman’s

Orfeus of Orfeus of . In 1979, Mr. Walz, along Edith Orloff, Orloff, founded the Pacific

performing performing with violinist Roger Wilkie,renowned ensemble ensemble has played more thanconcerts throughout throughout North America and

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cal activities, she enjoys literature, travel, and study of languages. She resides in Houston and San Diego.

Roger Wilkie, violin, is a Southern California native, and has enjoyed a rich and varied mu-sical life. Born to a musical family, Mr. Wilkie’s professional career began in 1983, with a six-year tenure in the Los Angeles Chamber Or-chestra, eventually serving as principal second violinist. He has since returned to the en-semble appearing as guest concertmaster. This experience led to other opportunities as guest concertmaster with such groups as the LA Op-era, including productions of Strauss operas Die Frau Ohne Schatten and Der Rosenkavalier, the Round Top Festival Orchestra of Texas, the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, and the Real Filharmonia de Galicia, Spain, under music director Helmut Rilling. Pres-ently, Mr. Wilkie’s orchestral life is centered around the Long Beach Symphony, where he has served as concertmaster since 1990. He has had many opportunities to solo with the orchestra, performing the violin concertos of Brahms, Mendelssohn, Sibelius, Bruch, Proko-fiev, and the Brahms Double Concerto with cel-

list John Walz. Mr. Wilkie is in great demand as a chamber musician. He was a founding mem-ber of the Angeles String Quartet, performing and touring from 1988-1993. He was solo vio-linist with the Santa Barbara based Camerata Pacifica, on whose series he played hundreds of concerts as recitalist and chamber musician

over a ten year period. He has ap-peared at many chamber music festivals including La Jolla Sum-merfest, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, and Martha’s Vineyard Chamber Music Festival. Presently,

Mr. Wilkie is a member of the Pacific Trio with cellist John Walz and pianist Edith Orloff. This renowned ensemble has concertized in Europe in 2002, and again in 2004. Highlights of these tours included a performance and recording of Beethoven’s Triple Concerto with the Czech Na-tional Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Wilkie’s career also extends to the Hollywood Studios, where he has participated in the soundtracks for hun-dreds of films. In 2005, he received the honor of serving as concertmaster for John Williams’ scores for Munich and Memoirs of a Geisha.

had many opportunities to solo with theorchestra, performing the violin concertos ofBrahms, Mendelssohn, Sibelius, Bruch, Proko-

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