Following a year-long Music Director Search, Philharmonia Northwest is pleased to announce Michael Wheatley as its next Music Director, to begin in the 2024-25 Season. Wheatley was unveiled to an audience of supporters at their annual gala Sunday night. “I am overjoyed to be Philharmonia Northwest's
Concert info: https://philharmonianw.org/concert-5-legacy/ Legacy often refers to that which is passed from one generation to another. In music, we may think of legacy in relationship to a style of composition that is given from teacher to teacher, or as a generational gift from past composers within
Concert info: https://philharmonianw.org/concert-4-symphonic-dances/ Two words that resonate in the music of today's concert are beauty and craft. The former is meant beyond the traditional concept of something pleasing to the eye and is used in this instance to incorporate the idea of stirring the intellect and
Concert info: https://philharmonianw.org/concert-2-kindred-spirits/ The great jazz saxophonist Albert Ayler released a record in 1969 entitled Music is the Healing Force of the Universe. Ayler’s music, inspired by the improvisatory traditions of jazz, blues, spirituals, and African chanting, brought forth a kind of sonic prayer that, when
Concert info: https://philharmonianw.org/concert-3-handelian-holidays/ Seasons are marked in many ways: pumpkin spice lattes, a dusting of snow, a crocus rising from the garden. We understand the passage of time as much with our senses as with our calendars. This fact may be presented in its purest form
Concert info: https://philharmonianw.org/concert-1-remember-the-ladies/ “I long to hear that you have declared an independancy—and by the way in the new Code of Laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable
Concert info: https://philharmonianw.org/concert-6-perspectives-faure-hagen/ The word perspective has several meanings. In one sense, it can refer to the art of drawing an object on a two-dimensional surface so as to give the right impression of height, weight, width, depth, and relation to other objects. Perspective can also
Concert info: https://philharmonianw.org/concert-5-mountains-birds-and-dinosaurs-a-childrens-concert/ A Musical Scavenger Hunt Welcome to the 5th concert in Philharmonia Northwest’s 22/23 season. We’re so glad you’re here. Our program notes usually talk about the history of the music we present, but for this concert we wanted to offer kids and parents a
Concert info: https://philharmonianw.org/concert-4-the-trumpet-shall-sound/ Saint Paul tells us in his first letter to the Corinthians that the sound of a trumpet will change all things. (1 Corinthians 15:52 if you’d like the full context.) Today’s concert may be hard-pressed to change all things, but it has the
Philharmonia Northwest is excited to welcome composer Vivian Fung and trumpeter Mary Elizabeth Bowden to the Seattle area this week for The Trumpet Shall Sound, a concert featuring the glorious tones of brass instruments and the Pacific Northwest Premiere of Fung's Trumpet Concerto; Bowden performs