WITH SOREN HAMM, SAXOPHONE
MICHAEL WHEATLEY, CONDUCTOR
SHORECREST PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
SUNDAY, MAY 23, 2027 @ 2:00PM
PROGRAM MAY INCLUDE:
Dances with Wolves
Out of Africa
Catch Me If You Can
Seven Years in Tibet
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The English Patient
Skyfall
Vertigo
SUBSCRIPTIONS
“Pick 3” (3 Concerts)
Adult: $170
Senior/Student: $140
Full Season:
Adult: $80
Senior/Student: $65
SINGLE TICKETS
Adult: $30
Senior/Student: $25
Child (under 18): Free
SOREN HAMM, SAXOPHONE
Saxophonist Soren Hamm teaches on the faculties of Seattle Pacific University and Pierce College. Heard on the popular radio programs Performance Today and Northwest Focus Live, he was recently featured as soloist with the Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Northwest, and Opus 7 Vocal Ensemble. He has also performed with the Northwest Sinfonietta, Lake Washington Symphony, and Bellingham Festival of Music Orchestra, among others.
A passionate supporter of new music for the saxophone, Soren has worked with and premiered music by Dai Fujikura, Marilyn Shrude, and Seattle’s John Muehleisen, in addition to countless emerging and student composers. As a founding member of Onomatopoeia, the world’s first flute/saxophone/horn trio, he also co-commissioned the first original repertoire for this combination of instruments.
Soren is the only competitor in the history of Seattle’s Frances Walton Competition to win both its Solo and Chamber divisions—in 2018 as a soloist, and in 2015 with the Equus Saxophone Quartet. He was also a National Finalist of multiple MTNA Competitions, as well as the winner of the 2022 Bushell Concerto Competition.
Soren holds degrees Bowling Green State University and the University of Oregon, and also completed Music Education studies at Western Washington University. His teachers include John Sampen, Idit Shner, and Fred Winkler.
Philharmonia Northwest’s 2025-26 Season is made possible in part by generous grants from these Season Sponsors:
