April 15-16
Salon
Saturday | 4.16.16 | 7:30 PM
This April, The Chelsea Symphony will host a chamber orchestra concert series, opening with the NYC premiere of Caroline Shaw’s Entr’Acte for string orchestra. Friday will showcase two of our double reed players, Phil Rashkin on Mozart’s Oboe Concerto in C Major and Colin Mannes on Mozart's Bassoon Concerto in B-flat Major. On Saturday, we will hear flautist Anna Urrey on two contemporary pieces by American composers, Kent Kennan's Night Soliloquy and the Serenade for Flute, Harp, and Strings by Howard Hanson, the latter of which will include harpist Ashley Jackson. Saturday will also feature double bassist Mort Cahn with a bass vocalist Hans Tashjian on Mozart's concert aria, "Per questa bello mano." We will also present Stravinsky's suite from his ballet Pulcinella, an effervescent piece signifying the shift into Stravinsky's neoclassicist phase, his "discovery of the past."
Tickets will be available at the door for a suggested donation of $20.
St. Paul's Church, 315 West 22nd Street, Chelsea
Program
Featured Artists
Hans Tashjian, a young bass described as having “a firm, resonant instrument and a gravid stage presence,” has most recently appeared as a young artist with Sarasota Opera, as Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte at Carnegie Hall with Manhattan Opera Studio, as Biterolf in Tannhäuser with Apotheosis Opera, and as 2nd Boyar in The Golden Cockerel with Sarasota Opera. Before that he performed as King René in Iolanta, Banco in Macbeth, and as a Young Artist with the Caramoor Music Festival …
Morton Cahn started playing the piano at age 8 and the bass at age 11. He studied at the New England Conservatory with Henry Portnoi, principal bass of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. He freelanced in the New England area with such groups as Dinosaur Annex, Musica Viva, Banchetto Musicale, Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, New Hampshire Symphony, Vermeer Quartet, and Emmanuel Music. Morton came to New York in 1982, where he received a Master’s degree in Computer Sciences at Polytechnic University …
Ashley Jackson, harpist, received her Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Juilliard School, where she studied under Nancy Allen. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale College and a Master of Music degree from the Yale School of Music. As an orchestral harpist, she performs with the New York Philharmonic, the Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra, and Novus NY. Last fall, she gave her New York City solo debut at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. …
Anna Urrey
Flute
Saturday, 4.16
Kent Kennan: Night Soliloquy
Saturday, 4.16
Howard Hanson: Serenade for Flute, Harp, and Strings
An avid solo and chamber music artist, Finnish-American flutist Anna Urrey is celebrated as “a revelation” and “a great young talent” (Il Giornale, Spoleto, Italy) after a performance of J.S. Bach's Cantata BWV 21 "Seufzer, Tränen. Kummer, Not" with members of the Spoleto Vocal Arts Symposium. Ms. Urrey is also an active orchestral musician and has performed with the New Jersey Symphony, the American Symphony Orchestra and Symphony in C. Internationally, Ms. Urrey has collaborated with Philippe Entremont at Les …
Colin Mannes
Bassoon
Friday, 4.15
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Bassoon Concerto in B-flat Major, K. 191/186e
Colin (MM 2012, PSD 2014, Mannes College, BM 2010, Virginia Commonwealth University) performs regularly throughout the Northeast in groups ranging from small chamber settings to full symphony orchestras and operas. In addition to adjunct performing and orchestral mentoring with Mannes Prep, the Precollege Division of Manhattan School of Music, and Adelphi University Symphony, Colin is principal bassoon of The Bergen Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble 212, Manhattan Opera Studio, and more. In the greater NYC metropolitan area, Colin performs with groups such …
Phil Rashkin is a conductor, pianist, oboist, and composer based in New York City. He is the music director of Opera Upper West, the assistant conductor of the Manhattan Symphonie, and oboist with the Downtown Music at Grace chamber music series with members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. He conducts the Wind Ensemble at the Special Music High School and teaches at Mannes Prep Pre-College at The New School, The Horace Mann School, and Manhattan School of Music Summer. He …
Conductor
A leader in the 21st century orchestral landscape, Dr. Matthew Aubin is constantly reaching new audiences through innovative performance formats and creative initiatives both on and off the podium.
The 2022-23 season kicks off Dr. Aubin’s inaugural year as Music Director of the Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra. Additionally, he is Music Director of the Jackson Symphony Orchestra and serves as Artistic Director of The Chelsea Symphony. In his role at TCS, he has led highly visible collaborations with partners such …
Reuben Blundell has been a Chelsea Symphony conductor/violinist since 2012, enjoying collaborations with musicians, soloists, composers and other conductors. Conducting Aaron Dai’s The Night Before Christmas, first with B. D. Wong then Annie Golden narrating, he initiated, conducted and edited (in Premiere Pro) the orchestra’s 2020 remote performance, narrated by John Lithgow.
Blundell is Music Director of the Riverside Orchestra on the Upper West Side, rehearsing Mondays and performing five concerts each season. He also directs another outstanding community …