Past Featured Guest Artists
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Spring Concert
MAY 6, 2018 @ 4pm |
DÉSIRÉE ELSEVIER
viola |
A New York native, Désirée Elsevier began her studies at the age of 5 on the violin studying with Harry Alshin and later with Frances Magnes. At the age of 12 she picked up the viola and made the viola her exclusive instrument when she was 18, studying with Sonya Monosoff. She has been a regular member of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra since 1987.
She holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Cornell University where she studied composition with Karl Husa and Stephen Stucky; as well, she holds both a Bachelor's and Master's degree in music from the Manhattan School of Music, studying with Lillian Fuchs and Karen Tuttle.
An avid chamber musician, she appears frequently in the New York area. She has been a coach at the Chamber Music Conference and Composers' Forum of the East in Bennington, VT since 2004, and at the Verbier Festival in Switzerland since 2015. In addition, she also is a member of Classical Tahoe, a summer chamber orchestra festival in Lake Tahoe, NV; and of the World Orchestra for Peace (founded by Sir Georg Solti), which performs concerts in the name of world peace and harmony across the world, from Chicago to Beijing.
In February 2013, she premiered Glen Cortese's Viola Concerto for viola and chamber orchestra in Buffalo, NY. In October of that same year, she performed the Bartok Concerto for Viola and Orchestra with the Greeley Philharmonic in Colorado. Her first job was as Assistant Principal Viola in the Orchestra di San Carlo in Naples, Italy.
She can also be heard on numerous albums - including Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon, J. Cole, Carly Simon, Rod Stewart, Billy Joel, Anne Murray and Franki Valli, and movie soundtracks, including Hitch, The Departed, Moonrise Kingdom, Barbershop, Doubt, Failure to Launch, Hundred Foot Journey, Intolerable Cruelty, Last Holiday, Tower Heist, Zoolander, and The Alamo. She has also performed on the Stephen Colbert Show and has performed on seven grammy award winning albums.
When she’s not playing the viola, she knits, she gardens, she’s an avid reader, an amateur writer, and is an accidental triathlete. She lives in the Hudson Valley just north of New York City.
She holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Cornell University where she studied composition with Karl Husa and Stephen Stucky; as well, she holds both a Bachelor's and Master's degree in music from the Manhattan School of Music, studying with Lillian Fuchs and Karen Tuttle.
An avid chamber musician, she appears frequently in the New York area. She has been a coach at the Chamber Music Conference and Composers' Forum of the East in Bennington, VT since 2004, and at the Verbier Festival in Switzerland since 2015. In addition, she also is a member of Classical Tahoe, a summer chamber orchestra festival in Lake Tahoe, NV; and of the World Orchestra for Peace (founded by Sir Georg Solti), which performs concerts in the name of world peace and harmony across the world, from Chicago to Beijing.
In February 2013, she premiered Glen Cortese's Viola Concerto for viola and chamber orchestra in Buffalo, NY. In October of that same year, she performed the Bartok Concerto for Viola and Orchestra with the Greeley Philharmonic in Colorado. Her first job was as Assistant Principal Viola in the Orchestra di San Carlo in Naples, Italy.
She can also be heard on numerous albums - including Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon, J. Cole, Carly Simon, Rod Stewart, Billy Joel, Anne Murray and Franki Valli, and movie soundtracks, including Hitch, The Departed, Moonrise Kingdom, Barbershop, Doubt, Failure to Launch, Hundred Foot Journey, Intolerable Cruelty, Last Holiday, Tower Heist, Zoolander, and The Alamo. She has also performed on the Stephen Colbert Show and has performed on seven grammy award winning albums.
When she’s not playing the viola, she knits, she gardens, she’s an avid reader, an amateur writer, and is an accidental triathlete. She lives in the Hudson Valley just north of New York City.
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Jeffrey Work joined the Oregon Symphony as Principal Trumpet in the fall of 2006, following 13 years as an active freelance musician in the Boston area. Since 1999, he has also served as Principal Trumpet of the Colorado Music Festival in Boulder, during its six week long summer seasons. As an orchestral musician Work can be heard on several recordings, most notably as a featured performer on the Oregon Symphony’s acclaimed 2011 release “Music for a Time of War.” In addition to his orchestral duties in Portland and Boulder, Jeffrey Work performs concerto and chamber repertoire as his busy schedule will allow. His reputation has grown steadily, the press frequently praising him for playing with an artistry not often associated with his chosen instrument. He has given solo performances with the Oregon Symphony, the National Symphony, the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra, the Boston Chamber Music Society, the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, and The United States Army Band, as well as regional, community, and festival orchestras throughout the country. In 1997, during his third solo engagement with the Missouri Chamber Orchestra, Work recorded the Haydn Trumpet Concerto. In 1998, the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston featured him in the world premiere of Eric Ewazen’s “Concerto for Trumpet and String Orchestra” and in 2003 that orchestra joined Work in premiering the “Concerto for Trumpet” by James M. Stephenson.
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Ludwig van Beethoven Concerto for Violin and Orchestra op. 61 D Major Adam Lamotte, violin |
Concert III Sunday May 1st 2015 4 pm |
Adam LaMotte is well known to audiences throughout the country as a leader of both period and modern ensembles. He has appeared as soloist, concertmaster, and conductor of numerous orchestras throughout the country, including the Northwest Sinfonietta in Seattle, String Orchestra of the Rockies, Astoria Festival Orchestra, Portland Baroque Orchestra, the Maggini String Orchestra, Ars Lyrica, Mercury in Houston, and most recently, The Orchestra, in his home town of Portland, Oregon.
As part of the baroque ensemble El Mundo Adam was nominated for a 2012 Grammy Award. Mr. LaMotte has been hailed by critics as an "especially compelling" and "superb violinist" with "exceptional talent, performances are "energetic and exquisite." As Artistic Director of the Montana Baroque Festival, he brings world-class period instrument performances to the rural Montana community. He has cofounded two critically acclaimed ensembles, in Portland and in Houston, and continues to produce many chamber music and chamber orchestra performances.
As part of the baroque ensemble El Mundo Adam was nominated for a 2012 Grammy Award. Mr. LaMotte has been hailed by critics as an "especially compelling" and "superb violinist" with "exceptional talent, performances are "energetic and exquisite." As Artistic Director of the Montana Baroque Festival, he brings world-class period instrument performances to the rural Montana community. He has cofounded two critically acclaimed ensembles, in Portland and in Houston, and continues to produce many chamber music and chamber orchestra performances.
Thomas Albinoni
Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra, op. 9, no. 2 Fred Korman, Oboe |
Concert I
Sunday October 25th 2015 4 pm |
Fred Korman, oboe instructor at Oregon State University, is the principal oboist with the Corvallis-OSU Symphony and the Vancouver, Washington Symphony. He previously had a long career as principal oboist with the Oregon Symphony, and has received critical praise as a frequent soloist throughout the Pacific Northwest. Before beginning his tenure with the Oregon Symphony, Korman held positions with the New Orleans and Hartford Symphony Orchestras. He has recorded with the Oregon Symphony and appears on both classical and jazz labels independently, including Delos, Opus One, Koch, and a premiere recording of the Wind Quartet by Gieseking on the Centaur label.
Korman has participated as principal oboist in music festivals including Tanglewood, Chamber Music Northwest, Peter Britt, Centrum, Shenandoah Valley, Festival of the Amalfi Coast (Italy), and the Saint Barthelemy Music Festival (French West Indies).
Aside from performing, Korman has a successful teaching career, having held positions at the Hartt College of Music, Loyola University, University of New Orleans, Lewis and Clark College, Portland State University and now Oregon State University. He has twice been a guest artist in the Northwest Oboe Seminar. In July 2012, he participated as oboist and Psychology of Performance instructor at the Orfeo Music Festival in the Italian Alps. In August, 2014 he presented his Psychology of Performance Workshop and Seminar at the International Double Reed Society (IDRS) convention at New York University.
Korman has participated as principal oboist in music festivals including Tanglewood, Chamber Music Northwest, Peter Britt, Centrum, Shenandoah Valley, Festival of the Amalfi Coast (Italy), and the Saint Barthelemy Music Festival (French West Indies).
Aside from performing, Korman has a successful teaching career, having held positions at the Hartt College of Music, Loyola University, University of New Orleans, Lewis and Clark College, Portland State University and now Oregon State University. He has twice been a guest artist in the Northwest Oboe Seminar. In July 2012, he participated as oboist and Psychology of Performance instructor at the Orfeo Music Festival in the Italian Alps. In August, 2014 he presented his Psychology of Performance Workshop and Seminar at the International Double Reed Society (IDRS) convention at New York University.
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Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, op. 129 a minor
Marilyn DeOliveira, Cello |
SSO Concert
May 3, 2015 @ 4:00 PM |
Brazilian cellist Marilyn de Oliveira has been the Assistant Principal Cellist of the Oregon Symphony since September 2009. Marilyn is an active member of Portland's classical music outreach and education scene with efforts such as founding the Oregon Symphony Player's Caroling Project, coaching Portland Youth Philharmonic and PYCO students, being the cellist and founding member of Portland’s newest string quartet Mousai Remix, being a part of the Portland Summer Ensembles faculty, and the cellist for Third Angle New Music.
Prior to joining the Oregon Symphony, Marilyn was a member of the San Antonio Symphony for three seasons as both a section player and acting assistant principal. She has also been a fellow of the New World Symphony, Tanglewood Music Center (where she received the Karl Zeise Memorial Cello Prize), Spoleto Festival USA, Kent/Blossom Music Center, and Youth Orchestra of the Americas. In 2006, Marilyn was the Bronze Award Winner in the senior division of the 9th Annual Sphinx Competition. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Indiana University under cellist Emilio Colon and a Master of Music degree from Rice University with Norman Fischer. Some of her live solo performances can be heard regularly on National Public Radio’s Performance Today.
Prior to joining the Oregon Symphony, Marilyn was a member of the San Antonio Symphony for three seasons as both a section player and acting assistant principal. She has also been a fellow of the New World Symphony, Tanglewood Music Center (where she received the Karl Zeise Memorial Cello Prize), Spoleto Festival USA, Kent/Blossom Music Center, and Youth Orchestra of the Americas. In 2006, Marilyn was the Bronze Award Winner in the senior division of the 9th Annual Sphinx Competition. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Indiana University under cellist Emilio Colon and a Master of Music degree from Rice University with Norman Fischer. Some of her live solo performances can be heard regularly on National Public Radio’s Performance Today.