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The Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival enriches the community through exceptional chamber music performances, educational outreach, and collaboration with artists, fostering a love for music and cultural engagement.

Join us for an intimate Satellite Series performance with violinist Pala Garcia, cellist John Popham, violist Timothy Christie, and pianist Feng Kang.

Satellite Series I

Join us for a special performance with the United States Air Force Band of the Golden West Woodwind Quintet 🎶🇺🇸 WWCMF and the Gesa Power House Theatre are proud to present the woodwind quintet of the United States Air Force Band of the Golden West, known familiarly as the Golden West Winds. The mission of The Golden West Winds is to harness musical excellence to HONOR our nation and those who have served, INSPIRE patriotism and resilience in our Airmen, Guardians, and nations&rsquo; citizens, and CONNECT the Air Force with the American public and community partners. The excellence demonstrated by the Golden West Winds reflects the excellence displayed by all Airmen stationed worldwide, whose selfless service and sacrifices ensure the freedoms enjoyed by citizens of the United States of America. WWCMF Founder and Artistic Director, Timothy Christie, joins the Golden West Winds for a bonus musical selection. Tonight&rsquo;s performance is presented free of admission, but attendees must reserve tickets in advance. This event will sell out quickly.&nbsp; Reserve your spot to support free and low‑cost performances for veterans, patients, children, and our entire community.

Special Event, United States Air Force Band of the Golden West Woodwind Quintet

&Uacute;nete a nosotros para una actuaci&oacute;n especial con la Banda de la Fuerza A&eacute;rea de los Estados Unidos, el Quinteto de Vientos del Golden West 🎶🇺🇸 WWCMF y el Gesa Power House Theatre se enorgullecen de presentar el quinteto de vientos de la Banda de la Fuerza A&eacute;rea de los Estados Unidos del Golden West, conocido familiarmente como los Golden West Winds. La misi&oacute;n de los Golden West Winds es aprovechar la excelencia musical para HONRAR a nuestra naci&oacute;n y a aquellos que han servido, INSPIRAR el patriotismo y la resiliencia en nuestros aviadores, guardianes y ciudadanos de la naci&oacute;n, y CONECTAR la Fuerza A&eacute;rea con el p&uacute;blico estadounidense y los socios comunitarios. La excelencia demostrada por los Golden West Winds refleja la excelencia exhibida por todos los aviadores estacionados en todo el mundo, cuyo servicio desinteresado y sacrificios aseguran las libertades disfrutadas por los ciudadanos de los Estados Unidos de Am&eacute;rica. El fundador y director art&iacute;stico de WWCMF, Timothy Christie, se une a los Golden West Winds para una selecci&oacute;n musical adicional. La actuaci&oacute;n de esta noche se presenta sin cargo de admisi&oacute;n, pero los asistentes deben reservar entradas con anticipaci&oacute;n. Este evento se agotar&aacute; r&aacute;pidamente.&nbsp; Reserva tu lugar para apoyar actuaciones gratuitas y de bajo costo para veteranos, pacientes, ni&ntilde;os y toda nuestra comunidad.

Evento especial, conjunto de viento de la Banda de la Fuerza Aérea de los Estados Unidos de América del Oeste.

Portrait of an Artist: Sarah Rommel, cello, with Conor Hanick, piano We welcome cellist Sarah Rommel for her WWCMF debut. Through chamber music collaborations, Sarah has performed on stages such as Carnegie Hall, Disney Hall in Los Angeles, the Kennedy Center, the Freer Gallery in Washington, D.C., and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. International chamber music collaborations have found Sarah touring New Zealand with Chamber Music New Zealand and as an organizer and performer for the SOTA Resonance Festival in Hyderabad, India. Sarah has been invited to perform at festivals such as the Kingston Chamber Music Festival, Santa Cruz Chamber Players, Chamber Music Palisades, Chamber Music Sedona, as well as Caramoor&rsquo;s Evnin Rising Stars Series, Yellow Barn, Ravinia&rsquo;s Steans Music Institute, and Marlboro Music Festival. Memorable collaborations include working with composers John Adams, Sofia Gubaidulina, Jennifer Higdon, Steve Mackey, and Kaija Saariaho, pianists Jonathan Biss and Gil Kalish, violinists Lucy Chapman, Pamela Frank, Joseph Lin, and Don Weilerstein, and violists Kim Kashkashian, and Nobuko Imai. Pedigree to spare! But what makes Sarah special is her infectious curiosity and quest for connection. You will be charmed in as few as 2 bow changes. Sarah is joined by Conor Hanick for a performance of works by Florence Price, Igor Stravinsky and Benjamin Britten. Artists: Timothy Christie, moderator; Conor Hanick, piano; Sarah Rommel, cello

Portrait of an Artist, Sarah Rommel, cello

Retrato de una artista: Sarah Rommel, chelo, con Conor Hanick, piano Le damos la bienvenida a la chelista Sarah Rommel en su debut en WWCMF. A trav&eacute;s de colaboraciones en m&uacute;sica de c&aacute;mara, Sarah ha actuado en escenarios como el Carnegie Hall, Disney Hall en Los &Aacute;ngeles, el Kennedy Center, la Freer Gallery en Washington, D.C., y el Museo Isabella Stewart Gardner en Boston. Colaboraciones internacionales en m&uacute;sica de c&aacute;mara han llevado a Sarah a realizar una gira por Nueva Zelanda con Chamber Music New Zealand y como organizadora e int&eacute;rprete del Festival SOTA Resonance en Hyderabad, India. Sarah ha sido invitada a actuar en festivales como el Kingston Chamber Music Festival, Santa Cruz Chamber Players, Chamber Music Palisades, Chamber Music Sedona, as&iacute; como la serie Evnin Rising Stars de Caramoor, Yellow Barn, el Instituto de M&uacute;sica Steans de Ravinia y el Festival de M&uacute;sica de Marlboro. Colaboraciones memorables incluyen trabajar con compositores como John Adams, Sofia Gubaidulina, Jennifer Higdon, Steve Mackey y Kaija Saariaho, pianistas como Jonathan Biss y Gil Kalish, violinistas como Lucy Chapman, Pamela Frank, Joseph Lin y Don Weilerstein, y violistas como Kim Kashkashian y Nobuko Imai. &iexcl;Pedigr&iacute; de sobra! Pero lo que hace especial a Sarah es su curiosidad contagiosa y b&uacute;squeda de conexi&oacute;n. Te encantar&aacute; en tan solo 2 cambios de arco. Sarah se une a Conor Hanick para una actuaci&oacute;n de obras de Florence Price, Igor Stravinsky y Benjamin Britten. Artistas: Timothy Christie, moderador; Conor Hanick, piano; Sarah Rommel, chelo

Retrato de una artista, Sarah Rommel, violonchelo

Special Event: Rzewski&rsquo;s The People United Will Never Be Defeated, featuring Conor Hanick, piano Frederic Rzewski&rsquo;s masterpiece, The People United Will Never Be Defeated, received its world premiere roughly 51 years ago at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, February 7, 1976. (Begging your indulgence, your author was &ldquo;a bun in the oven&rdquo; at the time, emerging just a few miles down the road and three months after the premiere.) Pianist Ursula Oppens, teacher of such Festival lifers as Winston Choi, commissioned the work as a companion to Beethoven&rsquo;s monumental Diabelli Variations, Op. 120, which formed the first half of the KenCen program 51 years ago. The music is unabashedly political. Rzewski makes use of not only the source material, a protest song by Sergio Ortega and the Chilean folk music group Quilapay&uacute;n, but also music inspired by other resistance movements in Spain, Italy and Germany. Indeed, we cannot separate the text and context of the music from its impact. But from a purely musical context&mdash; what is sometimes termed &ldquo;absolute music&rdquo;&mdash; the piece is a tour de force requiring both a virtuoso pianist and a virtuoso audience. Clocking in at a lean hour, the piece winds its way through 36 variations, one variation for each measure of the original theme, which makes a final reappearance at the work&rsquo;s conclusion. To experience this music live is to experience change itself. Artist: Conor Hanick, piano

Special Event, Rzewski's The People United Will Never Be Defeated

Evento Especial: La gente unida nunca ser&aacute; vencida de Rzewski, con Conor Hanick, piano La obra maestra de Frederic Rzewski, La gente unida nunca ser&aacute; vencida, tuvo su estreno mundial hace aproximadamente 51 a&ntilde;os en el Centro John F. Kennedy para las Artes Esc&eacute;nicas, el 7 de febrero de 1976. (Pidiendo su indulgencia, su autor era &ldquo;un bulto en el horno&rdquo; en ese momento, apareciendo a solo unas millas de distancia y tres meses despu&eacute;s del estreno). La pianista Ursula Oppens, profesora de artistas de festival como Winston Choi, comision&oacute; la obra como compa&ntilde;era de las monumentales Variaciones Diabelli, Op. 120, de Beethoven, que formaron la primera mitad del programa del KenCen hace 51 a&ntilde;os. La m&uacute;sica es descaradamente pol&iacute;tica. Rzewski utiliza no solo el material original, una canci&oacute;n de protesta de Sergio Ortega y el grupo de m&uacute;sica folcl&oacute;rica chileno Quilapay&uacute;n, sino tambi&eacute;n m&uacute;sica inspirada en otros movimientos de resistencia en Espa&ntilde;a, Italia y Alemania. De hecho, no podemos separar el texto y el contexto de la m&uacute;sica de su impacto. Pero desde un contexto puramente musical&mdash;lo que a veces se denomina &ldquo;m&uacute;sica absoluta&rdquo;&mdash;la pieza es un tour de force que requiere tanto un pianista virtuoso como un p&uacute;blico virtuoso. Con una duraci&oacute;n de una hora ajustada, la pieza se desarrolla a trav&eacute;s de 36 variaciones, una variaci&oacute;n por cada comp&aacute;s del tema original, que hace una reaparici&oacute;n final al concluir la obra. Experimentar esta m&uacute;sica en vivo es experimentar el cambio mismo. Artista: Conor Hanick, piano

Evento Especial, El Pueblo Unido Jamás Será Vencido

Tasting Music: Alfred Schnittke String Trio, featuring Timothy Christie, viola; Sarah Rommel, cello; Maria Sampen, violin Soviet composer Alfred Schnittke is hard to pin down. One moment reveling in impish Mozartean musical pranks, the next lingering nostalgically over a long-forgotten tune and in turn unleashing a torrent of gripping dissonance, Schnittke can turn on a dime. He was born into a Russo-German Jewish family, spent two formative years in Vienna following WWII, cut his teeth as a composer in the Soviet Union (enduring government sanctions like all the greats) and eventually converted to Catholicism, emigrating to Hamburg after the fall of the Soviet state. He was sickly most of his professional career, surviving multiple strokes and having been declared dead no fewer than three times. The String Trio was commissioned in 1985 to honor the centenary of the birth of Alban Berg, composer of the greatest of all violin concertos (hands down!), most psychologically penetrating of all operas and Lyric of all Suites. The influence of Berg is greatly in evidence throughout the trio, notably in the through-lines of references to Schubert and Mahler, musical soul mates to both Schnittke and Berg. Schnittke may have lived and worked in the Soviet Union, but his musical light reflected Viennese radiance. In perhaps his most Viennese turn, Schnittke died shortly after completing his 9th Symphony. Make no mistake, you are in for a work of great density and dissonance. And of course you are also in for a work of the sweetest melodic nostalgia. That&rsquo;s Schnittke. And you will love the journey. ProgramAlfred Schnittke (1934-1998) String Trio (1985) I. Moderato II. Adagio Artists: Timothy Christie, viola/moderator; Sarah Rommel, cello; Maria Sampen, violin

Tasting Music, Alfred Schnittke String Trio

Festival Series: Music of Price, Schnittke and Faur&eacute;, featuring Timothy Christie, viola; Conor Hanick, piano; Sarah Rommel, cello; Maria Sampen, violin ProgramFlorence Price (1887-1953) Fantasy No. 2 in F# Minor (1933) For violin and piano Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998) String Trio (1985) I. Moderato II. Adagio Intermission Gabriel Faur&eacute; (1845-1924) Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 15 (1883) I. Allegro molto moderato II. Scherzo: Allegro vivo III. Adagio IV. Allegro molto Artists: Timothy Christie, viola; Conor Hanick, piano; Sarah Rommel, cello; Maria Sampen, violin

Festival Series: Music of Price, Schnittke and Fauré

Festival Series: M&uacute;sica de Price, Schnittke y Faur&eacute;, con Timothy Christie, viola; Conor Hanick, piano; Sarah Rommel, cello; Maria Sampen, viol&iacute;n ProgramaFlorence Price (1887-1953) Fantasy No. 2 en Fa# menor (1933) Para viol&iacute;n y piano Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998) Tr&iacute;o de cuerdas (1985) I. Moderato II. Adagio Intermedio Gabriel Faur&eacute; (1845-1924) Cuarteto para piano en do menor, Op. 15 (1883) I. Allegro molto moderato II. Scherzo: Allegro vivo III. Adagio IV. Allegro molto Artistas: Timothy Christie, viola; Conor Hanick, piano; Sarah Rommel, cello; Maria Sampen, viol&iacute;n

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Portrait of an Artist, Sarah Rommel, cello

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