Artists
Joseph Adam has been Cathedral Organist at St. James Cathedral since 1993, and a member of the faculty at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma since 1997. He is also Resident Organist at Benaroya Hall, where he has been performing with the Seattle Symphony for the past ten seasons, and presents... Read more
Born: New York, NY
Performs with: Seattle Symphony
Elisa Barston, currently the Principal Second Violinist with Seattle Symphony, previously served as the Associate Concertmaster of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, and was a first violin section member of the Cleveland Orchestra. As a... Read more
Baritone Victor Benedetti makes his debut with MOR in the 2012 performance of The Emperor of Atlantis. Benedetti has brought his talents to audiences around the world. Whether it is on international opera stages or in intimate recital venues, Benedetti has become known for combining his vocal... Read more
Michael Brockman, DMA, moved from the East Coast to Seattle in 1987 to join the UW School of Music faculty. He instructs concert and jazz saxophone performance, and jazz arranging and composition. He is the lead saxophonist and co-director of the award-winning Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra (... Read more
Born: Bozeman, MT
Soprano Megan Chenovick has sung with Bellevue Opera, Tacoma Opera, and Skagit Opera, in roles such as Musetta and Barbarina. She also appears frequently in musicals and operettas, at Village Theatre, Lyric Light Opera, and Civic Light Opera. In concert, she was the soprano... Read more
Born: Staten Island, NY
Performs with: Seattle Symphony, Seattle Chamber Players
Laura DeLuca is the clarinetist on MOR’s CDs Vedem (Naxos 2011), performing the Laitman work; Schoenfield and Schwarz (Naxos 2009), performing Paul Schoenfield’s Camp Songs and Ghetto Songs; and For a... Read more
Born: New Orleans, LA Performs with: Seattle Symphony Zart Dombourian-Eby, piccolo, principal piccolo of Seattle Symphony, has given master classes throughout the country and has performed with many of our nation's orchestras including the Chicago Symphony. Her solo CD, in shadow, light, is... Read more
Born: Moscow, Russia
Performs with: Northwest Sinfonietta
Mara Finkelstein is the cellist in Schulhoff’s Five Pieces for String Quartet recorded on MOR’s Art from Ashes, Vol. 1, in Gerard Schwarz’s In Memoriam on For a Look or a Touch (Naxos 2008), and in Rudolf and Jeanette... Read more
Soprano Kimberly Giordano makes her debut with MOR in the 2012 performance of The Emperor of Atlantis. Lauded for her “polished”, “sterling” and “honest performance” (Seattle Times), soprano Kimberly Giordano delights audiences with her consummate blend of... Read more
Born: Narragansett, RI
David Gordon, hailed as “spectacular” by the Chicago Tribune, is Principal Trumpet of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra and the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra, Chicago. Prior to his appointment in Seattle, he was Principal Trumpet of the Charleston Symphony... Read more
Born: Seattle, WA
Performs with: Seattle Symphony
A founding member of the Kronos Quartet and the new music ensemble Quake, Walter Gray produced (and performed on) the CD Seven Mirrors, music of Chinary Ung (New World Records). He can also be heard on MOR’s recording of Laitman’s... Read more
Born: Chicago, IL
Performs with: Seattle Symphony
Jonathan Green joined Seattle Symphony as Assistant Principal Bass in 1998. He was the doublebassist for the world premiere of MOR’s commission of Paul Schoenfield’s Camp Songs, and is heard on MOR's CD recordings Art from... Read more
Born: Arecibo, Puerto Rico
Performs with: Seattle Symphony
A founding member of the Seattle-based Bridge Ensemble, Susan Gulkis Assadi plays viola in Rudolf and Jeanette on MOR’s Schoenfield and Schwarz (Naxos 2009), and in David Stock’s A Vanished World (the MOR commission... Read more
Born: Bartelsville, OK
Ross Hauck made his debut with Music of Remembrance in the 2006 performance of Hans Krasa’s Brundibár. As a concert artist, Ross has performed with numerous orchestras and choral societies across the country, including the National Symphony, Seattle Symphony... Read more
Performs with: Seattle Symphony
Ben Hausmann, principal oboist of the Seattle Symphony, previously served as principal oboist of L'Orchestre Symphonique de Québec, the Florida Philharmonic, and the Savannah Symphony. A frequent guest of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Los Angeles... Read more
Born: St. Petersburg, Russia
Performs with: Seattle Symphony
A graduate of Juilliard, Leonid Keylin performs in Rudolf and Jeanette on MOR’s Schoenfield and Schwarz (Naxos 2009), and on MOR’s first CD, Art from Ashes, Vol. 1. He has also recorded for Melodiya, CBS, Angel, and... Read more
Born: Roseville, MN
Mezzo soprano Sarah Larsen makes her debut with MOR in the 2012 performance of Farewell, Auschwitz!. Heralded as “dynamic” (The Wall Street Journal), possessing “a rich, powerful voice”(Assiciated Press) and “a mezzo capable of considerable... Read more
Caitlin Lynch is one of the most promising young sopranos on the threshold of a prominent career. She was awarded first-place in the 2008 Houston Grand Opera Competition, and subsequently made her main-stage Houston debut as Hero in Beatrice et Benedict, Female Soloist in the American premiere of... Read more
Mina Miller, Music of Remembrance Artistic Director and concert pianist, was born in New York, NY, and studied at the Manhattan School of Music. She earned her Ph.D. in Music from New York University. She performed solo recitals at London’s Wigmore Hall, the Tivoli International Music... Read more
Born: N/A
Erich Parce, baritone, is a frequent vocalist with Music of Remembrance. He performed the world premieres of Paul Schoenfield’s 2003 Pulitzer-finalist Camp Songs and Lori Laitman’s Holocaust 1944, Fathers, and The Seed of Dream, recorded on Naxos. The baritone, drawing... Read more
Michael Partington is one of the most engaging of the new generation of concert players. Praised by Classical Guitar Magazine for his "lyricism, intensity, and clear technical command," this award-winning British guitarist has performed internationally as a soloist and with ensembles to... Read more
Soprano Corinna Quilliam makes her debut with MOR in the 2012 Sparks of Glory performance of Another Sunrise. Corinna Quilliam started out singing musical theater, doing shows like Guys and Dolls and The Secret Garden. As an opera singer, she recently sang with Opera North and St. Petersburg... Read more
Tenor Marcus Shelton makes his debut with MOR in the 2012 performance of The Emperor of Atlantis. Marcus has been featured with opera and concert companies around the world including Greek National Opera, Opera Oviedo, and the Les Azuriales festival in Nice, France. Marcus is also seen regularly... Read more
Born: Philadelphia, PA
Craig Sheppard, piano, is Professor of Piano and Donald E. Petersen Endowed Professor of Music at the University of Washington School of Music. Following his 1972 New York debut at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sheppard won the silver medal at the Leeds International... Read more
Born: Moscow, Russia
Performs with: Seattle Symphony, Seattle Chamber Players (founding member)
Mikhail Shmidt is the violinist on MOR’s CDs Vedem (Naxos 2011), performing Laitman’s work; Schoenfield and Schwarz (Naxos 2009), performing Paul Schoenfield’s Camp Songs and... Read more
Born: Methuen, MA
Bass-baritone Jonathan makes his debut with MOR in the 2012 performance of The Emperor of Atlantis. He performs principal roles in opera with companies across the nation, including Seattle Opera and Des Moines Metro Opera. As a concert performer, he sings with several... Read more
Music of Remembrance Artistic Advisor Morgan Smith, baritone, made his MOR debut in the role of Brundibár in 2006. He made his professional debut in 2001 at Seattle Opera (roles there include the title role in Don Giovanni, Silvio in I Pagliacci, Riccardo in I Puritani, and Peter Niles in... Read more
Seattle Symphony Principal Percussion Michael A. Werner began his career as Principal Percussion with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, followed by 13 years with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. He has performed with the Metropolitan Opera Chamber Ensemble and Percussion Ensemble, and the Santa... Read more
