Nature's Path
Date and Time
Saturday, November 18, 2023 at 7:30 pm
Location
Shorewood Performing Arts Center
Shorewood High School
17300 Fremont Avenue N.
Shoreline, WA 98133
Program
Ben Pelandini | Sunrise | |
Cait Nishimura | Lake Superior Suite | 1. Pancake Bay 2. Pukaskwa 3. Sleeping Giant 4. Neys 5. Agawa Bay |
Jean Françaix | L'Horloge de Flore (Flower Clock) | featuring Shannon Spicciati, oboe |
Jeffrey Ouper | The Painted Desert | |
Percy Aldridge Grainger | Lincolnshire Posy | 1. Lisbon 2. Horkstow Grange 3. Rufford Park Poachers 4. The Brisk Young Sailor 5. Lord Melbourne 6. The Lost Lady Found |
Katahj Copley | Riptides |
Description
Join Seattle Wind Symphony for the second concert of our 2023-2024 season!
The program includes works for wind band inspired by nature.
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Featuring
Shannon Spicciati, oboe
Shannon Spicciati enjoys an active performance and teaching career in the Northwest. She is currently principal oboist of the Northwest Sinfonietta and Auburn Symphony. She has performed with the Seattle Symphony and Seattle Opera on oboe and English horn, and has been featured as soloist twice with the SSO. As a teacher, Ms. Spicciati has held faculty positions at Pacific Lutheran University and the University of Washington, and has taught and coached middle and high school students for more than 25 years. She currently teaches on the music faculty of Central Washington University.
Ms. Spicciati performs regularly with Pacific Northwest Ballet orchestra, and has played with the Vancouver Symphony, Oregon Symphony, Tacoma Symphony, and Oregon Ballet Theatre. She has participated in the Oregon Coast Music Festival, Icicle Creek Music Festival in Leavenworth, the Marrowstone Music Festival and the Schlossfestspiele in Heidelberg, Germany. Ms. Spicciati holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music, and the University of Washington. Outside of music, she enjoys hanging out with her husband and young adult sons, watching Mariners and Kraken games, gardening, and baking.
You can learn more about this concert on our website, sammamishsymphony.org.