A BACH INSTRUMENTAL EXTRAVAGANZA
Sunday, February 4 at 4 pm
First Lutheran Church, 3604 Chatham Road, Ellicott City, MD 21042
CONCERT OR THE GAME?
DO BOTH!
Our concert on Super Bowl Sunday will NOT overlap with the game! Come to the concert from 4-5:15pm AND enjoy the game starting at 6:30pm.
FULL PROGRAM:
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major
Double Violin Concerto in D minor
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor
FEATURED SOLOISTS:
Ronald Mutchnik, violin
Tammy Seymour, violin
Kimberly Valerio, flute
STUDENT VOICE EXCHANGE GUEST CHOIR:
Richard Montgomery High School Madrigals
Bach in Baltimore presents A Bach Instrumental Extravaganza featuring what is considered the best orchestral compositions of the Baroque. Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos are a collection of six instrumental works featuring two corni da caccia (natural horns), three oboes, bassoon, violino piccolo, two violins, viola, cello, and basso continuo. The “Double” Concerto of Bach will showcase Ronald Mutchnik and Tammy Seymour as violin soloists.
Admission: $20 in advance, $22 at the door
Ronald Mutchnik, violin
Violinist Ronald Mutchnik graduated from the University of Maryland Baltimore County summa cum laude, where he studied with Robert Gerle. While there, he won the Baltimore Music Club and Baltimore Musicians’ competitions. He earned his Master’s degree from the New England Conservatory, studying with Joseph Gingold and continued post-graduate studies at Tel Aviv University in Israel. with Yair Kless.
He is active as an orchestral violinist, chamber musician, recitalist, and soloist and has served as Concertmaster of the Columbia Pro Cantare for over 30 years and with the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra for 36 years. He has performed as soloist with numerous orchestras in Maryland, including the Columbia Orchestra and the Frederick Symphony and appeared in the film Washington Square, performing his own composition, and in concerts with Smokey Robinson, Dionne Warwick, and was the concertmaster at Pat Sajack’s wedding in Annapolis. As a chamber musician he has appeared on many local series including Music in the Great Hall and An Die Musik.
As a teacher he has taught privately in Howard County for 40 years and taught at Towson University. He was a past president of the American String Teachers associations MD/DC Chapter, produced a music education video, “Posture and Balance: The Dynamic Duo” toured Korea coaching and performing chamber music, and is a founder of and performer with the Sundays At Three” Chamber Music Series and the founder and music director of the HCCO, the professional chamber orchestra of Howard County, Maryland. He is the 2009 winner of the MD/DC Chapter of ASTA’s String Teacher of the Year award and the Outstanding Artist Award, the “Howie” for Howard County, Maryland. Recent performances with the Bach In Baltimore Orchestra have included the Bach Double Violin Concerto with Tamara Seymour and the Violin & Oboe Concerto with Sandra Lisicky.
“Bach in Baltimore is a perfect organization to feature the music of what is arguably history’s most important composer. Without Bach, there is no Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms or so many other wonderful composers who studied and played his music and benefited immeasurably from this great master’s unique ability to communicate humanity’s deepest and most personal thoughts into sound. Bach was able to create music that unfolds logically and that creates interest in every voice in the musical texture, but at the same time, is suffused with emotion and humility in his honest and sincere search to express the perfection of the Divine. Few can equal this level of inspiration, and none have surpassed it.”
Ronald Mutchnik, Violin
Kimberly Valerio, flute
Flutist Kimberly Valerio’s sound has been described as having “sparkle and verve” by the Baltimore Sun, “gorgeous sound”, “sweet purity” by the Capital Gazette, and “graceful elegance” by the Severna Park Voice. She hold a bachelors in flute performance from the Peabody Institute where she studied with Mark Sparks. Her principal teachers have included Mary Louise Poor, Bonnie Lake, Donald Peck, and Walfrid Kujala. In addition, she has performed in master classes with Carol Wincenc, Robert Willoughby, Donald Peck and was a featured performer in the James Galway Masterclass at the National Flute Association‘s 1997 Chicago convention.
She has been awarded first place honors in many competitions including the Chicago Flute Society, the Liberty Freemont Concert Society, the Society of American Musicians, Chicago’s Musical Arts, and the Elmhurst Symphony Young Artist Competition. Ms. Valerio’s past teaching appointments include St. Mary’s College, Salisbury State University, Anne Arundel Community College, and Peabody Preparatory.
She has been playing principal flute with the Maryland Symphony Orchestra since 2004 and the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra since 1998. She has performed with the Saint Louis Symphony throughout 2002-2004, Baltimore Symphony, Washington National Opera, National Philharmonic, National Repertory Orchestra, National Orchestral Institute, Spoleto Festival Orchestra U.S.A., Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, South Florida Symphony Orchestra, and Chesapeake Chamber Orchestra.
Tammy Seymour, violin
Violinist Tamara Seymour was born and raised in New York City. She attended the Juilliard School where she received both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees. She was concertmaster of the New World Symphony under Michael Tilson-Thomas and then served as concert-master of the Florida Philharmonic in Ft. Lauderdale for five years. She came to Baltimore to play as first call substitute for the Baltimore Symphony under Maestro Yuri Temirkonov and she played with the symphony for the next eight years. Concurrently, she also played with the Kennedy Center Opera Orchestra as a first call substitute. Now freelancing in Baltimore, Ms. Seymour plays with the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, Bach in Baltimore, and the Concert Artists of Baltimore. She has performed as a soloist at Alice Tully Hall in New York City, the Isabella Gardner Museum in Boston, and has also been a featured soloist with the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra. She has been a regular performer at Summer Chamber Music Roland Park for the past 10 years.