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The Mercer Island Baroque Orchestra
We are a group of local musicians that began meeting in September of 2015 with the intent of performing concerts in and around the Seattle area. Because of our instrumentation our musical selections will generally come from the baroque period and will include composers such as Bach, Handel, Haydn, Vivaldi and others.
Season Three - Upcoming Concerts
Spring Concert: May 19, 2018 2 PM
Covenant Shores
9150 Fortuna Drive
Mercer Island, WA 98040
Program:
Cambini Quintett for String Quartet and Flute
Boccherinin Quintet in D for Flute, Oboe (sub violin) and String Trio
Mozart Quartet for Strings and Flute
Telemann Sonata No 4 for Violin and Flute
Handel’s Entrance of the Queen of Sheeba
Spring Service Concert: June 10, 2018 9:30 AM
Emmanuel Church
4400 86th Avenue SE
Mercer Island, WA 98040 (206) 232-1573
For information and links on past performances click here
Orchestra Members:
Violins
Moira has spent several years with
the Sammamish Symphony and currently is a member of the Mercer Island
Baroque Orchestra. She is the leading Suzuki violin teacher on the
eastside.
Tim Winter
Tim began playing violin at age 8
and performed with the Thalia Youth Symphony during his formative years.
After co-founding the Microsoft Orchestra in 1995 and performing
with the Microsoft Quartet he spent five years with the Sammamish
Symphony (2008 - 2015) and currently is a member of the Mercer Island
Baroque Orchestra.
Lin Marcelais
A graduate of Abilene Christian University
and the University of Texas at Austin, Lin was a member of the Austin
Symphony Orchestra, 2nd violin principal of the Abilene Philharmonic,
and concertmaster of the Abilene Collegiate Symphony Orchestra. She has
played with various orchestras in TX, including San Angelo, Big Spring,
and Laredo Symphony orchestras. She won first place in the Texas Music
Teachers' Association Post-12th Grade Orchestral Concerto Contest in
Dallas, TX. After moving to Seattle, she played in the Tacoma Symphony,
Northwest Symphony and Federal Way Symphony. She is currently a member
of the Lake Washington Symphony and Pacifica Chamber Orchestra.
Wendy Yee
Wendy played with Sammamish Symphony and more recently with the Issaquah
Philharmonic Orchestra. As a Music and Worship major, her training
qualifies her to serve as choir director; however, she is primarily
occupied teaching violin, piano, guitar, and voice through her private
studio in the far east (Issaquah and beyond).
Colin Farrell
Colin plays both violin and viola
with the orchestra. He has also performed with the Bellevue Youth
Symphony and the Mercer Island Middle School Orchestra.
Paula Leibes
Paula plays with a variety of local orchestras including the Sammamish
Symphony and the Mercer Island Middle School Orchestra.
Violas
Fiona Crumrine
Fiona is new to the orchestra in 2018 and
enjoys playing chamber music informally with friends.
Sariya H. Rashid
Sariya started playing viola at age 9 as a
school “experiment” in Utah and continued on to play with the Granite
Youth Symphony through high school. After taking a break during her
undergraduate years, she picked her viola up again to play with the
Microsoft Orchestra and Eastside Symphony. Sariya is a current member of
the Sammamish Symphony and Mercer Island Baroque Orchestra and is the
viola coach for the Snoqualmie Strings Junior Orchestra. She also kicks
butt in Scrabble.
Catherine Ford
Catherine is new to the orchestra
this year. She recently relocated to the Seattle area from Silicon
Valley where she played with the Nova Vista Symphony orchestra.
Currently she is also a member of the Pierce College Orchestra in
Puyallup.
Cellos
Sandra Sultan
Sandra is new to the orchestra this
year. She also has performed with the Sammamish Symphony.
Janet L Pantoja
A native Californian, Janet is a product of public school music. Her
first stringed instrument was the viola. She also studied piano. She
holds a Bachelor of Music Performance (Cello) from California State
University, Sacramento. She has 27 years of experience as cellist with
the Camellia String Quartet, Sacramento, CA. In addition, Janet has
many years of performance in symphony orchestras, including the National
Symphony of El Salvador, and in California, the Stockton Symphony, the
Camellia Symphony, and the Auburn Symphony. After relocating to
Washington State in 2003, Janet played with the Sammamish Symphony for
several years, and currently is a member of the Music Performance Group
and The Mercer Island Baroque Orchestra.
Bass
Jarod Tanneberg
Jarod began playing the double bass in fifth grade. He played with his
middle and high school orchestras, as well as with the Eastlake
Community Youth Symphony. He graduated with a minor in Music Performance
from Washington State University, then moved back to the Seattle area in
2004 where he began performing with the Sammamish Symphony. Jarod became
Assistant Principal Bassist in the 2008-2009 season, then was soon
promoted to Principal in 2009. He is currently a member of the Sammamish
Symphony and The Mercer Island Baroque Orchestra.
Keyboard
Yuchi Chou
Yuchi Chou, a Taiwanese conductor and pianist, is now calling Mercer
Island home after being a San Francisco resident for the past 10 years.
Ms. Chou enjoys an international career, active in both symphonic and
operatic conducting. She has performed throughout USA, Europe, and Asia.
Besides winning the Vienna Philharmonic Ansbacher Fellowship at the
Salzburg Festival in 2009, Ms. Chou has been invited to the Peninsula
Music Festival as assistant conductor for 2013 and 2014, the winner of
2011 Aspen Music Festival Conducting Fellowship, and the winner of 2009
Shenson Fellowship for emerging artists awarded by San Francisco
Foundation. As a Doctoral Candidate in Conducting at Northwestern
University in Chicago, Ms. Chou loves teaching her piano students on the
island, and cooking with her family.
Flute
Launa Rohar
Launa Rohar received her Bachelor of Arts in Music Performance from the
University of Washington, followed by graduate work in Flute Performance
and Music Education at Oregon State University. She finds great joy in
teaching students of all ages and abilities. Ms. Rohar
developed a successful teaching program for very young students called
"Penny Whistle to Flute”. Launa is passionate about performing as a
soloist and as a collaborative musician. Twice winner of the Abbotsford
International Solo Competition, she has performed Concerti and solo
recitals performances throughout Washington and Oregon. As an
orchestral player, she held principal flute position in the Corvallis
Symphony Orchestra, the Sorg Opera Company and Tacoma Community
Orchestra. Ms. Rohar loves chamber ensemble playing and has been
privileged to be a performing member of the Mercer Island Baroque
Orchestra, Suite Sounds Trio, Tutti Flutti, and the Tacoma Wind Quintet.
She presently lives in Bellevue and is a busy mom to three active and
musical boys, ages 17, 9 and 6.
Lauren Asimakoupoulos
Lauren Asimakoupoulos is a professional flutist and private teacher in
the Greater Seattle area. Ms. Asimakoupoulos attended The Wheaton
College Conservatory of Music outside of Chicago, IL where she received
her Bachelors Degree in Flute Performance. In addition, she also holds a
Masters Degree in Flute Performance from the University of Tennessee.
Recent accolades include winning the National Flute Association's
Masterclass Competition in 2013 and The University of Tennessee Concerto
Competition in 2014. Lauren currently teaches on Mercer Island, WA and
is taking students at this time.