Chamber Concert to Feature Artists from Both Seacoasts

Outstanding musicians from New York and Boston will join Los Angeles artists in the performance of ‘A Quartette of Trios’ for a Chamber Music Palisades concert on Tuesday, January 25 at 8 p.m. in the sanctuary of St. Matthew’s, 1031 Bienveneda Ave. ”Music by Beethoven, Poulenc, Loeffler and Durufle will be performed by New York-based oboist Garard Reuter and violist Scott Woolweaver from Boston, joining bassoonist Judith Farmer, flutist Susan Greenberg and pianist Delores Stevens. ”Oboist Gerard Reuter, who received the Pro Musicus International Award, is a member of the Dorian Wind Quintet and a founding member of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and the ensemble An die Musik. As a guest artist he has appeared at numerous summer festivals including Caramoor, Marlboro, La Jolla, Round Top and the Chamber Music Festival of the U.S. Library of Congress. Overseas, he has participated in the Flanders Festival, Dartington Festival and the International Musicians’ Seminar at Prussia Cove. ”A founding member of the Boston Composers String Quartet, and winner of the silver medal at the String Quartet and Chamber Music Festa in Osaka, Japan, Scott Woolweaver is violist of the New England Piano Quartette, Boston’s Handel & Haydn Society and the Boston Baroque. In 1998 he joined the San Francisco-based Ives Quartet, the quartet-in-residence at the Rocky Ridge Music Center and Telluride Chamber Music Festival in Colorado. He has toured Greece on three occasions with Alea III, a contemporary music ensemble in residence at Boston University. ”Judith Farmer was principal bassoonist of the Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra for 12 years and toured regularly with the Camerata Academica of Salzburg and with numerous chamber music ensembles in Vienna. ”In 1995-96 she was a visiting professor at the Hochschule fuer Musik in Graz, Austria. Since relocating to L.A., she has performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and the Los Angeles Opera and is currently the principal bassoonist with the Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra. She is head of the bassoon studio at USC. ”Completing the roster of artists are flutist Susan Greenberg and pianist Delores Stevens, both long-time Palisades residents, and co-founders of Chamber Music Palisades. As a member of the Montagnana Trio, Delores Stevens toured the U.S. and Europe and as a soloist and ensemble artist has recently toured Australia, Argentina, Japan, China and the Czech Republic. She is also artistic director of the Martha’s Vineyard Chamber Music Society in Massachusetts. Susan Greenberg is a member of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and has been a frequent soloist on both flute and piccolo. She has been a guest soloist with the San Francisco and Oakland symphonies, the Casals Festival and the Hollywood Bowl. ”Dr. Alan Chapman, the popular KUSC/FM early morning host, will provide commentary before each work. General admission tickets will be available at the door for $20. Students with I.D. will be admitted free. Contact: 459-2070 or 454-2177.