Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra presents:
Sunday, February 25, 2024 PTSO concert at Chimacum School Auditorium at 2 pm (open dress rehearsal is Friday, Feb. 23 at 7 pm.) No tickets required.
Festive Overture by William Grant Still
Symphony No. 2 by Alexander Borodin
Mozart Sinfonia Concertante for four winds
. . . . with PTSO’s own Anne Krabill, oboe; Kevin Fay, clarinet; Dave Krabill, bassoon; Bruce Kelley, French horn
Tigran Arakelyan, Conductor and Artistic Director
ABOUT OUR SOLOISTS
Oboist Anne Krabill is principal oboe of the Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra, Port Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra. She is a native Canadian and received a Bachelor of Music from Mount Allison University. She studied with Gustav Steinert in Germany and Leon Goossens in London. Anne was principal oboist with the Atlantic Symphony Orchestra in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She taught oboe and chamber music at Dalhousie University, and performed frequently as a soloist and chamber musician. Anne and her husband, David, a bassoonist, recently retired from their reed manufacturing business.
Clarinetist Kevin Fay is the principal clarinet of the Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra. He has been the principal clarinet of the Cascade Symphony, the Northwest Mahler Festival, and the Northwest Symphony Orchestra, and has performed with the Lake Union Civic Orchestra, the Rainier Symphony, the Octava Chamber Orchestra, Philharmonia Northwest, the Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra and the Thalia Symphony Orchestra. Kevin’s playing is not limited to symphony orchestras. He has been the principal clarinet, piccolo clarinet, and principal saxophone for the the Washington Wind Symphony since 1990, played in the pit orchestra of the Village Theater, and currently plays baritone saxophone in the MachOne Big Band. Kevin studied clarinet with William McColl at the University of Washington, where he performed in master classes with David Schfrin and Richard Stolzman, Eugene Zoro at Western Washington University, Allen Siegel at the State University of New York at Buffalo, and Bill Wicker. Aside from musical endeavors, Kevin retired as a corporate lawyer serving public companies in the Seattle area, and represents the Ninth Congressional District on the Board of Governors of the Washington State Bar Association.
Bassoonist David Krabill is principal bassoonist with the Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra. He studied at Kent State University and had further studies at the Cleveland Institute of Music. He spent several summers at the Blossom Festival of Music studying with members of the Cleveland Orchestra. Dave moved to Canada in the early 1970s to play principal bassoon with the Atlantic Symphony Orchestra in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He also performed frequently for CBC Radio and Television. Along with his wife, Anne, he was a member of the East Coast Woodwind Trio and the Scotia Winds quintet, and taught bassoon and chamber music at Dalhousie University. Dave and Anne raised their four children in Port Townsend and said they are delighted that three of their children and all of their grandchildren also call the area home. Krabill stepped away from orchestral gigs for many years to focus on his family business, the Emerald Reed Company of Port Townsend.
Hornist Bruce Kelley is a resident of Marrowstone Island and is the principal horn player in the Port Townsend and co-principal at Port Angeles Symphony Orchestras. Prior to that, he was the principal horn at Eastside Symphony in Redmond for 30 years. In addition, Kelley was a founder of the Northwest Mahler Festival in Seattle. Bruce was a featured soloist with the PTSO in 2022, playing “Artik Concerto for Horn and String Orchestra” by Armenian-American composer Alan Hovhaness. Bruce’s other interests include mineralogy, astronomy, photography, and computer software. He studied with Barney Blough.