Tickets:

The Program:

J. Chuluun - Variations on Two Mongolian Folk Songs
     Tugsu Armstrong, violin

Heinrich von Herzogenberg - Trio, op. 61
     Sue Kazama, piano
     Jetta Whittaker, oboe
     John Schumann, horn

Lowell Liebermann - Night Music for Flute, Clarinet and Piano
     Sally Schlichting, flute
     Karen Pallenberg, clarinet
     Mary Watson, piano

J.S. Bach - Presto in g-minor
     Ethan Seid and Steve Tada, violins

Marc Berthomieu - Arcadie
     Sandy Fortier, Kim Mix, Lisa Ray, Stevi Spinka, flutes

Jeanine Rueff - Diptyque for Flute and Piano
     Sally Schlichting, flute
     Mary Watson, piano

Rachmaninoff - Etudes-Tableaux Op. 39 No. 5 in Eb minor and No. 6 in A minor
     Mary Watson, piano

James Parker - Londoner in New York
Jean Mouret/Allen - Fanfare for the King's Supper
     The Juneau Symphony Big Brass

The Showcase Musicians:

Tugsu Armstrong - bio coming soon!

Little did Sally Schlichting know that her best years as a flutist would come after her obligatory music studies at USC and UW, playing some of the best repertoire ever written with the Juneau Symphony, Opera To Go, and her pianist-aunt, Mary.

Mary Watson grew up in Juneau and started piano at the age of 9. She has taught piano in Juneau since 1978 and continues to study with Alexander Tutunov. Mary is particularly pleased to be playing tonight with her niece, Sally, and Karen.

Karen Pallenberg started playing the clarinet at 11, played on a music scholarship at the University of Arizona, and plays off and on with the Juneau Symphony and Opera to Go.

John Schumann studied horn with Paul Ondracek (Lyric Opera), Frank Brouk, and Dale Clevenger. He was a member of the Chicago Civic Orchestra, Chicago Chamber Orchestra, and the Anchorage Symphony and Opera, currently playing with the Juneau Symphony. Some favorite composers are Bach, Beethoven, Liszt, and Rachmaninoff.

Lisa Ray is a lifelong Southeast Alaskan who enjoys the lively music community in Juneau. She is a flute player and vocalist who has performed with many local groups including the Juneau Symphony, Juneau Concert Band, Juneau Lyric Opera, and, of course, Flutatious!

Stevi Spinka was born and raised in a suburb of Chicago Il. She graduated with a BA and BMus in music flute performance from Florida Atlantic University. A founding member of Flutatious and a member of Juneau Community Bands, she is also the conductor of the Reindeer Band during the holiday season.

Sandy Fortier feels lucky to live in the arts world in Juneau, teaching flute, voice, and piano at Impassion Music Studio, serving as Executive Director of Opera to Go, and working for Clear Mind Graphics.

Originally from Illinois, Kim Mix has lived in Alaska since 1985. She has played music since childhood, originally starting out with the piano. She enjoys playing with the flute quartet, as it challenges her musicianship and keeps her practicing!

Sue Kazama has been playing with the Juneau Symphony for close to 30 years. She enjoys many types of playing, including chamber groups, working with vocalists and solo recitalists, as well as solo playing.

Jetta Whittaker started playing the oboe in middle school in Ketchikan, studied music in college in Portland, and returned to southeast Alaska in 1987. Ever since then, she has been participating in practically every musical event asking her to play, including the Juneau Symphony, Amalga Chamber Orchestra, Bach Society, Kenai Peninsula Orchestra, and many chamber groups.

Ethan Seid won the 2010 Youth Solo Competition and was a featured guest soloist with the Juneau Symphony, performing Mozart's 5th Violin Concerto in January, 2011. This will be his second performance with Steve Tada for Showcase; this time, without the Elvis side burns and glasses.

Steve Tada began music studies with Mihiko Hirata at the Seattle Suzuki school at age 5 and has been playing the violin ever since. He's pleased to be Ethan's teacher and for the chance to play rare gems from the violin repertoire with him tonight.

Rick Trostel is a trumpeter, conductor, pianist, and sometimes violist. He is the conductor of the Juneau Student Symphony. His teaching activities include private piano and brass lessons and music classes for the Montessori Borealis elementary and adolescent programs. Rick studied trumpet with Ron Hasselmann of the Minnesota Orchestra and conducting with William LaRue Jones, Marvin Rabin, David E. Becker, Kenneth Woods, Christopher Zimmerman, and David Hoose.

Ken Guiher is proud to have directed bands at JDHS from 1995 to 2010 and has had the honor of directing several pit orchestras there. He is currently semi-retired, teaching part time at DHMS and loves playing in groups in the area and spending time with the love of his life, Maralee.

Kristin Mabry feels very lucky to have a household full of musical inspiration. Sometimes she gets to play trumpet with JSO and other community groups. Other times she flies around the world with her harmonium named Gita with singing bowls and tingsha bells to bring music into her yoga seminars.

Jill Taylor has played trumpet for over 20 years, 14 of them here in Juneau Alaska . Jill has previously enjoyed gigs with local recording artists, the Juneau Student Symphony, Perseverance Theatre, and the Juneau Wind Ensemble. Although a scientist by trade; music has helped bring creativity to the right side of her brain.

Rarely an hour passes during Bill Paulick's day when he is not trying to improve some facet of his horn technique, rehearsing with other musicians, studying music, teaching horn, fixing someone's instrument, giving a clinic in a public school music class or ordering/repairing music merchandise for a Southeast Alaska resident.

Kristina Paulick loves music! When not playing French horn in the Juneau Symphony and at the Symphony Showcase, she enjoys singing with the Juneau Jazz Divas, Juneau Cabaret, Juneau Lyric Opera, and Alaskapella, the UAS a cappella choir.

Michael Bucy currently teaches Band and Choir at Floyd Dryden Middle School. He studied music at Western Washington University and McGill University in Montreal. He is the husband of the talented singer, Marta Lastufka, and the proud father of Ambrose (cello) and Tallulah (violin).

Bob Hutton began teaching music at Hoonah City Schools in 1977 and he retired in 2009. He is enjoying the increased opportunity to come to Juneau and perform on the trombone.

Bruce Simonson's official public music career began in 3rd grade in southern Germany, singing the role of Prince Charming in Snow White and the Seven Dwarves ("Schneewittchen und die sieben Zwerge") at a village Heimatsfest for a crowd of 2000 in a beer tent. Since then, he's done a number of other things.

Larry Walsh started playing trombone in the 5th grade back home in Bensalem Pennsylvania, studied at the Settlement Music School Philadelphia and at the University of Pittsburgh under Carl Wilhelm of the Pittsburgh Symphony before putting his horn in the closet for 30 years. Encouraged by John Unzicker to play in the praise band at church he has recovered and enjoys playing around town as well.

Maralee Guiher loves working with the younger set as Harborview Elementary's music specialist, teaching beginning band and choir in addition to general music. She can be seen playing euphonium in the Juneau Wind Ensemble. As coordinator for Juneau 's TubaChristmas , she's always on the lookout for additional tuba and euphonium players!

David Grove enjoys playing tuba almost as much as eating chocolate. Starting young, in Hershey, PA, probably contributed to both. David has played high school, university, and community bands and orchestras. Look for him up in the back row of the JSO, Juneau Wind Ensemble, or down in the pits.

Richard Ritter began percussion lessons in the fourth grade and switched to tuba in seventh grade. He played tuba in marching and symphonic bands through high school. He played tuba as a freshman and percussion as a senior in the Cal Poly SLO marching band. He first played with the JSO in 1978.