PROGRAM
Nicky Sohn: Yardbird Suite 4'
Quincy Jones, arr. Owen Broder : The Midnight Sun Will Never Set 4'
John Adams, arr. Preben Antonsen: Short Ride in a Fast Machine 5'
Kenji Bunch: Summer Hours 14'
George Gershwin, arr. Reinhard Gutschy: Rhapsody in Blue 18'
Quincy Jones, arr. Owen Broder : The Midnight Sun Will Never Set 4'
John Adams, arr. Preben Antonsen: Short Ride in a Fast Machine 5'
Kenji Bunch: Summer Hours 14'
George Gershwin, arr. Reinhard Gutschy: Rhapsody in Blue 18'
PERFORMERS
WINDSYNC
Garrett Hudson, flute
Noah Kay, oboe
Graeme Steele Johnson, clarinet
Kara LaMoure, bassoon
Anni Hochhalter, horn
Jon Kimura Parker, piano
Garrett Hudson, flute
Noah Kay, oboe
Graeme Steele Johnson, clarinet
Kara LaMoure, bassoon
Anni Hochhalter, horn
Jon Kimura Parker, piano
Many thanks to Miller Outdoor Theatre Staff and Advisory Board and our creative team. Video Art by Eric Bowers. Photography by Monica Hindmarsh. Lighting Design by Tiffany Schrepferman.
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About WINDSYNC
Over nearly two decades of performing, WindSync has proven itself “a major force in the American chamber music landscape” (Arts and Culture Texas). WindSync has appeared on some of North America’s most prestigious stages, including Carnegie Hall, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Library of Congress, at Chamber Music Northwest and the Ravinia, Moab, Orcas Island and Phoenix Chamber Music Festivals, and internationally in China, Taiwan, Panama, Mexico and Canada. Their repertoire curation covers classic, familiar, and newly commissioned pieces, all aiming to share captivating stories from music history and human experiences.
WindSync embarked on a touring career after winning the Concert Artists Guild’s 2012 Victor Elmaleh Competition and the 2016 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. In the group’s artistic hometown of Houston, WindSync maintains a year-round educational partnership with the Houston Youth Symphony, and in 2022 was honored with the Fischoff National Chamber Music Association’s Ann Divine Educator Award. The quintet’s 2024 album WindSync Plays Miguel del Aguila, recorded at the legendary Abbey Road Studios in London, debuted at number one on the Billboard classical charts. WindSync’s tri-coastal musicians make their homes in New York City, San Francisco and Houston. Read more about WindSync...
WindSync embarked on a touring career after winning the Concert Artists Guild’s 2012 Victor Elmaleh Competition and the 2016 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. In the group’s artistic hometown of Houston, WindSync maintains a year-round educational partnership with the Houston Youth Symphony, and in 2022 was honored with the Fischoff National Chamber Music Association’s Ann Divine Educator Award. The quintet’s 2024 album WindSync Plays Miguel del Aguila, recorded at the legendary Abbey Road Studios in London, debuted at number one on the Billboard classical charts. WindSync’s tri-coastal musicians make their homes in New York City, San Francisco and Houston. Read more about WindSync...
About the SOLOIST
Pianist Jon Kimura Parker is the Creative Partner of the Minnesota Orchestra, Artistic Director of the Honens International Piano Competition and Artistic Advisor of the Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival. This season he performs in New York at Lincoln Center, Toronto with the Galilee Chamber Orchestra, Chicago with the Montrose Trio, as well as in Boston, Phoenix, Kansas City, Dallas, Quebec, Portland, and Minneapolis.
He has collaborated with legendary rock drummer Stewart Copeland in Off the Score, tango pianist Pablo Ziegler, singer Bobby McFerrin, violinist Cho-Liang Lin, and mezzo-soprano Susan Graham, A committed educator, he is Professor of Piano at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University. His Whole Notes series is available on Amazon Prime, and he is a featured Tonebase artist.
Winner of the Gold Medal at the 1984 Leeds International Piano Competition, Parker is an Officer of The Order of Canada and has received Honorary Doctorates from the University of British Columbia and the Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto.
Jon Kimura Parker studied with Edward Parker and Keiko Parker, Lee Kum-Sing at the Vancouver Academy of Music and the University of British Columbia, Marek Jablonski at the Banff Centre, and Adele Marcus at The Juilliard School.
He has collaborated with legendary rock drummer Stewart Copeland in Off the Score, tango pianist Pablo Ziegler, singer Bobby McFerrin, violinist Cho-Liang Lin, and mezzo-soprano Susan Graham, A committed educator, he is Professor of Piano at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University. His Whole Notes series is available on Amazon Prime, and he is a featured Tonebase artist.
Winner of the Gold Medal at the 1984 Leeds International Piano Competition, Parker is an Officer of The Order of Canada and has received Honorary Doctorates from the University of British Columbia and the Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto.
Jon Kimura Parker studied with Edward Parker and Keiko Parker, Lee Kum-Sing at the Vancouver Academy of Music and the University of British Columbia, Marek Jablonski at the Banff Centre, and Adele Marcus at The Juilliard School.
This concert is made possible in part by the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance and the Texas Commission on the Arts. Additional support for WindSync's year-round activities are made possible by individual donors, foundations, and businesses in their Circle of Support.