Welcome to the Guemes Island Chamber Music Series
Summer Concert: Sunday, July 10, 2016 at 3:PM at the
Guemes Island Community Center.
Special Event Fundraiser: Saturday, July 9, 2016, 4-6pm
Meet the musicians, enjoy food, wine, and about 45 minutes of inspiring music that will be over and above the pieces planned for the concert. Semmy Stahlhammer will also introduce his book: “My Father’s Story, Codename Barber”
Classically trained at the Academy of Music in Voronezh, Russia, Sergei Teleshev has won many regional and international accordion competitions. Being the accordion player of Trio Voronezh and Valinor Quartet, he collaborates with many internationally recognized artists, ensembles, and orchestras (including London Philharmonic Orchestra, Doc Severinsen, Halie Loren, and many others…), composing and arranging music, participates in recording projects of different genres.
Sergei has been a jury member at International accordion competitions in Russia, Canada and the USA. Recently, he won the National V-Accordion Competition. As the U.S. champion, Sergei represented the United States at the 7th Roland International V-Accordion Festival, in Rome, Italy, where he received a special prize for most online votes on the festival’s webcast.
Concert tickets are available at the event, held at the Guemes Island Community Center, a 10 minute walk from the ferry dock. Reservations for fundraiser ($30) and concert tickets ($20) can be purchased by calling (360) 588-8206.
Musicians for the event are:
Semmy Stahlhammer, violin
Isabel Blomme, cello
Atida Munthe Stahlhammer, cello
Karie Prescott, viola
Sergei Teleshev, klezmer accordion
Concert to Feature Music of Bach,Tor Aulin,Schubert,
Dohnanyi and various klezmer pieces.
The Guemes Island Chamber Music Series debuted in 2007 to a packed Community Center that was filled with music of the highest caliber. Each year, a Summer and Winter concert are held with professional musicians hailing from the Northwest as well as Philadelphia, and Los Angeles.
Bring your loved ones to experience an evening of beautiful, classical music.
