Seth Parker Woods
Sergio Mims writes:
I
wanted you to know that on my WHPK-FM radio show in Chicago on Wednesday,
Oct. 14 (12-3 PM Central time 88.5 FM locally and livestream on www.whpk.org) I
will be doing a live interview in the studio with cellist Seth Parker
Woods who recently performed as a member of the Chineke! Orchestra last
month at the Southbank Centre in London.
Also
along from playing on the show the new DGG recording of the Brahms
piano concertos 1 & 2 performed by Daniel Barenboim with Gustavo
Dudamel conducting the Berlin Philharmonic will be a recording of Philip
Herbert's Elegy: in Memoriam -Stephen Lawrence which was also performed
by the Chineke!Orchestra last month at their London première concert.
Here is some background information on Woods:
Seth
Woods has established a reputation as a versatile man of many styles.
While being classically trained, he has been seen in a variety of
musical settings ranging from Baroque performance to avant-garde new
music. Within the past few years, he has served as a principal cellist
for the Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra, Rome Festival Orchestra, and
Ash Lawn Opera Orchestra. He has also toured the U.S. and Canada with a
rock band, Brighton, and has appeared in Canadian Music Festival in
2006. Seth began playing the cello in Houston, Texas. His private
teachers include Daniel Morganstern, Frederick Zlotkin, Andre Emelianoff
and has had master classes with The Eroica Trio, Stephen Geber, Quartet
San Francisco, Bill Pruecil, Joseph Kalichstein, Christian McBride and
Maria Schneider. Within the last year he has graced the stages of
Carnegie Hall, Wang Theater, Union Nations, Merkin Hall and recently had
his debut at the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival with United Roots Dance
Company. Mr. Woods is also the founding cellist of the award winning
quartet VOX4. As an avid teacher and chamber coach, Mr. Woods worked in
an outreach string program
incorporating alternative styles for
underserved schools in the Chicago area
He
has also performed with the Ictus Ensemble - Brussels, Bad-Nauheim
Kammerphilharmonie-Frankfurt, Basel Sinfonietta-Basel, Orchestra of St.
Lukes and the New York City Ballet Orchestr
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