Saturday, March 23rd, 2024
First Free Methodist Church
3200 3rd Ave W, Seattle WA 98119
Concert begins at 7:30PM
Please join our pre-concert talk at 6:30 pm
3200 3rd Ave W, Seattle WA 98119
Concert begins at 7:30PM
Please join our pre-concert talk at 6:30 pm
$25 Adult $20 Senior & Student
Daren Weissfisch, conductor
Daren Weissfisch has conducted professional ensembles in the United States, Mexico and Europe for over a decade. He previously served as Artistic Director of the Orquesta Sinfónica Esperanza Azteca Sinaloa, which was an El Sistema based youth orchestra and choir in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico. While in Mexico he was the assistant director for Charles Gounod’s opera Romeo and Juliet with the Orquesta Sinfónica Sinaloa under conductor Enrique Patrón de Rueda and he collaborated with French guitarist Jean Bruno Dautaner to conduct a recording of the guitar concerto Tres en Raya by Spanish composer Antonio Ruíz Pipó under the AdLib MusicMX record label. Daren conducted the Sinaloa premier of Horizontes, a work by Mexican composer Samuel Zyman with the Orquesta Sinfónica Sinaloa, and for the Sinaloa Cultural Festival he founded and conducted the ensemble Sinaloa Players which presented Stravinsky’s Histoire du Soldat in collaboration with renowned Mexican choreographer Mauricio Nava. In the Seattle area Daren has served as cover conductor for Harmonia Seattle and the Issaquah Philharmonic Orchestra and will debut with the Tacoma Opera as House Conductor for the 2023-2024 season. Daren is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in Orchestral Conducting at the University of Washington under the tutelage of Dr. David Alexander Rahbee.
Daren is also an accomplished oboist having served as second/assistant principal oboist and guest soloist of the Orquesta Sinfónica Sinaloa from 2010-2019. He has also served as substitute oboist with the Lake Union Civic Orchestra, Harmonia Seattle, and the Bainbridge Island Symphony Orchestra.
Daren is also an accomplished oboist having served as second/assistant principal oboist and guest soloist of the Orquesta Sinfónica Sinaloa from 2010-2019. He has also served as substitute oboist with the Lake Union Civic Orchestra, Harmonia Seattle, and the Bainbridge Island Symphony Orchestra.
Eli Schille-Hudson, guitar
Eli Schille-Hudson is a guitarist based in Bellingham, Washington where he heads the guitar studio at Western Washington University. At Western, Eli teaches courses in music theory, guitar history, pedagogy, and fretboard harmony; he also teaches applied lessons and conducts and arranges for the WWU Guitar Ensemble.
Eli has appeared as a recitalist for the Northwest Guitar Festival (and served as the Festival Director for the 2023 Northwest Guitar Festival), the Seattle Classic Guitar Society, the Bellingham Music Club, the Bellingham Chamber Music Society, the Bellingham Festival of Music, the Great Spaces Concert Series, and the Lafayette Symphony Guild. A duo performance with bassist DaXun Zhang at the 2019 International Society of Bassists Convention is a recent highlight in Eli’s activities as a chamber musician. He has adjudicated competitions and given masterclasses for Performing Arts B.C. and the Northwest Guitar Festival.
In addition to his work as a teacher and performer, Eli also remains active as a composer and songwriter. His debut release with collaborator Ross Martinie Eiler, Signs & Seasons (2022), can be heard wherever music is streamed. He completed his education at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music where he took Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees under Maestro Ernesto Bitetti.
Eli has appeared as a recitalist for the Northwest Guitar Festival (and served as the Festival Director for the 2023 Northwest Guitar Festival), the Seattle Classic Guitar Society, the Bellingham Music Club, the Bellingham Chamber Music Society, the Bellingham Festival of Music, the Great Spaces Concert Series, and the Lafayette Symphony Guild. A duo performance with bassist DaXun Zhang at the 2019 International Society of Bassists Convention is a recent highlight in Eli’s activities as a chamber musician. He has adjudicated competitions and given masterclasses for Performing Arts B.C. and the Northwest Guitar Festival.
In addition to his work as a teacher and performer, Eli also remains active as a composer and songwriter. His debut release with collaborator Ross Martinie Eiler, Signs & Seasons (2022), can be heard wherever music is streamed. He completed his education at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music where he took Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees under Maestro Ernesto Bitetti.