Emerald City Music, led by violinist Kristin Lee, opens its season with a performance celebrating Lee’s debut solo album, American Sketches. The performance, with pianist Jun Cho, is Saturday, October 19, 2024 7:30pm at SPSCC’s Minnaert Center for the Arts in Olympia. American Sketches captures the pride that Lee has for the U.S. as a foreign-born citizen, through tunes that embody a recognizable and spirited sound.
Lee and Cho will perform a program highlighting a wide array of stylistically diverse works from the album including Four Southland Sketches by H.T. Burleigh (1916); non-poem 4 (2017) by Jonathan Ragonese; and Romance by Amy Beach (1893); as well as But Not For Me by George Gershwin (1930), Lament by J.J. Johnson (1954), and Entertainer by Scott Joplin (1902). In addition, Lee and Cho will perform Sonata No. 2, Poeme Mystique by Ernest Bloch (1924) and Fantasy on Themes from Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin (1935).
