2009
Sixteenth Season
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THE PORTLAND CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL

Organization:

Artistic Directors:
Jennifer Elowitch
Dena Levine

Executive Director:
Jennifer Elowitch

Since its first season in 1994, PCMF has presented over 100 concerts featuring nationally acclaimed performers from the United States, Europe and Latin America. In the ensuing years, the Festival has developed a strong community following and a growing national reputation. Festival concerts are often featured on Maine Public Radio's "Mainestage" and have been regularly recorded and broadcast by WGBH radio in Boston. The Festival has appeared in a live concert on WGBH radio's "Classical Performances" program and on Maine Public Television's "Made in Maine" documentary series.

Strongly committed to the performance of new works, the Festival has featured Resident Composers including:

  • Earl Kim
  • Michael Gandolfi
  • Osvaldo Golijov
  • Elliott Schwartz

    PCMF received a grant from the Aaron Copland Fund for Music in recognition of its "contribution to furthering public interest and appreciation of contemporary American music" and has also been awarded grants from:

  • Roy A. Hunt Foundation
  • UNUM Foundation
  • Maine Community Foundation
  • Davis Family Foundation
  • Sam L. Cohen Foundation
  • Mattina R. Proctor Foundation
  • Robert and Dorothy Goldberg Foundation

    • All Festival Performers:
    2009
    cello: Claire Bryant, Marc Johnson, Michael Kannen, Marcy Rosen.
    clarinet: Todd Palmer.
    harpsichord: Peter Sykes.
    piano: Dena Levine.
    viola: Marka Gustavsson, Maria Lambros, Carol Rodland, Dov Scheindlin.
    violin: Lucy Chapman, Jennifer Elowitch, Sunghae Anna Lim, Jesse Mills.
    2008
    cello: Claire Bryant, Michael Kannen, Andrew Mark, Clancy Newman.
    clarinet: Todd Palmer.
    double bass: David Grossman.
    french horn: Daniel Grabois.
    harpsichord: Peter Sykes.
    narrator: Walter van Dyk.
    oboe: John Snow.
    piano: Dena Levine.
    soprano: Lisa Saffer.
    viola: Maria Lambros, Dov Scheindlin, Jonathan Vinocour.
    violin: Jennifer Elowitch, Joan Kwuon, Sunghae Anna Lim, Harumi Rhodes.
    2007
    bassoon: Celeste-Marie Roy.
    cello: Alexis Gerlach, Michael Kannen, Thomas Kraines, Brant Taylor.
    clarinet: Todd Palmer.
    conductor: Bruce Hangen.
    double bass: David Grossman.
    harpsichord: Andrus Madsen.
    narrator: Walter van Dyk.
    oboe: Peggy Pearson.
    percussion: John Ferrari.
    piano: Dena Levine.
    trombone: Peter Stuhec.
    trumpet: Gareth Flowers.
    viola: Maria Lambros, Carol Rodland, Dov Scheindlin, Jessica Thompson.
    violin: Jennifer Elowitch, Lydia Forbes, Alison Harney, Sunghae Anna Lim, Jesse Mills, Irina Muresanu.
    2006
    cello: Melissa Brooks, Alexis Gerlach, Andrew Mark, Brant Taylor.
    clarinet: Jo-Ann Sternberg.
    composer: Vincent Ho.
    double bass: David Grossman.
    flute: Elizabeth Mann.
    harpsichord: Peter Sykes.
    mezzo soprano: Krista River.
    percussion: Tom Kolor.
    piano: Dena Levine.
    viola: Rebecca Gitter, Carol Rodland, Jessica Thompson, Jonathan Vinocour.
    violin: Jennifer Elowitch, Timothy Fain, Lydia Forbes, Alison Harney, Min-Young Kim, Sunghae Anna Lim.
    2005
    cello: Susannah Chapman, Thomas Kraines, Andrew Mark, Jonathan Spitz, Brant Taylor.
    clarinet: Todd Palmer.
    double bass: David Grossman.
    flute: Elizabeth Mann, Susan Rotholz.
    harpsichord: Peter Sykes.
    piano: Jeremy Denk, Judith Gordon.
    trombone: Peter Stuhec.
    viola: Lawrence Neuman, Carol Rodland, Dov Scheindlin, Jonathan Vinocour.
    violin: Jennifer Elowitch, Alison Harney, Juliette Kang, Sunghae Anna Lim.
    2004
    cello: Susannah Chapman, Jonathan Spitz, Brant Taylor.
    clarinet: Todd Palmer.
    conductor: Bruce Hangen.
    double bass: David Grossman.
    flute: Laura Gilbert, Tara Helen O'Connor.
    harpsichord: Peter Sykes.
    narrator: Jennifer Finney Boylan.
    oboe: Robert Botti.
    percussion: John Ferrari.
    piano: Dena Levine.
    tenor: William Hite.
    trombone: Peter Stuhec.
    viola: Lawrence Neuman, Stephanie Taylor.
    violin: Jennifer Elowitch, Alison Harney, Juliette Kang.
    2003
    baritone: Sanford Sylvan.
    cello: Elizabeth Anderson, Amy Levine Tsang, Bion Tsang, Dorothea Wolff.
    composer, double bass: Peter Askim.
    mezzo-soprano: Pamela Dellal.
    oboe: Peggy Pearson.
    piano: Dena Levine, Thomas Sauer.
    tenor: William Hite.
    viola: Lawrence Neuman, Daniel Panner, Belinda Reuning.
    violin: Ruggero Allifranchini, Jennifer Elowitch, Alison Harney, Katie Lansdale.
    2002
    bass: Deborah Dunham.
    bassoon: Shawn Mouser.
    cello: Elizabeth Anderson, Kathe Jarka, Dorothea Wolff.
    composer, double bass: Peter Askim.
    flute: Laura Gilbert.
    french horn: Daniel Grabois.
    oboe: Peggy Pearson.
    piano: Dena Levine.
    viola: James Dunham, Lawrence Neuman, Daniel Panner.
    violin: Ruggero Allifranchini, Nurit Bar-Josef, Jennifer Elowitch.
    2001
    cello: Melissa Brooks, Alexis Gerlach, Kathe Jarka, Nina Maria Lee, Thomas Wiebe.
    clarinet: Jo-Ann Sternberg.
    composer: Martin Brody.
    composer, double bass: Peter Askim.
    flute: Laura Gilbert.
    narrator: Richard Knisely.
    oboe: Peggy Pearson.
    percussion: Robert Schulz.
    piano: Jeremy Denk, Dena Levine, Thomas Sauer.
    soprano: Kendra Colton.
    viola: Matthew Dane, Lawrence Neuman, Daniel Panner.
    violin: Ruggero Allifranchini, Serena Canin, Jennifer Elowitch, Katie Lansdale, Christopher Lee, Sarah Thornblade.
    2000
    actor: Will LeBow.
    bass: Deborah Dunham.
    bassoon: Celeste-Marie Roy.
    cello: Alexis Gerlach, Matt Haimovitz, Thomas Wiebe.
    clarinet: Scott Andrews, Michael Rusinek.
    composer: Michael Gondolfi, Lou Harrison.
    composer, double bass: Peter Askim.
    flute: Renee Krimsier.
    french horn: Luiz Garcia.
    percussion: Robert Schulz.
    piano: Dena Levine, Thomas Sauer.
    viola: James Dunham, Maria Lambros.
    violin: Ruggero Allifranchini, Nurit Bar-Josef, Jennifer Elowitch.
    1999
    bassoon: Celeste-Marie Roy.
    cello: Theresa Borsodi, Matt Haimovitz, Michael Kannen.
    clarinet: Scott Andrews, Todd Palmer.
    composer: Bright Sheng, Andy Vores.
    french horn: Luiz Garcia.
    oboe: Marcia Butler.
    piano: Judith Gordon, Dena Levine.
    soprano: Lisa Saffer.
    viola: Robert Dan, Maria Lambros, Lawrence Neuman.
    violin: Jennifer Elowitch, Catherine French, Alison Harney.
    1998
    cello: Natasha Brofsky, Melissa Brooks, Nina Maria Lee, Amy Levine Tsang.
    clarinet: Todd Palmer.
    composer, double bass: Peter Askim.
    flute: Brian Gordon.
    harp: Ann Hobson Pilot.
    harpsichord: Peter Sykes.
    piano: Judith Gordon, Dena Levine.
    soprano: Kendra Colton.
    viola: Lawrence Neuman, Daniel Panner, Roger Tapping.
    violin: Jennifer Elowitch, Catherine French, Bayla Keyes, Adela Pena, Marissa Regni.
    1997
    cello: Natasha Brofsky, Kathe Jarka, Amy Levine Tsang.
    flute: Julia Scolnik.
    oboe: Peggy Pearson.
    piano: Judith Gordon, Dena Levine.
    viola: Marka Gustavsson, Lawrence Neuman, Daniel Panner.
    violin: Jennifer Elowitch, Alison Harney, Bayla Keyes, Sunghae Anna Lim, Mary Nessinger, Adela Pena.
    1996
    cello: Colin Carr, Kathe Jarka, Katja Linfield, Amy Levine Tsang.
    flute: Julia Scolnik.
    french horn: William Purvis.
    guitar: Emanuele Segre.
    piano: Dena Levine.
    soprano: Lisa Saffer.
    viola: Daniel Panner, Caroline Wolff.
    violin: Jennifer Elowitch, Alison Harney, Ellen Jewett, Sunghae Anna Lim.
    1995
    cello: Colin Carr, Bion Tsang.
    clarinet: Todd Palmer.
    french horn: William Purvis.
    harpsichord: Marion Anderson.
    oboe: Peggy Pearson.
    piano: Dena Levine.
    soprano: Lisa Saffer.
    viola: Belinda Reuning, Caroline Wolff.
    violin: Jennifer Elowitch, Alison Harney, Sunghae Anna Lim, Eric Pritchard, Calvin Wiersma.
    1994
    cello: Amy Levine Tsang, Bion Tsang.
    clarinet: Todd Palmer.
    french horn: William Purvis.
    piano: Dena Levine.
    viola: Maria Lambros, Belinda Reuning.
    violin: Jennifer Elowitch, Alison Harney, Sunghae Anna Lim, Eric Pritchard, Calvin Wiersma.
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