Kenyon Hall Presents - Trio Oscuro
Kenyon Hall Presents
Trio Oscuro
Sunday, March 15th 2026
Doors: 2:00pm / Show: 2:30pm
All Ages
Seated
$15 General / $10 Senior/Student Discount
This concert features four distinct works spanning over 200 years, each of which exemplify music’s unique ability to embody profound, complex, and utterly human emotions. Over the course of Shostakovich’s deeply personal swan for viola and piano, Beethoven’s heartfelt “Les Adieux” piano sonata, Ursula Mamlok’s ephemeral yet intensely expressive From My Garden for solo viola, and Alexei Kurbatov’s spellbinding trio, listeners will be guided on a journey of pathos, tenderness, and transcendence.
Program
Dmitri Shostakovich Sonata for viola and piano
Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata, Op 81a "Les Adieux" for solo piano
- Intermission -
Ursula Mamlok “From My Garden” for solo viola
Alexei Kurbatov Trio for piano, viola, and cello
A native of Taiwan, pianist Michelle Huang enjoys a rewarding career as a dynamic soloist and chamber musician. She is equally at home performing music ranging from the esteemed masters to the novel voices. Since moving to Seattle in 2021, she has collaborated with musicians from the Seattle Symphony, Seattle Philharmonic, and Seattle Pro Musica, curating and presenting innovative programs that allow her to storytell, to make connections, and to create an expansive and imaginative listening experience for the audience. She has appeared as a guest artist across the continents, giving lectures, workshops, and master classes. As a devoted educator, she held teaching positions at Lincoln Memorial University, Edward Waters College, and Virginia Commonwealth University. Currently she resides in Seattle, WA with her husband and maintains a vibrant private teaching studio, where she works with a group of piano students with immense talent.
Giving performances the New York Times describes as “surehanded,” “engrossing,” and “rich,” violist Erin Wight is an enthusiastic proponent of the music of our time. She has appeared as a contemporary music soloist on four continents, and is happiest when collaboratively imagining and creating new sound worlds with her friends. Deeply committed to community engagement, Erin’s decade-plus in NYC found her in Teaching Artist roles for the New York Philharmonic, Carnegie Hall and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. From her present home-base of Seattle, Erin continues to develop exploratory music curricula for preeminent arts organizations including the New York Philharmonic, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, and her alma mater The Juilliard School’s K-12 Programs and Initiatives. When not busy performing in stadiums, orchestra pits, or cozy venues in the gorgeous Pacific Northwest, Erin enjoys looking for tide-pool creatures on rocky beaches, reading novels while drinking coffee, and spending time with her three children and composer-turned-hospitalist partner.
Cellist Chris Young grew up in Idaho Falls, Idaho, where he began studying cello in the year 2000 after hearing a classmate perform at school. He graduated high school from Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan, then went on to earn music degrees from the University of Miami and the University of Michigan. He also studied in the doctoral music program at the University of Washington. Currently, Chris works as a freelance cellist throughout the Puget Sound region. He serves as Principal Cello in the Yakima Symphony, Assistant Principal Cello in Symphony Tacoma, and teaches many private students in Seattle and Bellevue. His previous teachers include Richard Aaron, Crispin Campbell, Ross Harbaugh, Janet McIntosh, Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir, and Robert Tueller. Chris plays a cello made by Christopher Dungey that is generously loaned to him by the Wong/Engel Cello Library.
