2025-26 Concert Season

November 11, 2025

First Free Methodist Church

3200 3rd Ave W

Seattle, WA 98119

Florence Price: Dances in the Canebrakes (orch. Still)

Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major

Julian Garvue, piano

Amy Beach: Symphony in E minor, op. 32 “Gaelic”

Sunny Xuecong Xia and Mica Weiland, conductors

Julian Garvue is a pianist and vocal coach from Seattle, Washington, currently in his second year with LA Opera’s Domingo-Colburn-Stein program. He graduated from Indiana University with his Master's degree and Performer's Diploma studying with Kevin Murphy and Anne Epperson. Before beginning his career as a collaborative pianist in 2019, Julian worked for three years as a jazz pianist in New York City, taught elementary school music for a year in Queens, NY, recorded two albums with The Arsonists, and recorded a free jazz CD with his classmates from the Eastman School of Music entitled Doublefist.

Recognized for her innate musicality, compelling presence, and technical precision, conductor Sunny Xuecong Xia’s ability to forge an immediate and captivating connection with orchestras and singers alike has led to engagements around the globe. Xia joined the Seattle Symphony at the beginning of the 2022/2023 season as Douglas F. King Assistant Conductor and was quickly promoted to Associate Conductor. Recent and upcoming engagements include the San Diego Symphony, Phoenix Symphony, Tucson Symphony, Olympia Symphony, and Chandler Opera Theater.

March 17, 2026

First Free Methodist Church, Seattle

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Violin Concerto no. 4 in D, K. 218 (feat. Amelia Busing)

Eugene Goossens — Oboe Concerto, op. 45 (feat. Arya Bailey)

Lili Boulanger — D’un matin du printemps

William L. Dawson — Negro Folk Symphony

May 12, 2026

Shorewood High School Auditorium, Shoreline

Jessie Montgomery — Banner

Lowell Liebermann — Flute Concerto no. 1, op. 39 (feat. Maia Nemes)

Ellen Taafe Zwilich — Bassoon Concerto (feat. Joey Vega)

Dmitri Shostakovich — Symphony no. 5 in D minor, op. 47