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Victoria Parker

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Author: stephen
Posted: February 17, 2025

Born into a musical household, Victoria Parker grew up performing and touring with her family quintet. Through this experience, she developed a deep connection to chamber music which remains an important part of her musical life.

She has been a featured soloist with many orchestras, including One World Symphony, Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, Vermont Mozart Festival Orchestra, North Corner Chamber Orchestra, and Northwest Sinfonia, with which she recorded a violin concerto composed for her by Roupen Shakarian.

She is a founding member of North Corner Chamber Orchestra and was a primary leader and Artistic Coordinator from 2014 to 2022. She performs with the Seattle Symphony and Seattle Opera and can be heard on numerous popular albums and soundtracks, many of which feature her arrangements and improvisations.

www.victoriaparker.com

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Nick Milos

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Author: stephen
Posted: January 25, 2025

Nick is an accomplished and seasoned musician who specializes in performing ballads that transport the listening audience on a musical journey through the Great American Songbook – songs that paint musical portraits of our common human experiences of love, joy, suffering, and hope. He has been performing since the 1970s.

He is an engaging entertainer who strives to provide beautiful, relaxing, and inspiring experiences that leave listeners invigorated and refreshed.

His music and professionalism will add a touch of elegance and class to your venue or special event.

Piano, Vocals, Drums

www.nickmilos.com

nickmilos@icloud.com

360.516.7423

Daniel Self

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Author: stephen
Posted: November 20, 2024

As a woodwind specialist (flutes, clarinets, saxophones, and double reeds) and pianist specializing in musical theatre and chamber music, I’m passionate about storytelling through music and the sonic mechanisms that convey narrative. My journey has let me to numerous stages and concert halls as both a collaborative pianist, section player, pit musician in a wide range of styles from gospel to musical theatre.

I have had the privilege of being the resident music director for Athens Creative Theatre in Athens, GA for the past decade, where my love of storytelling through music truly grew and developed. In my time as a pit orchestra musician I have performed in numerous musical theatre productions including classic Broadway, and contemporary styles. I strive always to curate creative spaces and experiences that foster community, artistic expression, and education whether I am at the podium or playing in the ensemble.

In addition to performing, I am committed to community arts initiatives. I founded Quintet Athens and the Athens Flute Choir both of which are committed to the enrichment of the local community through free and accessible chamber music performances leading such initiatives as Symphonic Story Times for youth in partnership with local libraries, collaborative music composition projects with K-5 students, and volunteering as guest conductor for educational programs such as HEART Music.

Building community through music is at the heart of my musical practice and I am always striving to find ways to connect and help nurture the arts through participation and advocacy. I am available for a broad range of work including weddings, special events, subbing, musical theatre, religious services, studio sessions, coaching, and more!

website: daniel-self.com
email: daniel.self@gmail.com

Rachel Nesvig

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Author: stephen
Posted: September 24, 2024

Performance, recording, private teaching, coaching, sectionals, and conductor.

Inspired by her Norwegian roots, Rachel has built a career around her love of music, performance, teaching, and Scandinavian tradition. She earned her BA in Music and Norwegian from St. Olaf College in 2007, followed by a master’s degree in Violin Performance and K-12 Teaching Certificate from Central Washington University in 2011. Rachel completed additional studies in classical violin at the Music Conservatory of the University of Stavanger, Norway, also using the opportunity to polish her Norwegian language skills. Although violin is her main jam, Rachel is an avid Hardanger Fiddler (the national folk instrument of Norway), an aspiring violist, an enthusiastic conductor, and a novice improv actor!

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Josiah Boothby

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Author: stephen
Posted: September 9, 2024

Josiah Boothby is a versatile hornist devoted to new music, with a particular focus on improvisation and creative collaboration with composers and other artists. Josiah has performed at Warsaw Autumn Music Festival as a soloist with composer Ewa Trębacz, and is a member of Artemisia Winds, a chamber ensemble built around a core trio with composer/performers Angelique Poteat and Ryan Hare. As an orchestral musician, Josiah is a member of the Boise Philharmonic and the Yakima Symphony, and has performed frequently with the Seattle Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, and Seattle Modern Orchestra. In addition, Josiah is a member of the Jim Knapp Orchestra, a 13-piece jazz band, and in December Josiah can also be found playing in a nine-piece jazz band accompanying the glamorous Land of the Sweets: A Burlesque Nutcracker. When not playing his horn or teaching, Josiah can be found hiking and climbing around the Pacific Northwest, blues dancing, or staying in to engage in kitchen alchemy.

JosiahBoothby.org

Bronn Journey

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Author: nateomdal
Posted: August 16, 2024

Performing and recording harpist from Sultan, WA.

bronn@bronnjourney.com
BronnJourney.com

Grant Olson

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Author: stephen
Posted: April 12, 2024

Born and raised in Seattle, I am a Freelance Cellist for hire in the Pacific Northwest with over a decade of professional experience in orchestral work, chamber music, and modern music. Currently performing with groups including but not limited to: Symphony Tacoma, NW Sinfonietta, Auburn Symphony, The Sound Ensemble, Village Theatre, and The 5th Avenue Theatre.

Michael Owcharuk

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Author: stephen
Posted: March 25, 2024

Michael Owcharuk is a composer and pianist working in jazz, classical, Ukrainian folk/trad, rock, pop, and music for dance and theatre. He leads The Owcharuk Ensemble, performing his own compositions and jazz standards.

Jared Parsons

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Author: stephen
Posted: February 27, 2024

Based in Seattle, harpist Jared Parsons strives to defy the expectations of the harp in both classical and modern music. He has performed as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral member throughout the United States, most recently with Symphony Tacoma, Olympia Symphony, North Carolina Opera and North Carolina Ballet. Jared received professional training at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts studying under Jacquelyn Barteltt. During his time at conservatory he became fascinated with combining mediums and merging the visual elements of playing the harp with dance, film and technology. Jared is available for freelance projects throughout the Pacific Northwest area.

jaredparsonsharp@gmail.com

Sarah Viens

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Author: stephen
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An active performer in the Pacific Northwest, Sarah Viens is Principal Trumpet of the Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra, Symphony Tacoma, and the Auburn Symphony. Sarah frequently performs with the Seattle Symphony and Opera, The Fifth Avenue Theater, Oregon Symphony, Oregon Ballet Theater, and the Portland Opera. In the summers, she plays with the Sunriver Music Festival, and has performed with the Britt Festival Orchestra, Chamber Music Northwest, and the Oregon Bach Festival. Sarah is an accomplished teacher, and in addition to fifteen years of experience in higher education, she has taught all ages and levels of trumpet lessons. She has previously taught at the University of Oregon and Willamette University. Also an accomplished administrator, Sarah is co-founder of Orchestra Next, the resident orchestra for the Eugene Ballet company. Sarah has also performed with a variety of chamber and recording ensembles, broadway shows, jazz ensembles, alternative, funk and rock bands.