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Oregon Wind Quintet Gives Free S.F. Concert

Janos Gereben on January 14, 2014
Oregon Woodwinds, migrating South: Louis DeMartino, Melissa Peña, Molly Alicia Barth, Lydia Van Dreel, and Steve Vacchi
Oregon Woodwinds, migrating South: Louis DeMartino, Melissa Peña, Molly Alicia Barth, Lydia Van Dreel, and Steve Vacchi

The Oregon Wind Quintet, an ensemble of woodwind musicians from the University of Oregon, will perform a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 24 at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

Repertoire for the concert will include selections from Carl Nielsen’s Quintet, Op. 43; Anton Reicha’s Quintet in Eb, Op. 88, No. 2; Kenji Bunch’s "Shout Chorus;" and Paul Hindemith’s Quintet, Op. 24, No. 2.

"We like to represent various time periods and musical styles in our programs," said Molly Alicia Barth, a Grammy Award-winning flutist and member of the quintet. "This program includes a work written at the turn of the 19th century, a jazz-inspired work written in 2006, and two mainstays of the wind quintet repertoire."

The ensemble performs regularly throughout the Pacific Northwest, including recitals and clinics at middle schools and high schools. During their first California visit this week, the quintet will also perform and present at schools throughout the Bay Area, including San Francisco, Los Gatos, San Jose, Fremont, Cupertino, Palo Alto, and Sunnyvale.