# Seattle Chamber Players > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Seattle_Chamber_Players > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Seattle_Chamber_Players.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Chamber_Players > Source revision: 1337834876 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American chamber ensemble}} {{multiple issues| {{more citations needed|date=May 2019}} {{mfn|date=February 2025}} }} The '''Seattle Chamber Players''' are a [chamber ensemble](/source/chamber_ensemble) focused on contemporary music, founded in 1989 in [Seattle](/source/Seattle), [Washington](/source/Washington_(state)), U.S. In January 2004, the group was awarded the [ASCAP](/source/ASCAP)/Chamber Music America Award for Adventurous Programming."ASCAP Adventurous Programming Awards Presented at Chamber Music America Conference." US Fed News Service, Including US State News, 08 Jan., 2008. ProQuest, https://www.proquest.com/wire-feeds/ascap-adventurous-programming-awards-presented-at/docview/468609463/se-2 {{As of|2005}}, the core members are Laura DeLuca ([clarinet](/source/clarinet)), David Sabee ([cello](/source/cello)), Mikhail Shmidt ([violin](/source/violin)), and Paul Taub ([flute](/source/flute)). DeLuca, Sabee, and Schmidt are members of the [Seattle Symphony](/source/Seattle_Symphony) (SSO); Shmidt is also a former member of the [Moscow State Symphony](/source/Moscow_State_Symphony); Taub is a professor of music at [Cornish College of the Arts](/source/Cornish_College_of_the_Arts). Other players are brought into the orchestra for specific performances. For example, a series of performances of [Ástor Piazzolla](/source/%C3%81stor_Piazzolla)'s [tango](/source/Tango_music) [opera](/source/opera) during the 2004–2006 season featured [Uruguay](/source/Uruguay)an [pianist](/source/piano) and [conductor](/source/orchestra_conductor) [Pablo Zinger](/source/Pablo_Zinger), Russian [bandoneon](/source/bandoneon)ist Alexander Mitenev, [Venezuela](/source/Venezuela)n [tenor](/source/tenor) [Leonardo Granadas](/source/Leonardo_Granadas), Argentine tango vocalist [Katie Viquiera](/source/Katie_Viquiera), [Slovene](/source/Slovenia) [accordion](/source/accordion)ist [Borut Zagoranski](/source/Borut_Zagoranski), and [Welsh](/source/Wales) guitarist [Michael Partington](/source/Michael_Partington). [Russia](/source/Russia)n [musicologist](/source/musicology) Elena Dubinets, music research coordinator for the SSO, joined the ensemble in 2002 as artistic advisor, and has been largely responsible for transforming them from a local to an international institution, hosting international festivals such as ''Icebreaker I: Voices from New Russia'' (2004) and ''Icebreaker II: Baltic Voices'' (2004); the planned ''Icebreaker III'' (2006) will feature music from the countries of the [Caucasus](/source/Caucasus). They have travelled twice to [Eastern Europe](/source/Eastern_Europe), scoring critical successes in [Moscow](/source/Moscow), [St. Petersburg](/source/Saint_Petersburg), and [Tallinn](/source/Tallinn), and are scheduled to tour [Costa Rica](/source/Costa_Rica), [El Salvador](/source/El_Salvador), and [Ecuador](/source/Ecuador) in spring 2005.RM CAMPBELL P-I, music c. "CHAMBER PLAYERS CHIP AWAY AT MORE BARRIERS WITH BALTIC VOICES: [FINAL EDITION]." Seattle Post - Intelligencer, 13 Feb., 2004, pp. 10. ProQuest, https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/chamber-players-chip-away-at-more-barriers-with/docview/386211704/se-2PHILIPPA KIRALY Special to the,P.-I. "SEATTLE CHAMBER PLAYERS' `ICEBREAKER III' WILL HIGHLIGHT THE CAUCASUS: [FINAL EDITION]." Seattle Post - Intelligencer, 17 Feb., 2006, pp. 32. ProQuest, https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/seattle-chamber-players-icebreaker-iii-will/docview/385516872/se-2{{Cite web|url=https://www.seattlestar.net/2012/02/seattle-chamber-players-sail-their-icebreaker-around-the-mediterranean/|title=Seattle Chamber Players sail their Icebreaker around the Mediterranean|date=February 23, 2012}} ==Recordings== * ''Otis Spann: Music of [Wayne Horvitz](/source/Wayne_Horvitz)'' (Periplum) * [Reza Vali](/source/Reza_Vali)'s ''Folksongs (Set No. 15)'' (release expected 2005) ==References== {{reflist}} ===Further reading=== *[https://symphony.org/obituary-paul-taub-flutist-who-founded-seattle-chamber-players-68/ Obituary: Paul Taub, flutist who founded Seattle Chamber Players, 68] *RM CAMPBELL P-I, MUSIC C. "SEATTLE CHAMBER PLAYERS BRILLIANT AGAIN: [FINAL EDITION]." Seattle Post - Intelligencer, 10 Apr., 2000, pp. D8. ProQuest, https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/seattle-chamber-players-brilliant-again/docview/385579833/se-2. *RM Campbell P-I, Music C. "SEATTLE CHAMBER PLAYERS OFFER A SPIRITED PERFORMANCE: [FINAL EDITION]." Seattle Post - Intelligencer, 10 Feb., 1992, pp. c4. ProQuest, https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/seattle-chamber-players-offer-spirited/docview/386287565/se-2. *PHILIPPA KIRALY SPECIAL TO THE,P.-I. "TAUB'S INSIGHTFUL FLUTE RECITAL IS A CELEBRATION ON EVERY LEVEL: [FINAL EDITION]." Seattle Post - Intelligencer, 05 May, 1999, pp. C5. ProQuest, https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/taubs-insightful-flute-recital-is-celebration-on/docview/385691444/se-2. *RM CAMPBELL P-I, MUSIC C. "CHAMBER PLAYERS OPENS SEASON WITH PROVOCATIVE CONCERT: [FINAL EDITION]." Seattle Post - Intelligencer, 02 Oct., 1995. ProQuest, https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/chamber-players-opens-season-with-provocative/docview/385937183/se-2. *RM Campbell P-I, Music C. "A MEMORABLE NIGHT OF CHAMBER MUSIC-MAKING: [FINAL EDITION]." Seattle Post - Intelligencer, 25 Feb., 1995. ProQuest, https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/memorable-night-chamber-music-making/docview/386015020/se-2. ==External links== *[http://www.seattlechamberplayers.org Official site] *{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110524191320/http://artofthestates.org/cgi-bin/performer.pl?ens=124 Art of the States: Seattle Chamber Players]}} live performance of ''1987'' (2008) by composer Anna Clyne *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CT0ebACnjd8&t=5s 'Ep. 48: Paul Taub, flutist'] Interview by Tigran Arakelyan {{authority control}} Category:Musical groups established in 1989 Category:Chamber music groups Category:Musical groups from Seattle --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Seattle Chamber Players](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Chamber_Players) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Chamber_Players?action=history)). 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