Richard Strauss Don Quixote (arr. Vargas)

Olmos Ensemble
Ilya Shterenberg clarinet
Jeff Garza horn
Eric Gratz violin
Colin Brookes viola
Julian Schwarz cello
Elizabeth Dorman piano

Marc Janssen spoken word

J.S. Bach Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008 arr. for bass clarinet
Akshaya Tucker Fables for Clarinet and Cello
J.S. Bach Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007

Trevor Fitzpatrick cello
James Shields bass clarinet

Amy Baskin spoken word

Eugène Ysaÿe Sonata for Two Violins
L.v Beethoven String Quartet No. 16, Op. 135

Sunmi Chang, Searmi Park violin
Haojian Wang viola
Pansy Chang cello

Emmett Wheatfall spoken word

Antonio Vivaldi Clarinet Concerto no. 2, “La Fenice”
Olli Mustonen Nonetto II
J.S. Bach Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 

James Shields clarinet
Ron Blessinger, Emily Cole, Aidan Ip, 
Shintaro Tineda, Shanshan Zeng violin
Raúl Gómez-Rojas, Haojian Wang, Adam LaMotte viola
Trevor Fitzpatrick, Mario Bastea-Forte, Felix Fan cello
Jason Schooler bass
Joyce Chen harpsichord 

Ginette DePreist spoken word

Kimberly Osberg Conversations for Clarinet and String Quartet - World Premiere!
Dmitri Shostakovich String Quartet No. 8 

James Shields clarinet
Yuqi Li, Ruby Chen violin
Haojian Wang viola
Trevor Fitzpatrick cello

Adam Falkner spoken word

Sergei Prokofiev Overture on Hebrew Themes
Grażyna Bacewicz Piano Quintet No. 1

James Shields clarinet
Emily Cole, Ling Ling Huang violin
Laura Steiner viola
Kevin Kunkel cello
Judith Gordon piano

Carmen Barroso spoken word

J.S. Bach/Kurtag Sonatina BWV 106 "Actus tragicus"
Igor Stravinsky Five Easy Pieces for Piano 4-hands
Claude Debussy Petite Suite
György Ligeti Der Sommer
György Ligeti Mysteries of the Macabre

Madeline Ross voice
Rachel Modlin piano
Rebecca Stager piano

Makayla Terrell  spoken word

L.v Beethoven Grosse Fugue, Op. 133
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Clarinet Quintet, Op. 10

James Shields clarinet
Ling Ling Huang, Margot Schwartz violin
Amanda Grimm viola
Marilyn de Oliveira cello

Cindy Williams Gutiérrez spoken word

W.A. Mozart Piano Quartet in Eb Major
Elliot Carter Cello Sonata

Emily Cole violin
Deanna Mustain viola
Emily Brausa cello
Teddy Robie piano

Marcus Lattimore & Patricia Smith spoken word

This program is presented as part of Literary Arts - Portland Book Festival Cover to Cover, Nov 1-9, 2025