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Classical show of talent: Three chamber music events scheduled at University of Puget Sound this month.
Five years ago, Tacoma husband-and-wife musicians Tim Christie and Maria Sampen happened to tour Walla Walla during a rare free weekend. Drawn to the beauty of the place, they began to ask how they could get invited to play in the chamber music festival there - only to find there wasn't one. So they started one themselves.
A musically woven life: Tacoma violist Tim Christie and violinist Maria Sampen are a husband-and-wife team who work together at home and on stage.
This sixth concert during the SCI Region VIII conference featured performances by the new music ensemble Brave New Works whose two members - Maria Sampen, violin and Timothy Christie, viola - are on the faculty at the University of Puget Sound. This bold and incredibly well-performed concert featured nine selected works of SCI composers...