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The Seattle String Ensemble offers professional performances of the highest caliber. Yury Mikhlin, first violinist, played for twenty years as Assistant Concertmaster of the Kiev State Opera and Ballet in Ukraine, and currently serves as Concertmaster of the Federal Way Philharmonic, while playing frequently with the Seattle Symphony, the Pacific Northwest Ballet, and the Seattle Opera. Cellist, Mannfried Funk, has been a member of the Seattle Symphony, Ballet, and Opera orchestras as well as serving in South America as Co-Principal of the National Symphony of Colombia. Violist, Thane Lewis, studied in Vienna, and at the Aspen Festival before receiving his Master of Music degree from the University of Washington. Mr. Lewis performs Broadway shows with the 5th Avenenue Theater orchestra in addition to his work with the Northwest Sinfonietta and performs as the Principal Viola of the Tacoma Symphony.
"The performance you gave was wonderful - it made our event unique."
- Dawn Bowman, Nordstroms
"I wanted to take the opportunity to thank you and the Seattle Spring Ensemble, once again, for providing a lovely evening of delightful music for our Holiday party. We were extremely pleased and will definitely remember you for another occasion."
- Liz Bosold, Exec. Administrator, Starbucks Coffee Company.
"I wanted to be sure to thank you all for making my wedding such a beautiful (and beautifully smooth) ceremony and a lovely reception. With short notice, you pulled together the perfect performance!"
- Alissa Kozuh, bride
Some of the songs you may hear:
Choose traditional or completely untraditional music. The arranger is available to work with you to customize just the right the program for your event.
Wedding March (Felix Mendelssohn), Wedding March (Richard Wagner), Canon in D (Johann Pachelbel), Rondeau (Jean Joseph Mouret), Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring (J.S. Bach), La Rejouissance (G.F. Handel), Largo, from The Four Seasons (Antonio Vivaldi), Eine Kleine Nacht Musick, Allegro (W. A. Mozart), Eine Kleine Nacht Musick, Romanza (W. A. Mozart), Eine Kleine Nacht Musick, Minuet (W. A. Mozart), Trumpet Voluntary (Jeremiah Clarke), Ave Verum (W. A. Mozart), Theme from Scheherezade (Rimsky-Korsakov), Entrance of the Queen of Sheba (G. F. Handel), Panis Angelicas (Cesar Franck), Simple Gifts (Aaron Copland), Bashana (Traditional Jewish), Yedid Nefesh (Traditional Jewish), Dodi Li (Traditional Jewish), Simon Tov (Traditional Jewish), Junk Man Rag (C. Luckyth Roberts), Bethena, A Concert Waltz (Scott Joplin), Waltz from Faust (Charles Gounod), Golliwog's Cakewalk (Claude Debussy), March from Love of 3 Oranges (Sergei Prokofiev), Be Thou My Vision (Irish), Liebesfreud (Fritz Kreisler), Salut d'Amour (Edward Elgar), To a Wild Rose (Edward MacDowell), Joc Cu Bata, Rumanian Dances (Bela Bartok), Dance of the Hours (Amilcare Ponchielli), La donna e mobile (Giuseppe Verdi), Carmen, Prelude (Georges Bizet), Carmen, Entracte (Georges Bizet), Carmen, Seguidilla (Georges Bizet), O mio babbino caro (Giacomo Puccinni), Triumphal March, Aida (Verdi), Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (Jerome Kern), Lullaby of Birdland (George Shearing), Take Five (P. Desmond), Tuxedo Junction (Hawkins, Johnson and Dash), Makin' Whoopee (W. Donaldson), Give My Regards to Broadway (G. M. Cohen), Ain't We Got Fun (Whiting, Kahn and Egan), Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Kahn, Erdman and Russo), The Street Musician (C. D. Critelli), Blue Creek Waltz (C. D. Critelli), Irish Jig (Coleraine), The Band Played On (Palmer and Ward), Let Me Call You Sweetheart (Friedman and Whitson), In The Good Old Summertime (Evans and Shields), Moon River (Henry Mancini), Great Day (Rose, Eliscu and Youmans), Night and Day (Cole Porter), The Carioca (V. Youmans), Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise (Hammerstein and Romberg), Anything Goes (Cole Porter), Memory-From "Cats" (A. L. Webber), Blue Tango (L. Anderson), Palmita (C. D. Critelli)
Partial client list:
Seattle Art Museum,
Frye Art Museum,
Henry Art Museum,
St. John Lutheran: Friends and Neighbors Concert Series,
Filmed and aired on KCTS Channel 9,
Microsoft Company,
1997 Flower and Garden Show-Seattle Convention Center,
Seattle Aquarium,
Nordstroms-Bellevue Square
Wright Runstad & Company,
Seafirst Center Columbia Tower,
Northland Communications Corporation,
The Seneca Real Estate Group,
1996, 1997, and 1998 Commencement ceremonies at the University of Washington,
University of Washington-Department of Engineering,
University of Washington-Department of Ophthamology,
University of Washington-Department of Clinical Psychiatry,
University of Washington-Program in Public Affairs
Listen to an MP3 sample:
Seattle String Ensemble - Trio - Concert Music
Sample Clip - 4.5 MB
Seattle String Ensemble - Trio - Wedding Music
Rondeau - 368 K
Jesu Joy Of Man's Desiring - 336 K
La Rejouissance - 304 K
Largo, from The Four Seasons - 692 K
Seattle String Ensemble - Duo
Sample Clip - 1.9 MB
