Per Cembalo Solo…

Per Cembalo solo… March 15th @ 3 PM
This recital of keyboard music of J. S. Bach will include the E Minor toccata, preludes and fugues from the Well-Tempered Clavier Book II, and the Overture in the French Style. Audience members will be seated surrounding the instrument, providing an intimate listening experience for this exploration of Bach’s intensely complex solo compositions.

Tickets: HERE!

About Margret Gries
Margret Gries has pursued a career in music that has combined academic interests and professional performance. Since returning to the Pacific Northwest in 1971, Gries has established herself both as a recitalist and as a valued member of early music ensembles. She has given recitals for conventions of the Organ Historical Society and participated in programs for the American Guild of Organists. She also has presented annual harpsichord and organ recitals during her tenure as a faculty member at Central Washington University.

Gries has also studied and performed extensively on early string instruments including Renaissance and Baroque violin and viola, and vielle. As a student of Stanley Ritchie, her professional baroque violin concerts began in Seattle in 1978 as concertmaster of the city’s first Baroque orchestra under the direction of Richard Sparks. She was a founding member of the Portland Baroque Orchestra, and has continued as a freelance performer for many early music ensembles in the Seattle area. Since 2000, she has served as the conductor and music director of the Jefferson Baroque Orchestra in Ashland, Oregon. Gries also participated for many years as a lecturer and continuo harpsichordist for Early Music Vancouver’s summer programs.

Margret Gries studied philosophy and music at Pacific Lutheran, Yale, and Cornell universities. She has been an instructor in harpsichord at the University of Washington and in music and philosophy at Central Washington University. Upon completing a Ph. D at the University of Oregon, she now serves there as an adjunct member of the music history faculty, where she directs the Collegium Musicum and teaches continuo.

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