An evening of chamber music

Wilfredo Pasamba

SAN FRANCISCO, California—The newly formed Fil-Am Chamber Music Society proudly presents “An Evening of Chamber Music” featuring the works of Shostakovich, Debussy and Brahms by award winning and internationally acclaimed musicians, Wilfredo Pasamba, cello, and Corey McVicar, piano. The concert will be held on January 14 at 7 p.m. at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church on 1111 O’Farrell Street, San Francisco.

The FilAm Chamber Music Society, a US based organization aims to use “ the power of chamber music to achieve cultural awareness and bring unique possibilities to the education and art communities”. The Society will promote and feature Filipino American artists in the field of classical music.

Their first concert for 2012 will feature Wilfredo Pasamba, one of the most outstanding concert artists from the Philippines. He is a product of the prestigious Tchaikovsky’s Moscow State Conservatory and Juilliard School. As an active chamber musician, he has performed with Peter Wiley, Ani Kavafian, Benny Kim, Reynalod Reyes, Albert Tiu, Raul Sunico, Brendan Kinsella and with artist members of the Beaux Ats, Argenta Trios, Alexander, Orion and Ying String Quarters.

Pasamba’s recent performances include being guest soloist and chamber musician at the Heidelberg Music Festival performing the music of George Crumb, Olivier Messiaen Centennial in Missouri; collaboration in the Arnold Schoenberg Retrospective at the University of Missouri-Kansas City; chamber music appearance with the Omaha Chamber Music Society, and guest solo recitals in San Francisco, Moscow and St. Petersburg.

Pasamba will be joined by Corey McVicar, who is described as a “truly poetic and exhilarating” pianist by the Sydney Morning Herald. He has performed worldwide and has appeared extensively throughout his native Australia, including notable performances at the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Parliament House; he has also given concerto performances with the Sydney and Queensland Symphony Orchestras.

Corey McVicar

In the United States, Mr. McVicar has given recitals at venues such as the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC; Carnegie Weill Recital Hall in New York City and Strathmore Hall Music Center in North Bethesda, Maryland. Most recently Mr. McVicar’s concertizing has included numerous chamber music collaborative performances and appearances with international artists in Southeast Asia and in the U.S., including tours of the Midwest and several East Coast cities. In 2011 he released two CD recordings with cellist Alicia Ward.

The repertoire will consist of Dmitri Shostakovich’s Cello Sonata in four movements; Claude Debussy’s Sonata for Cello and Piano said to be a staple of the modern cello repertoire and is commonly regarded as one of the finest masterpieces written for the instrument; and lastly, Johannes Brahms’ Sonata No. 2 in F Major for Piano and Cello, Op. 99.

For more information, contact [email protected] or 415-9394418. Tickets are available at the door $20 general admission, $15 seniors.