November 11, 2016

Breaking Winds Bassoon Quartet to perform at SVSU

Saginaw Valley State University will showcase The Breaking Winds Bassoon Quartet during the next Rhea Miller Concert Series installment Saturday, Nov. 12. The performance, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. in the Rhea Miller Recital Hall, is free and open to the public.

The concert, called “A Broken Anthology of Western Music,” will feature selections from the 14th to the 20th century including “Rondo Alla Bassoona” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and “Claire De Lune” by Claude Debussy.

By performing a uniquely twisted theatrical blend of classical and popular music on their unlikely instruments, the Breaking Winds Bassoon Quartet members Brittany Harrington-Smith, Yuki Katayma, Kara LaMoure, and Marissa Olegario aim to demonstrate that music is a universal language.

In 2013, the Breaking Winds premiered their commissioned concerto, Scott A. Switzer’s Breaking Out for quartet and wind ensemble, with the Yale Concert Band. The Breaking Winds’ quirky affability lends them a global following on social media. To date, their YouTube channel has garnered over 1 million views and has received coverage from NPR and MTV.

The Rhea Miller Concert Series is made possible by a generous gift from Rhea E. Miller, a longtime friend of SVSU. Her gift, administered by the Miller Trust for Music Education, has provided the university with the opportunity to offer outstanding performances by nationally and internationally acclaimed musical artists at no cost to the audience since 1993.

For more information, call (989) 964-4159 or email music@svsu.edu.