Soprano Dorothea Hayley

Clarinetist Catherine Wood

Join at 4 PM on Sunday, March 3rd for an afternoon of works by composers Franz Schubert, Friedrich Kücken, Alban Berg, Giacomo Meyerbeer, and Diogenes Rivas. Returning pianist Manuel Laufer will be featured in this performance alongside clarinetist Catherine Wood and vocalist Dorothea Hayley. Tickets available here.

An enthusiastic proponent of new music, pianist Manuel Laufer has presented world premieres at Merkin Hall, Le Poisson Rouge, Bang on a Can, June in Buffalo, and Festival Atempo (Caracas and Paris). He has concertized extensively playing contemporary chamber music, performing canonic works by composers including Babbitt, Cage, Crumb, Lachenmann, and Xenakis, in addition to newly commissioned repertoire. His solo work has championed modernist voices from his native Venezuela, placing particular emphasis on composer Diógenes Rivas.

Canadian soprano Dorothea Hayley has been a soloist with the Vancouver Symphony, the Bourgas Symphony, the Allegra Chamber Orchestra, and Capriccio Basel, and has appeared in recital in Europe, Asia, and North and South America. Praised for her “amazing coloratura skills” (Opera Canada) and her “considerable prowess as a soprano” (Georgia Straight), she has performed in festivals such as Sonic Boom, the Happening Festival, Gulangyu Piano Festival, Performer’s Voice Symposium, New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, and the Atempo Festival of Caracas, and with organizations like the SMCQ, Chants Libres, CIRMMT, Codes d’accès, Vancouver New Music, the Little Chamber Music Series That Could, and the Land’s End Ensemble. She is a member of the Erato Ensemble, the Broadwood Duo, and the Hayley-Laufer Duo.

Clarinetist Catherine Wood has established herself internationally as a performer, educator, and advocate of Canadian music. She has been featured as a guest artist at festivals including the International Clarinet Association ClarinetFests, Blueridge Chamber Music Festival, and the Núna Iceland Canada Art Convergence. An enthusiast of contemporary music, Wood has commissioned and premiered numerous works at festivals that celebrate new music, including the Winnipeg New Music Festival and Iceland’s Dark Music Days. A proponent of the piccolo clarinets, Catherine has commissioned works for both E-Flat and D clarinets. She has performed piccolo clarinet recitals across the globe.