Local artists Marley Erickson and Mark Findlay return to the WICA stage.
Marley Erickson, violin
Marley Erickson, 20, is grand prize winner of numerous international competitions including Fundacja Young Arts Competition, Philadelphia International Music Festival Competition, Muse Competition, Danubia Talents, and Moscow International Competition. She has won the USA National Strings Competition, is a laureate of the International Louis Spohr and Il Piccolo Violino Magico Competitions, and participated in the Menuhin Competition in 2016 and 2018.
Saturday, August 26 | 7:30 PM
Tickets available:
WICA Star: $45
Standard: $30
by request to box office: $20
Marley has performed with orchestras on both sides of the Atlantic including the Seattle Symphony, Orchestra of the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar, Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Liszt Ferenc Chamber Orchestra, l’Accademia d' Archi Arrigoni, Mitteleuropa Orchestra, Seattle Sound Ensemble, and the Cascade Symphony Orchestra. She has concertized in such venues as Walt Disney Concert Hall, Benaroya Hall, Paul Hall, Trinity Chapel, Antico Teatro Arrigoni, Berlin Philharmonie Kammermusiksaal, Ruïnekerke Bergen, and the Great Hall of Franz Liszt Academy.
Marley has performed in programs including The Juilliard School’s Starling-DeLay Symposium on Violin Studies, Kronberg Academy’s "Mit Musik- Miteinander,” and Festivals including Lockenhaus Music Festival, Festival Academy Budapest, Művészetek Völgye Festival, Tiberius Chamber Music Festival, Festival Kortrijk, Seattle Chamber Music Festival, and Miedzynarodowy Music Festival. She has participated in numerous programs including the Brian Lewis Young Artist Program, Cambridge International String Academy, The International Holland Music Sessions, and International Music Mastercourses. Marley has commissioned and performed several new works for violin, performed on Seattle’s KING FM “Northwest Focus Live,” and made her “New York Debut” in recital at Salon de Virtuosi.
In 2016, by invitation of John Adams, Marley performed the North American Premiere of Oscar Colomina i Bosch’s Shpigl on the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Green Umbrella Series at Walt Disney Concert Hall to critical acclaim: “…Shpigl will be remembered for the remarkable 13-year-old 'old soul’ performer, Marley Erickson, who made it come alive...Watch out world, here she comes.” (San Francisco Classical Voice, Oct. 4, 2016)
Marley currently studies with Kristóf Baráti and Barnabás Kelemen at the Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest. Marley’s previous teachers include Eszter Perényi, Simon James, Hiro David, and Jan Coleman. She has collaborated with such artists as Michał Francuz, Rohan De Silva, Nicola Eimer, Somi Kim, Jonian Ilias Kadesha, László Fenyö, and Veronika Kopjova, and has had the honor of masterclasses with numerous artists including Robert Lipsett, Paul Kantor, Rodney Friend, György Pauk, James Ehnes, Brian Lewis, Donald Weilerstein, Noah Bendix-Balgley, Mimi Zweig, Friedemann Eichhorn, Josef Špaček, Henning Kraggerud, and Augustin Hadelich.
Mark Findlay, piano
Mark Findlay received his bachelor's and master's degree in piano performance from the Indiana University School of Music where he studied with Karen Shaw and Michel Block. Mark has participated in chamber and solo master classes with Arnold Steinhart, Michael Tree, James Tocco and Walter Robert and has appeared as soloist with numerous orchestras including the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Mark has also appeared as a featured artist on WGMS radio in Washington D.C. Since moving to Whidbey Island in 2012, Mark has appeared in concert numerous times at WICA in both chamber and solo performances and has participated as orchestra pianist with the Saratoga Chamber Orchestra.