Composer and Clarinetist
In spring of 2023, the Seattle Symphony Orchestra celebrated the 30th Anniversary of its Young Composers Workshop by giving ten teenagers the opportunity to create pieces for full orchestra and to have them performed by the Seattle Symphony Orchestra. You can learn more about this groundbreaking program directed by Angelique Poteat for free on the Seattle Symphony+, the streaming site for the Seattle Symphony, or by clicking the image below.
Two exciting days of recording sessions in early June 2023 will culminate in the release of an album of chamber music for clarinet by Angelique Poteat in January 2024 under the Navona label. Huge thanks to the performers! Laura DeLuca, clarinet; Mikhail Shmidt and Artur Girsky, violins; Olivia Chew, viola; and Sarah Rommel.
Featured on the album: Six Seasons (2022) for clarinet and string quartet; Fluid Dovetail (2020) for clarinet and viola; From Subterranea (2014) for flute, bass clarinet, and percussion; and Ripples of Possibilities (2012) for two clarinets.
Stay tuned for more updates on how to get your hands on a copy of the album, as well as details on the Album Release Concert/Party in Seattle on January 18, 2024!
Support for this project includes contributions from 4Culture and the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture.
You can watch the Earth Day 2023 story by Leah Pezzetti with interviews with Angelique Poteat by following the link to KING 5’s Website or clicking on the image below.
Emerald City Music gave an exciting premiere of Angelique’s new work, Her Story of a Soldier on September 13 and 14 in Seattle and Olympia. Part of that premiere included this well-crafted video by Victor Caccese giving some insight to the process of the creation of the work and its performance, which you can watch below. Special thanks to all of the outstanding performers: Kristin Lee, violin; Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet; John Rojak, trombone; Michael Thurber, double bass; Ian Rosenbaum, percussion; and the dancers, Michael O’Neal Jr. and Angel Moonyeka Alviar!
*Update*
You can hear a recording of the Olympia performance here!
The Seattle Symphony’s 2019-20 promises to be full of spectacle as the inaugural season of Music Director Thomas Dausgaard. Included are two world premiere commissions of Poteat: her intense and vibrant Cello Concerto written for SSO Principal Cellist Efe Baltacıgil; and a season-long collaboration with teens from across King County for youth choir and orchestra that reflects upon the legacy of Beethoven for his 250th birth year.
Click on Angelique’s calendar of composition events for dates and location.
Read about the season on the Seattle Symphony’s brochure:
If you weren’t able to catch any of the concerts this last October in person (or you did, and are hungry for seconds!) you can now watch Simple Measures at their October 25, 2015 performance on Youtube.
Enjoy!
Angelique Poteat 