Program

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James Aldous, bass clarinet, plays regularly with Nova Vista Symphony, 

Redwood Symphony, and Bay Area Rainbow Symphony. He recorded ‘The 

Hollywood Collection Two’ at Warner Studios which was released in 2025. 

Miriam Blatt, piano and voice (soprano), also performs on violin and viola. 

Miriam serves on boards for Chamber Musicians of Northern California and Soiree Musicale. She recently performed her 4th annual concert of chamber works by women composers in Sydney, Australia.

Francesc Campoy, bass clarinet, plays the soprano and bass clarinets. He currently plays with the SF Civic and the Clarinets of San Francisco and has played with the Bay Area Rainbow Symphony and the SF Philharmonic.

Brianna Conrey, piano, was a quarter-finalist at the 2016 Cliburn International 

Amateur Piano Competition. Her recent solo programs are "Piano: An AllWoman Show" and a multimodal show of Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel’s solo piano cycle “Das Jahr."

Chris Farrell, bass clarinet, plays with the Palo Alto Symphony, and plays clarinet, bass clarinet, and basset horn with a number of chamber ensembles, primarily in the South Bay.

Sarah Knowles Hartglass, bass clarinet, plays clarinet with Kensington 

Symphony Orchestra, Ohlone Symphonic Band, and the Diablo Symphony 

Outreach orchestra, and contrabass clarinet with the group Clarinet Fusion.  Changyi 

Yvonne Liu, clarinet, is a full-time oncology nurse and a part-time musician, playing with concert bands and orchestras in the South Bay area. Other than music, she also likes crocheting dolls and exploring gourmet food. 

David Pardoe, French horn, works as an ML engineer putting ads all over the Internet, and plays music with groups in the South Bay area. He enjoys playing computer games, and whatever silly games his 6-year-old son comes up with. 

D. Asa Stern, oboe, teaches music at Lawson Middle School. He works as a pianist, vocalist, woodwind doubler, and conductor.  He has performed with groups including The Choral Project, Resounding Achord, and Dave Brubeck. Jordan Terry, bassoon, works in San Francisco as a modeling analyst of airfield layouts for airports world-wide. He performs with many groups, but spends his free time playing games and going on crazy roller coasters around the US. 

Suzanne Tuchler, flute, plays with the South Bay Philharmonic Orchestra and various woodwind ensembles. She serves on the board of Chamber Musicians of Northern California and enjoys hiking and jazz in her free time.

Kellie White, flute, is a graduate student in Counseling Psychology at Santa Clara University. She plays with the Winchester Orchestra. She loves time with her husband and three kids, as well as sewing, reading, and walking. 

Vicky Xiong, oboe, is in software engineering during the day, and plays in music groups around the Bay Area at night.  Playing music is her favorite job, and software engineering is her favorite hobby.

The next Soirée Musicale is  Friday October 16 , 2026