On Wednesday, Jan. 7 from 12:10 to 12:40 p.m., the free admission Glendale Noon Concerts will feature the bassoon duo of Julie Feves and Jonathan Stehney. They will be  performing works by Sofia Gubaidulina, François Devienne and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Julie Feves is a graduate of the Juilliard School of Music. She performs extensively as a soloist, chamber music performer and orchestra principal in music ranging from the baroque to the avant-garde. The New York Times has praised her “virtuosic flair” and The San Francisco Examiner admired “the sureness of her pitch and the tenderness of her phrasing.” Feves has appeared with numerous orchestras throughout the United States, including the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the American Symphony, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Aspen Festival Orchestras. She served as principal bassoonist with the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra. She has performed contemporary music with the CalArts New Century Players, Speculum Musicae and the Contemporary Chamber Ensemble. Performing on early instruments, she has worked with the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, the Los Angeles Baroque Orchestra, the Mozartean Players and the Pernucio Ensemble. As a chamber music artist, Feves has appeared with Chamber Music Northwest, Music from Angel Fire and the Bravo Colorado Music Festival. She has been a guest artist with the Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society. She has recorded for Delos, Columbia Records, Nonesuch, Harmonia Mundi, Leonarda, Nine Winds and the AudioQuest labels.

Jonathan Stehney’s expertise ranges from performing Renaissance music on period instruments to performing the most challenging contemporary and experimental music. He has traveled widely performing new works for bassoon and contrabassoon. Stehney has worked with such notable composers as Sofia Gubaidulina, Pierre Boulez, Péter Eötvös, Olga Neuwirth, James Tenney, Mark Menzies, Karlheinz Stockhausen and others. He has studied with Pascal Gallois, Paul Riveaux, and the Ensemble Intercontemporain as well as Julie Feves, Stephen Paulson and Frank Morelli. 

He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in bassoon performance from CalArts, his Master of Music and Performance Certificate from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from SUNY Stonybrook. He is currently a freelance musician in the greater Southern California region and frequently is in recording sessions for John Williams, Jeff Russo, John Debney, Kris Bowers and numerous others. Stehney can be seen with numerous orchestras, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Diego Symphony, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Long Beach Symphony, Redlands Symphony, San Bernardino Symphony, assorted chamber ensembles and more. He is currently on faculty at CalArts, University of Redlands and Cal State San Bernardino. In addition to performing, Stehney also arranges and orchestrates for chamber ensembles and pit orchestras.

Attendance to the concert is free.

Glendale Noon Concerts is celebrating its 18th year. Learn more at http://glendalenoonconcerts.blogspot.com/.