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Artistic Directors
SVEND RØNNING,
Artistic Director,
is one of the most active musicians in the Puget Sound, serving as Chair of the
Faculty of Stringed Instruments at Pacific Lutheran University and Concertmaster
of the Tacoma Symphony Orchestra. As soloist, he has appeared with various
orchestras, including the Charlottesville Symphony, the Prague Radio Symphony
and Orchestra Seattle and has served as Concertmaster for several orchestras
around the country, including the Charlottesville Symphony, the San Jose
Symphony, and the Tacoma Opera. Dr. Rønning has an extensive experience in
chamber music, having founded the Rivanna String Quartet at the University of
Virginia and currently serving as violinist with the Regency String Quartet at
PLU. His performances at Second City number over a dozen. Dr. Rønning graduated
from Pacific Lutheran University where he was mentored by violinist Ann Tremaine
and SCCS Artistic Director Emeritus Jerry Kracht, and has worked with a number
of other distinguished teachers including Syoko Aki, Sidney Harth, Jaap Schröder
and members of the Tokyo String Quartet. He is a former faculty member of the
University of Virginia and holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Yale
University. This is Svend Rønning's fourht year as Artistic Director of the
Second City Chamber Series.
JERRY KRACHT, Artistic Director Emeritus, served as Second City
Chamber Series artistic director for twenty-five years--from 1982 to 2007--and
as frequent clarinetist on the Series from it inception in 1977 through the
close of the 2006-2007 season. During that time he oversaw the programming and
production of nearly 150 concerts, performing on some 80 of them himself.
Under his leadership, Series offerings were more than doubled over the years,
with venues added at Lakewold Gardens and First Lutheran Church in addition to
the original Annie Wright School--all of which are still home to the Series.
He also led the Series to awards for artistic excellence by both the Tacoma Arts
Commission and the Pierce County Arts Commission and established an educational
adjunct for young musicians, the Young Chamber Players.
Dr. Kracht taught clarinet and conducted the University Symphony Orchestra at
Pacific Lutheran University for over thirty years. He is now emeritus
professor of music there, where he was also a founding member of the Camas Wind
Quintet and the Regency Concert Series. In addition to his many
performances in the Northwest--both for Second City Chamber Series and Pacific
Lutheran University--he has performed in Canada, Japan, The Peoples Republic of
China, Hong Kong, Australia, Norway and Germany. He begins his new
advisory role as artistic director emeritus at Second City Chamber Series in
2007.
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