Leaha Phillips is a classically trained violist who enjoys playing symphonic works, chamber music, folk, rock, new composer works and mixed media projects, and has recently rediscovered her love for singing. Leaha has played in many chamber groups and at Britt Festival, with Rogue Valley Symphony, University of Oregon Symphonic Orchestra, and Starlight Symphony. Her most recent projects include: Filmusik: Death Rides a Horse, 48-hour Film Project, and the Circus Project annual benefit performance.
Michael Hagmeier is a mulit-instrumentalist and composer who plays didjeridu, percussion, and guitar. As a composer he blends music from world traditions with western chamber music. He has played at Seattle’s Folklife Festival, and Monterey’s One World, One People festival, as well as various spiritual retreats on the west coast, and regularly plays guitar and percussion for the Portland Dances of Universal Peace circle. Michael also occasionally plays with Meydan, a group that plays traditional Turkish and Balkan music.
Kristen Huerta is a flutist and aspiring supervillan under the tutelage of LeeAnn Sterling; hatching her world domination schemes one sonata at a time; except for today, she has progressed to concertos. She lives and works in the Land of Rain and Hippies (occasionally know as Portland, Oregon); is kept by a fan-tailed goldfish who likes to dance, an indoor snapdragon, a small cactus, a sister/roommate/illustrator, and an anti-social guinea pig. In the odd chance that she has spare time she sleeps, plays frisbee, devours delicious food, and enjoys making music. For her next adventure she is hoping to continue her musical endeavors by studying music business to become a successful cat herder (talent manager).
7 p.m., Three Friends Coffee House,
SE 12th and Ash, Portland, Oregon
