Current Projects
Stylus Phantasticus
The wait is over!! This recording will drop on August 20, 2021 on Reference Recordings
Violin virtuosa Tekla Cunningham takes center stage and leads our dynamic continuo team in a journey through some of the wildest, most colorful, and most emotionally-charged instrumental music ever composed. The violin becomes the ‘diva’ in opera-like works by Farina, Fontana, Schmelzer, and Biber and more. Featuring an extravagant continuo orchestra of Baroque guitar, chittarone (Stephen Stubbs), Baroque harp (Maxine Eilander), harpsichord, organ (Henry Lebedinsky) and bass violin (William Skeen). A Pacific MusicWorks release on Reference Recordings. www.pacificmusicworks.org
Sheila Weidendorf and Tekla Cunningham
Photo by Erika Pierson
Between Heaven and Earth: A Year with Brahms
Violinist Tekla Cunningham and pianist Sheila Weidendorf have spent this past year and more immersed in the violin sonatas of Johannes Brahms, meeting weekly during the pandemic to form a micro-music pod. The lockdown has forced all of us indoors and inwards, and this time of reflection and deepening has been transformative one both personally and musically for this project. What began as personal exploration quickly became a chrysalis for transformation as the musical journey deepened over the course of the year together.
Tekla and Sheila will be playing the complete Brahms sonatas May 19th at Brechemin Hall at the University of Washington, and are embarking on a recording project as well.
Whidbey Island Music Festival
Gather - Inspire - Connect
The Whidbey Island Music Festival presents great period instrument performances of baroque, classical and romantic music in relaxed and intimate settings. We bring you chamber music performances that inspire, entertain and educate! This year’s programs are presented in some of Whidbey Island’s most beautiful gardens and outdoor venues. Tekla founded the Whidbey Island Music Festival in 2006 and serves as Director. www.whidbeyislandmusicfestival.org
Photo by Elisabeth Ellis
Pacific MusicWorks
Together with Founding Artistic Director Stephen Stubbs and co-Artistic Director Henry Lebedinsky, Tekla serves as co-Artistic Director of Pacific MusicWorks in Seattle. Pacific MusicWorks insires audiences with music and music theater worthy of the world stage, animating beloved baroque masterpieces and joyfully exploring new and unknown works.
www.pacificmusicworks.org