Ion Project Ensemble will premiere a newly commissioned work, Masks for clarinet, cello & piano, on October 19, 2019, in Pittsburgh, PA. Two more con certs will take place on February 22 in Cincinnati, OH, and February 24, 2020, in Birmingham, AL. This concert will also include Trios by Beethoven, Brahms and Jonathan Kolm.
Naxos release of Catalan Wind Music, Vol. 2, includes Symphony #1 for Symphonic Wind Ensemble, recorded by the Barcelona Symphonic Ensemble (Banda Municipal de Barcelona) conducted by Salvador Brotons. This new album from the Barcelona Symphony Band is a compilation of the first world recordings of works by Catalan composers (Montsalvatge, Amargos, Fábregas and Bertrán). “Elisenda […]
Kompas Trio performed Voces de mi tierra for flute, cello and piano at Blackerby Recital Hall in Austin, TX, on August 17, 2019. This concert, Soundscapes, was their Debut Concert as a trio. Their program also included works by Piazzola and Julio Alberto Hernandez. Kompas Trio is a newly formed chamber music group composed of […]
Catalan cellist, Roger Morello Ròs, performed Homenatge a Pau Casals for cello solo at the famed Gaudi building Casa Mila (La Pedrera) in Barcelona on March 17, 2019. Roger Morello Ròs was an artist in residence for the 2018-19 season at La Pedrera.
Imitació del Foc (Imitation of Fire) for tenor and piano was performed this past spring on February 15, 2019: St. Stephen’s Concert Series in Wilmington, DE; February 24, 2019: Furman University in NC; Feb 26: Newberry College in SC; and Feb 28: University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC. This work is being championed by Jess Muñoz, tenor, […]
Pianist Becky Billock performed Mirage in her Pacific Northwest tour in the US and also in Iceland and Norway. Dates/locations: March 8, Portland, OR; March 9, Salem, OR; March 10, Olympia, WA; March 11, Sequim; March 12, Sidney, B.C; March 14 Abbotsford, BC; March 16, Seattle, WA; March 16 Bellingham; April 22, Riverside, CA; and April 28 Pittsburgh, […]
Resident musicians from Portland’s 240 Strings joined by resident musicians from New Haven’s Music Haven and flutist Nicole Rabata performed Portraits II for flute, violin, cello and piano on March 1, 2019, at Mechanics’ Hall, in Maine. Portraits II was performed again on March 2 by the same performers including pianist Anastasia Antonacos at Corthell Concert Hall, […]