Ellen Schwindt: January 2013

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I am an active composer, music teacher, and organizer of music events. I share an occasional Music as Meditation concert with listeners and fellow musicians and I organize several concerts of new music each year. I use this blog to tell people about my musical endeavors and as a home for my virtual busking basket. If you want to support my musical efforts financially, please look for the donate button on the right-hand side of this page. You can find pages about The Davis Hill Studio on this blog. Look for the orange links on the right-hand side of the page.

Sunday, January 20, 2013

Lately, I've been busy practicing for an upcoming concert called Tangos and Trios

I'm excited about it because it's where I'll get to play my recent trio for flute, saxophone, and piano for the benefit of the community music school that is so close to my heart--Mountain Top Music Center. I get to work with two of my favorite colleagues--Mike Sakash and Julia Hendrickson. We have been having so much fun rehearsing together.

The program has two trios on it--my trio and one for the same instrumentation (there aren't so many of those works in existence) by Russell Peterson. His trio is quite jazzy, but still in the classical genre. It is a trance-inducing affair in some regards and has made us really work to get a good ensemble sound.

We've also put some fun pieces for duos. (Here's a math question for you: how many different combinations of one or two can you get from just three players). It seems like we're trying to answer that question with our program.

In addition to the two trios, we've included these pieces:

Aria for Saxophone and Piano by Jacques Ibert
Morceau de Concourse for Flute and Piano by Gabriel Faure
Tango for solo piano by Bohuslav Martinu
La Perra Marysol by John Carbon
The Beginning is the End for piano solo by Ellen Schwindt
Contemplating Dawn in Winter for piano, saxophone, and flute by Ellen Schwindt

The concert is a benefit for Mountain Top Music Center and it is to take place on Sunday, February 17th at 4:00 PM. Admission is $35 and reservations can be made by calling 603-447-4737.