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STRATA
"deft ensemble playing" and a "talent...worth getting worked up about" ~ Washington Post
Saturday
March 7, 2015 Free (donations welcome)
Westmoreland Church
1 Westmoreland Circle
Bethesda, MD 20816
Rags of Scott Joplin and others ~ arr. William Bolcom
Fairy Tales ~ Robert Schumann L'Histoire du soldat "A Soldier's Tale" ~ Igor Stravinsky A Book of Days ~ Kenneth Frazelle Washington, D.C. premiere
STRATA is a coming together of three extraordinary musical talents: Audrey Andrist, piano; Nathan Williams, clarinet; and James Stern, violin and viola. Their combined credits encompass numerous international prizes and performances across four continents including such places as Carnegie Hall, the Marlboro Festival and the Kennedy Center.
STRATA brings "deft ensemble playing" and a "talent . . . that's worth getting worked up about" [Washington Post] to a repertoire that combines the great trio and duo repertoire of the past with an ever-growing body of new works written especially for them over the more than 25 years they have been playing together. Equally capable of winning over an audience with unique renderings of popular music and of making even the most complex works accessible, exciting and meaningful, STRATA has received enthusiastic repeat engagements at the Piccolo Spoleto Festival, New York's historic Maverick Concerts and San Francisco Composers Inc, for which they were listed as one of San Francisco Classical Voice's "highlights of 2005." They have been resident artists at the Banff Centre for the Arts and appeared in New York City under the auspices of the International Society for Contemporary Music.
All holders of the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Juilliard School, the members of STRATA are dedicated to every level of music education, from the mentoring of graduate students and young professionals, to the initial sparking of musical passion in very young children, to the guiding of audiences in what to listen for. Spoken commentary is an integral part of all their concerts. They perform a wide range of specially tailored presentations for K-12 schools, and have done numerous university residencies involving coaching chamber music and both advising and performing the music of young composers. They have appeared as a featured ensemble at the annual conventions of the Music Teachers' Association of California and the International Clarinet Association.
The ensemble's first debut CD, an exciting mix of new and standard repertoire recorded in 1999, is available on the AUR label as well as on iTunes and Amazon. They are featured on compact discs of the music of Robert Maggio for CRI and Adam Silverman for Albany Records, and have been recorded live in concert for CBC Radio in Canada.
More information:
301-320-2770 or online
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The Washington Conservatory Upcoming 2015 Concerts
Piano, Plus!
FREE (donations welcome)
Westmoreland Congregational Church
1 Westmoreland Circle, Bethesda, MD 20816
Faculty Scholarship Benefit
Saturday March 28 at 7 pm
Celebration of Music - instrumental and vocal soloists
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John O'Conor, piano
Saturday April 18 at 8 pm
Schubert B flat Major Sonata &
Beethoven Diabelli Variations
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Haskell Small, piano
Saturday May 16 at 8 pm
Bach goes Berserk - Bach, Adams, Small
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Michael Adcock, piano
Friday June 5 at 7:30 pm
Orchestra in a Piano: The Art of Transcription
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All programs subject to change.
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The Week @ WCM
Student Piano Festival
Fri, Feb 13, 6 pm
Westmoreland Church
Petite Pianists Festival
Sun, Feb 15, 2 pm
WCM at Glen Echo Park
Get Involved
The Washington Conservatory is a nationally accredited community music school serving the greater Bethesda, MD and Washington, DC area since 1984.
NOW ENROLLING
Serving students of all ages - kids, teens, and adults - beginners to advanced. No audition.
301-320-2770
Two locations:
Glen Echo Park &
Westmoreland Circle, Bethesda, MD
Serving the Greater Washington DC
Capital Region
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