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Dr. Patrick Smith, horn, and Stephanie Fairbairn Ycaza, tuba, join us at VCU in March

We are pleased to announce that we will be performing with admired colleagues and friends at our performance at Virginia Commonwealth University on March 15 at 7:30pm.

Dr. Patrick Smith, horn, will join us for the Virginia premiere of Nathan Pawelek’s new work for two horns and harp. Dr. Patrick Smith is an internationally acclaimed horn player, music educator, lecturer, and clinician. His performance with us follows his return from a performance tour in Sweden with the VCU Horn Studio. We had the privilege of meeting and hearing Patrick at the 2015 Northeast Horn Workshop last year, and we are looking forward to reuniting on stage.

Stephanie Fairbairn Ycaza, tuba, joins us for Ravel’s famous Pavane pour une infante défunte in a fresh transcription for horn, tuba, and harp by Apple Orange Pair. Colleen and Emily know Stephanie from our time at Yale School of Music together, and now Colleen and Stephanie are colleagues in the music department at VCU. We are particularly excited about this new transcription to highlight the similar timbres shared between the horn and tuba. Many people believe horn and tuba are the mellowest of the orchestral brass instruments because of their conical bore. Getting too technical? Don’t worry, Ravel’s beautiful melody will say it all.

Hope to see you at VCU!

March 2016 Concerts in Virginia

We are pleased to return to Virginia in March to perform two concerts. On MARCH 12 at 7PM we will give a concert at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, VA. Special thanks to harpist Grace Bauson for hosting us! On MARCH 15 at 7:30PM we will perform at Virginia Commonwealth University, where Colleen is instructor of harp and music theory. Joining us will be friend and fellow VCU instructor Stephanie Fairbairn Ycaza for a special horn, tuba, and harp trio. We will also be presenting master classes at both universities. Looking forward to working with the students and performing for the communities in Fredericksburg and Richmond!

Honored to be an Ensemble-in-Residence at Connecticut Summerfest, June 2016

We are honored to be one of three ensembles-in-residence at the inaugural season of Connecticut Summerfest! Connecticut Summerfest is a weeklong contemporary classical music festival for the education and career advancement of emerging composers and performers. Our good friend and composer Aaron N. Price and Gala Flagello have started this visionary program to meet the needs of their fellow emerging composers, and are able to host the festival right where they met at The Hartt School in West Hartford, CT. The first season of Connecticut Summerfest runs from June 9-15, 2016. We are pleased to join two other ensembles during our residency, Deciduous Trio and Resound Duo. Stay tuned for concert announcements, since all performances will be free and open to the public!