Category Archives: Commissions

January Virginia Tour #2

We have been hard at work finalizing plans for our second January tour of Virginia! Here are some places you can expect to find us making music together this month:

THURSDAY, JANUARY 15. SPRINGFIELD, VIRGINIA (DC AREA). Thanks to the generosity of our good composer friend, Russell Nadel, we have the opportunity to present a full-length concert at Adat Reyim at 7:30pm. This concert is free and showcases some of our favorite new music, including Russell’s own Orchard Sunset.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 18. ABINGDON, VIRGINIA (SOUTHWEST VA). We are presenting a full-length concert on Virginia Highlands Community College‘s Arts Array series. This 3pm concert is funded in part by the Virginia Commission for the Arts. Thanks to VHCC and the Arts Array series for inviting us to perform!

TUESDAY, JANUARY 20. CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA (CENTRAL/WESTERN VA). we are performing a joint new music concert with blood moon at the University of Virginia at 8pm. We are honored to have been invited to perform by our new composer friend, Rachel Devorah Trapp! We will be performing Rachel’s new work for horn and harp, Citrina Migration, as well as some of our other commissions. Colleen is also performing the Berio Sequenza for harp.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 23. UNIVERSITY PARK, PENNSYLVANIA (not Virginia). To round out our tour, we will travel to Pennsylvania State University to perform at the Northeast Horn Workshop‘s Regional Artists recital. We will be performing Roland by Michael Weinstein-Reiman. We have also signed up to be vendors at the workshop, so that hornists in attendance have the opportunity to buy select Apple Orange Pair scores and and CDs. We are excited to finally be formally presenting Apple Orange Pair to the Northeast horn region!

New piece by Rachel Brandwein for harp and horn

Apple Orange Pair is the proud recipient of an American Harp Society grant to commission a new piece for horn and harp from Rachel Brandwein! We are excited to begin this collaboration with Rachel, whose solo and chamber works for harp were showcased in a performance by Rachel herself at the American Harp Society’s conference in New Orleans earlier this summer. This will be our first time working with a composer who is also an accomplished and recognized harpist. We can’t wait to see what she writes for us!

We have a new piece!

We are thrilled to announce that we have been collaborating with composer Rachel Devorah Trapp on a new piece for harp and horn. Rachel’s new piece, Citrina Migration, will receive its premiere performances during our January 2015 tour of Virginia, including a special performance at the University of Virginia-Charlottesville, where Rachel is a resident Jefferson Scholar and doctoral candidate in music composition. We are thrilled to be working with a composer of this caliber and creativity, who also happens to be a horn player!

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Stay tuned for upcoming performances so you don’t miss out on Citrina Migration!