Emily and Colleen have both been selected for artists’ fellowships this summer at the Atlantic Music Festival in Wateville, ME. This young music festival strongly focuses on chamber music and the performance of new pieces by composers in residence at the festival each summer. We are eagerly looking forward to our time there, as (obviously) both chamber music and new music are causes near and dear to our hearts as apple orange pair! (And while we are excited about giving performances of AOP commissions while there, we also anticipate playing wonderful chamber music with new colleagues. Think Debussy’s Danses, harp fans, or perhaps the Brahms Horn Trio…)
A fun concert last night
Thanks to everyone who came to our new music concert yesterday! We so enjoyed getting to share some of this “less traditional” music with you. As stated at the concert, it really is vitally important that performers of “classical” music perform music written recently rather than only pieces from the quickly-becoming-ancient past. We are thrilled as a chamber group to be an active agent in promoting new music in many different styles, commissioning and performing brand-new music for harp and horn.
More details to come on our website about future commissions by Apple Orange Pair. We’ll also have some audio and video up soon on our FB page from our concert last night.
In the meantime, enjoy this “action shot” of us from last night’s concert!
Change to February concert – now March 3!
Please take note that the concert formerly advertised for Feb. 11 and/or 18, 2012, will actually take place March 3. We hope to still see all our fans there, as well as some new faces.
We are also excited to be presenting more varied musical programs to multiple audiences and communities around Connecticut in the New Year. We are beginning 2012 with a special concert for residents at Fellowship Place in New Haven. We hope to also be sharing selections from our Fête française program, along with sneak peeks of our upcoming new music concert, in western CT sometime in January. Stay tuned for more updates!
New Haven register article features Apple Orange Pair
Check out this lovely article about us in the New Haven Register from October 13!
And stay tuned for news, photos, and videos from our Oct. 15 concert. We had a great time, and we know our audience did too. French music, photos, artwork, living artists, cider, and madeleines…and yet, the evening still wasn’t complete until the red feather boas showed up for one last tango.
Partying it up, French style
Autumn is here again! Amidst (hopefully) cooler days, apple picking, and pumpkin season, don’t forget that apple orange pair is cooking up something special for you too.
On October 15, we are kicking off the season with Fête française in New Haven. Let us take you on a moving musical journey to France as we play horn and harp music by Claude Debussy, Etienne Isoz, Frédéric Duvernoy, and Bernard Andrès. Celebrate the season with selected autumn-inspired French poetry and art alongside this wonderful music.
The concert will be followed by a reception downstairs, featuring an exhibition of new local artwork by New Haven area artists. (And desserts, mais bien sûr!)
Claude Monet, "Autumn on the Seine"
October 15, 2011 @ 7:30pm
135 Whitney Ave in New Haven
Admission suggested but not mandatory. $15 adults, $5 children and students.