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Contemporary With Classic: Music With Flute, Clarinet and Piano

Jill Dreeben, flute; Todd Brunel, clarinet; Elizabeth Skavish, piano
October 18, 2015 – Live Performance

A delightful array of chamber works for the slightly arcane combination of flute, clarinet and piano, including two premieres, by Boston-area composers John Kusiak and John McDonald.

John Armstrong: Child’s Play View/Hide Tracks… I. First Steps II. Curious III. Walking IV. Mischievous V. Sleeping John Kusiak: Film Noir for Flute, Clarinet and Piano (Premiere) View/Hide Track… Libby Larsen: Barn Dances View/Hide Tracks… I. Forward Six and Fall Back Eight II. Divide the Ring III. Varsouvianna IV. Rattlesnake Twist

CD: Monhegan Suite and Other Musical Journeys

Three unique musical journeys for flute and guitar. Listeners will spend a day on Monhegan Island, experience a brief, passionate relationship of two young Apaches in Canyon Echoes and follow the evolution of the history of Tango. Purchase tracks HERE.

John Kusiak: Monhegan Suite View/Hide Tracks… I. Prelude – 12 Nautical Miles II. Sunrise At Burnt Head III. Lobster Cove IV. Day Trippers V. The Trails To The Headlands VI. The Library – Jackie and Edward VII. Sunset at the Lighthouse VIII. Evening – Friends and Family IX. Epilogue Dream – Winter on the Island Katherine Hoover: Canyon Echoes View/Hide Tracks… I. Dance II. Serenade III. She Mourns IV. He Returns Astor Piazzolla: Histoire du Tango View/Hide Tracks… I. Bordel 1900 II. Cafe 1930 III. Club 1960 IV. Concert D’aujourd’hui

Solar Winds Quintet at Tufts

Georges Bizet: Aragonaise from Carmen Mark Fish: Ferdinand the Bull (story by Munro Leaf) James Parker: Les Animaux from Mississippi Five

Kaleidoscope Chamber Ensemble: Bach Cantata No. 209 Non sa che sia dolore

with Jessica Cooper – soprano, Beth Welty – violin, Mark Latham – violin, Dani Rimoni – viola, Sandi-Jo Malmon – cello, Guy Urban – keyboard

Recording Projects with John Kusiak

American Experience:

Patriot’s Day – 204
Building the Alaskan Highway -2004
The Gold Rush – 2006
The Rise and Fall of Penn Station – 2014

Commercials:

H&R Block 2003 and 2013
SBC Yellow Pages – 2003
United Airlines – 2002

Other projects:

Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive, directed by Eric Stange – 2016
Yellowstone: Land to Life – 2009

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Photo Credit: Meri Bond

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