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Amelia Piano Trio Performs in Downers Grove, IL
Concert Series Sponsored by the Downers Grove Concert Association
2008-2009 Concert Series - 62 years of music
Amelia Piano Trio
Anthea Kreston, violin---Jason Duckles, cello---Rieko Aizawa, piano
Anthea Kreston, violin---Jason Duckles, cello---Rieko Aizawa, piano
For Immediate Release-March 19, 2009
Press inquiries contact George Bennett, BennettGeorge@hotmail.com or call 630-319-0289.
Downers Grove, IL- Sunday April 5th at 3PM, Artists Showcase West presents the Amelia Piano Trio. Formed in 1999, the Amelia Piano Trio came to prominence after participating in Isaac Stern’s Chamber Music Workshop at Carnegie Hall in 2000. As a result, Mr. Stern became a mentor to the Trio and presented the ensemble’s Carnegie Hall debut at Weill Recital Hall. The Amelia's Downers Grove performance will feature music of Antonín Dvorák, Edvard Grieg and Ludwig van Beethoven.
The concert will take place at 3PM April 5th in the Johnson Auditorium of Downers Grove North High School, conveniently located at 4436 Main Street, two blocks south of Ogden Avenue in Downers Grove. Please note the pre-concert conversation normally held at 2:15, will instead begin at 2PM. The conversation is led by music commentator Joshua Kind. Individual tickets can be purchased the day of the event at the cost of $25 for adults and $10 for students (grades 1 through 12). Credit cards, cash and personal checks are accepted. Ample free off street parking is available. For more information please call 630-963-9093 or visit www.DGConcerts.org.
After their Carnegie Hall debut, demand to present the Amelia Piano Trio grew quickly, and in 2003 the Trio was asked by National Public Radio to be the Young Ensemble in Residence. This exciting week of live concerts and interviews put the Amelia firmly in the foreground of classical music in America, reaching an estimated 1.5 million listeners. Among other radio appearances, the Trio has also been featured on Chicago’s WFMT in live broadcast performances of the complete Beethoven Trios.
The Amelia has also made their mark as performers and commissioners of new music. Notably, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Harbison wrote his first full-length piano trio for the Amelia, a recording that was released on the Naxos label in the spring of 2007. The Trio's most recent commissioning project is a new Triple Concerto titled Orpheus and Eurydice, composed by Daron Hagen in 2007 and given its world premiere in collaboration with the Chicago Youth Orchestra. The Chicago Tribune said of the performance, "Kreston, Duckles and Aizawa make a superb team, and together they dug into the piece with a gusto and polish that did the piece proud."
The Amelia Piano Trio is actively involved in arts education and dedicates a substantial amount of time to educational projects, master classes, and coaching children and adults. The Trio members are professors at the Hartt School of Music and Connecticut College. In addition to developing award-winning outreach programs, the Trio is in residence at the Green Lake Chamber Music Camp, where they teach gifted high school and college-aged students the art of chamber music.
Press inquiries contact George Bennett, BennettGeorge@hotmail.com or call 630-319-0289.
Downers Grove, IL- Sunday April 5th at 3PM, Artists Showcase West presents the Amelia Piano Trio. Formed in 1999, the Amelia Piano Trio came to prominence after participating in Isaac Stern’s Chamber Music Workshop at Carnegie Hall in 2000. As a result, Mr. Stern became a mentor to the Trio and presented the ensemble’s Carnegie Hall debut at Weill Recital Hall. The Amelia's Downers Grove performance will feature music of Antonín Dvorák, Edvard Grieg and Ludwig van Beethoven.
The concert will take place at 3PM April 5th in the Johnson Auditorium of Downers Grove North High School, conveniently located at 4436 Main Street, two blocks south of Ogden Avenue in Downers Grove. Please note the pre-concert conversation normally held at 2:15, will instead begin at 2PM. The conversation is led by music commentator Joshua Kind. Individual tickets can be purchased the day of the event at the cost of $25 for adults and $10 for students (grades 1 through 12). Credit cards, cash and personal checks are accepted. Ample free off street parking is available. For more information please call 630-963-9093 or visit www.DGConcerts.org.
After their Carnegie Hall debut, demand to present the Amelia Piano Trio grew quickly, and in 2003 the Trio was asked by National Public Radio to be the Young Ensemble in Residence. This exciting week of live concerts and interviews put the Amelia firmly in the foreground of classical music in America, reaching an estimated 1.5 million listeners. Among other radio appearances, the Trio has also been featured on Chicago’s WFMT in live broadcast performances of the complete Beethoven Trios.
The Amelia has also made their mark as performers and commissioners of new music. Notably, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Harbison wrote his first full-length piano trio for the Amelia, a recording that was released on the Naxos label in the spring of 2007. The Trio's most recent commissioning project is a new Triple Concerto titled Orpheus and Eurydice, composed by Daron Hagen in 2007 and given its world premiere in collaboration with the Chicago Youth Orchestra. The Chicago Tribune said of the performance, "Kreston, Duckles and Aizawa make a superb team, and together they dug into the piece with a gusto and polish that did the piece proud."
The Amelia Piano Trio is actively involved in arts education and dedicates a substantial amount of time to educational projects, master classes, and coaching children and adults. The Trio members are professors at the Hartt School of Music and Connecticut College. In addition to developing award-winning outreach programs, the Trio is in residence at the Green Lake Chamber Music Camp, where they teach gifted high school and college-aged students the art of chamber music.