Lisa's Flute Blog: Wedding Music News

Passeri trio will air in central Vermont on ORCA Media’s channel 15 on the following dates and at the following times:

Thursday June 2, 2011 at 7:00pm, Friday June 3 at 12:00 and 1:00pm, Saturday June 4 at 11:00am.

We recorded on March 7 for ORCA Media’s “Studio Sessions” program, a full hour music program recorded at ORCA’s Montpelier studio.

The program features Haydn’s ‘London’ “Trio Number 1 in C Major”, Michael Isaacson’s “Jewish Wedding Suite”, Jay Unger and Molly Mason’s “Lover’s Waltz,” Ivanovici’s “Danube Waltz,” as well as some Corelli, Handel, and a bit of Celtic.

Be on the lookout for YouTube videos shortly after that. Hope you enjoy!

Passeri trio recorded at ORCA Media Studio on Friday. Stay tuned for updates – we’ll be appearing on the “Studio Sessions” program soon, and should have YouTube videos as well as audio samples available later this spring!

Passeri* trio features violist/violinist Elizabeth Reid
and cellist Michael Close along with flutist Lisa Carlson.

Elizabeth Reid studied viola performance at the University of Western Ontario and the Glenn Gould School
(RCM) in Toronto. Her teachers included Betty-Jean Hagen, Ralph Aldrich, Lorand Fenyves, and Rennie
Regehr. She has performed across Canada and the United States as a soloist and chamber musician, including
the Arts and Letters Club in Toronto, Hertz Hall in Berkeley, the Mozart Festival in Thunder Bay, and the
Southern Illinois Chamber Music Society. Ms. Reid has also played principal viola in the Scarborough
Philharmonic Orchestra, the Southern Illinois Symphony Orchestra, the Banff Opera Orchestra, and the
National Orchestral Institute. She has a strong interest in contemporary music and ha been involved in many
premieres of solo and chamber works in Canada and the United States. In Vermont Elizabeth has played with
Counterpoint, the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, the Vermont Mozart Festival Orchestra, the Hanover
Chamber Orchestra, the Burlington Chamber Orchestra, Arioso, and Capital City Concerts. Formerly a faculty
member at the Monteverdi School in Montpelier, she now teaches violin and viola at home in Northfield.

Michael Close is currently the principal cellist with the Montpelier Chamber Orchestra in addition to several other
orchestral and chamber ensembles. He will be featured in the March 2011 MCO concerts as both soloist in
Tchaikowsky’s “Andante Cantabile” and composer in his”Tango 1″ for string orchestra, An active composer,
he has been a composer–mentor with the Vermont Midi Project since 2004. He graduated from Bennington
College in 2003 with a bachelor’s degree in music composition and a master of arts in education. He teaches
cello at Monteverdi Music School as well as the Vermont String School, in addition to general music at
Moretown Elementary. Michael is also an avid bagpiper and a member of the Catamount Pipe Band.

Passeri has scheduled a television recording session March 4, 2011, for ORCA Media’s “Studio
Sessions” program. Be on the lookout for both the television program, likely to air in the
spring, and subsequent audio and video clips on this web site as well as YouTube sometime
either later this spring or early this summer.

*”Passeri” is Latin for “songbird.”

“Turidae” – our mother/daughter duo alternating between flute with harp and flute with violin spent Wednesday afternoon at the ORCA Media studio recording a full hour music program. The program will air in September, but we don’t have the dates yet. We’re also hoping to post some new recording samples on the web site from the program, and possibly some YouTube videos – so I’ll let you know when they’re up!

Here are Sandra Cathey and I (“East Hill Winds Duo”) warming up before a recent wedding at “The Essex.” This photo is courtesy of Thomas L. Lavoie (docentediottoni@gmail.com). (I’m hoping to post a blog entry about this wedding soon – look for an entry about ”Olivia and Andrew”).  Sandra and I also play together in the Montpelier Chamber Orchestra, which performed last week-end in Montpelier.

Jim Lowe of the Times Argus says the following about the MCO performance: “Certainly most striking was the lyrical slow movement (of Bizet’s Symphony No. 1)… Veteran oboist Sandra Cathey, principal of both the MCO and the Vermont Philharmonic, delivered the movement’s long lamenting solo compellingly and with amazing finesse. The entire performance was spirited, compelling and with a rich sound.”

Sandra and I have been neighbors for over 20 years, and have been friends too many years to count! In addition to duo and MCO performances, we share student recitals and some other studio events. We’re available either as a duo or as a trio with piano accompaniment. For further information, including repertoire suggestions, sample recordings, and more, check our “East Hill Winds Duo” page at lisaflute.com. If you’re looking for a warm wind sound that’s unique and intimate, consider East Hill Winds.