Jodie Devos / Nicolas Krüger AND LOVE SAID...

 

AND LOVE SAID...

 

Erin K. Murphy / Kirstin Ihde DAY & NIGHT

DAY & NIGHT

Mary Elizabeth Bowden / Kassia Ensemble RÊVERIE

Classical Trumpeter and Gold Medal Global Music Award Winner Mary Elizabeth Bowden has been described by Gramophone Magazine as “brilliant” and “radiant in new repertoire for trumpet.” Bowden, a Yamaha Performing Artist, is highly regarded for her artistry and virtuosity as a soloist, and has been praised for the clarity, purity and power of her sound. Bowden released her debut album, Radiance, on Summit Records featuring new American works. She has been featured on MPR’s “New Classical Tracks” with Julie Amacher, which is being aired on NPR stations nationwide.

Bowden’s 2018-19 performance highlights include solo performances at the Maspalomas International Trumpet Festival in Gran Canaria and at Lieksa Brass Week in Finland. She will make her China debut performing Hummel Concerto and Debussy’s Rêverie with the Hunan Symphony Orchestra at the Hunan Spring Festival Concert. She will also perform as a soloist with the Kassia Ensemble, Chrysalis Chamber Players, Richmond Philharmonic, and will make her Vancouver and New York City recital debuts. She will release her second solo album, Rêverie, through Summit Records with the Kassia Ensemble.

Trio Karénine FAURÉ RAVEL TAILLEFERRE

At the point of intersection between Romanticism and modernism (Fauré); exotic accents, pastiches and neo-classicism (Tailleferre); a trio transformed into an orchestra and featuring the gentle rhythms of Basque dances (Ravel): these three trios, so close in time, all convey in very different ways the expression of the period they embody.

Judith Pfeiffer KLAVIER

Judith Pfeiffer, born in Germany, holds five degrees in Piano Performance/Piano Education from three different countries.

Her CD, “Brahms and His Time,” features romantic piano works by Johannes Brahms,

Clara and Robert Schumann, and Frederic Chopin. A CD with piano works by women composers was released by Dreyer-Gaido Musikproduktionen (Germany) and acclaimed by critics and the general public alike.
Judith has performed throughout Germany, Austria, Cyprus, Italy, France, Portugal, and the United States. With her expertise of Brahms, she enthusiastically accepted the invitation from Friends of Goethe and the German Consulate in Atlanta to perform “Brahms and His Time” on a Southern tour. She also performed in several venues in Florida, including the Royalty Theater in Clearwater, Keene Faculty Center Recital Series at the University of Florida in Gainesville, and at the 7 th International Festival of Women Composers in Gainesville (recorded for National Public Radio).
An outstanding feature of her recitals is her illuminating commentary on the pieces, in which she draws from music history, philosophy, and psychology, thus allowing the audience to find new connections between the composer, the music, and itself.