Wednesday, December 22, 2010
An outline of the Eastman BroadBand's recent tour to Mexico can be found on NewMusicBox, the online magazine of the American Music Center. Deidre, flutist in the Arabesque Winds, wrote the multi-part series describing the rehearsal and travel schedule in detail. Her post about the bittersweet experience of performing on tour also applies to the feeling of performing with AW.
Read more about the tour at the Eastman School of Music website. |
November 1 - 6, 2010
Members of the Arabesque Winds joined the Eastman BroadBand on its recent tour to New York City, Guanajuato, Mexico and Mexico City. Stops on the whirlwind tour included Silvestre Revueltas Hall at the National Conservatory of Mexico and Miller Theater at Columbia University. But the major event was a three-night series at the 2010 Festival Internacional Cervantino.
Programs featured the music of the BroadBand's directors Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez and Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon, and also works by Robert Morris, Juan Trigos, Baljinder Sekhon, II, and many others. |
Friday, October 28, 2010
The Arabesque Winds have made an agreement with ELBmusic Artist Management! We are pleased to be working again with founder Ellina Blinder, who is an administrator of the International Chamber Music Ensemble Competition in Boston. When we performed for her in 2008, we knew it was only a matter of time before our paths crossed again!
Please contact Ellina at ELBmusic for all inquiries about our group's performances. |
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
The Arabesque Winds competed in the Semifinal Round of the Concert Artists Guild Competition. While we did not advance to the finals (indeed, no wind group did), we were pleased to play for the jury and to run into members of the Arundo Winds, one-time resident chamber music group at the University of Colorado.
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Saturday, October 2, 2010
As part of our stay in New York City this October, the Arabesque Winds perform at the wedding of Agnes Kim and Robert Icker. Isabel's sister, Agnes, is a member of a woodwind quintet of her own -- the KIMtet. The five children of the Kim family (Isabel, our clarinetist, Agnes, Stella, Andrew and Anthony) play in a woodwind quintet themselves, and will perform in March with the Old Tappan High School Band. |
Monday, June 7, 2010
Members of the Arabesque Winds can be heard on Cantos: Music of Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon, released last month on Bridge Records. Congratulations to Ricardo on his first major release! You can order your copy from Bridge or download it in the iTunes store.
The album features spectacular performances from soprano Tony Arnold and the Eastman BroadBand. Visit Ricardo's website to hear more of his incredible music. |
Wednesday May 19, 2010
The Arabesque Winds are pleased to have been invited to return to Mexico with the Eastman BroadBand in November 2010 to perform at the Cervantino Festival in Guanajuato!
As members of the group, the Arabesque Winds will perform the orchestral works of Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez, Juan Trigos, and Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon alongside soloists Cristina Valdes, Tony Arnold, Dieter Hennings, Michael Burritt, and Josephine Gaeffke.
The BroadBand will be performing a send-off concert at Eastman on Sunday, October 31 at 3:00 pm in ESM 120.
The Arabesque Winds also joined the Eastman BroadBand at the Festival Internacional Chihuahua in September 2008.
| Sunday, May 16, 2010
Commencement today marks a milestone for bassoonist Eryn Bauer, the last member of the Arabesque Winds to graduate! We are now officially all alumnae of the Eastman School of Music!
A new phase of our group's career begins this summer, as most members leave Rochester. Eryn moves to Houston later this month, and Isabel to New Jersey. Liz moves to Lansing in August. Deidre will continue to pursue her MM in Pittsburgh until Spring 2011. Sophie will maintain her private studio in Rochester.
But don't worry! We're as busy as ever. Next season proves to be very promising for the Arabesque Winds. Updates to come!
Congrats, Eryn!
| Friday and Sunday,
May 14 and 16, 2010
The Arabesque Winds will present "Birdsongs," a program featuring contemporary quintet works inspired by the music of birds. The program features the world-premiere of Hannah Lash's Inclined Spans, one part of a forthcoming larger requiem for extinct birds.
The program also features Twittering Variations by Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez, Birdwind Quintet by George Tsontakis, and short works for solo oboe and solo flute.
Friday's performance takes place at 8:00 pm at Union University Church in Alfred, New York, 29 Main Street. Sunday's program takes place at 7:00 pm at Reformation Lutheran Church in Rochester, 111 North Chestnut Street. |
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Eastman's Institute for Music Leadership featured our group on their website as part of their Spotlight Series. The article features an interview with Eryn Bauer about outreach, career building, and the classes available through the Arts Leadership Program at Eastman.
| Saturday and Sunday,
February 6 and 7, 2010
The Arabesque Winds perform Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf with the Rochester City Ballet at Nazareth College Arts Center. Both performances begin at 2:00 pm. The program features some fun and free pre-performance activities.
This is the second year that the Arabesque Winds have collaborated with the Rochester City Ballet for this project. See a clip of last year's performance on RCB's facebook page!
| Monday, January 18, 2010
The Arabesque Winds' new website has launched! Thanks to some excellent new promotional photographs by Rochester photographer and Eastman flutist, Kate Lemmon, our website has gotten a fresh update.
Kate has featured our photos extensively on her blog. There she frequently posts images of other Rochester-area musicians.
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Sunday, January 17, 2010
Join us at 2:30 pm for a recital on the Music at St. Andrew's series! We will perform the music of Bozza, Barber, Nielsen, and Klughardt.
St. Andrew's Church is at 923 Portland Avenue. Reception to follow. Special thanks to Donald Messina, the coordinator of the series.
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| Thursday, January 14, 2009
The Arabesque Winds visited students in Le Roy, New York, for the second part of an ongoing outreach project. Band students performed in masterclasses and private lessons with the members of the quintet.
The quintet also performed in the Le Roy Library for an evening concert open to the public. In future visits, the group will perform additional public concerts, so keep checking back for more information!
Good luck to the students in the Le Roy schools at NYSSMA solo context next week!
| Monday, November 16, 2009
The Arabesque Winds begin a four-part outreach project in the high school in Le Roy, New York. During this first performance, the quintet performed for members of the high school band, and demonstrated the challenges of rehearsing and performing chamber music.
In future visits to the school, the Arabesque Winds will offer private lessons to students, coach student chamber music ensembles, and perform a recital alongside the students.
The Arabesque Winds' collaboration is made possible by a grant from the Messinger Foundation, in cooperation with the Eastman School's Institute for Music Leadership.
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