Trio con Brio

Hi everyone,
Outside of school, I'm working with two other people in a piano trio, and I'm also in a duet-- in addition to my orchestra work in school and regular private solo lessons. I've been working with my trio (named Trio con Brio) for about 6 weeks, and with my duet partner off and on since 2nd grade-- although this is the first time we're being serious about it, and performing for money at nursing homes and weddings and coffee shops, etc. Last weekend, my trio and I made our performance debut as an introduction for a wonderful concert that was part of the Salon Concerts program, in which the professional musicians Douglas Harvey, Elizabeth Kufferath, and Stephen Perry performed. We played the first movement of Beethoven's Piano Trio No. 3 Op. 6, and we are now working on the rest of the trio with our fabulous coach, Steinway artist Toby Blumenthal-Phillips. Ms. Blumenthal-Phillips is also the President and CEO of Luzerne Music Center, the summer camp in NY that I attended last summer.

 <-- Toby Blumenthal-Phillips

I'm very excited for my trio, because it is my first long-term out of school chamber ensemble-- the violinist, Dylan Feldpausch, is a freshman from McCallum Fine Arts Academy and the pianist, Wells Leng, is a sophomore from Westwood High School, and the trio will last for the next three years-- until Wells graduates. He is headed to Juiliard School of Music! Wells also is principal cellist of the Austin Youth Orchestra, and he composes and arranges music. Recently, he arranged a Chopin quartet for orchestra, and also entered and won the Austin Symphony Orchestra Composition Competition. On April 20, the Austin Symphony will perform his work, Deprivation of B, at the Long Center. Admission is $8, check it out at austinsymphony.org! Dylan and I are also in a duet together. Dylan is an amazing violinist, and he was placed co-concertmaster in high school All-Region Orchestra as a freshman-- virtually unheard of. He studies violin with the concertmaster of the Austin Symphony, Jessica Mathaes. I've known Dylan since 2nd grade, and we've always been supportive of each other's music. I'm so grateful  to have this opportunity to work with them in the trio! :)

Love,
Eve