Boston’s esteemed Ensemble Aubade to perform October 2014, New England, New York and Pennsylvania

BOSTON - Sept. 29, 2014 - PRLog -- Known for stellar musicianship and vivid, engaging concerts, Boston’s Ensemble Aubade (Peter H. Bloom, flute; Francis Grimes, viola; and Mary Jane Rupert, harp) will perform at multiple venues in New England, New York and Pennsylvania.  The concert will feature the magnificent Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp by Claude Debussy, on the eve of the 100^th anniversary of this masterwork (written in 1915).  Other selections will include Sonatine en Trio by Maurice Ravel, Suite Brêve by Ladislas de Rohozinski, and Sunrise (2009) by Scottish-American composer Thea Musgrave.

Concert information:

Sunday, October 5, 2014 at 4:00 pm at Christ Episcopal Church, 7 Elm Street, Westerly, RI  02891, Free admission.  Information:  401-596-0197. Reception following.    Thursday, October 16, 2014 at 7:30 pm, Hartwick College, Shineman Chapel, One Hartwick Drive, Oneonta, NY 13820, Free admission.  Information:  607-431-4585.    Friday, October 17, 2014 at 11:15 am, Onondaga Community College, Arts Across Campus, Storer Auditorium, 4585 West Seneca Turnpike, Syracuse, NY 13215, Information:  315-498-2258.  Saturday, October 18, 2014 at 7:00 pm, Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, 999 State Route 95, North Branch, NY 12766, Suggested donation:  $20, $10 seniors, $5 students, Information:  617-283-1191.  Reception to follow.   Sunday, October 19, 2014 at 4:00 pm, Trinity Lutheran Church, Fifth & Chestnut Streets, Perkasie, PA 18944, Suggested donation:  $5 to $10, Information:  (215) 257-6801.

The musicians of Ensemble Aubade have collaborated together for more than 20 years, performing chamber music treasures by European and American composers.

Flutist Peter H. Bloom, whose playing has been called “a revelation for unforced sweetness and strength” (The Boston Globe), concertizes in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Asia, New Zealand, and Australia; is featured on 40 recordings (Sony Classical, Dorian, Leo Records, other labels); serves as historical performance consultant to Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts; and is a winner of the American Musicological Society’s Noah Greenberg Award.  An acclaimed classical musician, he is also a noted jazz artist, veteran of the legendary Aardvark Jazz Orchestra.  Aardvark will open its historic 42nd season at Scullers Jazz Club in Boston, on October 2, 2014 at 8 pm.  www.aardvarkjazz.com

Mary Jane Rupert, harp, praised by The New York Times as exhibiting "indeed real sensitivity," has performed throughout the world from Carnegie Recital Hall to Beijing Concert Hall. She has appeared as concert pianist and harpist with chamber ensembles, choral groups and orchestras across the United States.  She serves on the faculties of Boston College and Tufts University and taught previously at Western Michigan University, MIT, and Wellesley College, where she taught harp for 20 years.

Violist Frank Grimes has performed with the Boston Pops, Boston Opera, Masterworks Chorale, Boston Ballet, Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, Harvard Chamber Orchestra, and distinguished ensembles and regularly serves in the orchestras of the Colonial and Schubert Theatres. He has served on the faculties of Milton Academy, the All Newton Music School and the Community Music Center of Boston.

Bloom and Rupert, performing as the Duo “2”, have toured New Zealand, Australia, Thailand and across the United States.  They’ve been praised for “beautiful phrasing, consummate duet passages, superb technical facility” (St. Andrews Performing Arts), and called “the very best players playing at the height of their powers…able to communicate the inner depth and meaning, the imagination of the music.” (Dr. David Tattersall, University of Canberra College of Music, Australia).

Ensemble Aubade is managed exclusively by Americas Musicworks, Rebecca DeLamotte, Managing Director, Telephone 1-888-887-7169.  Email:  delamotte-amw@comcast.net