Ensemble Aubade (Peter H. Bloom, flute; Francis Grimes, viola; Mary Jane Rupert, harp) in NH and NY

BOSTON - Oct. 2, 2015 - PRLog -- Boston’s Ensemble Aubade (Peter H. Bloom, flute; Francis Grimes, viola; and Mary Jane Rupert, harp) will perform a vivid concert of Chamber Music by European and American Masters.  The acclaimed trio, known for stellar musicianship and dramatic, engaging concerts, will perform in three locations:

Saturday, October 3, 2015 at 7:00 pm at Union Church, 133 Old Church Road, Claremont, New Hampshire.  Donations welcome.  For information:  802.738.0022.

Sunday, October 4, 2015, at 3:00 pm, Upper Hudson Musical Arts Series, Tannery Pond Community Center, 228 Main St., North Creek NY 12853

St. Lawrence University, Peterson-Kermani Performance Hall, Griffiths Arts Center, 23 Romoda Drive, Canton, NY 13617.  Free Admission.  Information:  315.229.5184

The centerpiece of the concert will be the magnificent Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp by Claude Debussy, celebrating the 100^th anniversary of this landmark composition.   Other selections will include the lush and thrilling Sonatine en Trio by Maurice Ravel, the delightful yet seldom-heard Suite Brêve by Ladislas de Rohozinski (active in Paris in the early twentieth century), and the evocative Trio des Trois II (1991) by the acclaimed American composer Bernadette Speach.  Dr. Speach will attend the concert and will be available for audience questions following the performance.

Peter H. Bloom, flute and alto flute, concertizes in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand; appears on 40 recordings; and is a winner of the American Musicological Society’s Noah Greenberg Award.  The Boston Globe called his playing “a revelation for unforced sweetness and strength,” while Allaboutjazz.com praised his “hip, jazzy flute work…exquisite melody.”  An active recitalist and chamber musician, he has performed for The National Gallery in London, Animusic Portugal in Braga, New Zealand School of Music in Wellington, University of Canberra College of Music (Australia), Sydney & Southern Highlands Music Society (Australia), Payap University in Chiang Mai, Goethe Institute in Bangkok, The Metropolitan Museum, Atlanta's Spivey Hall, The New York Flute Club, The Bach Festival Society of Winter Park Florida, and the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, among others.  He is also a noted jazz artist, veteran of the internationally acclaimed Aardvark Jazz Orchestra (43rd season).  He has given lectures and master classes across the globe and has served as historical performance consultant to The American Museum in Britain, The New-York Historical Society, and Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, where he performs and lectures regularly.  Mr. Bloom is contributing editor for Noteworthy Sheet Music http:www.noteworthysheetmusic.com and serves on the faculty of the Snow Pond Composers Workshop. He holds an MM with distinction in flute performance from New England Conservatory and a BA (philosophy) from Boston University.

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 the Beijing Concert Hall. She has appeared as concert pianist and harpist with chamber ensembles, choral groups and orchestras across the United States, including the Record Players, the Southcoast Chamber Players, Musica Sacra, Cecilia Society, Silverwood, Masterworks Chorale, the Boston Philharmonic, the New Hampshire Symphony, Boston Classical Orchestra and New Philharmonia.   She serves on the faculties of Boston College and Tufts University.  Previously, she held teaching positions at Missouri Western College, Western Michigan University, MIT, and Wellesley College, where she taught harp for 20 years. Dr. Rupert's recordings can be found on the North Star label and Harmony Hill.  Her arrangements of the Nutcracker Suite for Flute and Harp and Flute and Piano are published by Noteworthy Sheet Music.  A graduate of Oberlin College and Indiana University, she earned a BM in piano performance, Masters Degrees in both piano and harp, and a doctorate in piano performance. Her principal teachers were Gyorgy Sebok and Lily Dumont (piano), and Marcel Grandjany (harp).

Bloom and Rupert, performing as the Duo “2”, have concertized in 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).

Francis Grimes, viola, is an esteemed chamber musician, orchestral player and educator.  He has performed with the Boston Pops, Boston Opera, Masterworks Chorale, Sinfonova, Boston Ballet, Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, Harvard Chamber Orchestra, and other premier ensembles during his extensive career.  He regularly serves in the orchestras of the Colonial, and Schubert Theatres, and frequently performs as a member of Copley Chamber Players. Mr. Grimes has served on the faculties of Milton Academy, All Newton Music School, Community Music Center of Boston, the Rhode Island Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, and the Young People’s Symphony of Rhode Island.  He attended Boston University’s School of Fine Arts, and completed his BM at Indiana University as a student of William Primrose. He attended summer programs at Tanglewood and the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara.  He also studied with Roman Totenberg, Bernard Kadinoff, Eugene Lehner, and members of the Berkshire String Quartet at Indiana University, and the Fine Arts Quartet at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

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