Ensemble Aubade (Peter H. Bloom-flute; Francis Grimes-viola; Mary Jane Rupert-harp) in PA, IL, IA

BOSTON - Oct. 15, 2015 - PRLog -- Ensemble Aubade (Peter H. Bloom, flute; Francis Grimes, viola; and Mary Jane Rupert, harp) announces concert tours in Pennsylvania, Illinois and Iowa, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the magnificent Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp by Claude Debussy.   The acclaimed trio, known for stellar musicianship and captivating programs, will perform Chamber Music by European and American Masters in multiple venues:

Saturday, October 17, 2015 at 7:30 pm, Pennsylvania Consort Society Concert Series, Bedford Presbyterian Church, 145 S Juliana St, Bedford, PA.  $8 at the door, $7 in advance, students half price.  Information:  814-733-2301

Sunday, October 18 at 3:00 pm, Encore Concert Series, First Baptist Church of York, 3375 Druck Valley Road, York, PA. Free.  Information:  717-600-0077

Sunday, November 1, 2015 at 2:15 pm,  The Morton Arboretum Chamber Music Series, Thornhill Education Center, The Arbor Room, 4100 Illinois Route 53, Lisle, IL. $30 ($25 members)  Information:  630-719-2430.

Monday, November 2, 2015 at 7:30 pm, Grand View University Nielsen Concert Series, Speed Lyceum, Grand View University, 1200 Grand View Avenue, Des Moines, IA. Free admission.  Information:  515-263-2958.

The centerpiece of Ensemble Aubade’s 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 Sunrise (2009) by the acclaimed American composer Thea Musgrave.  More about Ensemble Aubade:
http://www.americasmusicworks.com/ensemble-aubade.html

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 on the faculty of Snow Pond Composers Workshop; is historical performance consultant to Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts; and is a winner of the American Musicological Society’s Noah Greenberg Award. More about Peter H. Bloom:  http://www.americasmusicworks.com/peter-h-bloom.html

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.  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 Francis Grimes has performed with the Boston Pops, Boston Opera, Masterworks Chorale and other 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 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).  About the Duo "2": http://www.americasmusicworks.com/duo-2.html

Ensemble Aubade is managed exclusively by Americas Musicworks, Rebecca DeLamotte, Managing Director, Telephone 1-888-887-7169. http://www.americasmusicworks.com/