Renowned flutist Peter H. Bloom to perform premieres, masterworks in Boston, Des Moines, Lisle IL

BOSTON - Oct. 24, 2015 - PRLog -- Flutist Peter H. Bloom, whose playing has been called “a revelation for unforced sweetness and strength” (The Boston Globe), continues his wide-ranging concert performances in October and November, including premieres by American composers Mark Harvey, Karl Henning, David Leone, as well as chamber works by Debussy, Ravel, Thea Musgrave and others, and a performance with the inventive FiLmprov ensemble featuring live improvisation by the legendary Aardvark Jazz Orchestra to the animated films of Kate Matson.  Mr. Bloom will also appear as special guest with famed saxophonist Charles Neville in a benefit concert for Nepal earthquake relief.

Below are a few highlights of November concerts by Peter H. Bloom http://www.americasmusicworks.com/peter-h-bloom.html

Tuesday October 27, 2015 at 12:15 pm, The Karl Henning Ensemble performs new music at King’s Chapel, Tremont and School Streets, Boston, MA.  Donations welcome. The group, consisting of Barbara Hill Meyers, soprano, Peter H. Bloom, multiple flutes, Carol Epple, flute, Pamela Marshall, horn, Dan Meyers, recorders, and Karl Henning, clarinet will perform two world premieres: Karl Henning’s From the Pit of a Cave in the Cloud, Op.129 (2015, text by Leo Schulte), and David Leone’s Cathedral for flute, clarinet and fixed media.  In addition Peter H. Bloom will perform Fylgjur (1981), a fantasy for flute solo after a Norse spirit by Czech pianist-composer Giorgio Koukl.

Sunday November 1 at 2:15 pm, The Morton Arboretum Chamber Music Series, Ensemble Aubade (Peter H. Bloom, flute; Francis Grimes, viola; Mary Jane Rupert, harp) performing music by Debussy, Ravel, Thea Musgrave and Ladislas Rohozinski, Thornhill Education Center, The Arbor Room, 4100 Illinois Route 53, Lisle, IL. Admission:  $30 ($25 members) Information:  630-719-2430

Monday November 2 at 7:30 pm, Grand View University, Ensemble Aubade, music by Debussy, Ravel, Thea Musgrave and Ladislas Rohozinski, Speed Lyceum, Grand View University, 1200 Grand View Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50316, Free admission.  Information:  515-263-2958

Saturday, November 14, 2015 at 8:00 pm, Aardvark Jazz Orchestra:  Eclectic Explorations, Killian Hall, MIT, 160 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA, Free Admission, Information:  617-452-3205. Music by Mark Harvey and FiLmprov Cha Cha Cha (the orchestra improvises a soundtrack to Kate Matson's animated film).

Sunday, November 29, 2015 at 7:00 pm, Benefit Concert for Nepal Earthquake Relief.  Charles Neville with special guest Peter H. Bloom, plus Peter J. Newland and RadioXile, Ashfield Grange, Ashfield MA, $12 per person, tickets at Elmer’s Store Ashfield, or at the door. Information 413-625-6710.  All proceeds to Action Works Nepal.

Peter H. Bloom, flute, alto flute, bass flute and piccolo,concertizes in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand; appears on 40 recordings (Leo Records, 9Winds, Sony Classical, Dorian, other labels); and has given workshops, master classes and lecture-demos across the globe.  He is a faculty member of the 2015 Snow Pond Composers Workshop; serves as contributing editor for Noteworthy Sheet Music; and is a winner of the American Musicological Society’s Noah Greenberg Award.   His career encompasses exploratory jazz, new and improvised music, jazz standards, blues, bebop, and diverse chamber music from the Renaissance to the 21^st century.  The Boston Globe called his playing “a revelation for unforced sweetness and strength,” while Jazz Improv hailed his “exquisite melody…the improvisations growing organically out of the theme” and ArtsFuse wrote, “His solos on flute and amplified flute are always highlights of a performance.”   Peter H. Bloom is managed by Americas Musicworks http://www.americasmusicworks.com/

An active recitalist and chamber musician, Mr. Bloom tours with Ensemble Aubade, the Duo “2” (with pianist/harpist Mary Jane Rupert), mezzo-soprano D’Anna Fortunato, and others, and has performed for New Zealand School of Music in Wellington, University of Canberra College of Music (Australia), Payap University in Chiang Mai, Goethe Institute in Bangkok,  University of Canterbury in Christchurch NZ, The National Gallery of Art (Washington DC), The Metropolitan Museum,  and at colleges and universities across the United States.

A champion of new music, Mr. Bloom collaborates extensively with composers and has given premieres of works by Richard Nelson, Mark Harvey, Elizabeth Vercoe, Richard Cornell, Narong Prangcharoen,  Karl Henning, Pamela Marshall, David Owens, Matt Samolis, and others.  Original compositions, including numerous works written for him, have been a vital part of his concert tours for more than three decades, across forty states and four continents.

Mr. Bloom’s career in jazz encompasses free improvisation, jazz standards, blues, bebop and the avant-garde.  He has appeared with Charles Neville, Jaki Byard, Sheila Jordan, Geri Allen, Taylor Ho Bynum, Walter Thompson, Raj Mehta, Mark Harvey and other notables.  A 38-year veteran with the internationally acclaimed Aardvark Jazz Orchestra (“a bracing walk on the wild side of the big band spectrum” JazzTimes), Bloom has performed with Aardvark at hundreds of venues and appears on 13 Aardvark CDs, including 7 discs on Leo Records, one of the world’s leading adventuresome music  labels.

Mr. Bloom is a noted interpreter of early music, and has given period-instrument concerts in the United States, Canada and Europe, appearing chiefly with Ensemble Chaconne (30^th season, praised for “vitality and character, style and verve” – MusicWeb International).   As a specialist in historical flutes, Mr. Bloom has given lecture-recitals for Animusic Portugal (Braga), The New York Flute Club, The Museum of Fine Arts Boston, The Flute Club of New York, The American Musical Instrument Society, The National Flute Association, Early Music Boulder, and others, and has curated period-instrument recordings for The New York Historical Society, The American Museum of Britain (Bath, UK), and the American Antiquarian Society.  He serves as historical instrument consultant to The Museum of Fine Arts Boston.