Esteemed Flutist Peter H. Bloom to perform with Ensemble Aubade, New England and Southeastern U.S

Dec. 25, 2015 - PRLog -- Flutist Peter H. Bloom, whose playing has been called “a revelation for unforced sweetness and strength” (The Boston Globe), continues his busy concert schedule in January and February.  Ensemble Aubade (Peter H. Bloom, flute; Francis Grimes, viola; and Mary Jane Rupert, harp) will perform January 24, 2016 in the Jean C. Wilson Concert Series, First Religious Society, Newburyport, MA; February 4, 2016 at Piedmont College, Demorest, GA; February 5, 2016 at Church of the Nativity, Huntsville, AL; and February 7 at Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, Atlanta GA.  The concerts will feature Claude Debussy’s magnificent Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp, marking the 100^th anniversary of the piece (written in 1915 and given its premiere in 1916), together with Sonatine en Trio by Maurice Ravel, Suite Brêve by Ladislas de Rohozinski, and Sunrise (2009) by Thea Musgrave.

In addition to touring extensively as a recitalist and chamber musician, Peter H. Bloom is a noted jazz artist, and a long-time member of the internationally renowned Aardvark Jazz Orchestra, led by founder and music director Mark Harvey.  Bloom has been praised for “exquisite melody” (JazzImprov) and “hip, jazzy flute work” (Allaboutjazz), while ArtsFuse wrote, “his solos on flute and amplified flute are always highlights of a performance.”  The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra has been called “spellbinding” (The Boston Globe), “stunning” (Billboard.com), and “beyond category” (Downbeat), and has been hailed for “lush sonorities worthy of Ellington’s finest reed sections” (JazzTimes). The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra will make its debut January 31, 2016, at the prestigious Silver Center for the Arts, Plymouth State University, Plymouth NH, performing classics and rarities by the great Duke Ellington.

In other news, Noteworthy Sheet Music, the stellar online publisher, has recently released Peter H. Bloom’s composition From the Drawer (for Tenor or Soprano, with Flute/Piccolo, Clarinet, Bassoon, and Horn; text by Constantine Cavafy).

Peter H. Bloom, flute, alto flute, bass flute and piccolo,concertizes in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand; is featured on more than 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 Snow Pond Composers Workshop; serves as contributing editor for Noteworthy Sheet Music; is historical performance consultant to the Museum of Fine Arts Boston; and is a winner of the American Musicological Society’s Noah Greenberg Award.   His career encompasses diverse chamber music from the Renaissance to the 21^st century, as well as exploratory jazz, free improvisation, jazz standards, blues, bebop, and more.

For information on Noteworthy Sheet Music's publication of Mr. Blooom's recent works: https://www.noteworthysheetmusic.com/sheet-music/ensemble-tags/voice/328-bloom-from-the-drawer-tenor-or-soprano-flute-clarinet-bassoon-horn

An active recitalist and chamber musician, Peter H. Bloom tours with the Ensemble Aubade, Olmsted Ensemble, 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, Mahidol University (Salaya, Thailand), The National Gallery of Art (Washington DC), The Metropolitan Museum, and at colleges and universities across the United States.

Peter H. Bloom is managed by Americas Musicworks  http://www.americasmusicworks.com/

A champion of new music, Mr. Bloom collaborates extensively with composers and has given premieres of works by Richard Nelson, Mark Harvey, Elizabeth Vercoe, Peter Aldins, Richard Cornell, Narong Prangcharoen, Marianela Maduro, Len Detlor, Karl Henning, Pamela Marshall, Joseph Fear, Matt Samolis, Tim O’Dell 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, Lee Konitz, 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 at hundreds of venues and appears on 13 Aardvark CDs, including seven discs on Leo Records, one of the world’s leading adventuresome music  labels. With members of Aardvark, he recorded improvised music for the National Film Preservation Foundation’s DVD series Treasures from the American Film Archives, which The New York Times called “one of the best sets of the year.”

Peter H. 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 (31st season, praised for “vitality and character, style and verve” – MusicWeb International).

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, Historic Macon (Georgia) 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, where he has performed extensively and recorded for the audio guide to woodwinds.  He is author of the Alfred G. Badger entry in the Lexikon der Flöte.