Flutist Peter H. Bloom to perform chamber music, jazz, and new works in New York and New England

SOMERVILLE, Mass. - Sept. 2, 2019 - PRLog -- Flutist Peter H. Bloom will open his Fall season with Ensemble Aubade, performing chamber works for flute, viola and harp by Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel and Arnold Bax.  The group will perform on September 13, 2019 at 11:15 am at Onondaga Community College, Recital Hall (P 100 in Academic Building II, Performing Arts Building), 4585 W Seneca Turnpike, Syracuse, NY 13215.  The concert, presented by Arts Across Campus, is free and open to the public.  Ensemble Aubade will repeat the program in the Saugertise Pro Musica concert series on September 15, 2019 at 3:00 pm, at the Saugerties United Methodist Church, 67 Washington Avenue, Saugerties, New York, 12477.

On September 22, 2019, The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra, with Peter H. Bloom in the woodwind section, will kick off its 47th season with a Duke Ellington Celebration at First Parish Church of Concord, 20 Lexington Road, Concord, MA 01742.  The program will include hits like Satin Doll and Solitude, as well as joyful music from Ellington's Sacred Concerts featuring the First Parish Choir.

On October 1, 2019 at 12:15 pm, Peter H. Bloom and The Karl Henning Ensemble will perform at Boston's historic King's Chapel, corner of School and Tremont Streets in downtown Boston, showcasing premieres and recent works by Karl Henning and Pamela Marshall.

Peter H. Bloom performs in the U.S. and abroad, lectures widely and appears on 45 CDs.   Repertoire encompasses historical performance (16^th to 19^th century), new music, masterworks of the chamber music literature, jazz standards, exploratory jazz, and free improvisation.  He is known for the range and depth of his experience across multiple genres.  He performs with Ensemble Chaconne, the Duo 2, the D'Anna Fortunato Ensemble, The Karl Henning Ensemble, the Makrokosmos Orchestra, The Modernistics, FiLmprov, and The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra.  Since 1995, Bloom has given lecture-recitals on historical flutes at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, and he has recorded for the Museum's audio guide to musical instruments.  Most recently, the Museum recorded Bloom performing on a flute in crystal glass and silver(1847) by the French maker Claude Laurent.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4ukpvza_c0&list=PLlaGkbYsw6ceBwLbz1peIWWjOoQDIek2c&index=2&t=0s



Peter H. Bloom is a winner of the American Musicological Society's Noah Greenberg Award (1990) for research and performance of music heard in nineteenth century America.  He is contributing editor for Noteworthy Sheet Music.