Big Sky: “The superb flute, harp, viola trio, Hat Trick, returns to Bridge with a fascinating program of recent works coupled with a classic. The trio, April Clayton, flute; Kristi Shade, harp; and David Wallace, viola, perform new music by Thea Musgrave, Daniel Dorff, Jessica Meyer, David Bruce, and Angélica Negrón alongside Sir Arnold Bax’s 1916 […]
Thoughts and Prayers: Music by Larry Bell
“Thoughts and Prayers is an album of tributes that draw upon composer Larry Bell’s personal, social, national, and international awareness. The music is drawn from a solemn personal conviction and desire to preserve the lives of others in our memory. It is also a simple act of bearing witness to events that may be all […]
Amor Aeternus: A Requieum for the Common Man
Amor Aeternus: A Requiem for the Common Man [Winterhall Records], presents Heidi Breyer‘s ten-movement, choral-orchestral magnum opus of the same name. Written over the span of ten years, Amor Aeternus presents select Latin liturgical prayers from the requiem mass. Recorded during the 2020-2021 Covid-19 lockdown, Breyer’s CD is now available here and on streaming platforms. […]
Hour Children: An Invitation to Help Mothers and Children
At 6:00PM Eastern on Thursday, July 13th, the Doc Wallace Trio performs a benefit concert for Hour Children, Inc. at Church of the Incarnation, NYC. Hour Children is a non-profit that provides holistic support to incarcerated (or formerly incarcerated) women, mothers, and their children. The concert will include a livestream link for all ticket holders. […]
Let’s Play Submerged! (a new trio by Miguel del Águila)
Okay, violists, let’s play “Submerged,” a masterful new trio for flute, viola, and harp by Miguel del Águila! My ensemble Hat Trick commissioned “Submerged” when we were planning our first CD, Garden of Joys and Sorrows. After we premiered, toured, and recorded “Submerged,” other trios widely performed it as well. Due to popular response and […]
Music Inspired by Landscapes by Wallace & Cabaniss
Landscapes have long inspired poets, artists, and composers. Why? Is it that natural beauty sparks an artist’s innate sense of wonder? Do the intrinsic math and science revealed in nature invite further explorations in light and sound? Perhaps landscapes tap our subjective longing for meaning. As we listen to music inspired by landscapes, we learn […]