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FEBRUARY26 ScottRieker,Composition–7:30pm “SomeFruitsofCovid”–FacultyArtistSeries

MARCH3 FSUPercussionEnsemble–7:30pm26 FSUChamberSingers&–7:30pm UniversityChorale “L’chaim!AJewishComposersShowcase”

APRIL4 JosephYungen,piano–3pm FacultyArtistSeries9 FSUWindEnsemble–7pm “ClassicsReimagined”

UpperQuadAmphitheatre;Opentothepublic11 President’sConcert–3pm18 FSUPianoEnsemble–3pm24 FSUJazzOrchestra&–3pm FSUJazzCombo ClockTower–Opentothepublic28 FSUStringEnsemble–7:30pm30 FSUChoralArtists&–7:30pm FSUPercussionEnsemble

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WEST SHORE PIANO TRIO

JAY DEWIRE, PIANO HEATHER HAUGHN, VIOLIN

DIANA FLESNER, CELLO

Sunday February 21, 2021 Pealer Performing Arts Center 3:00 p.m. Pealer Recital Hall

PROGRAM Piano Trio in E-flat Major, Op. 33 Louise Farrenc (1804-1875) I. Allegro II. Adagio sostenuto III. Minuetto. Allegro IV. Finale. Vivace

INTERMISSION Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 150 Amy Beach (1867-1944) I. Allegro II. Lento expressivo III. Allegro con brio Piano Trio Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979) I. Moderato ma appassionato II. Andante molto semplice III. Allegro vigoroso

WEST SHORE PIANO TRIO

Since their first performance on the Western Shore of the Chesapeake Bay in 2008, the West Shore Piano Trio has brought passion, color, and penetrating insight to the works they perform, not only through their playing but also through their commentary and interaction with audiences. Praised for their “fluid” and “sultry” playing, the West Shore Piano Trio brings new life to the monuments of the trio literature.

Highlights from recent seasons include the premier of Ruby Fulton’s trio “Whitney” which was commissioned by the WSPT and premiered at Community College of Baltimore County Essex Community College in Baltimore, MD; collaborative performances with DancEthos at Washington DC's Fringe Festival; a concert and masterclass at Endicott College in Beverly, MA; travels to New Mexico to collaborate with violist Willy Sucre for performances in Placitas and Socorro; and a performance on the FUMC Vesper Concert Series in Lubbock, TX. Past concerts have taken the West Shore Trio from coast to coast and they have performed in Alabama, California, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Washington, D.C. and West Virginia. Performances include concerts at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Chautauqua Institution, Intersections Festival, An die Musik, the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Goucher College, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, Harmony Hall, and the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts.

The WSPT believes that education and live performance enhance each other, and that the better informed an audience is about a work, the more deeply they will appreciate its performance. To this end, the members of the trio accompany each concert with brief verbal commentary, providing biographical details about the composer, framing the work in the context of its time, and highlighting thematic and compositional elements of the piece, as well as connections shared between each work on the program. When speaking about the music, they use accessible, jargon-free language that enables the music to be understood by non-musicians and musicians alike.

The West Shore Trio’s commitment to education further extends to include masterclasses, question-and-answer sessions, and collaborative projects. They maintain an active relationship with the Duke Ellington School for the Arts, where they have given multiple concerts, coached students from the orchestra, and served as mentors for students in the string and piano divisions. They also maintain ongoing connections with Frostburg State University and Goucher College, where they have given concerts, spoken to students about the logistics and lifestyle of a career in music, and given a lecture/performance on the political and personal elements of Shostakovich’s piano trio. While traveling they have visited local schools or colleges and have given concerts and worked with students at Endicott College in Massachusetts and at the Stephen Wise Academy in California.

The WSPT also maintains an ongoing collaborative relationship with DancEthos. In November 2012 they gave the premier performance of the dance piece The Divide, which is set to the music of Rebecca Clarke and explores the complex landscape of gender bias and definition. This collaborative work was performed again in February 2013 and featured as part of the innovative multi-genre Intersections Festival in Washington, D.C. Their performances with DancEthos in 2015 as part of the Fringe festival were voted as one of the top performances of the festival