janus Trio

Sat. Nov 9 2013 at 7:00 pm

Christ Church United Methodist
1221 Quarrier Street, Charleston, WV
(corner of Quarrier and Morris Streets
in downtown Charleston)

Note: All seats are general admission. Kids come FREE with a paying adult.

Charleston Chamber Music Society will be adhearing to the policies of the CDC and Christ Church United Methodist. Currently, masks will be optional. We will announce any changes on the postcard before each concert.

Since its inception in 2002 in Brooklyn, NY, the Trio has added over thirty new pieces written expressly for them. Expect a cutting edge experience while breaking new ground into unexplored sonic frontiers.

(flute, viola, harp)

Brooklyn-based janus was formed in 2002 with the goal of creating and presenting new repertoire for the Trio through commissioning projects and works-in-process collaborations. Named after Janus, the Roman god whose double-faced image peers into the past and future, the Trio maintains the established tradition for the instrumentation while breaking new ground into unexplored sonic frontiers. Beginning with Debussy and including Toru Takemitsu, André Jolivet, Sophia Gubaidulina and Kaija Saariaho, composers have been allured by this intriguing combination of something bowed, something blown, and something plucked.

To date, janus has added over thirty new pieces to the Trio library through individual submissions and collaborative projects with universities. Among the composers who have written for janus are Caleb Burhans, Anna Clyne, Andrew McKenna-Lee, Angélica Negrón, Jason Treuting, Dan Trueman, Dmitri Tymoczko, Barbara White, and Nick Zammuto. From its inception to the present, janus has collaborated with the composition departments of Princeton, Colgate, New York, Cleveland State, Columbia, and Cornell Universities. Not limiting themselves to only universities, janus has collaborated with the Aspen Music Festival and School, presenting music activities for over 1,000 children from grade school through high school.

Visit arielartists.com/artists/janus-trio/ for more information.