I took some press photos for Janus Trio recently. Here's a few of my favorite images, some info about them and a video of them performing Caleb Burhans' Keymaster.
Janus Trio is Amanda Baker, Beth Meyers and Nuiko Wadden.
From www.janustrio.org
Brooklyn based janus was formed in 2002 with the goal of presenting and creating 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, Harald Genzmer, 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 twenty 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, Jason Treuting, Ryan Brown, Angelica Negron and Barbara White. From its inception to the present, janushas collaborated with the composition departments from Princeton, Colgate, New York and Cornell Universities. Not limiting themselves to only universities, janus has an ongoing relationship with the Aspen Music Festival and School. Presently, over 2000 grade-school children have discovered music through stories and imagination with janus.
Within New York, janus has been featured at halls including Symphony Space, The Tank, Roulette, BAM Café, The Stone, Weill Recital Hall, Joe’s Pub and the Berkshire Fringe Festival. Other group credits include performances at the Kennedy Center, Cleveland Museum of Art, the National Flute Association Convention (Kansas City and NYC), Rocky River Chamber Music Series (OH), the Glenwood Springs Center for the Arts (CO) and the Dame Myra Hess Recital Series (Chicago).
janus is a New Amsterdam artist and can be heard on Andrew McKenna Lee’s critically acclaimed CD “Gravity and Air.” janus’much anticipated debut CD is forthcoming in Fall 2010.
Posts
