Chartreuse is violinist Myra Hinrichs (Chicago), violist Carrie Frey (New York City), and cellist Helen Newby (San Francisco). The tricoastal trio aims to take advantage of the distance by pooling the strengths of their chosen cities, commissioning new works from composers across the U.S. and in Norway and collaborating with fellow performers in each of their musical residences on "Chartreuse +/-" projects. The trio has toured extensively in the U.S. Northeast, the Midwest, and California, as well as in Norway.
Uniquely devoted to repeat performances and developing the string trio repertoire through adventurous commissions, Chartreuse has premiered works by Kurt Isaacson, Peter Swendsen, Katherine Young, Marek Poliks, Bethany Younge, David Bird, Tyler Futrell, and Aaron Holloway-Nahum, among others. Cleveland Classical described the trio's performance of Isaacson's work as "a maelstrom almost tactile in its grittiness." Their 2017/18 season will feature new works by Leah Asher, Matthew Ricketts, Joan Arnau Pamies, and Daniel Tacke.
Helen, Myra, and Carrie are devoted educators in each of their cities of residence. As a trio they have given performances and workshops for students of all ages at institutions including SUNY Fredonia, Oberlin College's Winter Term Chamber Music Intensive, the Norges Musikkhøgskole in Oslo, Toneheim Folkehøgskole, Tromsø University, and Kendal at Oberlin.
The trio has been invited for four consecutive years to develop new repertoire in residencies at Avaloch Farm Music Festival. This season, they will be featured artists on Ensemble Mise-en's annual new music festival in New York City.
Program:
-Marcos Balter: Vision Mantra
-Klaus Lang: weisse äpfel
-Matthew Ricketts: Another Round (*premiere)
-Leah Asher: let me know what you find (*premiere)
-Kristina Warren: the chance that time takes (*trio version premiere)
Cost: FREE