Artist Series Concert
The Little Trio (soprano, clarinet, piano)

Melding entertaining personality and engaging musicality, the Little Trio (from the big state) showcases works for soprano, clarinet and piano. Their programs mix beautiful classics with wonderful melodic new works and forgotten gems of the past.

The Little Trio is known for a dynamic performance style that engages the audience and communicates artistry and passion for music. Unafraid to be quirky, unconventional and just plain fun, the trio not only coordinates their outfits for a unique performance look, but also looks for every opportunity to bring music alive for their audience. They love to present songs in English when possible, even presenting famous works by Schubert in illuminating new poetic English language versions, which capture the word painting of the songs as never before for English speakers. They are also known for bringing audience members directly into the performance with participation on stage and will even create improvised music on the spot from key words or phrases chosen by the audience.

Throughout everything they do, the big personalities of the Little Trio shine through to communicate their musical artistry in a way that is memorable and unique.

Artist Series concerts presented by Open Classical are $Name-Your-Own-Price. The artists are paid 100% of the money received by Open Classical, plus an extra percentage subsized by money given by our Patron subscribers.

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These concerts are included on Open Classical’s monthly Patron subscription plan. Open Classical will pay $10 to the artists for subscribers coming to the show who receive tickets as a subscription reward.

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Shepherd on the Rock	Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Poetic English Translation by Mark Landson
Two Songs About Cats The Cats Have Come to Tea (Text by Kate Greenaway) from Dame Wiggins of Lee and Her Seven Wonderful Cats (Text by John Ruskin)	Dan Shore (1975-)
Four Songs on Texts of Emily Dickinson Slowly Rather Quickly Slowly Lively	James Sclater (1943-)
“Lady Lazarus” from “Ariel” Five Poems of Sylvia Plath	Ned Rorem (1923-)
Intermission
Three Folk Songs Op. 19 Johnny has gone for a soldier-American Hush-a-ba, Birdie, croon, croon-Scottish John Peel-English	John McCabe (1939-2015)
Spontaneous Compositions	The Little Trio
But Where Are You?	Irving Berlin (1888-1989)
Stop Wondering	April Smith (1976-)

                                                                     

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