Trimotif with the Bill Cunliffe Trio
Perform in the Meng Concert Hall
Members of Trimotif
WHO:
Department of Music at Cal State Fullerton
WHAT:
Trimotif with the Bill Cunliffe Trio
WHEN:
8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18
WHERE:
Meng Concert Hall, California State University, Fullerton
800 N. State College Blvd., Fullerton
BACKGROUND:
The self-proclaimed “ensemble with a penchant for tangents,” Trimotif, which consists of flute, oboe, bassoon and piano, explores the possibilities of musical expression without the confines of a specific genre. Their objective is “a seamless fusion of classical music and jazz with improvisation as an integral part” of their work.
Flautist David Schostac performs regularly at venues throughout the continent, including the Hollywood Bowl, Aspen Music Festival and the Stratford (Ontario) Festival. In his many years as principal flautist with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and with the St. Louis, Milwaukee and New Orleans symphony orchestras, he has been a frequent soloist with the world’s greatest musicians. Schostac is the recipient of a master’s degree from Julliard, a prizewinner in major competitions, a performer on hundreds of motion picture and television scores, and a soloist on recordings for Sony Classics, Excelsior and Report Classics. Schostac is currently on faculty at California State University, Northridge, and the Henry Mancini Institute.
Oboist Chris Bleth is known by film and TV composers in Hollywood as the “go to guy” when it comes to covering multiple woodwind instruments in a variety of styles from classical oboe to Dixieland clarinet to Armenian duduk. In addition to the oboe, Bleth plays English horn, flutes, clarinets, saxophones, recorders, duduk, penny whistle, American Indian flute, ditze, bansuri and panpipe, as well as other ethnic wind instruments. Bleth is a member of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra on oboe and has played the oboe, bass oboe and English horn with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Pacific Symphony, Pasadena Symphony, Los Angeles Opera and many more. Bleth’s playing also has been featured in recent films, including “Chronicles of Narnia” and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End.”
Bassoonist Phoebe Ray has performed throughout Southern California on bassoon and contra bassoon with numerous ensembles, including the Pacific Symphony, Pasadena Pops Orchestra, Burbank Symphony, Long Beach Opera and many more. She has been active in chamber ensembles, having played with the ProDroMes Ensemble, Cal State Long Beach Faculty Quintet, Westwood Quintet and in the jazz ensemble with Doug MacDonald’s Brass and Woodwind Coalition. She also has appeared as a featured soloist with the Gettysburg Chamber Orchestra and others.
Pianist and composer Bill Cunliffe is the creator of Trimotif. As a student at Eastman, he won several Down Beat Awards. Cunliffe was the 1989 winner of the $10,000 Thelonious Monk international Jazz Piano Award and has received stipends from the National Endowment for the Arts. He recently won a jazz composition competition sponsored by the American Composers Form in Philadelphia. As a composer/arranger, Cunliffe has been nominated both for an Emmy and a Grammy and has composed extensively for big band, chamber groups, choir and orchestra. The Illinois Philharmonic, San Diego Symphony, Pasadena Pops Orchestra, New Zealand School of Music Symphony orchestra and other ensembles have played his compositions and arrangements. Cunliffe currently plays with the Clayton Brothers Quintet, with trumpeter Terell Stafford and in duet with Holly Hofmann, in addition to his own projects.
Joining Trimotif is the Bill Cunliffe Trio, with Cunliffe on piano, Dave Carpenter on bass and Paul Kriebich on drumset. All three of these musicians have performed widely around the nation and are at the top of the jazz scene.
ADMISSION:
Advance sales $20 ($15 with advance Titan discount)
At the door all tickets $20
BOX OFFICE:
Tickets available at the Performing Arts Center box office 657-278-3371 between the hours of 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Mondays-Fridays and one hour prior to performance. Tickets also may be purchased at www.tickets.com.
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