The Opera House at Enosburg Falls presents the Gabriel Piano Trio on Saturday, November 16, 2002, at 8:00 pm. The program will include three trios for violin, cello, and piano by Franz Josef Haydn, Gabriel Faure, and Clara Schumann. The Haydn is the Trio in G Major Hoboken XV, 25 composed in 1795. There will be a late work from Faure, Opus 120 in D Minor, and Clara Schumann's Opus 17. PIANO AND MORE--NOVEMBER 16
Three of Central Vermont's most active chamber musicians came together in 2001 to form the Gabriel Piano Trio.
"We took our name from [Gabriel] Faure," cellist Paul Perley said. "His was the first work we played when we got together and we all like Faure." Violinist Diana Stone and pianist Alison Bruce Cerutti are the other trio members.
Violinist Diana Stone is principal violist with the Vermont Philharmonic Orchestra, first violinist of the Borealis String Quartet, and has been a music teacher in the public school system for the past 24 years. Mrs. Stone also teaches privately, and has often been music director for Montpelier area theater productions. She studied at the University of New Hampshire and studied under Ruth Posselt at New England Conservatory.
Cellist Paul Perley is a founding member of the Montpelier Chamber Orchestra, a long-time member of the Vermont Philharmonic Orchestra, and cellist with the Bartholdy Ensemble, one of Vermont's longest active performing chamber groups. He founded and conducted the Green Mountain Waldorf Orchestra from 1999-2002, currently conducts in the Central Vermont Youth Orchestra program, and maintains a private teaching studio in Montpelier. He studied with international soloist Helene Gagne of Montreal.
Pianist Alison Bruce Cerutti has given solo piano recitals at the Barre Opera House, soloed (along with her brother Daniel) with the Vermont Philharmonic, accompanied flute master classes in France for the renowned Louis Moyse, collaborated with many area soloists, some giving world premiers of new works, and is an active free-lance performer supporting community and professional theater productions. Ms. Cerutti maintains a private teaching studio in Northfield. She was graduated from Oberlin Conservatory and Hartt School of Music, obtaining a masters degree under Watson Morrison.
"We are all teachers and are very interested in getting classical music into the schools for kids to experience," Paul Perley said. In addition to performing as a group, they plan a series of innovative in-school programs. They hope to be ready by the spring, but the reality of grants means the programs may wait until fall. "We are also talking about commissioning a work about Vermont history [to accompany the in-school program]," he said.
The Gabriel Piano Trio will perform at the Opera House on Saturday, November 16, 2002, at 8 p.m. Admission is $10 for adults and $7 for seniors and students. Advance sale tickets are available from the Enosburg Pharmacy and the Merchant's Bank in Enosburg Falls, plus Swanton Rexall, and Better Planet and the Kept Writer in St. Albans. Call 802-933-6171 for more info.
The Gabriel Piano Trio fall tour of North Central Vermont also includes the Montpelier Unitarian Church on Friday at 7:30 p.m. and the Vergennes Opera House on Sunday at 4 p.m.
123 Depot Street
Post Office Box 1250
Enosburg Falls, Vermont 05450
802.933.6171
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