Apple Orange Pair in Philadelphia, April 25-26

Philly April 26 Poster2On Saturday, April 25, we will be featured artists at the American Harp Society’s Mid-Atlantic Harp Day at the Chateau at Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia, where we are presenting a masterclass and concert. The harp day is open to harpists of all levels. Visit the website for the Philadelphia Chapter of the American Harp Society to see all the interesting talks and masterclasses scheduled, as well as registration information. We’re looking forward to seeing many harp players from around the region!

We will also make our public concert debut in greater Philadelphia on Sunday, April 26, presenting “New Music for Horn and Harp” at Grace Presbyterian Church at 444 Old York Rd, Jenkintown, PA. The concert is free with no tickets required. Parking is available at the church. Check out the Facebook event for more details and to RSVP. Help us spread the word about Apple Orange Pair in Philly by sharing news of this performance with friends and family in the area!

January Virginia Tour #2

We have been hard at work finalizing plans for our second January tour of Virginia! Here are some places you can expect to find us making music together this month:

THURSDAY, JANUARY 15. SPRINGFIELD, VIRGINIA (DC AREA). Thanks to the generosity of our good composer friend, Russell Nadel, we have the opportunity to present a full-length concert at Adat Reyim at 7:30pm. This concert is free and showcases some of our favorite new music, including Russell’s own Orchard Sunset.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 18. ABINGDON, VIRGINIA (SOUTHWEST VA). We are presenting a full-length concert on Virginia Highlands Community College‘s Arts Array series. This 3pm concert is funded in part by the Virginia Commission for the Arts. Thanks to VHCC and the Arts Array series for inviting us to perform!

TUESDAY, JANUARY 20. CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA (CENTRAL/WESTERN VA). we are performing a joint new music concert with blood moon at the University of Virginia at 8pm. We are honored to have been invited to perform by our new composer friend, Rachel Devorah Trapp! We will be performing Rachel’s new work for horn and harp, Citrina Migration, as well as some of our other commissions. Colleen is also performing the Berio Sequenza for harp.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 23. UNIVERSITY PARK, PENNSYLVANIA (not Virginia). To round out our tour, we will travel to Pennsylvania State University to perform at the Northeast Horn Workshop‘s Regional Artists recital. We will be performing Roland by Michael Weinstein-Reiman. We have also signed up to be vendors at the workshop, so that hornists in attendance have the opportunity to buy select Apple Orange Pair scores and and CDs. We are excited to finally be formally presenting Apple Orange Pair to the Northeast horn region!

Apple Orange Pair to perform at American Harp Society national institute, June 2015

We are beyond thrilled to announce that Apple Orange Pair will be performing a 30-minute program of new music for harp and horn at the American Harp Society’s national Summer Institute this summer in Utah! The institute’s stated focus is on “furthering the education of students of all ages.” We are grateful to the proposals committee for including us! It is a rare privilege to be able not only to perform at a national harp event, but to be able to present the works of several composers who have written for us to this audience as well.

The institute is being held at Utah State University in Logan, Utah. Institute dates are June 21-24, 2015. We hope to soon be finalizing details about when our recital will take place, as well as set the details for our musical program.

New piece by Rachel Brandwein for harp and horn

Apple Orange Pair is the proud recipient of an American Harp Society grant to commission a new piece for horn and harp from Rachel Brandwein! We are excited to begin this collaboration with Rachel, whose solo and chamber works for harp were showcased in a performance by Rachel herself at the American Harp Society’s conference in New Orleans earlier this summer. This will be our first time working with a composer who is also an accomplished and recognized harpist. We can’t wait to see what she writes for us!

We have a new piece!

We are thrilled to announce that we have been collaborating with composer Rachel Devorah Trapp on a new piece for harp and horn. Rachel’s new piece, Citrina Migration, will receive its premiere performances during our January 2015 tour of Virginia, including a special performance at the University of Virginia-Charlottesville, where Rachel is a resident Jefferson Scholar and doctoral candidate in music composition. We are thrilled to be working with a composer of this caliber and creativity, who also happens to be a horn player!

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Stay tuned for upcoming performances so you don’t miss out on Citrina Migration!