Serene Spring – An Evening of Chamber Music featuring The Solace Trio

Friday, June 11th
7:30 pm, 
In-person | $35
Livestream | $12

• A limited number of tickets for the live performance are available for sale. In person concert-goers will be required to wear masks. 
• This program will be played without a pause. Please refrain from applauding until after the final piece in the program. Duration of program – approximately 50 minutes.  
• The concert will also be livestreamed for those who would like to enjoy from home. 
• Please park in the lower parking lot. There are stairs up to the concert level – please feel free to drop off passengers at the church entrance in the circular driveway before parking.

On Friday June 11th at 7:30 PM at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, RiverArts will present the Solace Trio in a chamber music concert featuring music from a variety of composers to close the page on the last year and look forward to all that lies ahead.

The program features four pieces from four different composers. The program will include the serene and surreal Mozart-Adagio by Arvo Pärt [1992], Antonin Dvorák’s Sonatina for Violin and Piano, Op. 100 from his great American period [1893], the lyrically virtuosic Air for Cello and Piano by Aaron Kernis [1995] and will conclude with the triumphant and life affirming statement of Beethoven’s Piano Trio in Eb Op. 70 no. 2 [1809]. The members of the Solace Trio are April Johnson (violin), Peter Seidenberg (cello), and Tomoko Uchino (piano). The concert will be 1 hour long with no intermission.

Chamber Music Artistic Director Peter Seidenberg and Producer Doug Coe have put together a program that seeks to encapsulate the moment in time we all currently inhabit. Seidenberg commented that “We chose music that reflects the emotions of the unusual time we live in: dissonant but serene, dark but earthy, heartaching but hopeful, challenging but affirming.“

Artistic Director Kate Ashby commented “RiverArts is delighted to present this uplifting musical program which celebrates the renewed spirit of springtime and the power of music to encourage, to invigorate and to restore.”

About the Musicians

April Johnson – April Johnson has performed throughout the US with the Oracle Trio and the New York Chamber Soloists. She is a former Concertmaster for the Jupiter Symphony, Canton Ohio Symphony, Galatea Ensemble, Queens Oratorio; and Associate Concertmaster for the Norwalk Symphony. Having performed in Europe and Asia, she has also recorded on Dorian and Lyrichord. A member of the Hoff-Barthelson Music School who also teaches Suzuki Violin, she earned a BM from Oberlin College and Advanced Studies at Brooklyn College Conservatory.

Peter Seidenberg – “Totally enchanting, inspired performances, brimming with natural, spontaneous musicianship”, raves Gramophone Magazine about cellist Peter Seidenberg. Mr. Seidenberg has played in major halls throughout the US, Europe and Asia, and served as principal cellist with the Century Orchestra of Osaka. He was a founding member of the critically acclaimed Elements Quartet which created groundbreaking commissioning projects of 30 composers. He has collaborated with members of the Cleveland, Tokyo, Juilliard and Emerson Quartets and participated in the Marlboro, Aspen, Caramoor, and Casals festivals. He is the cellist for the Oracle Trio, the Queen’s Chamber Band, and the New York Chamber Soloists.

Tomoko Uchino – Ms. Uchino received awards at the Ettlingen International Piano Competition and the Takahiro Sonoda Piano Award International Competitions. She has performed at major concert halls throughout the United States, Europe, Japan and Thailand, as well as at chamber music festivals. A member of Solace Ensemble, THUD and Jang/Uchino Violin-Piano Duo, she has been on the accompanying staff of the Juilliard School, Heifetz International Music Institute as well as others. She earned a BM High Honors at the U of Michigan, MM from Peabody Conservatory, and Doctoral of Musical Arts from U of Arizona. She received a graduate diploma from the Juilliard School.

FOR MORE INFORMATION EMAIL: info@riverarts.org