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| Each Fridays at Deere-Wiman House concert is held at Deere-Wiman House (817-11th Avenue, Moline, Illinios) at 3 p.m. Refreshments are served after the concert. Featured artists are part of the Visiting Artists series. |
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AHN TRIO Date/Time: Friday, September 26, 2008 at 3 p.m.
Where: Deere-Wiman House, 817-11th Avenue, Moline, Illinois
Admission: Free
Description: Born in Seoul, Korea, and educated at Juilliard in New York City, the members of the Ahn Trio "sisters Maria, Lucia, and Angella" are redefining the art and architecture of chamber music, breathing new life into the standard piano-trio literature with commissioned works from visionary composers like Kenji Bunch, Maurice Jarre, Nikolai Kapustin and Michael Nyman. Lucia, Angella, and Maria thrive on dissolving the barriers between art forms. They have fused their work with that of dancers, pop singers, DJ's, painters, installation artists, photographers, lighting designers, ecologists, and even kite makers. To learn more, visit their website at www.ahntrio.com. |
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EDMAR CASTANEDA
Date/Time: Friday, February 13, 2009 at 3 p.m.
Where: Deere-Wiman House, 817-11th Avenue, Moline, Illinois
Admission: Free
Description: Colombian harpist, band leader and composer Edmar Castaneda was born in Colombia Bogota where he started playing the Colombian harp at the early age of thirteen. He has a unique style of playing harp Combining Latin jazz with traditional Colombian music, Edmar has carved a firm place in the international jazz scene. A jazz harpist of imposing talent, he transforms the harp into a lead instrument to phenomenal effect. Producing cross-rhythms like a drummer, smashing chordal flourishes like a flamenco guitarist and collating bebop and Colombian music, he is practically a world unto himself. To learn more, visit his website at www.edmarcastaneda.com. |
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GEORGIA GUITAR QUARTET
Date/Time: Friday, April 24, 2009 at 3 p.m.
Where: Deere-Wiman House, 817-11th Avenue, Moline, Illinois
Admission: Free
Description: The Georgia Guitar Quartet has emerged as an exciting new voice in today's chamber music scene. These four young men from the American South deliver a high-energy blend of breathtaking virtuosity and imaginative programming while taking an adventurous approach to classical music. Borrowing from both the past and present, the GGQ consistently draw inspiration from the ever-evolving palette of music that has influenced them: classical masters such as Bach and Brahms, experimentalists in the vein of Cage, Bartók and Stockhausen, and contemporary rock icons like Radiohead and Led Zeppelin. |
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