February 17, The Alys Stephens Center Presents The Amelia Piano Trio

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Alys Stephens Center and the Birmingham Chamber Music Society present the Amelia Piano Trio at 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17, at the Alys Stephens Center, 1200 10th Ave. S. This show is part of the Dr. Chandler Smith and Jane Paris-Smith Birmingham Chamber Music Society Series. Tickets are $25; student tickets are $10. Call 205-975-2787 or go to www.AlysStephens.org.

January 24, 2008

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Alys Stephens Center and the Birmingham Chamber Music Society present the Amelia Piano Trio at 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17, at the Alys Stephens Center, 1200 10th Ave. S. This show is part of the Dr. Chandler Smith and Jane Paris-Smith Birmingham Chamber Music Society Series. Tickets are $25; student tickets are $10. Call 205-975-2787 or go to www.AlysStephens.org.

Hailed as “remarkable” by Strings magazine, the Amelia Piano Trio took Grand Prize at the Yellow Springs National Competition, was a recipient of the prestigious ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming and was asked by National Public Radio to be the Young Ensemble in Residence. Making their mark by commissioning new works, such as Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Harbison’s new piano trio, as well as by performing vivid interpretations of traditional chamber fare, the Amelia Piano Trio have quickly become one of the world’s most sought-after ensembles.

The Trio members have toured with Yo-Yo Ma’s “Silk Road Project” and are currently professors at the Hartt School of Music and Connecticut College. Amelia Piano Trio are Anthea Kreston, violin; Jason Duckles, cello; and Rieko Aizawa, piano.

On the program is Piano Trio No. 2 in D minor, Op. 9, “Elégiaque” by Sergei Rachmaninoff; Trio, “Short Stories” by John Harbison; and Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 97, “Archduke” by Ludwig van Beethoven.

This show is sponsored by Dr. Chandler and Jane Paris-Smith, Lia and Rusty Rushton, Cultural Alliance of Greater Birmingham, Jefferson County Commission, Honda Alabama, WBHM, The Birmingham News and Charter Media.