Pan Harmonia

Tapas de Música
Kate Steinbeck, flute • Gail Ann Schroeder, viola de gamba • Barbara Weiss, harpsichord • River Guerguerian, percussion

Manuel De Falla • 7 Canciones Populares Españolas (1914)

I. El paño moruno

V. Nana

VII. Polo

From Turkey to Libya

Flutist and artistic director Kate Steinbeck has distinguished herself across the US and abroad as a unique interpreter, passionate teacher and innovative music producer with repertoire that ranges from Bach to Balinese. She earned a Bachelor of Music from Baldwin-Wallace College studying with William Hebert (Piccolo Emeritus Cleveland Orchestra) and a Master’s in flute performance from the San Francisco Conservatory as a student of Tim Day (Principal Flute San Francisco Symphony). A former Fulbright scholar to Belgium, Kate won a First Prize in chamber music from the Belgian Royal Conservatory in Liège and thereafter spent several years in Germany while performing and teaching throughout Europe. Prior to moving to Asheville, she spent a decade free-lancing in San Francisco, where she was widely recognized for her work in contemporary music and was featured on many of the Bay Area’s most prestigious stages. Kate has produced two critically acclaimed CDs ~ Light in the Corner (2004) with percussionist Byron Hedgepeth and Luminescence (2010) with guitarist Amy Brucksch. She plays on a modern wooden flute manufactured by her husband, Chris Abell, of the Abell Flute Co. www.katesteinbeck.com

A versatile and engaging musician, Barbara Weiss’ diverse musical experiences range from recording and performing ancient classical Cambodian music to directing a baroque opera company to chairing a university’s early music program.  She has been on the faculty of both the Oberlin Conservatory and the Peabody Institute, as well as Concordia College and the University of Minnesota and Pennsylvania.  She regularly teaches at summer workshops such as the Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute, the Madison Early Music Festival, and Indiana University’s Recorder Academy. This July she will be on the faculty of the Mountain Collegium Early Music Workshop in Cullowhee, NC.  Ms. Weiss has performed at the Boston, San Antonio and Berkeley Early Music Festivals, and the Winnipeg Folk Festival.  Her collaborations include Belladonna, the Newberry Consort, Quicksilver, Chatham Baroque, the Smithsonian Chamber Players, the King’s Noyse, Apollo’s Fire, the Chicago Opera Theater and Piffaro. Ms. Weiss has recorded with the Dorian, Flying Fish and Harmonia Mundi labels.  She currently lives in Asheville, NC, where she performs with a new group, Muses Delight.

Harpist Jacquelyn Bartlett began her musical studies at an early age with her mother, Mary Bartlett, noted harpist and teacher and continued with world-renowned harpists, Carlos Salzedo, Alice Chalifoux, Lucy Lewis, Lucille Lawrence, and Susann McDonald. She graduated with honors from Interlochen Arts Academy and attended Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Jacquelyn has performed with many of the world’s leading orchestras including the Detroit Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Indianapolis Symphony, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Baltimore Symphony and North Carolina Symphony and has toured the US and Europe as a soloist and chamber musician. Currently Ms. Bartlett a member of Fire Pink Trio and teaches on the Artist Faculties of UNC-School of the Arts, ASU and UNC-Greensboro. A dedicated and passionate educator, Ms. Bartlett is much sought after as a teacher, chamber music coach and presenter for master classes and seminars.

River Guerguerian, multipercussionist/composer/educator, was born in Montreal, Canada to Armenian-Egyptian parents. He has been performing internationally for 25 years with such groups as the BBC Concert Orchestra, Omar Faruk Tekbilek, Tan Dun, Tibetan Singing Bowl Ensemble, Lionel Hampton, Chuck Berry, and Ziggy Marley/Gipsy Kings. He received his Bachelor of Music from the Manhattan School of Music Conservatory. River has recorded on 100 albums and film soundtracks. He lives in Asheville, NC. Visit him at www.ShareTheDrum.com.