Our 2009-2010 Season

October 11, 2009 at 7:30 PM Brass Roots Trio The Brass Roots Trio returns. Imagine hearing award winning trumpet, horn and piano players plus the addition of a brilliant operatic tenor. This program includes the Beethoven Horn Sonata played on the natural horn. Displaying incomparable virtuosity with its original blend of masterpieces, operatic selections and jazz numbers, the trio has performed across the country and around the world. Their combination of technique, finesse and charisma are rarely seen on the classical stage, and they are known for establishing a wonderful rapport with their audience.

October 30, 2009 at 7:30 PM The Kandinsky Trio A BONUS CONCERT. In cooperation with the West Virginia Music Teacher’s Association we present the Kandinsky Trio as a bonus concert. The trio, one of only six ever to win the prestigious Chamber Music America Residency Award have played for us twice in the past and we are thrilled to have them return.

November 15, 2009 at 3:00 PM West Virginia University Piano Quartet The West Virginia University Piano Quartet, featuring some of the finest musicians in our area playing violin, viola, cello and piano will present a program of some of the best known and loved chamber music written during the past two centuries.

February 21, 2010 at 3:00 PM Geoffrey Thomas In one of our most innovative programs keyboardist and actor Geoffrey Thomas will appear in costume to narrate and perform some of the music of Joseph Haydn. Thomas, creator of the “Theater of Music”, has performed throughout Europe and the USA, has recorded more than ten CDs and has appeared in several films, including Steven Speiberg’s “Munich”.

April 18, 2010 at 7:30 PM ETA 3 More innovation. The final program of our twenty-eighth season will feature our first ever flute, clarinet and piano trio ETA 3. Not only are they one of the newest and most exciting chamber groups coming out of New York City, the trio’s flutist who also plays with the Chamber Orchestra of New York regularly appears in ABC’s daytime soap opera “All My Children”.

All performances are held at St. Peter the Fisherman Church How to get there! Church web site 407 Jackson Street Fairmont, WV 26554-2941 in downtown Fairmont, West Virginia.