Resinosa Ensemble Bates College

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Sunday, February 5th at 3:00 pm

Taste of Something New: Music Composed by American Women

Resinosa Ensemble

Olin Concert Hall Online concert series

75 Russell St. Lewiston, Maine

The Resinosa Ensemble is a chamber trio formed in 2016 featuring Joëlle Morris, mezzo-soprano; Bridget Convey, piano; and Eliza Meyer, cello. This ensemble came together out of a love for performing chamber music, working with living composers, and offering music slightly off the beaten path. 

The Resinosa Ensemble has appeared in numerous chamber music series, including Colby College, Bates College, Bowdoin College, Eastport Arts Center, University of Southern Maine, University of Maine at Augusta, the concert series at UUCC of Augusta, First Fridays at First Parish, and the Back Cove Contemporary Music Festival in Portland, Maine.   

For their 2023 season, the Resinosa Ensemble will be presenting their program The Taste of Something New: music composed by American women. The program features trios by two Maine-based composers, Beth Wiemann and Marianna Filippi, as well as compositions by Mable Bailey, Zenobia Powell Perry and Libby Larsen.

Olin Concert Series: Admission is FREE, reserved tickets are required. More info about the concert and streaming: https://www.bates.edu/music/events/resinosa-ensemble-vocal-chamber-music/

Resinosa Ensemble – Quietside Chamber Music

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Saturday, August 7th at 2 pm

Made in Maine: Reflections in Song

Quietside Chamber Music

Somesville Union Meetinghouse

Mount Desert Island, ME

Made in Maine: Reflections in Song features carefully chosen songs from the Resinosa Ensemble commissioned premieres: selections from Daniel Sonenberg’s six song cycle Beauty is Not Enough, with text by Edna St. Vincent Millay; selections from John Newell’s Night Songs with poems by Sara Teasdale; selections from Richard Nelson’s A Forest of Glass, a Kaleidoscope, a Dream, featuring poems by Ellen Taylor; and the world premiere of Marianna Filippi’s three movement song cycle Rilke’s Reverie featuring poems by Raine Marie Rilke.

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Resinosa Ensemble Bates College

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Thursday, March 11th at 7:30 pm

Made in Maine: Reflections in Song

Resinosa Ensemble

Bates College Online

Olin Concert Hall Online concert series

Made in Maine: Reflections in Song features carefully chosen songs from the Resinosa Ensemble commissioned premieres: selections from Daniel Sonenberg’s six song cycle Beauty is Not Enough, with text by Edna St. Vincent Millay; selections from John Newell’s Night Songs with poems by Sara Teasdale; the final movement of Nancy Gunn’s Spiresongs, poems by Elizabeth Spires; and selections from Richard Nelson’s A Forest of Glass, a Kaleidoscope, a Dream, featuring poems by Ellen Taylor.

Q&A at 7:30pm with the artists and composers

https://www.facebook.com/events/2901767660146184?active_tab=about

Recording of the concert: https://www.bates.edu/music/2021/03/11/the-resinosa-ensemble/

Resinosa Ensemble Colby College Online

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Thursday, February 20th at 7:30 pm

Made in Maine: Reflections in Song

Resinosa Ensemble

Colby College Online

Music in the Museum Online concert series

Made in Maine: Reflections in Song features carefully chosen songs from the Resinosa Ensemble commissioned premieres: selections from Daniel Sonenberg’s six song cycle Beauty is Not Enough, with text by Edna St. Vincent Millay; selections from John Newell’s Night Songs with poems by Sara Teasdale; the final movement of Nancy Gunn’s Spiresongs, poems by Elizabeth Spires; and selections from Richard Nelson’s A Forest of Glass, a Kaleidoscope, a Dream, featuring poems by Ellen Taylor

Concert funded in part by the Hazel Hoyt Witherell Memorial Concert Fund

Admission for this online concert is free. 

For the event link and more information please visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/242597807373552

Resinosa Ensemble “American Reflections” UMA

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Saturday, October 19th, 2019 at 7:30 pm

American Reflections

Resinosa Ensemble

University of Maine at Augusta

Jewett Hall Auditorium

46 University Dr., Augusta, me

Resinosa Ensemble, consisting of mezzo-soprano Joëlle Morris, cellist Eliza Meyer, and pianist Bridget Convey, will present music for piano, cello, and voice, including works by André Previn, Lukas Foss, Bunita Marcus, and Maine composers Daniel Sonenberg and Nancy Gunn. Featured on the program will be the World Premiere of UMA faculty composer Richard Nelson’s  “A Forest of Glass, a Kaleidoscope, a Dream”, a cycle of three songs on texts by Ellen Taylor. 

The ensemble is looking forward to their 2019-2020 season titled, American Reflections, featuring American composers and poets. The world lost one of our greats, André Previn, in February 2019, in his honor Resinosa will perform his “Four Songs”, poems by Toni Morrison, this is a fabulous set which truly displays Previn’s genius. In 2019, three Maine composers wrote for Resinosa, the following works will be premiered during this season; Daniel Sonenberg’s “Beauty is Not Enough”, text by Edna St. Vincent Millay; the final movement of Nancy Gunn’s “Spiresongs”, poems by Elizabeth Spires; and Richard Nelson’s “A Forest of Glass, a Kaleidoscope, a Dream”, poems by Ellen Taylor.  To complete the program, Resinosa will offer works for cello and piano; Lukas Foss’ “Capriccio” is a well-crafted and energizing work; and Bunita Marcus’ “Untrammeled Thought”, which offers a time to center oneself. This will be an exciting concert, featuring newly composed works by three Maine composers, as well as other musical gems.

Resinosa Ensemble “American Reflections” USM

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Sunday September 29th, 2019

Masterclass at 10 am

Concert at 2pm

American Reflections

Resinosa Ensemble

University of Southern Maine

Corthell Concert Hall, Gorham Campus

Resinosa Ensemble, consisting of mezzo-soprano Joëlle Morris, cellist Eliza Meyer, and pianist Bridget Convey, will present music for piano, cello, and voice, including works by André Previn, Lukas Foss, Bunita Marcus, and Maine composers Richard Nelson and Nancy Gunn. Featured on the program will be the World Premiere of USM faculty composer Daniel Sonenberg’s Beauty is Not Enough, a cycle of six songs on texts by Maine native Edna St. Vincent Millay.

The ensemble is looking forward to their 2019-2020 season titled, American Reflections, featuring American composers and poets. The world lost one of our greats, André Previn, in February 2019, in his honor Resinosa will perform his “Four Songs”, poems by Toni Morrison, this is a fabulous set which truly displays Previn’s genius. In 2019, three Maine composers wrote for Resinosa, the following works will be premiered during this season; Daniel Sonenberg’s “Beauty is Not Enough”, text by Edna St. Vincent Millay; the final movement of Nancy Gunn’s “Spiresongs”, poems by Elizabeth Spires; and Richard Nelson’s “A Forest of Glass, a Kaleidoscope, a Dream”, poems by Ellen Taylor.  To complete the program, Resinosa will offer works for cello and piano; Lukas Foss’ “Capriccio” is a well-crafted and energizing work; and Bunita Marcus’ “Untrammeled Thought”, which offers a time to center oneself. This will be an exciting concert, featuring newly composed works by three Maine composers, as well as other musical gems.

10 a.m Master class is free. The 2 p.m. Concert is $15/$10/$5.

https://usm.maine.edu/music/resinosa-ensemble-master-class-and-concert

 

Eastport Concert Series – Resinosa Ensemble

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Friday August 16th, 2019, at 7pm

Eastport Concert Series

Prelude to a Dream

Resinosa Ensemble

The Eastport Arts Center 

36 Washington Street, Eastport, ME

 

The Eastport Arts Center’s popular summer concert series continues on August 16 with Resinosa ensemble, including Joëlle Morris, mezzo-Soprano, Eliza Meyer, cello and Bridget Convey, piano. A reception with refreshments courtesy of Sweetie’s Dog-O-Rama will follow the concert.

Resinosa Ensemble focuses on the performance of chamber music, working with living composers, and offering music slightly off the beaten path. The trio’s program, “Prelude to a dream” Meets “American Reflections”, will feature a well-balanced assortment of “night” music and music written by American composers featuring American poets. Included works are Andre Previn’s “Four Songs”, with poems by Toni Morrison; Lukas Foss’ “Capriccio, for cello and piano”; Bohuslav Martinů’s “Nocturne III, for cello and piano”; and Johannes Brahms’ “Two Alto Songs.” The ensemble will also present Boston-based composer Scott Wheeler’s “Three Night Songs”, which he recently arranged for them. Finally, Eastport’s own John Newell composed “Night Songs”, a set of seven songs incorporating poems by Sara Teasdale, for the ensemble. “Newell’s music is wonderful,” said Convey, “and the Resinosa Ensemble considers it an honor to perform.”

The Concert Series runs through August 30. Tickets are $10, and youth tickets are discounted. Tickets may be purchased on the EAC site, or at the door. The Eastport Arts Center is at 36 Washington Street, Eastport, and at www.eastportartscenter.org, and is handicapped-accessible.

Resinosa Ensemble – Prelude to a Dream, Bowdoin College

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Saturday, February 2nd, 2019 at 7:30pm

Bowdoin College Concert Series 

Prelude to a Dream

Resinosa Ensemble

Studzinski Recital Hall

Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME

Following Resinosa’s acclaimed debut season in 2016,  the trio is delving into the music of dreams, featuring Maine composer John Newell, Boston-based composer Scott Wheeler and American composer Paul Rudoi.  Brahm’s alto songs for mezzo, piano & cello and selections by Leonard Bernstein and Czech composer Bohuslav Jan Martinů round out the program. 
The Resinosa Ensemble is a recently formed chamber trio featuring Joëlle Morris, Mezzo-Soprano, Eliza Meyer, cello and Bridget Convey, piano. This ensemble came together out of a love to perform chamber music, working with contemporary composers, and generally offering music slightly off the beaten path. Resinosa’s debut season in 2016 explored works of women composers, spanning 900 years featuring works of wildly different styles going from Hildegard Von Bingen to Libby Larsen.

With an affinity for contemporary music, Resinosa regularly features new works by Maine composers Vineet Shende, John Newell, Rick Nelson, Dan Sonenberg, and Beth Wiemann as well as Boston-based composer Scott Wheeler and Josh Jandreau. The Resinosa Ensemble has performed at Colby College, Bates College, the UUCC music series and the Black Cove Contemporary Music Festival at the Portland Conservatory. They are looking forward to upcoming concerts at Bowdoin College and the Eastport Arts Center. 

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Resinosa Trio: Prelude to a Dream UUCC

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Saturday, Nov. 10th at 4p.m.

UUCC Concert Series

Prelude to a dream

Resinosa Ensemble

Unitarian Universalist Community Church

69 Winthrop St. Augusta, ME

Following Resinosa’s acclaimed debut season in 2016,  the trio is delving into the music of dreams, featuring Maine composer John Newell  and Boston-based composer Scott Wheeler.  Brahm’s alto songs for mezzo, piano & cello and selections by Leonard Bernstein and Czech composer Bohuslav Jan Martinů round out the program. 

Resinosa Ensemble: 10th annual Back Cove Contemporary Music Festival

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Friday, May 18, 2018 at 7:30 pm

Resinosa Ensemble : 10th Annual Back Cove Contemporary Music Festival

Mechanics Hall
519 Congress St, Portland, ME

 

Join the Resinosa Ensemble as we highlight works by two contemporary Maine composers,  Joshua Jandreau‘s “The Wanderer” for Narrator, Cello and Piano, and “Taste of Something New” by UMA professor Beth Wiemann for Mezzo-Soprano, Cello and Piano.

The tenth annual Back Cove Contemporary Music Festival, sponsored by the Portland Conservatory of Music, features performances by some of  Maine’s top musicians.  The festival showcases new music by composers from northern New England, many of whom are in attendance to meet the audience and talk about their pieces.

Tickets are available at the door, and via Brown Paper Tickets (link coming soon). $15 per concert, $40 festival pass. Free for students and Children.

http://portlandconservatoryofmusic.org/backcove/

Tickets:  https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3413976 

Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/582659555401689/