Concord, NH – The Musicians of Wall Street Recital Series opens this year with a program featuring The Larksong Trio: Peggo Horstmann Hodes, soprano; Jennifer Yeaton-Parris, flute; and Calvin Herst, piano. The trio will present “Portraits, Poems and Simple Gifts” on Friday, November 14 at 7:30 pm in the Music School’s Recital Hall, located at 23 Wall Street in downtown Concord.
The evening’s musical selections revolve around several pairings: Japanese Songs by contemporary American composer Margaret Garwood alongside Variations on Two Japanese Songs by French flutist and composer Louis Moyse, as well as settings by Saint-Saens and Caplet of identical French lyrics. The concert also includes works by Telemann, Hue and Chaminade, and ends with another set of folksongs, this time American, by Aaron Copland combined with a trio favorite, “’Cross the Wide Missouri.” Named for its location in downtown Concord, the Music School’s Musicians of Wall Street concerts showcase the talents of its 55 artist teachers.
Tickets are $12 for adults and $8 for students and seniors, and may be purchased in advance by calling 228-1196. For more information about the Music School, visit the website at http://www.ccmusicschool.org.
Peggo Horstmann Hodes, soprano, holds master’s degrees in Elementary Education from Lesley College and Vocal Pedagogy from the New England Conservatory. Peggo has been soloist with the New Hampshire Symphony, the Granite State Symphony, the Concord Chorale and the Musicians of Wall Street. In recital, she has premiered works written for her by William Fletcher and Thomas Oboe Lee. Horstmann Hodes is a founding member of femme m’amie, the seven-woman a cappella ensemble, which has recorded two highly acclaimed CDs. She is also half of the duo Peggo & Paul, the New Hampshire recording artists who have gained an international reputation for their original family recordings, two of which won Parents’ Choice Awards. Horstmann Hodes teaches a workshop called Vibrant Voice, which combines creative singing and writing to free the voice and soul. She has led workshops in Hawaii, California, New York, Maine, and at the Music School, where she is a member of the voice faculty.
Jennifer Yeaton-Parris, flute, received her bachelor of arts in Music History and her bachelor of music in flute from the University of New Hampshire, summa *** laude. She received her master of music in performance from Boston University and has been a member of the Phi Kappa Phi honor society since 1988. She has performed with the New Hampshire Music Festival, Granite State Orchestra, the Concord and Manchester Choral Societies, the Cornell Festival Orchestra, the Bach Festival and the Tamworth Arts Council. In addition to orchestral playing, Yeaton-Parris has performed numerous solo recitals, including performances on the Vaughn Recital Series at Dartmouth College, the Cornell University Summer Series and other venues throughout the New England area.
Calvin Herst, piano, received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees magna *** laude in piano performance from Ithaca College, along with the Dalcroze Eurhythmics Teaching License. He has also studied conducting extensively, including a summer at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria. He performs frequently as a collaborative pianist. In addition to his favorite pastime of accompanying students and faculty on stage at the Music School, he has appeared in concert at the Kennedy Center, the Philadelphia Academy of Music, and throughout the People’s Republic of China in a 1996 concert tour. His most recent recording is with Peggo Horstmann Hodes on her Summer Nights CD. He has been a member of the faculty of the Ithaca College School of Music, the Community Music Center of Boston, and Buckingham Browne & Nichols School.
Currently Director of Education and Community Partnerships at the Music School, Mr. Herst regularly serves as a guest panelist, speaker, adjudicator and clinician for state and national arts organizations.
Concord Community Music School is a full member of the National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts and is recognized nationally for program innovation and management excellence. Welcoming adults, teens and children of all musical abilities, 55 artist teachers reach more than 33,000 people in four states with educational programs, concerts, workshops and community partnerships. CCMS has received major funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Hearst Foundation, New Hampshire State Council on the Arts, Jane’s Trust, and the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, and is the 2005 recipient of the NH Governor’s Arts Award for Cultural Access Leadership.