Trio Séléné:  (Mingzhe Wang, clarinet;  Eli Lara, cello;  Ilya Poletaev, piano)  –  Trio Selene aspires to bring the highest expression and understanding to the music it performs.

This recording has it all – a great band, exuberant vocalist and a superb guest artist all performing great tunes arranged in a refreshing and exciting manner. Cole Porter unwittingly provided jazz artists with wonderful material for creative expression in so many forms. His music attracts audiences on multiple levels, and continues to provide musicians and listeners alike with a seemingly infinite number of melodic purposes and possibilities yet to be discovered. In this recording, a talented ensemble pays a fitting tribute to the man and the music.

A fresh, innovative, energized, and varied program of contemporary/modern jazz is found on POINT OF GRACE by the Pete BarenBregge-Frank Russo Group.

American classical music has finally taken a sharp turn for the better – back towards tonality, accessibility and immediacy. Daniel Asia is one of the composers who has his hands on the wheel. He’s an important new voice and Breath in a Ram’s Horn is the best possible way to find out what his fresh and engaging music is all about. -Terry Teachout

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Principal Flutist of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Emily Skala distinguished herself with affiliations to six major US orchestras within only five years of graduation from the Eastman School of Music. She has performed professionally with the Rochester Philharmonic, San Diego Symphony, North Carolina Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony and the Minnesota Orchestra all before joining the BSO in 1988. She has been a faculty member at the Peabody Conservatory of Music since 1989. As a performer, Emily Skala has been described by critics as imaginative and extraordinarily talented, possessing a beautiful, powerful sound, a lyrical eloquence of phrase, a brilliant technique and a virtuoso’s confidence; “a genuine charmer with unimpeachable musical taste”. She can be heard on many BSO recordings and her own debut solo CD (Summit Records) playing the Brahms Sonatas, Op. 120 and the Schubert Variations.

Jim Self is a Los Angeles free-lance musician. Since l974 he has worked for all the major Hollywood studios performing for over 1500 motion pictures and hundreds of television shows and records. His solos in major films include John William’s scores to Jurassic Park, Home Alone I&II, Hook and was the “Voice of the Mothership” from Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Other solos can be heard in James Horner’s Casper and Batteries Not Included, Marc Shaiman’s Sleepless in Seattle and in Jerry Goldsmith’s score to Dennis the Menace. Recent films include Wall-E, Troy, Lemony Snicket, The Legend of Zorro, War of the Worlds, King Kong, Indiana Jones 4, Princess and the Frog, Valentines Day and Avatar. Upcoming films include Tin Tin, Toy Story 3, Cats and Dogs 2 and The Last Airbinder.

A fresh, innovative, energized, and varied program of contemporary/modern jazz is found on POINT OF GRACE by the Pete BarenBregge-Frank Russo Group.

This recording has it all – a great band, exuberant vocalist and a superb guest artist all performing great tunes arranged in a refreshing and exciting manner. Cole Porter unwittingly provided jazz artists with wonderful material for creative expression in so many forms. His music attracts audiences on multiple levels, and continues to provide musicians and listeners alike with a seemingly infinite number of melodic purposes and possibilities yet to be discovered. In this recording, a talented ensemble pays a fitting tribute to the man and the music.

Trio Séléné:  (Mingzhe Wang, clarinet;  Eli Lara, cello;  Ilya Poletaev, piano)  –  Trio Selene aspires to bring the highest expression and understanding to the music it performs.

Trio Séléné:  (Mingzhe Wang, clarinet;  Eli Lara, cello;  Ilya Poletaev, piano)  –  Trio Selene aspires to bring the highest expression and understanding to the music it performs.