Thursday, June 4th at 7:30 PM
Please join us for our first "First Thursdays" concert of the summer! It will be a mix of music from across several centuries, for flute, clarinet and piano, presented by Boston-area musicians. See below for more information about the program and players.
| Brandy Blakely, flute | Meghan Kerley, clarinet | Joseph Turbessi, piano |
Program
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Sonata for clarinet and piano, op. 167
- Allegretto
- Allegro animato
- Lento
- Molto Allegro
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Fantasia for solo flute
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor
- Polonaise
- Badinerie
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Six Studies in English Folksong
- Adagio
- Andante sostenuto
- Larghetto
- Lento
- Andante tranquillo
- Allegro vivace
Pause
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Syrinx
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
- Allegro tristamente: Allegretto
- Romanza: Très calme
- Allegro con fuoco: Très animé
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)
Scaramouche
- Brazileira
About the performers
Brandy Blakely is a freelance musician in the Boston area. She frequently performs in solo concerts, chamber concerts, and in local orchestras. Blakely began playing the flute in the fifth grade at the age of 10 to escape piano practice. She received a Master of Music in flute performance from the Boston Conservatory in 2007. She also has a Bachelor of Music from the University of California Santa Cruz. She has participated in master classes with Leone Buyse, Wendy Mehne, and Claudia Anderson. She currently studies flute with Ann Bobo, and piccolo with Cindy Meyers.
Meghan Kerley was born and raised in New England. As a young child she studied violin and clarinet but decided to pursue clarinet as her career because of its versatility and beautiful tone. Kerley studied clarinet at Boston University on a performance scholarship with Ian Greitzer and also studied bass clarinet with Craig Nordstrom. After graduating from Boston University, Kerley worked as an EMT and taught clarinet and saxophone lessons while she attended Northeastern University, where she became a paramedic. In 2008 Mrs. Kerley graduated from Boston Conservatory with a Master of Music in clarinet performance. Kerley is an active orchestral, chamber, and solo player and lives in Burlington, Massachusetts with her husband Chris, and daughter Ciara.
Joseph Turbessi originally comes from Western Michigan; he has received degrees in piano performance from Hope College and the Boston Conservatory. He is active in the Boston area as a pianist, organist, chamber musician, and accompanist. Turbessi currently serves as staff accompanist at the Boston Conservatory, accompanist to the Boston Conservatory Women's Chorus and the MIT Concert Chorus, and sings in Coro Allegro. As a member of Juventas, a Boston ensemble specializing in the works of young composers, Turbessi has helped premier a number of chamber works. In April 2008, Turbessi performed for composer William Bolcom, receiving praise from the composer for his performance of Cabaret Songs.
Turbessi is also an accomplished organist and studied with Dr. Huw Lewis of Hope College. He currently serves as organist to First Congregational Church of Somerville and is a member of the American Guild of Organists. Turbessi lives in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.