Riot With Three to Present FROM CARNEGIE HALL TO BRIDGE STREET, 8/22

Classical chamber trio Riot With Three will present "From Carnegie Hall to Bridge Street". Soprano Alison Davy, classical saxophonist Javier Oviedo, and pianist Gene Rohrer are a dynamic trio who will present a musical journey through life's highs and lows, its joys and sorrows.

This program includes French and American music, juxtaposing the lush music of Francis Poulenc and Paule Maurice with the simple elegance of songs by American composer Ernst Bacon. The humorous touch of Lee Hoiby contrasts with the intensity of songs set to poems written by Jewish children in Germany in World War II by Lori Laitman. Song texts draw from writings of Emily Dickinson, Dorothy Parker and Thornton Wilder.

The concert is on Saturday, August 22, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. General Admission is $15, $10 for Students and Seniors, and reservations are suggested: (518) 943-3818 or online at BridgeSt.org. Bridge Street Theatre is located at 44 West Bridge Street in the Village of Catskill and ample free parking is available in the Catskill High School parking lot directly behind the theater building.

The members of Riot With Three are devoted to engaging audiences throughout their varied and lively programs. The ensemble's combined résumé lists some of the nation's most prestigious concert venues including Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center and The White House as well as venues throughout Europe and Asia. Together the trio has had great successes at New York's DiMenna Center for Classical Music, the Kingston Festival of the Arts, and NYC's Ethical Culture Society concert series.

Alison Davy, soprano, was praised in July, 2015 by the East Hampton Star for her "unflawed mix of power, range, tone, litheness, and articulation", soprano ALISON DAVY has appeared in opera and oratorio both nationally and internationally. She has performed with, among others, Washington National Opera, Handel Choir of Baltimore, Centro Musica Antica in Italy, Parma Symphony Orchestra and the Choral Arts Society of Washington, D.C. outreach program. Ms. Davy was also featured as a guest artist at Lincoln Center's Bruno Walter Auditorium, singing Spohr's Sechs Deutsche Lieder and was selected to perform at the White House for President and Mrs. Clinton. This season Ms. Davy sings Schubert's soprano showpiece "Der Hirt auf dem Felsen" with the prestigious Phoenix Ensemble in Manhattan, Deirdre in the world premiere of Richard Pearson Thomas' A Wake or a Wedding with Encompass New Opera Theatre; Britten's Les Illuminations with East Bay Chamber Orchestra in San Francisco and Haydn's "Creation" with the Choral Society of the Hamptons.

Javier Oviedo, classical saxophonist, one of the brightest soloists of the classical saxophone world, Javier Oviedo is acclaimed for his lustrous tone, passionate musicianship, and formidable technique. The Classical Saxophone Project (CSP) (classicalsaxproject.org) is his non-profit group that works tirelessly to present the saxophone as a unique, versatile, exciting classical instrument. His continuing research has helped introduce the rich tradition of musical composition for the entire saxophone family. Along with these older works, he has commissioned and premiered a dozen new pieces, both in the United States and abroad. Mr. Oviedo has performed to great praise in many cities across the country and around the world, from China to Latin American to many cities in Eastern and Western Europe, including Paris, Barcelona, the Republic of Moldova, and in the Russian Federation. He has appeared with the New Jersey Symphony, the Austin Symphony, the Chattanooga Symphony, L'Orchestre Lamoureux, L'Orchestre à cordes d'Ariège in France, and both National Philharmonics of Moldova and Russia in Oryol.

Eugene Rohrer, pianist, is a graduate of The Manhattan School of Music and Occidental College in Los Angeles. He was seen and heard, both in New York City and Chicago, as an actor/singer/pianist in the role of Galileo in The Top Ten People Of The Millennium Sing Their Favorite Schubert Lieder by Alec Duffy. He has sung numerous Gilbert and Sullivan roles with The Light Opera of Manhattan when that company was New York City's primary source for operetta. He has toured as pianist with baritones Saverio Barbieri and James Billings of the New York City Opera, the Festival of Song Quartet (playing all four hands of the Liebeslieder Waltzes) and was a member the acclaimed Gregg Smith Singers. He teaches voice and piano in New York City at the Brooklyn Youth Chorus Academy and the Turtle Bay Music School.

Bridge Street Theatre is a new performance space just 2 hours north of Manhattan and 40 minutes south of Albany in the Village of Catskill, NY. John Sowle and Steven Patterson of the award-winning theatre troupe Kaliyuga Arts (kaliyuga.com) purchased an old warehouse building near downtown Catskill in November of 2013 and are in the process of converting it into a year-round performing arts complex. They completed conversion of the "Speakeasy" (cum Lobby) in the new space in May 2014, where musical events and play readings are currently presented. bridgest.org

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