Synergy performs Eric Ewazen's Palisades Suite (A Trio for Our Time) 에릭 이와젠

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This video was featured virtually at The 2021 Convention of The Music Teachers Association of California.

I. of Beauty
II. of Anguish 4:45
III. of Hope 9:06

Eric Ewazen (b. 1954) is an American composer and teacher. He studied composition under Samuel Adler, Milton Babbitt, and Eugene Kurtz at The Juilliard School. He has been on the faculty of The Juilliard School since 1980, and has been a lecturer for the New York Philharmonic's Musical Encounters Series.

Palisades Suite was written in 2007 for the Palisades Virtuosi. Ewazen originally started to compose this work as a four movement description of the seasons: however, the work came to describe the journey through the seasons of life. The composers own descriptions of the movements follow:
“Of beauty…where melodies excitingly sparkle with life and energy and the wonder of life is a joy to behold, as the instruments playfully toss those melodies throughout the ensemble as they skip and leap”
“Of Anguish…. where sorrow shifts abruptly to anguished, dramatic cries to the Heavens--as the ensemble tosses the melodies around now with intense passion, anger and desperation. Cascades of emotion erupt as if a sudden storm has engulfed our world…”
“Of hope… where feelings of hope, renewal, rebirth are felt as the lines become purely lyrical, soft, gentle and caressing, as the piano supplies a buoyant support--life endures--the world endures--we go on in this wondrous journey with hope, resolution...and a heartfelt peace. “

Formed in 2018 out of a mutual love for chamber music, Cynthia Ellis, flute, David Chang, clarinet and Jung-A Lee, piano are Synergy. Both David and Cynthia are musicians with the Pacific Symphony Orchestra, and Jung-A Lee frequently performs with the symphony at the Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall on organ, harpsichord and piano.

Cynthia Ellis has been a member of the award winning trio Les Amis Musicalles, winner of the National Flute Association Chamber Music competition in 2000. She has recorded several CD’s of chamber music on the Centaur Label. You may read more at http://www.cindyellisflute.com

David Chang has studied at USC, the Curtis Institute of Music and Temple University where he received his Master of Music degree. He has performed with the Pittsburgh Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, and National Symphony and toured Japan performing chamber music with principals of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.

Jung-A Lee received her DMA from Boston University and in addition to serving on the faculties of Vanguard University and Biola University has given recitals in churches and concert halls all over the world including Germany, France, Italy, United Kingdom, Hungary, Canada, and South Korea. Please visit her website at http://www.musicmissioninternational.org

Sheet Music:
Theodore Presser Company

Recording Venue:
The Charlie and Ling Zhang Orchestra Hall
Borland-Manske Center, Concordia University
Irvine, CA, USA

Videographer:
Paul Harkins

Photo:
Prasad Photography

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