Rite of Spring 100

100 years ago today, The Rite of Spring, Igor Stravinsky's revolutionary masterwork, had its legendary, riot-ridden premiere in Paris. Anderson & Roe are paying tribute to the timeless power and resonance of this work with a sprawling music video project of the entire 35-minute composition. Here is the opening episode (of ten):

And here is the official trailer:

Stay tuned for forthcoming installments, every other Wednesday, on YouTube.

Winter Recap / Spring Forward

After a very busy winter of concerts and travels across the US (see highlights below), the Anderson & Roe Piano Duo will return to its proverbial roots, with performances in the duo's "birthplace" of New York City and also in Hartford (the midway point between Elizabeth and Greg's former residences in Northampton and New Haven, respectively). They will perform in the Hartford Symphony Orchestra's subscription series May 9-12, with Elizabeth featured in Gershwin's classic Jazz Age paean to New York, Rhapsody in Blue. The following week, the A&R Duo will appear in a special event for the Young Patrons of Lincoln Center.

HIGHLIGHTS OF JANUARY - APRIL:

Meeting and performing with jazz legends in Miami:Elizabeth Joy Roe with Bobby McFerrin, backstage at the Adrienne Arsht Center

Mentoring talented high school and college students at YoungArts Week in Miami:

Elizabeth Joy Roe with music fellows at YoungArts Week

Performing with Trio Ariadne at a Green Music Center gala in Sonoma for an audience that included Yo-Yo Ma, Nancy Pelosi, Clive Gillinson, and Sandy Weill:
Elizabeth Joy Roe, Nancy Pelosi, and Saeunn Thorsteinsdottir

Duo residency at Lawrence University that included a recital, private lessons, master class, lecture, and talks

Trying out composer Albert Glinsky's theremin (with questionable success) in Erie, PA

Giving the finale concert at the MTNA National Conference at Disneyland:

Elizabeth and Greg with (topiary) Mickey and Minnie

Releasing the Anderson & Roe Duos and Duets Series, as well as a new edition of Busoni's Duettino Concertante, under Alfred Music Publishing:

Alfred's new edition of "Duettino Concertante," edited by Anderson & Roe

Returning as performers and emcees at the Fifth Juilliard in Aiken Festival:

A+R Duo, Joye Cottage ballroom (photo by Brent Cline)

Performing at the Palm Beach Opera Guild luncheon at the lavish Mar-a-Lago ballroom

Appearing in Keyboard Magazine's tribute to the late piano legend Van Cliburn

Receiving a private tour of the Talladega Superspeedway with TSS chairman Grant Lynch:

A+R at the Talladega Superspeedway's Victory Lane

Presenting and performing at the EG7 Conference (A+R's fourth time!) :

A+R presenting at EG7 (photo by Chris Holmes)

A+R performing at EG7 (photo by Chris Holmes)EJR EG7 portrait (photo by Asa Mathat)

Revisiting New Mexico—and the Mozart Two-Piano Concerto—with conductor Oriol Sans and the Santa Fe Symphony

Extensive film shoots for A+R's most ambitious music video yet; here's a sneak peek:

Screenshot ©2013, Anderson & Roe Piano Duo

More excitement yet to come ... watch this space!

Weill Hall Artists-in-Residence at SSU

Elizabeth and her Trio Ariadne colleagues, Carol McGonnell and Sæunn Thorsteinsdottir, have been officially named Artists-in-Residence at Sonoma State University in a new program launched by SSU's Green Music Center and Carnegie Hall. They performed at a reception honoring Yo-Yo Ma on January 26; for more information, read the press release here, as well as this blurb in the San Francisco Chronicle.

Jazz in Miami

Tomorrow night (Friday, January 11 at 8:30 PM) Elizabeth appears at the Adrienne Arsht Center in Miami, alongside legends of the jazz world, including Bobby Mcferrin, Chick Corea, Shelly Berg, Terence Blanchard, Dave Brusin, and Mark O'Connor, in a program celebrating the intersection between jazz and classical music. As a representative of the "classical" genre (and the sole female soloist), Elizabeth will be featured in Shelly Berg's sweeping suite for classical/jazz piano and orchestra, Incandescent, Iridescent, Effervescent; a duet of Gershwin's timeless classic, The Man I Love; a classical/jazz version of CPE Bach's Solfeggietto; and a rousing finale based on Deodato's funky reworking of Strauss' Also Sprach Zarathustra, with all the artists, supported by the Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra, sharing the stage. 

This special event is part of the 32nd annual YoungArts Week, and it is the first-ever collaboration among four major Miami arts institutions: the Adrienne Arsht Center, the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music, Larry Rosen's Jazz Roots, and the National YoungArts Foundation (of which Elizabeth is an alum, as a winner of the 2000 YoungArts Week auditions). Music lovers in Miami: this will be a spectacular show ... don't miss it!

Viva La Vida!

In the festive spirit of the holiday season, here is a new Anderson & Roe music video, featuring Coldplay's beloved hit "Viva La Vida":