Comprised of flutist Caroline Sonett, violist Adam Paul Cordle and harpist Rosanna Moore, Trio Alexander met as graduate students at the Eastman School of Music. Trio Alexander has been featured by the new music collective OSSIA and the Cornell Contemporary Chamber Players and maintains an active role in commissioning, premiering and presenting new works. Their repertoire includes the works of Claude Debussy, Kaija Saariaho, Jacques Ibert, Alan Rawsthorne, Leo Smit, and D.J. Sparr. In Spring 2016, they will present a set of three world premieres by Eastman composers. Trio Alexander seeks to present works for the flute-viola-harp trio in a new light by not only performing standard repertoire, but commissioning new works from a range of composers and transcribing their own arrangements and delving into improvisation and non-notated media, such as jazz and folk music.

 

Aside from performance, the trio is invested in scholarly research with regards to performance issues and repertoire for the ensemble. In particular, they are interested in the implications of theatrical and gestural elements in interpretation and perception.

 

Trio Alexander has worked primarily with Kathleen Bride, with additional coachings by Bonita Boyd, Carol Rodland and Phillip Ying. In November 2015, they were selected to participate in a masterclass presented by Kim Kashkashian, violist of Tre Voci. The trio will perform in July in Bath, England, as part of the Performance Studies Network Conference.