January 11, 2015 at 1:30pm @ Kootenay Gallery of Art
Duo 51
Rebecca MacLeod of Nelson and Sophie Baird-Daniel of Seattle, together Duo 51, have been heard concertizing as a harp and violin duo around the Greater Toronto Area for the past two years. Their dynamic partnership began two years ago when Ms. MacLeod and Ms. Baird-Daniel were both Artist Diploma students at the Royal Conservatory of Music’s Glenn Gould School. An instant friendship and musical collaboration quickly led to many performances throughout Toronto. Duo 51 has since been invited to perform at the Canadian Opera Company’s concert series at the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre and at the Stratford Music Festival. They have also performed at the Capitol Theatre in Nelson, BC and were recently featured by the American Harp Society at the Heliconian Hall in Toronto. Duo 51 takes its name from the combination of the forty-seven strings of the harp and the four strings of the violin. Coincidentally, both Ms. MacLeod and Ms. Baird-Daniel reach an astounding five foot one in height. Duo 51 will be performing an exciting program of music from around the world. From the traditional German work of Louis Spohr’s Variations on the Magic Flute to the flashy, contemporary, latin dance grooves of Venezuelan-American Ricardo Lorenz’s Jaromiluna, to the meditative and serene Estonian composer Arvo Part’s Fratres, there is sure to be something for everyone!
The Kootenay Gallery is happy to present Duo 51 in its third concert in the TD Canada Trust 2014-2015 series at the Kootenay Gallery on Sunday, January 11h at 1:30pm