BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:iCalendar-Ruby BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Concerts & Performances DESCRIPTION:Merz Trio\nSpecial Virtual Performance \n\nBrigid Coleridge\, v iolin\nJulia Yang\, cello\nLee Dionne\, piano\n\nMerz Trio's spirit animal might best be described as a koala having an argument with itself. Hailing from opposite corners of the globe\, the Trio's members can only agree on t wo things: (1) how to pronounce the word ‘Merz’ in a faux German accent\, a nd (2) that shopping for concert clothes should be classified as a form of torture.\n \n\nThe Trio met in the middle of a snowstorm in NYC in December 2016\; hilariously - and gloriously - we now spend the majority of our liv es together\, rehearsing\, laughing (a lot)\, traveling\, and arguing - usu ally over music and whether Australian English is better than American Engl ish. Together\, we’ve walked onto stages around the world and are humbled t o have been recognized as Winners of the 2019 Concert Artists Guild Competi tion and Gold Medalists of the Fischoff and Chesapeake International Chambe r Music Competitions.\n\n\nBut whether concerts or competitions\, large or small\, the most thrilling thing about all of these experiences is the ener getic communities that have emerged from them. Merz Trio loves to be in com munity with others. We love talking and laughing and getting carried away - in the rehearsal room\, on stage\, after the concert. We understand what w e do as a conversation between ourselves\, the composer\, our audience\, an d the changing world we step into each day. Our name\, Merz\, speaks to thi s: It’s the term coined by German artist and polymath Kurt Schwitters\, who once floor-to-ceiling decorated his parents’ house in Hannover with found objects and insisted that art only occurred in shared spaces. So Merz refer s to connection\, to sharing\, to possibility. And yes\, we’re very glad Sc hwitters didn’t live with us.\n\n\nOur rehearsal room is a noisy fusion of our interests: Music of all varieties\, literature\, theatre\, cooking\, da nce\, running\, unnecessarily snobbish ideas about beverages. We love this messiness. We play in living rooms and large halls\; galleries and schools\ ; black box theaters and crypts. There are very few places we don’t feel at home.\n\nWe also love investigating other people’s messiness. Alongside o ur ‘traditional’ recitals\, we create original inter-disciplinary projects\ , sometimes just with ourselves and our extra-musical interests\, more ofte n with inspiring and generous artists. So far\, we’ve brought our music int o conversation with dancers\, directors\, chefs\, sommeliers\, and graphic designers. Upcoming work features puppeteers\, mime artists and actors. Ev ery time we collaborate\, we understand the music that we play differently .\n\n\nWe are encouraged in our explorations by the New England Conservator y in Boston and its visionary faculty. We’re grateful too\, for other homes around the world: Yellow Barn\, Snape Maltings\, Avaloch Farm Institute\, the Lake Champlain\, Olympic\, and Chesapeake Music Festivals\, and the Fis choff Competition. Not to mention hundreds of welcoming venues and hosts ar ound the US\, Australia and the UK. We’re with Schwitters on this one: Art happens where people are. We hope you'll come along for the ride. DTEND:20201106T010000Z DTSTAMP:20241114T055438Z DTSTART:20201106T000000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Merz Trio (virtual) UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_34916498854181 URL:https://calendar.ohio.edu/event/merz_trio_virtual END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR