Today marks our 19th anniversary as a piano duo! The past year and a half has certainly been a period of disruption due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but it also sparked a burst of renewed creativity for Greg and me, especially in the realm of music videos. Here is a collection of eight new Anderson & Roe music videos, all created in 2020:
Fall For Dance North recording /
I recently did a distanced collaboration with Canadian cellist Arlen Hlusko for [in]verse, a recording project she curated with Fall For Dance North, Toronto’s premier international dance festival. From two different locations, we recorded Edward Elgar’s Salut d’Amour; the recording was then paired with Vanesa Garcia-Ribala Montoya’s reading of Federico García Lorca’s poem “Romance Sonámbulo” by Federico García Lorca. Music- and poetry-lovers, check out this track and the complete album here (available on demand on FFDN’s website until October 25).
Alma Ensemble Interview /
At the end of August I had the pleasure of speaking with the three members of the Virginia-based Alma Ensemble—clarinetist Michelle Smith Johnson, flutist Sarah Wardle Jones, and pianist Erica Sipes—for the season finale of their summer interview series (featuring women in the classical music industry). We discussed music, travel, creativity, inspirations, and life; it was an absolute joy. Thank you, Alma Ensemble!