Con Brio! – Histoire du Nuevo Tango
$25 ($22.50 senior/military, $16 student); $120 VIP table
- Shaughn Dowd, flutes
- Jihoon Chang, clarinets
- Russell Wilson, piano & accordion
- Aaron Clay, double bass
Paquito D'Rivera — Danzón (Memories)
Waldir Azevedo — Brasileirinho
Astor Piazzolla — Adiós Nonino
Astor Piazzolla — Oblivion
Astor Piazzolla — "III. Primavera Porteña" from Las cuatro estaciones porteñas ("The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires")
Flutist Shaughn Dowd of Ensemble Con Brio! takes the audience on a journey through the beautiful and exotic art form of Asto Piazzolla's, Nuevo Tango, a fusion of classical, jazz, and tango music.
About Con Brio!
Con Brio!, formed in 1989, regularly performs throughout the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area. The group's size and repertoire have expanded over the last several years with music ranging from Bach to Bernstein. Praised for their "soothing sounds with a sense of humor as well as style," by Bob Madigan – WTOP's "Man about Town" (retired), performances by Con Brio! are thoroughly modern in style yet completely authentic in spirit, marked by colorful instrumentation and unusual arrangements.
In addition to its private engagements (see “Ensembles“), Con Brio! sponsors and participates in numerous musical events each season including appearances on established recital series such as the Live Arts Maryland "Bach+" Series and the Concerts at St. Anne's "Thursday Series," The Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage, Georgetown’s Grace Church Bach Festival, Church of the Epiphany's "Concert at Noon," and others. Con Brio! was a featured artist at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Soundtracks: Music and Film festival. The Con Brio! Salon Ensemble, which specializes in Viennese and other formal ballroom music, was invited to be the guest performance at the Austrian Embassy in a special Viennese concert celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the American-Austrian Society.
https://musicconbrio.com/About Jihoon Chang, clarinets
https://www.dickinson.edu/site/custom_scripts/dc_faculty_profile_index.php?fac=changj
About Russell Wilson, piano & accordion
Master Sergeant Russell Wilson of Clinton, MD began piano lessons at age 7 and by age 12 began playing hymns for his church. He earned a Bachelor's degree in classical piano performance and a Masters degree in jazz, both from the University of Maryland in College Park. In 2002, while a junior in college, he joined the President's Own U.S. Marine Band where he plays all kinds of music styles on the piano, harpsichord, keyboard, and accordion, in public concerts and private events at the White House and all around Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia. In 2010, Russell won the Carolina Ragtime Competition, and in 2013 he won the World Championship Old Time Piano Playing Contest. He has played aboard the S.S. Norway (a cruise ship), in the Tom Cunningham Orchestra (a swing band), Fresh Air Music (a wedding band), Con Brio (a salon orchestra), and the Alexandria Free Methodist Church Worship Team. He is married to Elizabeth, who teaches their four children, Barnabas, Naomi, Mary, and Lydia at their home in College Park, MD.
https://www.marineband.marines.mil/About/Members/Article/2621487/master-sgt-russell-wilson/