Thanks to all who made it out to our second Bellport Church concert. It was made possible by our dear friend Hsuan-Wen, Randy Wong, and most of all, Mark (from the church). We love playing there because of its humble and live acoustics, sunny and large space, friendly environment and the wonderful patrons that it brings in. This concert was also unique because Luna Duo had to switch instruments—no, not between violin and viola although that has crossed our minds—from our own to the piano when we performed our short pieces. It was new and exciting for us, being able to accompany each other on a different instrument. Maybe this will inspire me to practice piano from now on… ;)
Pictures!
Photos by Wen (small appearance made by Yo-Wei)
Here’s to a new look for the hot summer days. We also added a photo gallery section with studio portraits taken by NEC alum and pianist Hannah Shields. This summer has been slow as we each have lots of personal work and travel to be done. Stayed tuned for news for the fall… stay cool :]
Hello all… Thank you again to those you came to our NY debut, and for those that couldn’t make it, we truly appreciate your support and promise that you’ll get to hear us in the near future. We want to extend our thanks to our colleagues who have helped us make our debut a success: to our cellist Kai-Wen Liu and pianist Gloria Shih, we couldn’t have done it without your immense time and effort in making Brahms the highlight of the evening (and still our most favorite piece to play); to our Stony Brook friends who cheered us on all the way from… Stony Brook; Jee-sun Lee & Daniel Lee (music directors of Promise Theatre) who gave us this opportunity to perform at their beautiful venue; and finally Wen and Randy who encouraged us to continue this project. Hopefully our network will grow and we’ll get to play in many different places.
Which bring us to our next point: what are our goals for the time being? As a young group, there is still a lot to do in terms of music-making as well as entrepreneurship. We want to learn as much music as possible and be able to perform under-performed works and educate the public about them. Future works to be studied include Dohnanyi String Trio, Milhaud Sonatina for violin and viola, Porter duo, etc. Anybody have any recommendations of good pieces? We are open to any ideas. Since today’s society is infused with technology, we made sure to snatch a space on the Web. Soon we’ll be on MySpace and Facebook as well. Next on our plate is a debut album that will feature some works from the NY debut as well as new works. Recording will mostly likely take place in Boston along with a concert or two in Boston and surrounding areas. Stay tuned!
