MotherLoad
Tasha Warren
Dave Eggar
FOR YOUR
GRAMMY® CONSIDERATION
Best Contemporary Instrumental Record
Best Instrumental Composition
Love is Born; MotherLoad; Quintet for Two
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Dika Chartoff: Suspiro
Best American Roots Performance
Martha Redbone, Dave Eggar, Tasha Warren:
I am Too from the Womb
“Tasha Warren and Dave Eggar's MotherLoad brings together a stunning collection of contemporary lullaby-inspired works” … “Wonderfully hypnotic” and “compellingly moving” ★★★★★
- BBC Music Magazine
“MotherLoad and Love Is Born are my two favorites on an album that is filled with great music.”
— Cultural Attaché
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A lullaby is a song passed across generations, offering comfort, reassurance, and care. MotherLoad represents a collective catharsis, responding to the lullabies of childhood and the experience of becoming a parent through new works by seven mothers. Featuring new compositions by Norah Jones and Pete Remm, Jessica Rose Weiss, Dika Chartoff, Martha Redbone, Anne Drummond, Priya Darshini, and Tasha Warren, this album presents inspired “lullabies” shaped by each artist’s personal journey. Brought to life through the pairing of cello and clarinet/bass clarinet, performed by Dave Eggar and Tasha Warren, these works transform the lullaby into a shared act of reflection, offering solace not only to children but to those caring for the present and future world.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
TASHA WARREN is a two-time Grammy-nominated clarinetist/bass clarinetist and international performer who has premiered well over 100 works worldwide and recorded with several major labels. She is Assistant Professor of Chamber Music at Michigan State University and a member of American Modern Ensemble, Lansing Symphony and Jackson Symphony Orchestra. A dedicated educator, she has implemented study abroad programs in Spain, India and Israel, and chamber music programs with the Jacksonville Symphony Youth Orchestra, the University of Virginia, and the Musical Arts Youth Orchestra. She has served on the faculties of Louisiana State University and University of Virginia, and has adjudicated numerous national and international competitions, including Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, Henri Selmer Paris International Competition, International Clarinet Association Young Artists, Xi’an Clarinet Competition, China. Warren is a Selmer-Paris Concert Artist and performs on a Selmer Privilege Bass Clarinet.
DAVE EGGAR is a seven-time Grammy nominee and Independent Music Award winner. He has performed throughout the world as a solo cellist, pianist, and composer, including featured appearances as soloist at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, Sydney Opera House, Barbican Center London, Tokyo Blue Note, The Hollywood Bowl and many others. He has appeared as a featured soloist with the Thailand Philharmonic, The Sydney Symphony, the Melbourne Symphony, the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic. A virtuoso in classical music, jazz, and rock, he has performed, recorded, and arranged for artists such as Foreigner, Evanescence, Norah Jones, Paul Simon, Frank Ocean, Breaking Benjamin, Esperanza Spalding, Lindsey Stirling, Judy Collins, Michael Brecker, James Taylor and many others. He is a graduate of Harvard University and the Juilliard School.
