Ourself Behind Ourself, Concealed
Tasha Warren, Dave Eggar
FOR YOUR GRAMMY® CONSIDERATION
Best Instrumental Composition
African Tales by Paquito D’Rivera
Best Instrumental Composition
Snapshots by Pascal Le Boeuf
ABOUT
Tasha Warren (bass clarinet/clarinet) and Dave Eggar (cello) present world premieres of chamber works by six of today's most dynamic and influential composers, Nathalie Joachim, Paquito D'Rivera, Meg Okura, Martha Redbone, Pascal Le Boeuf, and Cornelius Boots. As the world simultaneously stood still and transformed across the globe, these six pieces came into the world during the pandemic lockdown in 2020/2021, each emerging as a reflection of our complex global landscape. From the Far East to the Haitian Caribbean, to the plains of Africa journeying through Cuba to New York, tales whisper and weave to form a beautiful and poignant collision of genres. These stunning new works come to life on the contemporary classical music stage by way of the shape-shifting, chameleon-like natures of these two complementary instruments. The result is an explosion of beauty, power, joy, ecstasy, isolation, and unity; uniquely inspired by personal narrative, identity, and the time in which they were written.
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TASHA WARREN
Tasha Warren, avid teacher and international performer, has premiered well over one hundred solo clarinet and chamber works throughout the US, Europe, China, South Korea, and India. She has recorded with Innova, Alba, and SCI Records, Crystal, and Centaur Records. Her solo CD, The Naked Clarinet (Crystal Records), has hailed praise in reviews from International Record Review, Fanfare Magazine, The Clarinet Magazine, and others. Her most recent recording chamber works featuring clarinet and strings, Black Lines, was released by Centaur Records in 2016.
DAVE EGGAR
Five time Grammy nominee Dave Eggar has appeared as a featured solo performer at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, Barbican Center London, the Sydney Opera House, Aspen Music Festival, Lincoln Center and many others. A Graduate of Harvard University and the Juilliard School , Mr. Eggar has recorded, performed and arranged with artists such as Evanescence, Lindsey Stirling, Frank Ocean, Judy Collins, Tony Bennett, Paul Simon, Joshua Bell, Rene Fleming, Kathleen Battle, Five For Fighting and Foreigner. A founding member of the FLUX quartet, Mr Eggar has premiered over 100 works of contemporary music including works by Conlon Nancarrow, Harry Partch, Sir Harrison Birtwhistle , Morton Feldman and many others. He has won awards from SONY classical Records Time Magazine and Ascap for his work in contemporary music .
