The Black Cedar Trio
Copyright 2011 Kris Palmer, DMA
The Black Cedar Trio is devoted to the performance and creation of chamber music for flute, cello, and guitar. They apply this unique
mix to a wide range of repertoire, including Renaissance love songs and dances, Baroque trio sonatas, Appalachian folk songs, and
world premieres by living composers. They are particularly interested in promoting new chamber music coming out of Asia, such as the
music of Cambodia's Chinary Ung, China's Lei Liang, and Thailand's Narongrit Dhamabutra.
Recent appearances include Trinity Chamber Concerts in Berkeley, Noontime Concerts in San Francisco, the Deep Valley Chamber Music Series in Ukiah, Last Fridays @ Pro Arts in Oakland, Tangents Contemporary Guitar Series in San Francisco, Second Fridays @ Arlington in Kensington, Seventh Avenue Performances in San Francisco, and concerts at San Jose State University. They appear this summer at the Davis Art Center and Berkeley's Subterranean Art House.
Flutist, Kris Palmer is a second prize winner in the National Flute Association's Young Artist Competition, a Carnegie Hall Recital Debut winner with Artists International, and a first prize winner in the Carmel Chamber Music Society Competition. Her solo album, Versailles, features her own arrangements of music from the French Baroque, and she is the author of Ornamentation According to CPE Bach & JJ Quantz. Kris holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts from Rice University, and she is a former member of the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra.
Cellist, Nancy Kim is a tenured member of the Monterey Symphony Orchestra. She holds a Bachelor of Music from Oberlin College in Ohio and a Master of Music from the Manhattan School of Music.
Guitartist, Steve Lin is a winner of the Boston GuitarFest Competition, winner of the East Carolina Guitar Competition, and finalist in the Taiwan International Guitar Competition. His albums, Eliot Fisk Series Volumn 1 and Imagen, are available from VGo Recordings. Steve earned a Master of Music from the Yale School of Music, and he is completing his Doctorate of Musical Arts from the New England Conservatory of Music under Eliot Fisk. Steve is also a founding member of the Boston Guitar Project.
Recent appearances include Trinity Chamber Concerts in Berkeley, Noontime Concerts in San Francisco, the Deep Valley Chamber Music Series in Ukiah, Last Fridays @ Pro Arts in Oakland, Tangents Contemporary Guitar Series in San Francisco, Second Fridays @ Arlington in Kensington, Seventh Avenue Performances in San Francisco, and concerts at San Jose State University. They appear this summer at the Davis Art Center and Berkeley's Subterranean Art House.
Flutist, Kris Palmer is a second prize winner in the National Flute Association's Young Artist Competition, a Carnegie Hall Recital Debut winner with Artists International, and a first prize winner in the Carmel Chamber Music Society Competition. Her solo album, Versailles, features her own arrangements of music from the French Baroque, and she is the author of Ornamentation According to CPE Bach & JJ Quantz. Kris holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts from Rice University, and she is a former member of the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra.
Cellist, Nancy Kim is a tenured member of the Monterey Symphony Orchestra. She holds a Bachelor of Music from Oberlin College in Ohio and a Master of Music from the Manhattan School of Music.
Guitartist, Steve Lin is a winner of the Boston GuitarFest Competition, winner of the East Carolina Guitar Competition, and finalist in the Taiwan International Guitar Competition. His albums, Eliot Fisk Series Volumn 1 and Imagen, are available from VGo Recordings. Steve earned a Master of Music from the Yale School of Music, and he is completing his Doctorate of Musical Arts from the New England Conservatory of Music under Eliot Fisk. Steve is also a founding member of the Boston Guitar Project.
Kris Palmer, Flute
Nancy Kim, Cello
Steve Lin, Guitar
Nancy Kim, Cello
Steve Lin, Guitar
"Something special is stirring in our
backyard...an intimate friendly
audience sits in the dim light,
experiencing new, exciting, and
deeply personal music performed
with mastery....Lin demonstrates
comfortable execution of sustained
fast fretwork. They perform
beautifully together: perfect
synchronization of subtle rhythms
and phrases."
- South Bay Guitar Society
"They bring a solid academic foundation to their performances...Black Cedar brought their historically-informed performance talents to the Noontime Concerts recital series at Old St. Mary's Cathedral...Palmer performed Blavet's Sonata on her wood flute, taking advantage of its period-appropriate sonorities under the control of a modern key system. Lin provided the continuo with similar period-appropriate sensitivity...The overall result was a delightful introduction to early repertoire, presented with historically-informed performances on modern instruments." - The San Francisco Examiner
- South Bay Guitar Society
"They bring a solid academic foundation to their performances...Black Cedar brought their historically-informed performance talents to the Noontime Concerts recital series at Old St. Mary's Cathedral...Palmer performed Blavet's Sonata on her wood flute, taking advantage of its period-appropriate sonorities under the control of a modern key system. Lin provided the continuo with similar period-appropriate sensitivity...The overall result was a delightful introduction to early repertoire, presented with historically-informed performances on modern instruments." - The San Francisco Examiner
Updates:
Black Cedar concludes its Spring 2013 concert series with a family concert and instrument petting zoo at the Silican Valley School of Classical Guitar on
Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 7:30PM, 247 South Mathilda Avenue in Sunnyvale.
Tickets are $15 for adults, and children 12 and under receive free admission.
Read the San Francisco Examiner's review of their recent appearance
at Noontime Concerts.
The Black Cedar Trio prepares for its Summer 2013 Series with contemporary music from Cambodia, China, Japan, Korea, and New Zealand.
Black Cedar concludes its Spring 2013 concert series with a family concert and instrument petting zoo at the Silican Valley School of Classical Guitar on
Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 7:30PM, 247 South Mathilda Avenue in Sunnyvale.
Tickets are $15 for adults, and children 12 and under receive free admission.
Read the San Francisco Examiner's review of their recent appearance
at Noontime Concerts.
The Black Cedar Trio prepares for its Summer 2013 Series with contemporary music from Cambodia, China, Japan, Korea, and New Zealand.