Moorestown Trio To Perform Virtual Concert This Fall

MOORESTOWN, NJ — A longtime favorite of Moorestown audiences will perform for the West Jersey Chamber Music Society this fall. Members of the Arcadian Trio will perform for the society on Oct. 18, 7:30 p.m. “A Lively Conversation: Beethoven, Ravel, and de Falla” will be a free livestream event.

This will be the first event of its kind for the society, and the first live event the society will present. It will present works by Beethoven, Ravel, and de Falla alongside introductory commentary. The live video broadcast will be available at concert time at WJCMS.org.

Pianist Diane Goldsmith and cellist Vivian Barton Dozor, members of the Arcadian Trio, are joined by narrator Ivan Woods, who introduces the audience to the musical selections with historical context and commentary.

The program begins with Ludwig van Beethoven’s Sonata No. 3 in A Major, continuing the 250th-birthday celebrations of the composer.

Goldsmith performs selections for solo piano by Impressionist master Maurice Ravel, including his virtuosic Jeux d’eau. The program concludes with an arrangement of Manuel de Falla’s “Siete canciones populares Españolas, which explores the pleasures and pain of love through popular Spanish folk tunes reworked for the concert hall. There will be no intermission.

It will be the first concert of the West Jersey Chamber Music Society’s 2020-21 season. The podcast allows for expanded community access to the concert while ensuring appropriate social distancing for audiences and performers.

“Musicians thrive on the opportunity to share their music with others, and we’ve seen firsthand the joy it brings to music lovers,” Music Director Joel Krott said. “We will continue this beloved tradition, whether virtually or in-person and we invite our community to help us nurture this important relationship.”

Additional season programs will be announced throughout the year as state and local health recommendations allow.

The Arcadian Trio enjoys a longtime association with WJCMS and is beloved by local audiences. Its members regularly perform in recital and as part of WJCMS’s Chamber Orchestra.

Dozor is principal cello with the West Jersey Chamber Orchestra, the Academy of Vocal Arts orchestra, and VoxAmaDeus; and assistant principal cello with the Opera Philadelphia orchestra. A graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, she has appeared with such distinguished artists as Yehudi Menuhin, Alexander Schneider, and Felix Galimir; and has performed with the Marlboro Music Festival, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Brandenburg Ensemble, and Santa Fe Opera.

Goldsmith maintains a busy schedule as a soloist, chamber musician, and vocal accompanist. She studied privately with renowned pianist Gary Graffman and holds a master’s degree from the Manhattan School of Music. She also studied art song, opera, and chamber music at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara. She has been a classical and jazz music critic and arts editor at major newspapers and a staff accompanist at Westminster Choir College.

Woods has appeared several times on WJCMS’s Conversation Pieces series. As a singer, he has been featured at the dedication of the Paul Robeson Center for the Arts in Princeton; and has sung with the Virginia Opera, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus, and the Philadelphia Singers. He appears regularly as a member of the vocal trio Follow the Drinking Gourd.

To learn more about the West Jersey Chamber Music Society, visit WJCMS.org.