GroupMuse Concert and Premiere
May
27
7:00 PM19:00

GroupMuse Concert and Premiere

Please enjoy an evening with us as we play works, some commissioned especially for NorthStar Duo and others transcribed for our instrumentation in line with our work to champion works for winds.

Register and RSVP at http://grpm.us/5_aYfA

Hovory by Karl Reiner
You Save One Life, You Save The World Entire by Aaron Jay Myers
Study for Flute and Sop. Sax by Buck McDaniel ***PREMIERE***
Duo for Flute and Oboe by Alberto Ginastera
Duo for Flute and Clarinet by Robert Muczynski

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Stronger Together - GroupMuse Concert
Mar
25
7:00 PM19:00

Stronger Together - GroupMuse Concert

Welcome to NorthStar's next groupmuse! The evening will consist of works across the diaspora of the western classical tradition, including works by two composers commissioned by NorthStar Duo. We welcome you to commune with us and celebrate the product of music when cooperation and community are integral to its manifestation.

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Program

-Lift Every Voice and Sing arr. Anthony R. Green
-Duo for Flute and Oboe, arr Seychelle Dunn-Corbin
-Duo for Flute and Oboe, arr Seychelle Dunn-Corbin
-Duos for Flute and Clarinet, arr Seychelle Dunn-Corbin
-Duo, Josef Fiala
-The Sky is Green, Liz Gilenas
-Spirituals for Wind Duo, Anthony R. Green

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Aug
21
12:30 PM12:30

NorthStar Duo in the Courtyard

Join us for an online concert in spirit of our annual Concerts in the Courtyard series. We will be streaming this performance to our YouTube page.

Saxophonist Seychelle Dunn-Corbin and Flutist Adrienne Baker came together to form Northstar Duo in February 2016, both passionate about works for winds and accessibility to audiences and musicians alike.

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Apr
11
5:30 PM17:30

Adrienne Baker - Artist Diploma Recital

  • Montclair State Univeristy John J Cali School of Music (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

For the completion of her post graduate Performance Diploma at the Montclair State University John J Cali School of Music, Adrienne will present an evening of works for flute solo. Works to be presented will include:

Sonata by Lowell Libermann
Sonata in E Minor by JS Bach
Mountain and Mesa by Katherine Hoover
Originally arrangements and compositions by Adrienne Baker

Adrienne is a student of Wendy Stern

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Seychelle D Corbin - DMA Prepared Recital
Mar
3
8:30 PM20:30

Seychelle D Corbin - DMA Prepared Recital

  • Boston University School of Music (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Enjoy an evening of music with influenced by jazz and popular styles of music including funk, swing, and gospel. Collaborators include Lucia del Guerzo on piano and Adrienne Baker on flute. Program is as follows:
San Antonio by John Harbison
Sonata for Soprano Saxophone and Piano by Bill Dobbins
*intermission*
Spirituals for Wind Duo by Anthony Green
Sonatina for Baritone Saxophone an Piano by Andrew Horwitz

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Aug
5
3:00 PM15:00

Area 9 and NorthStar at the Metropolitan Playhouse!

From the Metropolitan Playhouse Website:

PROGRAM
The Holberg Suite by Edvard Grieg 1884
The Gift of Life by Jeff Scott 2013
Saxophone Quartet by Edgar David Grana 1985
Danza Española by Manuel de Falla 1905

The Area 9 Quartet is thrilled to be making its seventh appearance at Metropolitan Playhouse.

The ensemble is especially pleased to feature piccoloist Adrienne Baker as a part of the August concert.

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Jul
27
12:30 PM12:30

Area 9 and NorthStar at the Boston Public Library

In addition to NorthStar Duo, Seychelle Dunn-Corbin also divides her performance schedule with Area 9, a groovy saxophone quartet based in Boston. On July 27th at 12:30 PM, Area 9 will be performing with Adrienne Baker as their guest to perform Jeff Scott's Gift of Life.

More information can be found on the Boston Public Library Website

 

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Jul
8
4:00 PM16:00

NorthStar at the Boston Sculptors Gallery

The Second Sunday Concert Series at Boston Sculptors Gallery presents a monthly collaboration with Boston area musicians, programmed by Music Director Aaron Jay Myers. The musicians are often inspired by the sculpture on display and perform interactive works in response to it. All events are free and open to the public and donations directly support the musicians.

NorthStar Duo:
Adrienne Baker - flutes
Seychelle Corbin - saxophones

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Mar
10
8:00 AM08:00

Presenters at the 2018 NASA Conference

Seychelle, with her quartet Area 9, will be presenting two pieces at the North American Saxophone Alliance in Cincinnati. Adrienne will be playing piccolo with the quartet on Gift of Life, composed by Jeff Scott.

About Area 9:

The Area 9 Quartet is a Boston-based ensemble dedicated to exploring the rich, diverse and ever growing chamber music repertoire for saxophone. Recent performances have included works by Bach, Debussy, Glazunov and Vaughan Williams, as well as compositions by Sidney Bechet, Paul McCartney, Freddie Mercury and Herbie Hancock. Area 9 is also proud to have commissioned and debuted new works by contemporary composers, including Jun Feng’s “Somehow, Tango”, performed at the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, MA in 2015, and Michael Kosch’s “Castle in the Air”, which Area 9 premiered at the Metropolitan Playhouse in NYC in December of 2016. 

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