New Photos!

The Swara Sonora Trio is excited to present our new promo photos! We had a great time at the photo shoot, and then spent the morning sorting through the photos. Below are a couple of shots we chose.




So you want to see them all? Just wait, you will! Special thanks to Ingvi Kallen for taking the time to help us out!

Also, be sure to check the Arizona Daily Star (the printed version if you live in Tucson, or the online version if you live elsewhere). We will be featured, and there will hopefully be a couple more photos in the paper.

Things to do

Actually I've been in Tucson and traveling to nearby places such as Phoenix and Nogales.

Too much focus in different things, not just the trio materials but my concertos and solo recital schedules for the entire year. It's going to be a very busy year, but fun!! Trying to plan for Swara Sonora's upcoming things for the entire year, up until Summer 2010.

I'm attaching some pictures of ISI Yogyakarta's new hall (basically the Yogyakarta Conservatory). The newly built hall is just stunning, beautiful, and can hold 800 + people in it. We will perform there on August 10th, 2009, and then give a masterclass the following morning August 11th at the same hall / venue.

The final countdown!

Well, it is 22 days until we board the plane in Tucson! Then it's on to Los Angeles, Hong Kong, and finally Jarkarta! I don't know about my trio-mates, but I am very excited! However, there is a lot of travel to be done before that happens! Kathryn must travel back from the Oregon Bach Festival in Eugene, OR, where she is currently performing.

I am currently in St. Louis, where I am visiting friends and family and working diligently on my document for my Doctorate. I have also been fortunate to see many wonderful performances while I have been away from Tucson. I saw the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra perform Mahler's 8th Symphony, three productions at Opera Theatre of St. Louis, and two productions at the Muny here in St. Louis. I will also stop by Central City Opera on my way back to Tucson.

Aryo has been in Tucson, but his focus has been on Indonesia, finalizing travel plans with the help of his wonderful mother.

When we are all finally back in Tucson, we will go to work putting the polishing touches for our July 19th concert on the St. Andrews Bach Society Concert Series. Hope we see you all there!

Asia Debut August 7

Our tour schedule is close to settled, and we'll have concerts in Jakarta, Surabaya and Bali. We're also investigating adding a date in Yogyakarta.

Our concert at Erasmus Huis in Jakarta on August 7th will be Swara Sonora's international debut. We're really looking forward to it. This week I designed our posters, flyers, and program booklet for the concert. They're going to be printed for us in Jakarta and the posters plastered around to promote the concert. What do you think of the poster design?

Radio-Arts-Indonesia INTERVIEW

On Wednesday, May 13, 2009, we Swara Sonora Trio were interviewed live by Radio-Arts-Indonesia. It's an online radio based in the UK and US, but operated by Charles Dean Conrad and his lovely wife, Tinette Soekardjo in Jakarta, Indonesia. They interviewed us online, through the internet. It was such a fun experience!!

Charles Conrad is the older brother of Robert Conrad, of WCLV Radio Cleveland and Cleveland Institute of Music. To listen to the entire interview, please visit our website (we post it there to be listened at all times) at this link: http://www.swarasonora.com/raiinterview.html

This interview will be broadcasted several times until Swara Sonora Trio's arrival in Indonesia in August 2009. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, Charles and Tinette!!

La Zarzuela Inn Benefit Concert - Broadway!!

Yaay!! I am proud to say that this concert was a successful event. It was well attended, and our programs of mixing up the classics with ligther repertoire (broadway musicals) worked very well. Thank you to Canelo Hills Winery (http://www.canelohillswinery.com/) and also our generous host La Zarzuela Inn (http://www.zarzuela-az.com/) to make this Saturday afternoon a very delightful and memorable event.

Great food, great wine, and great company (thank you audience!!)

We hope to see you all soon in our next concert, which is July 19th, at the St. Andrews Bach Society Concert. That will be our last concert before embarking to Indonesia!

Vila Jarrel from Vila Thai (http://www.vilathai.com/) also came to our event. She is a sponsor of the arts in Tucson and we are glad to have her presence.

Performing Around Town

The Swara Sonora Trio has been busy! Besides all the travel planning and fundraising (which is going very well -- over $1400 raised from our 100 Friends campaign alone!), we've been keeping up our performing chops by singing and playing all over Tucson. Last Friday we performed at a lovely evening of music and wine, a benefit event for Casa Mariposa. The event was an elegant, dressy occasion, and gave us a chance to dress up a little less formally than we usually do for performances. Check us out!