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DESCRIPTION:

A time of music and storytelling for all ages, this program presented by the local voice-cello-piano trio Tre Terra features children’s songs and adapted choral and instrumental works inspired by classic children’s books.

The centerpiece is a composition by Mark Fish based on Munro Leaf’s The Story of Ferdinand, about a peace-loving bull from Spain. Other selections include a setting by Eric Whitacre of Margaret Wise Brown’s Goodnight Moon, “I Bought Me a Cat” by Aaron Copland, “Aquarela” (Portuguese for “watercolor”) by Toquinho, and other fun, silly songs in Spanish, Portuguese, and English. Some songs invite audience participation.

The program is about 60 minutes. Light refreshments will be provided.

ABOUT THE PERFORMERS:

The musical trio Tre Terra is made up of soprano Alexa Cripe, cellist Irma Field-Cripe, and pianist Adriana Schueckler. Blending classical and popular styles, their programs feature songs in the performers’ native languages of Spanish and Portuguese, embracing their international backgrounds (Field-Cripe is Costa Rican, and Schueckler, Brazilian). In addition to collaborating musically in the Washington, DC, area, the three are also active solo performers and educators.

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