Music Mondays: Akropolis Reed Quintet & Kenneth Overton

Tim Gocklin, oboe
Kari Landry, clarinet
Matt Landry, saxophone
Andrew Koeppe, bass clarinet
Ryan Reynolds, bassoon

Kenneth Overton, baritone 

The recent GRAMMY® Award-winning Akropolis Reed Quintet is “a sonically daring ensemble who specializes in performing new works with charisma and integrity” (BBC Music Magazine). They offer a colorful version of George Gershwin’s classic An American in Paris, as well as the New York Premiere of Harriet Steinke’s lush and atmospheric Mass. Charismatic baritone Kenneth Overton joins for an arrangement of Billie Holiday’s eternal “God Bless the Child.” 

Program
HARRIET STEINKE Mass New York Premiere
BILLIE HOLIDAY, arr. REMY LE BOEUF “God Bless the Child”
 GERSHWIN, arr. RAAF HEKKEMA An American in Paris