Trio Sonoro to Perform Baroque and Contemporary Selections at UW March 7

Trio Sonoro will perform a free, public recital, presented by the University of Wyoming Department of Music, Saturday, March 7, at 7:30 p.m. in the Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts recital hall.

 

Featuring cellists Beth Vanderborgh, Stephanie Flores Guerrero and Leslie Jones, the ensemble will be joined by harpsichordist Soyeon Kang and UW graduate cellist Kiara Sheffield. The program will span from baroque masterpieces to spirited contemporary tango, with custom arrangements by Jones.

 

Founded at the UW Cello Festival, Trio Sonoro’s members share a passion for the infinite possibilities of cello ensemble repertoire and arrangements. They perform music from baroque to contemporary periods and arrange popular music for their ensemble.

 

The program includes Antonio Vivaldi’s “Double Cello Concerto” and selections from Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Goldberg Variations,” alongside Luigi Boccherini’s evocative “Musica notturna delle strade di Madrid.” The second half of the evening shifts toward global and popular influences, featuring the poignant “Song of the Birds,” Gwyneth Walker’s “Journeys for Three Celli,” and a high-energy suite of tangos and Latin classics including “Por una Cabeza and El Choclo.” The concert will conclude with the iconic “Zorba’s Dance.”

 

Vanderborgh is a professor of cello at UW and the principal cellist of the Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra. She is a founding member of the acclaimed Helios Piano Trio and Stanislas Sextet based in France, has toured four continents and has a long list of recordings. Vanderborgh is a member of the Eastern Music Festival’s artist-faculty and is the founder and artistic director of the UW Cello Festival.

 

Flores Guerrero performs regularly with symphonies and orchestras such as the Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra; Wyoming Symphony Orchestra; Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra; Omaha Symphony; Sioux City Symphony Orchestra; and Powder River Symphony. She has toured internationally throughout Europe, Mexico and the United States. In addition to her performance career, she is an arts advocate and is dedicated to teaching music in community programs. Flores Guerrero is the executive director of the UW Cello Festival.

 

Jones is a professor of music at The American College of Greece, where she teaches music history, cello and collaborative performance; she also has served as the music department head and coordinator since 2008. Jones is dedicated to the performance and recording of new music and has performed, toured and recorded with several Greek orchestras and chamber ensembles. Jones also has been a visiting professor at the UW Cello Festival.

 

For more information, call Vanderborgh at (336) 312-7688 or email bvanderb@uwyo.edu.