Peter H. Bloom
Peter H. Bloom (CAS’72) of Somerville, Mass., a flutist, sends news of his recent concerts. In September 2016, he accompanied the Aardvark Jazz Orchestra in opening the band’s 44th season at Scullers Jazz Club in Boston with “North by Northeast,” a new composition by music director Mark Harvey (STH’71, GRS’83). In fall 2016, with mezzo-soprano D’Anna Fortunato and pianist Mary Jane Rupert, Peter performed the premieres of works written for the ensemble by Adrian Childs (University of Georgia) and Beth Wiemann (University of Maine Orono), along with music by American composers Elliott Schwartz, Richard Nelson, and Elizabeth Vercoe (CFA’78). Peter plays flute in Ensemble Aubade, which in November 2016 gave the premiere of “Oxygen Footprint” by Karl Henning in Stamford, N.Y. The ensemble toured Massachusetts, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina, celebrating the centennial of Arnold Bax’s Elegiac Trio (1916) and Debussy’s Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp (which he notes was first performed in Boston in November 1916). Peter also performed the Music of Shakespeare’s Plays with Ensemble Chaconne in many venues throughout 2016, as the world marked the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. Contact Peter at www.americasmusicworks.com.
From the Summer 2017 issue.