Crossroads: Music of America IV

The fusion of musical styles and influences is a favorite approach amongst composers for centuries. Villa-Lobos, Bartok, Bernstein, and even Beethoven have found themselves inspired by and utilizing aspects of various folk and popular music in their works. Brazil, Trinidad, France, and America collide in this latest program from the Cleveland Chamber Collective. On the program you will hear a range of works from selections from the Brazilian Choro repertory to the avant garde. The Collective brings together some of today’s top performers and specialists in Jazz and Brazilian music to share these exhilarating pieces including, from North Carolina via California flutist Rebecca Kleinmann, from Brazil now based in New York, pianist Vitor Gonçalves, Cleveland’s own Aidan Plank on bass, and the Collective’s Dylan Moffitt on percussion.