Windswept Trio Brings Beautiful Music
to Willowtail Springs
The Windswept Trio glided into Willowtail on March 27, bringing upbeat and playful wind music to the La Plata Mountains. Rochelle Mann (flute), Denise Turner (bassoon), and Rebecca Ray (oboe), all long-time principal players from the San Juan Symphony, spent six glorious days immersed in nature, receiving inspiration from the mountains, birds, and water and being soothed by the peace and tranquility surrounding them. Their week was enhanced by nature walks, shared cooking and eating experiences, and forming deeply meaningful connections over music.
From reed making to rehearsing to arranging to performing on April 1 in the Tree House, they spent valuable time refining music they are preparing for four concerts -- May 11 at the Turquoise Raven Gallery in Cortez, May 12 at St. Mark's in Durango as part of 3rd Ave Arts, and May 13 & 14 in New Mexico.
The May program, which Windswept previewed at Willowtail, will include:
Johann Christoph Schultze: Ouvertüre (Suite) No.1
Gary Schocker: Three’s a Crowd
Stella Sung: Suite Ancienne
Scott Joplin: Peacherine Rag (featured in the video clip below)
Sebastián Yradier: La Paloma (The Dove)
Zsolt Gárdonyi: Three Rondos
Solo performances by each musician
Hear a sneak peek of the May Windswept Trio concerts HERE.
We hope they come back to Willowtail again very soon!
Willowtail Springs is located on Diné Bí Kéyah, traditional Navajo land, near the escarpment of the northern sacred mountain, Dibé Ntsaa. It is also part of the open range of the Ute people, now living on the Ute Mountain Ute and Southern Ute Tribal Allotment reservations to the southwest and southeast. Additionally, Mesa Verde and the surrounding lands in Montezuma County and the Four Corners Region were occupied by the Ancestral Puebloan People a thousand years ago. We honor the past, present, and future indigenous people residing in this region and recognize them as long standing stewards of this land, amplifying our work by their historical presence and their living contributions to land preservation efforts across this region.
