Evergreen & Oak Trio Performance at Lady Hill Winery
$25 ($20 Lady Hill Wine Club Members, $15 student)
- Rose Bishop, flute
- Lisa Neher, mezzo-soprano
- Abbie Brewer, piano
Sabrina Peña Young — Theme for Young Love
Leslie Uyeda — Stations of Angels
Gwyneth Walker — Rhythms from the North Country
Lisa Neher — She Conjures
Lisa Neher — Seal Mother
Evergreen & Oak's Fall 2023 program is a combination of trios, duets, and solos,including: Bentley Roses (Jennifer Higdon), Theme for Young Love (Sabrina Pena Young), Stations of Angels (Leslie Uyeda), Rhythms from the North Country (Gwyneth Walker) and Neher's own song cycle She Conjures and solo for alto flute Seal Mother.
About Evergreen and Oak Trio
Evergreen & Oak is a chamber music trio dedicated to sharing the music of living composers, particularly women, with audiences in engaging, intimate, and memorable performances. Our ensemble consists of Rose Bishop (she/her), flute, Dr. Abbie Brewer (she/her), piano, and Dr. Lisa Neher (she/her), mezzo-soprano and composer.
https://www.lisanehermusic.com/evergreenandoak.htmlAbout Rose Bishop, flute
Rose Bishop is Instructor of Flute at St. Ambrose University, Coe College, Cornell College, and Kirkwood Community College. She serves as Principal Flute of the Southeast Iowa and Quincy Symphony Orchestras, Acting Second Flute with the Dubuque Symphony, and has performed with many others throughout the Midwest.
Bishop has appeared as a guest soloist with several ensembles, including numerous university and municipal bands in the USA, England, France, Switzerland, Austria,Germany, and Belgium, in addition to enjoying various guest artist residencies at universities throughout the nation. Bishop has performed, lectured, and presented at events including the National Flute Association and Kansas Wesleyan International Music Festival, to name a couple.
Bishop is the Flute Faculty and Founder of the Eastern Iowa Flute Workshop is amember of the National Flute Associations Career and Artistic Development Committee and co-author of A Flutists Guide to the Voxman Etudes. Her solo debut album, Diversions, was released September, 2022.
https://www.rosebishopflute.com/About Lisa Neher, mezzo-soprano
About Abbie Brewer, piano
Dr. Abbie Brewer is a pianist, teacher, and travel enthusiast based in Cedar Rapids, IA. She began studying the piano at the age of 8 in Nebraska. After moving to Iowa in junior high, she began exploring collaborative performance by accompanying her junior high choir. Active involvement in music throughout high school led her to pursue a degree in music education. As a student at Wartburg College, Abbie continued to accompany and began teaching piano to elementary students in the Tower School of Music. Her first teaching position took her to southern California where she also earned her masters degree from Azusa Pacific University. She returned to Iowa for her doctoral studies at the University of Iowa, and continued to teach piano and perform collaboratively, taking advantage of chamber music opportunities in Bulgaria and Italy.
Currently, Abbie teaches courses in piano, music theory, and music history at Coe College. She performs with Durward contemporary music ensemble, the Coe College Concert Choir, and is in demand as a pianist in the Cedar Rapids area. Abbie has been praised for her thoughtful playing as well as for her confident, direct approach to teaching.
https://www.abbiebrewermusic.com/