Live from Studio Q with Mary Elizabeth Bowden

March 6 @ noon

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Join host Brian Hannah, trumpeter Mary Elizabeth Bowden and composer Vivian Fung for an exciting hour of interviews and stories live in the WQLN studios.

Special guests

Mary Elizabeth Bowden, trumpet

"Splendidly played...Radiant in new repertoire for the trumpet...the title track 'Radiance' shows just how chaste and radiant a piccolo trumpet can be..."

-Gramophone Magazine

Classical Trumpeter and Gold Medal Global Music Award Winner Mary Elizabeth Bowden has been described by Gramophone Magazine as “brilliant” and “radiant in new repertoire for trumpet.” Bowden, a Yamaha Performing Artist, is highly regarded for her artistry and virtuosity as a soloist, and has been praised for the clarity, purity and power of her sound. Bowden released both her second solo album, Rêverie (with the Kassia Ensemble), and her debut album, Radiance (featuring new American works), on Summit Records. She has been featured on MPR’s “New Classical Tracks” with Julie Amacher, which is being aired on NPR stations across the United States.

Vivian Fung, composer

JUNO Award-winning composer Vivian Fung has a unique talent for combining idiosyncratic textures and styles into large-scale works, reflecting her multicultural background.

NPR calls her “one of today’s most eclectic composers.” This is supported by many of her latest works, including ​Humanoid​ for solo cello and prerecorded electronics; ​Clarinet Quintet: Frenetic Memories​, a reflection on her travels to visit minority groups in China’s Yunnan province; ​Earworms​, commissioned by Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra, which musically depicts our diverted attention spans and multi-tasking lives; and ​The Ice Is Talking for solo percussion and electronics​,​​commissioned by the Banff Centre,​​using three ice blocks to illustrate the beauty and fragility of our environment.