Vento Chiaro is a
wind quintet founded in 1997 at the
Peabody Conservatory of Music in
Baltimore, Maryland
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and now based in the greater
Boston area
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.
History
The quintet was founded in 1997 by flautist Johanna Goldstein at the
Peabody Conservatory of Music in
Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore ( , locally: or ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland, fourth most populous city in the Mid-Atlantic, and the 30th most populous city in the United States with a population of 585,708 in 2020. Baltimore was ...
. It relocated to the Boston area in 1999 when it became the ensemble-in-residence the
Longy School of Music in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Since 2002 it has served on the faculty of the
Boston University Tanglewood Institute's Young Artists Wind Ensemble. In 2008, the ensemble released their debut recording, ''Vento Chiaro: Music for Wind Quintet'' on Ongaku Records.
Members
The current members of Vento Chiaro are:
*Ona Jonaityte (flute)
*Elizabeth England (oboe)
*Chi-Ju Juliet Lai (clarinet)
*Sam Childers (bassoon)
*Anne Howarth (horn)
Awards
*Saunderson Award at the Coleman Chamber Music Competition.
*Silver Medal at the
Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition in 2000.
[Richard Buell, Richard (29 May 2000)]
"Quintet's Daring May Skip Some Detail"
''Boston Globe''. Retrieved 5 October 2011 .
References
External links
Vento Chiaro official websiteAudio: Vento Chiaro in concert from
WGBH Radio
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, Boston
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American instrumental musical groups
1997 establishments in Maryland
Wind quintets
Musical groups established in 1997