Claremont Trio

Saturday, Nov. 10 - 7:30 p.m.

The award-winning Claremont Trio — twin sisters Emily Bruskin on violin and Julia Bruskin on cello, with Donna Kwong on piano — form a trio that one critic described as “the freshest breath of air in the world of chamber music today.”
The trio chronicle their life on the road in a blog. Here’s an excerpt from the start of their tour in August from New York City to Nashville.

”Showed up at LaGuardia (some of us earlier than others ... nice to have a sister to breathlessly call from a stalled-out bus who will print your boarding passes and wait for you at the security line).
Scheduled to board at 7 p.m.
7:05 p.m. – Flight cancelled.
7:15 p.m. – All flights that evening to Nashville, Memphis, St. Louis, Atlanta, and Charlotte cancelled due to heavy thunderstorms.
7:15 p.m. – Airline rebooks us on a flight the next day arriving an hour after our showcase performance time.
7:30 p.m. – Call Avis, National, Dollar, Enterprise, and Thrifty LaGuardia locations – no cars.
7:40 p.m. – Miraculously, Hertz has a car.
7:45 p.m. – American Airlines promises to refund the outgoing half of our tickets without cancelling the return tickets (update ... 3 have been refunded, cello ticket refund is pending "review").
7:50 p.m. – Get in line at Hertz (Friday night with tons of cancelled flights).
8:40 p.m. – Start driving. Enough Diet Coke and country music (yeah, TN radio...) to last a year.
11:10 a.m. – Stop driving. Nap, eat, rehearse, perform.
Life on the road.

Check out the rest of their tour and Julia’s passion for practicing while watching baseball on TV at their blog:
http://claremontontour.blogspot.com/

Download Claremont recordings: http://claremonttrio.com/recordings/

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