The Trio

 

Pianist Rosabel Choi’s approach to the study of music is enriched by a broad educational background, and she maintains a versatile interest in writing, composition, and literature. Her exploration of music has moved towards gathering the elements of her music training to create an identity that reflects the many cultural streams that resonate deeply within. From hiphop to minimalism to tango and Bach, Rosabel’s work is constantly in search of relevance in creating unexpected ways to communicate to audiences.

During studies in Oberlin and Calgary, she received numerous top awards, including the Dean’s Talent award, Rudolph Serkin scholarship, Austrian-Canadian Mozart Competition, Kiwanis Rose Bowl, University of Calgary Open Scholarship, and the Roslyn McCowan Award. After her graduate degree, Rosabel was an artist-in-residence at the Banff Centre in Canada, where she collaborated and studied with artists from across North America and the world including the St. Lawrence String Quartet, Anton Kuerti and Henk Guittart. She has performed extensively as a soloist and chamber musician throughout North America, including Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Ohio, NYC, California and Arizona.

Rosabel is an active performer as the pianist in the Mash Potangos. She recently performed with The Silver Line trio, for their Arizona tour. Rosabel completed a winter residency at the Banff Centre with the Mash Potangos, an ensemble that draws from the passion and desire of tango and other Latin American forms to create inter-arts performances. There they prepared a recording release and an upcoming show in Montreal. Rosabel is currently a doctoral student at Arizona State University, studying piano with Dr. Kwang-Wu Kim. She has recently given masterclasses at Arizona State University and Augustana College at the University of Alberta.

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Bassist Jake K. Leckie embraces a wide variety of music from around the world.  Native of Boston, he studied with John Lockwood and Ken Cook, and attended the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore where he was under the guidance of Michael Formanek and the faculty of The Peabody Conservatory.  He continued his education at the Banff Centre for the Arts in Alberta, and with the McGill Baroque Orchestra in Montreal.
Jake has made music with a diverse array of artists, including Susan Alcorn, Lyn Taitt, Ran Blake, George Garzone, Matana Roberts, Jens Lindemann, Eva Castillo, MacGregor Burns, Dolphin & The Airmath, Eli Keszler, Eli “Paperboy” Reed, Jon Davis, Vivienne Deane, Rakiem Walker Experience, the Kalmunity collective, several orchestras, and music ministries of Baptist churches in the Bronx and Baltimore.  He has participated in residencies at The Banff Centre for the Arts in Alberta, The Silver Lake Conference Center in Connecticut, The Sucre Jazz Lounge in Brooklyn, and L’Escalier in Montreal. He has played on the stages of SOBs NY, Symphony Space NY, Barbes NY, Roulette NY, Upstairs MTL, Jamboree Barcelona, Black Sheep Ottawa, Red Room Baltimore, Knitting Factory NY, The Middle East Boston, Bethlehem Muzikfest, Montreal Jazz Festival, Baltimore Jazz and Blues Festival, The All Good Festival, The Federal Hill Festival, and Canada Music Week.
Via Barcelona, Banff, Montreal, and Brooklyn, Jake currently resides in Baltimore, MD.  He can be heard on numerous recordings as a sideman, and runs his production company, The Organic Sound Lab.

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Elisse Kleiner is a flautist from Melbourne, Australia. She studied with Jaime Martin and Paul Edmund-Davies at the Royal College of Music in London, UK, graduating in 2007 with first class Honours. She toured three times with the Jeunesses Musicales World Orchestra – to Spain, Cyprus, Holland, Austria and Germany with performances at the Vienna Konzerthaus, Berliner Philharmoniker and Palau de la Música in Valencia.
Elisse has performed, taught, lived and breathed music across the UK, Australia, Spain and North America. She is actively involved in the Classical Revolution movement – an international conspiracy designed to surprise and delight people across the world through the power of classical music, with chamber music performances in unusual spaces – cafes, pubs, galleries, warehouses, etc. Elisse participated in the Fall 2008 Creative Residency at the Banff Centre and has since continued international collaborations with the wonderful musicians that she met there.
Childhood music education is one of Elisse’s deep passions. She has been involved in a broad range of educational projects in England, Spain, Australia, Canada, North America and South America. In 2010, she travelled to Venezuela to study El Sistema – the “system” which uses childhood musical education as a tool for social change – that is currently transforming the country. Elisse continues her involvement in El Sistema through a similar project – Crashendo, in Australia.