Season 2008-09

MAYA

Biography

MAYA - John Hadfield, percussion Jacqueline Kerrod, harp Sato Moughalian, flute

MAYA, a trio formed in the summer of 2005, offers the uniquely compelling and rhythmically driven combination of flute, harp and percussion, performing classical music, ethnic music, and incorporating improvisations into its performances. The ensemble also has a number of new pieces by established and emerging young composers and well-known artists in the field of world music. MAYA is also creating multi-media works, reflecting the artistic visions of its members, who seek to create a repertoire which mirrors their expanding ideals of beauty in an increasingly connected world.

The term maya has deep roots and diverse meanings around the world. In Hindu philosophy, maya is the divine power which created the cosmos. In Buddhism, maya is the veil of illusion, the transitory appearance of the physical world, and a metaphoric challenge for spiritual aspirants. In the Americas, the Mayan people formed a highly developed culture, whose singular achievements included monumental architecture, agriculture, astronomy, mathematics and a distinct calendrical system. Maya is a term found in the Upanishads, in Vedic and Sanskrit writings -- a richly evocative image in cultures and literatures throughout the East.

Percussionist, John Hadfield enjoys a wide-ranging career in the fields of jazz, world, and contemporary music. This diversity has allowed him to perform with a broad variety of ensembles, including Yo Yo Ma’s Silk Road ensemble, Bang on a Can, The Michael Gordon Band, The rock band Capital M, the Israeli Folk group Anistar, Ethos Percussion Group and the NYC gamelan group Darma Swara. Notable collaborations include performances with Richard Bona, Kenney Werner, Lenny Pickett, Bobby Watson, Jon Faddis, Gil Goldstein, Brad Shepik, Mike Richmond and Eric Friedlander. Mr. Hadfield lives in NYC, is on the Jazz faculty of New York University and most recently toured Asia with his percussion and laptop duo, Yellow Envelope.

Harpist, Jacqueline Kerrod began her life and playing career in Johannesburg, South Africa. There, she was a finalist in the ATKV Forte Music Competition and the Jim Joel Music Prize, two of the most important honors in that country. It was also in South Africa that she was awarded the highest possible scholarship by the Oppenheimer Memorial Trust Foundation. She moved to the United States in 1999 to pursue studies with Nancy Allen at Yale University, where she earned her Master's Degree and Artist Diploma.

Ms. Kerrod appears frequently with orchestras, such as the New York Philharmonic, St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble, Solisti New York, and has performed at the OK Mozart Festival in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. She is a member of Perspectives Ensemble in New York, and has appeared as guest artist with Gotham Chamber Opera Company, and Argento Chamber Ensemble.

The 2006 Norfolk Chamber Music Festival featured Ms Kerrod as soloist with Ransom Wilson and the festival Orchestra in Mozart's Concerto for Flute and Harp. She was the 2001 winner of the Harp Competition of the Aspen Music Festival. In 2006-2007, Ms Kerrod made her debut with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

Sato Moughalian , flutist , appears as a recitalist, soloist, and orchestral musician in New York City. Her festival performances as a chamber musician and soloist have included the Diaghilev Festival (Perm, Russia), Moussem Culturel d'Asilah (Morocco), Festival de Prades (France) - Pablo Casals, Skaneateles Festival, Brooklyn Academy's Next Wave Festival, Lincoln Center Festival, Cape May Music Festival, Adirondack Festival of American Music, Bar Harbor Festival, Music from Salem, Simar Festival, and Mohawk Trails Concerts, ABRAF Festival Internacional in Porto Alegre, Brazil, and the Costa Rica International Chamber Festival. She also has offered masterclasses in such diverse places as Tblisi, Georgia, Beijing, China, Cali, Colombia, and across North America.

Ms. Moughalian performed Bach Sonatas with pianist Diane Walsh for Lincoln Center's Great Performers Bach Festival, as soloist with the National Symphony of Ecuador, the Naumberg Orchestra, Bachannalia, Long Island Philharmonic, Hudson Chamber Symphony, and the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, with which she recorded the Brazilian composer, Osvaldo Lacerda's, Piccolo Concerto and the Alec Wilder, Suite for Flute and Strings for the Helicon label. In 2005, she served as guest principal flute in the Orquestra Sinfonico do Estado São Paulo, Brazil, and had also participated in a five week, 28-concert tour of Brazil, performing and recording 20th and 21st century chamber works of Brazilian composers for SESC. Her recording of the Villa Lobos, Bachianas Brasileiras No. 6, is being released in May, 2007 on the BIS label.
She recorded a solo CD, The Operatic Flute with pianist, Mikael Eliasen, for the MHS label. She has recorded for Sony Classics, Newport Classics, Albany, and New World Records. She is a member of the Quintet of the Americas, American Modern Ensemble and the Cutting Edge Ensemble, and has appeared as guest flutist with numerous groups, including Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Richardson Chamber Players, New York Chamber Ensemble, L'Ensemble, Dorian Quintet, CounterInduction, Essential Music, Amadeus Virtuosi. In 1999, she became a member of the Quintet of the Americas. She serves as solo flute of Gotham Chamber Opera, L'Opera Français de New York, New Philharmonic Orchestra of New Jersey, St. Patrick's Cathedral and the Colonial Symphony. She has been guest principal flute with such groups as American Ballet Theatre, American Symphony Orchestra, Long Island Philharmonic, Westfield Symphony, Stamford Symphony, Queens Symphony, and Philharmonia Virtuosi.

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