Program I

The Tilden Trio violin, cello and piano, one of the Bay Area's most sought after ensembles
In a program of music by Schubert, Dvorak and Ravel

Tilden Trio was formed in 2004 by Juilliard schoolmates, Sarn Oliver (violin), Peter Wyrick (cello) and June Choi Oh (piano) after collaborating for decades in various ensembles, starting in the pre-college days. The North Bay Classical Music wrote; "The Tilden Trio is now one of the Bay Area's most sought after ensembles, and rightfully so. It was a concert one won't soon forget. Šfuture concerts by the trio shouldn't be missed."

This season, Tilden Trio's concerts includes performances in Berkeley Chamber Series, Noe Valley Chamber Series, Sonoma Classical Society, Manteca Kindred Arts, and Oakmont Concert Series, as well as return performances in Dominican Guest Concert Series, Chancellor's Series at University of California, San Francisco and San Franci sco Symphony Symphony Chamber Music Series at Davis Symphony Hall. Past June, the trio was one of the featured artists for the 2007 Music Teacher's Association of California Convention (MTAC) where the trio presented a recital and masterclasses. This April, the trio will appear as soloists in Beethoven's "Triple Concerto" with Diablo Symphony Orchestra at Dean Lesher Theater.

Sarn Oliver, violin, has performed as a soloist with the Dallas Symphony, Shreveport Symphony and Richardson Symphony among others. He joined the San Francisco Symphony in 1993 after serving as Principal Second Violin in the Sacramento Symphony and Concertmaster of the Santa Cruz Symphony. An active composer, his Trio One for two Violins and Viola was premiered at the Chamber Music Series at Davies Symphony Hal in 2005.

Peter Wyrick, is the Associate Principal cellist of the San Francisco Symphony. He was a member of the acclaimed Ridge String Quartet whose recording of the Dvorak Piano Quintet with Rudolf Firkusny on the RCA label won the French Diaposon d'Or and was nominated for the 1993 Grammy Award. He has performed as a soloist with the San Francisco Symphony, the Aspen Chamber Symphony and Kozponti Sinonicus in Budapest, Hungary among others.

June Choi Oh, piano, is a currently a faculty member at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and Dominican University of California, and is a former faculty member of the Manhattan School of Music. She has performed as a soloist with the New Haven Symphony, Aspen Concert Orchestra, Palo Alto Philharmonic and the Filarmonica de Jalisco in Mexico.

For more information on the Tilden Trio visit www.tildentrio.com .

 Program II

New Orleans pianist Tom McDermott
Performing traditional music from New Orleans, Brazil and the Americas

Tom McDermott is one of New Orleans' most respected pianists and composers. He was born in St. Louis in l957 and began piano lessons at age six. By his early teens he was playing ragtime and New Orleans traditional jazz.

After graduating from Washington University with a Masters Degree in Music, Tom moved to New Orleans in l984. In the Crescent City he has pursued a busy career composing, arranging and playing solo piano and with bands. For most of the l990s he performed with the Dukes of Dixieland, playing around the world (and at Carnegie Hall), recording with legends like Danny Barker and releasing albums like the grammy-nominated "Gloryland."

Though best-known for his love of traditional jazz, McDermott has branched out in other areas. He began visiting Brazil in l989, and on his seventh trip in 2004 recorded "Choro do Norte," a mi x of Brazilian choro and New Orleans jazz that received great reviews in the New York Times and Rolling Stone. He co-founded the modern brass band The New Orleans Nightcrawlers, which recorded two albums on the Rounder label while touring four continents. And he wrote the music for the triple-Obie-award winning Off Broadway show Nita and Zita. His work has been touted in the Chicago Tribune, downbeat, the Los Angeles Times and the New Yorker.com.

McDermott's latest recording is a cut on an album of duets by the New Orleans soul legend Irma Thomas, in the company of Norah Jones, Randy Newman and a host of great New Orleans pianists like Dr. John and Ellis Marsalis.