Since its inception in 1993, the CORE Ensemble has garnered international recognition for its efforts to commission new works for its unique combination of cello, piano and percussion. Broadening the definition of chamber music, the ensemble has been the catalyst in the creation of several chamber music theatre works weaving narrative and theatre into the chamber music experience.
	Concerts | Chamber Music Theatre | Commissions | Recordings | Acknowledgements
	Tahirah Whittington, Cello | Hugh Hinton, Piano | Michael Parola, Percussion
	CONCERTS
	Concertizing has included nation-wide performances with residencies at Harvard University, the University of Texas at Austin, California State University, Oberlin Conservatory, the University of Oregon, the Daytona, Florida, International Festival, Duncan Theatre/Palm Beach Community College and many other sites. International touring has included the Moscow, Russia, Autumn Festival, the Contrasts International Contemporary Music Festival in the historic city of L’viv, Ukraine and venues in the U.S. and British Virgin Islands.
	CHAMBER MUSIC THEATRE
	Music theatre works include Earth Studies (1996), with music by Martin Brody, commissioned by Palm Beach Community College/Duncan Theatre with major funding from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Charcoal Sketches (1997), Of Ebony Embers-Vignettes of the Harlem Renaissance (1998) commissioned by Palm Beach Community College/Duncan Theatre and the Harid Conservatory, El Mozote (1999) with music by Carlos Sanchez-Guiterrez and Osvaldo Golijov, jointly commissioned by Penn State University, Central Park Summerstage and Duncan Theatre/Palm Beach Community College with support from the Barlow Foundation, Myths of the Subtropics (1999), with music by Michael DeMurga and Kari Juusela, Houdini-Memories of a Conjurer (2000) with music by Judith Shatin.
	COMMISSIONS
	Trio commissions have included Trilogy (1996) by Augusta Read Thomas, and Tsunami (1993) by Dan Welcher; both works were funded by the Chamber Music America Commissioning Program. In 1997 the Ensemble commissioned the Triple Concerto by Pulitzer Prize winning composer Bernard Rands, with support from the Meet the Composer Reader’s Digest Commissioning Program and performances with four orchestras in the United States. Other trios include within a window of resonant light (1998) by Jeffrey Mumford, Cable Ready (1998) by Michael Gandolfi, and Scree (1998) by Donald Crockett, all supported by major grants from Commissioning Music/USA, a project of Meet the Composer.
	RECORDINGS
	CORE Ensemble recordings include Bending the Light, with repertoire by composers Ross Bauer, Peter Lieuwen, Marjorie Merryman, Judith Shatin, Marilyn Shrude and Dan Welcher and A Jazz Set with works by Donald Martino, both on New World Records. The CORE Ensemble are featured as soloists in the Bernard Rands Triple Concerto on a newly released Albany Records recording with the Cleveland Chamber Symphony. Percussionist Michael Parola is also featured on the New World Records release Aequalis with additional commissioned repertoire for cello, piano and percussion.

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