Eastwind Consort

The combination of flute, clarinet and bassoon, a unique woodwind
ensemble, has repertoire dating back to the Classical period.
Parisian composers in the early twentieth century particularly
to the genre; Americans and composers from other countries
contributed thereafter. Works adapted from other instrumentations
complement the existing trio repertoire.

Eastwind Consort, a well-established Washington, D.C. trio, has
performed to critical acclaim throughout the Washington metropolitan
area, including radio broadcast and sold-out live concert appearances.

The members of Eastwind Consort are Sara Stern ("Made one want to cheer!";
-New York Times), solo flutist with the 20th Century Consort, James Bryla
("Bryla had it all; faultless intonation, superior musicianship and virtuosic technique."
- The Washington Post), winner of numerous solo clarinet competitions, including
the National Symphony Orchestra Young Soloist Competition, and bassoonist
Eric Dircksen ("deftly and briskly passed over arpeggios" - The Washington Post),
participant in music festivals in the United States and abroad, including Aspen and Spoleto.

Contact Eastwind Consort for a free demo tape or for more information.

Critical Reviews

"The ensemble performed superbly … an effective esprit de corps" - Bob Waters, The Washington Post, April 26, 1993

"… bright, festive lines played with fluency and a sense of pure joy." - Joseph McLellan, The Washington Post, November 9, 1995

"Walter Ross' Sonatina [was] dispatched with pinpoint accuracy by Eastwind Consort members Sara Stern and Eric Dircksen … James Bryla lavished golden tone and a pensive beauty on this dry, scattershot little work [John Stephens' Inventions for Clarinet], and made light of its technical difficulties." - Joe Banno, The Washington Post, September 30, 1997

"such sensibly gauged phrasing, such a relaxed sense of musical conversation... clarity, concentration and handsome tone" - Joe Banno, The Washington Post, July 11, 2003

Repertoire
French Classical
Ignace Joseph Pleyel (1757-1831)
François Devienne (1759-1803)
André-Frédéric Eler (1764-1821)
François-René Gebauer (1773-1845)

German Romantic
Caspar Kummer (1795-1870)

French Twentieth Century
Louis Durey (1888-1979)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Georges Auric (1899-1983)
Jean Françaix (1912-1997)
Eugene Bozza
Pierre-Max Dubois
Desiré Dondeyne

American Twentieth Century
Walter Piston (1894-1976)
Robert Russell Bennett (1894-1981)
Lamar Stringfield (1897-1959)
Robert Washburn (b. 1928)
Robert Muczynski (b. 1929)
Phillip Glass (b. 1937)