Trio for Clarinet, Bassoon and Piano in E-Flat, Op. 43 || Conradin Kreutzer (1780-1849)
Andante Maestoso-Allegro • Andante grazioso • Rondo. Allegro molto

Trilogy for Oboe (Clarinet), Bassoon and Piano || Gernot Wolfgang (b. 1957)
Go Get It • Another Life • Looking East

Piano Trio in D minor, "Pathetique" || Mikhail Ginka (1804-1857)
Allegro moderato • Scherzo. Vivacissimo • Largo • Allegro con spirito

About the Artists

Bassoonist Judith Farmer has enjoyed a rich and varied career as an orchestra musician, chamber musician, soloist and teacher. Educated at Indiana University and at the Hochschule fuer Musik in Vienna, from 1984 to 1996 she was principal bassoonist of the Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna and performed and toured regularly with the Camerata Academica Salzburg under Sandor Vegh and with numerous chamber music ensembles in Vienna. In 1996 Farmer moved to Los Angeles; since then she has performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the Los Angeles Opera Company and the Long Beach Symphony as well as for major motion pictures. She is currently principal bassoonist of the Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra, a member of the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra and a teacher of bassoon at USC Thornton. An avid chamber musician, her recordings are available on Albany, Ex-House and Orfeo Records.

Pianist Kevin Fitz-Gerald enjoys a versatile performing career as recitalist, orchestra soloist and chamber musician. His concert tours and performances have taken place in major concert halls, universities and concert organizations throughout the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia, South America, the Mediterranean and the Caribbean. Recent orchestral performances have included concerti by Dvorak, Mozart, Beethoven, Prokofiev, Mendelssohn, Rachmaninoff, Stravinsky, Berg and Poulenc. In constant demand as a chamber musician, he has collaborated with internationally renowned artists.He regularly performs two-piano and four-hand recitals with Bernadene Blaha. The Blaha/Fitz-Gerald Duo has performed extensively throughout Canada under the auspices of the “Piano Six” program, the Canada Council Touring Office and the “Cross Country Classics” program. His recordings can be found on the Summit, Quatro Corde, AFCM and GM Records labels.

Michele Zukovsky, adjunct professor, winds and percussion, is principal clarinetist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. She has appeared frequently at the Hollywood Bowl and the Los Angeles Music Center, and she has been a guest soloist with orchestras throughout the world. She toured with Pinchas Zukerman in Australia and, in June 1991, she gave the world premiere of John Williams' Clarinet Concerto with the Boston Pops. Zukovsky performs regularly at the Los Angeles Philharmonic's Chamber Music Society concerts, and she has participated in a number of premieres with the New Music Group series. She collaborates with a number of chamber ensembles, most notably the Angeles Quartet. She has appeared at James Levine's Ravinia Concerts in Alice Tully Hall, Concerts at the Y and the Mostly Mozart Festival and has performed with the Lincoln Center Chamber Players.

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