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Indigo Trio share music

By Murray Green

Indigo Trio is set to share their music of the spirit and resilience of the Canadian West, and features traditional Métis and Danish folk tunes on May 1 at 3 p.m..

The trio of Jessie Ramsay on violin, John Sellick on viola and Alyssa Ramsay on cello will provide some interesting music at the Bailey Theatre.

“It’s amazing getting to play live music again. I’ve always loved performing, and spending a good two years practicing in my basement just doesn’t have the same level of fulfillment. It’s so wonderful to see the smiling faces of the audience, and feel the energy from them. Even though it can be nervewracking to be in front of audiences, it’s just so wonderful to share this music and connect with people again,” said Alyssa.

Indigo Trio was created during the down time of the pandemic last year. “We haven’t had all that many opportunities to perform live. We spent a good bit of time exploring music written for string trio, arranging music for string trio and we curated a program that encompasses classical music, fiddle tunes, and a little bit of folk music as well. We can’t wait to perform all of this music,” explained Alyssa.

“On a rather exciting note, Métis composer, Karen Sunabacka, just finished writing a piece for us this past March. Not only will we be performing pieces that we love, we get to perform a brand new piece by a composer from the prairies who grew up listening to fiddle tunes, as many of us did. Most of the music we play is by composers who are no longer with us, so to have a piece that was written specifically for us by a living composer is quite special,” said an excited Alyssa.

“Being able to perform in Camrose, in such a legendary establishment with such wonderful history, is an honour, and we couldn’t be more excited. Honestly, playing for small crowds is what chamber music was created for–it’s an intimate sharing of music, so it’s actually what we prefer to do. We love seeing the reactions of the audience to the music we play, connecting with them and hopefully meeting many of them after the concert. It will be a good chance to find out if our way of incorporating fiddle music and classical music is as enjoyable as we hope,” Alyssa said.

“I have a few favourites to play. My current favourite piece to perform is the ‘Jean Cras Trio.’ The music is really evocative, bringing to mind all sorts of imagery of the landscape Cras likely saw on his journeys (he was a naval officer). Our violist, John, has a couple of good stories of memories it brings up for him. I also love performing ‘Sekstur from Vendsyssel: The Peat Dance,’ which I believe is a Danish fiddle tune. It’s such a sunny, joyful tune and it’s one of the first pieces we ever learned together,” shared Alyssa.

“I would dare to say John’s arrangement of ‘Old Man’ by Neil Young is a fan favourite. Classic song, great arrangement–what more can one ask for? Well, there are some songs and pieces that you just like right from the first listen and others that you build a relationship with over time, which end up being one’s favourite. Most people will already have that relationship with ‘Old Man’ so they can listen to it with an air of nostalgia, perhaps thinking back to when they first discovered the song. Hopefully the ‘Jean Cras Trio’ will become one of their favourites, a piece they come back to and love the more they listen to it,” she added.

“We’ve been together for a good year now, so much of our musical evolution is still taking place. We began almost on a whim, while Jessie was in Germany, and John and I were in Winnipeg. We were passionate about finding music we love that would be accessible to those who don’t typically listen to classical music, and to bring it to more rural communities that may have a smaller classical music scene than, say, Calgary or Edmonton,” concluded Alyssa.

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