WEBSTER TRIO RELEASES - WORLD WIDE WEBSTER

Recorded in 2002 in Stude Concert Hall at the Shepherd School of Music, The Webster Trio releases a new CD of works that were transcribed from piano, four hands for flute, clarinet and piano by Michael Webster. The CD is being sold through Crystal Records, Inc.

The CD is dedicated to the memory of Leonard Buyse (March 9. 1914-May 1, 2002), devoted father, educator, and supporter of the arts. Works on the recording are the Slavonic Dances of Antonin Dvorak (1841-1902), the Petite Suite of Claude Debussy (1862-1918), the Hungarian Dances of Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), and four works by Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-1869).

The Webster Trio was founded in 1988 by Michael Webster and Leone Buyse in order to expand and promote the repertoire for flute, clarinet, and piano through commissions, transcriptions, and research. The trio's pianist is Robert Moeling; other previous collaborative pianists have been the legendary Beveridge Webster, Michael's late father and a long-time member of the Juilliard School faculty, pianist-composer Martin Amlin of Boston University, and University of Michigan faculty member Katherine Collier