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Deborah Gilwood
Tel.: 413-259-1720

BLUE DOOR CHAMBER MUSIC AT THE PROVINCETOWN ART ASSOCIATION AND MUSEUM

On Thursday, August 19, 2010 at 7:00 PM, Blue Door Chamber Music will be presenting its second summer concert at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum. Collaborating with Blue Door's Artistic Directors, cellist Arthur Cook and pianist Deborah Gilwood, will be violinist Amy Kimball. They will perform Martinu’s Duo for Violin and Cello, Debussy’s Sonata for Violin and Piano, and Schubert’s incomparable Trio in Bb.

Deborah Gilwood and Arthur Cook founded Blue Door Chamber Music at the Provincetown Art Association in 1999. In 1985, they formed their collaboration in 1985 with performances and recordings that have captivated audiences ever since. The Newark Star-Ledger noted that 'one marveled at their delicate yet taut reading, flawlessly paced...They gave ample demonstration of technical strength, musical intelligence, expressive power, and open ears." They have performed on many chamber music series at venues including Princeton University, the New School, and Lincoln Center. Their CD, Censored by Hitler: the Rediscovered Masterpieces, has garnered favorable reviews both here and abroad.

Amy Kimball is based in New York City and enjoys a varied freelance career. She is a regular performer with the Symphony Orchestras of Princeton, NJ, Albany, NY and Key West, FL, and has played with many new music groups in New York, including S.E.M. Ensemble, North/South Consonance, SONOS Chamber Orchestra and the contemporary dance troupe, dre.dance. Amy and cellist Arthur Cook are members of The Beehive, an ensemble that performed new music by composer Debra Kaye this year at the Howland Cultural Center in Beacon, NY, St. Peter’s Church in New York City, and on the TV show “Minding Your Business”.
 Amy has appeared in concert with numerous pop, rock and jazz artists such as Michael Buble, Diana Krall, Hall & Oates, Ray LaMontagne, Josh Groban, The Killers, and Rachael Yamagata. In May she played in a string quartet with Pearl Jam at Madison Square Garden.  As one of the Creme Tangerine Strings, she has performed throughout the U.S. for the past 9 years with the star-studded Beatles tribute band, The Fab Faux.

Amy can be heard on the recent release by David Byrne and Fatboy Slim, “Here Lies Love” as well as on Byrne’s score for the HBO show “Big Love”.  Other recent studio work includes Turkish jazz artist Fahir Atakoglu, LCD Soundsystem, Hem, and Flight of the Conchords. She has served in the orchestras for multiple Broadway shows in addition to national and European touring musical theater productions. Television experience includes Saturday Night Live, The Late Show With David Letterman, Late Night With Conan O'Brien and Rachael Ray.

Originally from New Hampshire, Amy attended the New England Conservatory Prep and graduated from Oberlin Conservatory. She has studied violin with Valerie Vilker, Marilyn McDonald, Diane Monroe, Syoko Aki, Yuri Mazurkevich and Lewis Kaplan.

Admission to the concert is $15. The Provincetown Art Association and Museum is located at 460 Commercial Street, Provincetown, MA. For more information, please call 508-487-1750 or visit www.bluedoorchambermusic.org.