Performance Overview

The Black Mountain Trio takes audiences on a spectacular journey through three works of passionate and brooding lyricism. Two classic selections, Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 1, no. 3 and Antonín Dvořák’s Piano Trio in F minor, Op. 65, bookend Grabriela Lena Frank’s “Four Folk Songs for Piano Trio.” Frank’s contemporary compositions are known for blending Latin American music traditions with classical forms. The Black Mountain Trio features UNCSA faculty members Dmitri Vorobiev, piano; Kevin Lawrence, violin; and Brooks Whitehouse, cello.