Woodstock Duo Cantilena

Duo Cantilena at Connell House on Friday, May 26th

Please join Duo Cantilena–Symphony New Brunswick principal flute Sally Wright and Fredericton guitarist and recording artist Steven Peacock–in concert at Connell House at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, May 26th.  Their fascinating and diverse program features 20th and 21st-century compositions across a wide expressive and technical range, as well as music with strong dance elements and innovative arrangements of folk melodies in a variety of Atlantic Canadian and South American traditions.  Works by Handel, Fürstenau, Tisserand and Piazzolla will round out the program.  Tickets at the door and in advance at Connell House are $15 for adults and $10 for students. 

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Sally Wright, principal flute with Symphony New Brunswick, and Fredericton, NB guitarist and recording artist Steven Peacock present impressive and exciting music for flute and classical guitar across a wide expressive and technical range. Theirs is an especially judicious and happy instrumental pairing which a wide spectrum of composers have been unable to resist. Concert programs emphasize 20th and 21st-century compositions, often featuring music with strong dance elements and innovative arrangements of folk melodies in a number of traditions. Duo Cantilena’s ECMA-nominated 2010 CD release, The Green Bushes: Dances, Airs & Lullabies, features original arrangements of folk-based music in a variety of Atlantic Canadian and Spanish traditions.

Sally Wright

A native and resident of Moncton, NB, Sally Wright is a music graduate of Dalhousie University, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, England, and Holy Names College, Oakland, California, where she received a Master’s degree. For many years principal flute of Symphony New Brunswick, she has frequently been recorded for CBC radio, was recorded for the NFB production Abeguit, and has been featured on CDs with the Chorale Beauséjour and the Hillsborough Girls Choir. Ms. Wright has performed as a soloist in London, San Francisco and throughout the Maritime provinces. She has acted as flute coach for the New Brunswick and Nova Scotia Youth Orchestras and the National Youth Orchestra of Spain, taught at the Chocolate River Conservatory, and adjudicated the provincial music festivals in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.  A member of Trio Sambucca with Steven Peacock and Michel Deschênes, she maintains an active performing schedule and teaches flute privately.

Steven Peacock
Classical guitarist, composer and choral conductor Steven Peacock, based in Fredericton, NB, has performed as a soloist and accompanist in concert and recording engagements throughout Canada. His The Calico Road (Blue Milo, 2005), a varied collection of short works for solo guitar, is one of ten CD releases. Keenly interested in ensemble work, he has worked extensively with flutists Madeleine Arel and (in the United Kingdom) Jane Coulcher-Stoltenberg (Encuentro, 2000); sopranos Paula Hébert, Angela Birdsell, and Wendy Nielsen; Toronto Symphony violinist Hyung-Sun Paik; bassoonist Yvonne Kershaw (Canciones y Leyendas: Songs and Legends for Bassoon and Guitar, nominated for an ECMA in 2005); and guitarist Gerry Van Wart, with whom he has released Pavane (2017), Luminosa (2013), Milonga (2003) and El Elegante: Dances for Two Guitars (1997). Mr. Peacock has adjudicated at the provincial and national levels, and he currently teaches at the University of New Brunswick and at St. Thomas University.