PROJECT Trio [FREE]

This concert is generously presented as part of the BankNewport Community Concerts Series with additional support from the Newport County Fund at the Rhode Island Foundation, a Legislative Grant of the RI House of Representatives sponsored by Rep Cortvriend & Speaker Shekarchi, and the NewportFed Charitable Foundation.

Get ready for a high-energy, genre-blending afternoon with PROJECT Trio! Known for their electrifying stage presence, the trio fuses classical, jazz, hip-hop, and world music for audiences of all ages. This free concert features a program ranging from Mozart and Bach to Bernstein and Beatles classics, alongside original works by PROJECT Trio themselves. Praised by Gramophone for “ranging from Baroque to nu-Metal and taking in pretty much every stylism in between,” the group brings their infectious energy and playful creativity to Newport, transforming our stage into a playground of rhythm, melody, and surprise.

Greg Pattillo, flute
Daniel Berkey, saxophone
Peter Seymour, double bass

PROGRAM
PROJECT TRIO Djangish
MOZART Rondo Alla Turca
PARKER Yardbird Suite
GRIEG Hall of the Mountain King
PROJECT TRIO Winter in June
MANCINI Moon River
THE CHORDETTES Mr. Sandman
LENNON/MCCARTNEY Blackbird
PATTILLO 3 Beats for Beatbox Flute
BACH Bourrée in E minor
(arr Jethro Tull)
PROJECT TRIO The Bodega
BERNSTEIN West Side Story Suite
ROSSINI William Tell Overture
*Program subject to change