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Trio Contrast has been honored with the Centennial Chamber Music Award for Outstanding Promotion of American Music from the National Federation of Music Clubs

   
  Trio Contraste arrived on the concert scene in 1992 and since that time has developed a devoted following across the United States and in Europe. Established by three successful solo artists with international careers individually, the group takes great pleasure in presenting the unusual and exciting works composed for the unique instrumentation created when these musicians come together. In recent years the ensemble has performed concerts in such varied venues as Nice, Brussels, the Hague, Riga, Houston, Tulsa, and Detroit.

As the name suggests, Trio Contraste is noteworthy for its variety of sounds as well as its variety of repertoire. Violinist William Terwilliger, clarinetist Martha MacDonald, and pianist Andrew Cooperstock represent three complementary instrumental families and, when performing such works as Igor Stravinsky's L'Histoire du soldat , actually create an "orchestral" sound. Other works championed by the Trio are Darius Milhaud's Suite, Charles Ives' Largo, Paul Schoenfield's Trio, and, of course, Bartók's Contrasts, as well as works commissioned expressly for the group by such contemporary composers as Kathryn Mishell and Carolyn Bremer. Trio Contraste's recording of Robert Starer's Dispositions , also dedicated to the ensemble, can be heard on a recent International Clarinet Association compact disc.

 
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