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                                       HAMILTON TRIO

                                         Serving the Virginia-Maryland-D. C. area with fine wedding and concert music

      INTRODUCTION         CONTACT        PERFORMANCE VENUES     REPERTOIRE

                                   INTRODUCTION

 THE HAMILTON TRIO was founded in 1986 by performers Louise Fenn (flute,
voice & keyboard), Elizabeth Kellogg (cello) and John D. Howard (violin, viola,
arranger and leader). Their biographies attest to their wide-ranging experience
as orchestral musicians (concertmaster, section leader, etc.) and as chamber
musicians in addition to their activities in the Hamilton Trio.

THE TRIO HAS BEEN HONORED by many of the same families, organizations
and concert series in being requested to perform for them year after year.

FOR MANY YEARS THE TRIO has been a favorite in Leesburg Today’s annual ‘Best of
Everything’ (Performing Arts) poll, ranking ahead or equal to larger symphonic and
choral groups--an indication of the unusual impact of the Trio's playing and programs!

IN 2000 THE QUALITY OF ITS WORK won for the Hamilton Trio the distinction
of becoming a Nominee for the Governor’s "Excellence in the Arts" Awards.

BESIDES ITS SPECIALTIES--concerts & weddings--the Hamilton Trio plays for
fine gatherings such as birthdays, anniversaries, holiday parties, dinners, hunt and dressage
events, dedications, commemorations, office parties, and so on. The Trio has given
many formal concerts, including programs for church, and can draw upon qualified
associates to form larger ensembles using piano, trumpet, viola, or other additional instrument.

FOR THOSE OF YOU PLANNING A WEDDING, the members of the Trio
continue to enjoy playing for such important and beautiful occasions even as the Trio
passes the 700 mark. A tape of the Trio playing excerpts from its wedding repertoire is
available (return required) for those interested in engaging the Trio.

THE REPERTORY OF THE HAMILTON TRIO is very large, and UNIQUE
because of the many arrangements from the public domain for flute, violin & cello
created by its leader and violinist, John D. Howard.  He can prepare for the Trio
special songs often requested, for example, by the bride-to-be for her wedding.
The Trio can expertly accompany a vocal soloist usually with just a pre-ceremony rehearsal.

NEW PIECES, LIKE RARITIES from the neglected American classical period, continue
to be added to stimulate the performers and to present something beyond the conventional
to the audience — but always included are works and pieces whose beauty has made them
endure over the centuries. Examples of these include the Pachelbel Canon, Handel's
Fireworks and Water Music, the fine trios of Haydn, the wedding marches of Wagner
& Mendelssohn, Mozart's Romanza, Chopin's Waltz in a, Dvorak's Humoreske, and
the Minuets in G of Beethoven & Paderewski, to name just a few.

MUSIC FROM THE BAROQUE, CLASSIC & ROMANTIC periods predominate in the
Trio's playing but, for variety, the Trio can perform lighter fare, such as broadway tunes
(e. g., Gershwin, Porter); ethnic, such as Irish, Swedish, Jewish, English, Italian, German,
Spirituals, American fiddle; Stephen Foster, Civil War; and not least, waltzes and other
music for the Dance suitable for the acoustic-only Hamilton Trio.
             

To inquire about the services provided by the HAMILTON TRIO, please call 540-822-4452   

or email John D. Howard at:    johnhoward@alum.swarthmore.edu

(Select   johnhoward@alum.swarthmore.edu   and paste it into the   “To:”   line in your email program.)

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                                        PERFORMANCE VENUES OF THE HAMILTON TRIO

Birkby House, Leesburg

Veramar Vineyards, Berryville

Airlie Center, Warrenton

Whitehall Mansion, Bluemont

River Creek Country Club, Leesburg

L'Auberge Provencal, Boyce

L'Auberge Chez François, Great Falls

Army & Navy Club, Washington D. C.

Raspberry Plain, Leesburg

Stoneleigh Golf Club, Round Hill

Poplar Springs, Casanova

Loxley Manor Millwood

Arts in the Valley at the Train Station, Purcellville

Tarara Vineyards, Lucketts

Briar Patch Bed & Breakfast, Middleburg

The Stables, Bluemont

1763 Inn, Upperville

Inn at Stringfellow, Round Hill

Hollin House, Alexandria

Wheatlands Farm, Waterford

Ayshire Farm, Upperville

Morrison-Clark Inn, Washington D. C.

Winery at La Grange, Haymarket

Orange Music Society, Orange

Culpeper Music Society, Culpeper

Goodstone Inn, Middleburg

Rose Hill Manor, Leesburg

Days Hotel, Herndon

Madison Hotel, Washington D. C.

Les Fleurs de Lis French Restaurant, Lovettsville

Morningside House, Leesburg

Selma Plantation, Leesburg

The Hilltop House, Harpers Ferry, WVA

Laurel Brigade Inn, Leesburg

The Ashby Inn, Paris VA

Black Horse Inn, Warrenton

Oatlands Plantation (Tea House, Carriage House), near Leesburg

Red Fox Inn, Middleburg

The Green Tree Restaurant, Leesburg

The Hillbrook Inn, Charles Town WVA

The Long Barn, Middleburg

Lansdowne Conference Center, near Leesburg

Fauquier Springs Country Club, near Warrenton

Tuscarora Mill Restaurant, Leesburg

Waterford Foundation Homes Tour & Crafts Exhibits (yearly)

Virginia Gold Cup Races 1993 at Great Meadow

Westmoreland Davis Mem. Foundation Annual, Morven Park, Leesburg

The Meridian House, DC

Organization of American States, (Washington) DC

Board of Trustees, National Recreation & Park Association

Mt. Vernon Mansion, Mt. Vernon

Embassy of Israel, DC

Netherlands Carillon, Arlington

The Car Barn, Georgetown , DC

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute( graduations), Bethesda MD

The Cosmos Club, DC

The University Club (for a Yale gathering), DC

INTEC Corporation, Bethesda MD

Atlantic Research Corporation

Beta Gamma Sigma Club of GWU, DC

Vint Hill Farm Station NCO Club

U.S. Marine Corps Chapel at Quantico

Fort Myer Chapel

Fort Myer Officers Club

USAA Life Insurance Company Annual

Digene Corporation Groundbreaking Ceremony, 10/98

The Chevy Chase Club, Chevy Chase MD

Strathmore Hall, Bethesda MD

Washington County Museum of Fine Art (concert), Hagerstown MD

The Tyler Spite House, Frederick MD

Ceresville Mansion, Ceresville MD

Newton-White Mansion, Mitchellville MD

Borders Books, Rockville MD & Tysons Corner

The Norris House, Leesburg

Willow Grove Inn, Orange

Comus Inn, Comus MD

Coolfont Resort Manor House (concert), Berkeley Springs WVA

Oblate College (75th Anniversary & Commencement), DC

The Heritage Art Gallery (openings), Alexandria

Lee-Fendall House, Alexandria

Windsor House Restaurant(extended engagement), Middleburg

Wakefield Chapel, Annandale

Aerostructures Annual Award Dinners, Crystal City

Olivera Musical Entertainment

Richard Bray Orchestras

Capital Entertainment, Alexandria

VOCE vocal ensemble (orchestra principals), Reston

The Holiday Inn, Dulles Airport

Cabell’s Mill, Chantilly/Centreville

Colvin Run Mill, Great Falls

Great Falls Grange Hall

River Bend Golf & Country Club

Sully Plantation, Chantilly

Westfields Conference Center, Chantilly

Musick Virginia, principal players

Northern Virginia Community Colleges

Kenslee Hill, Lucketts

The United Way of Loudoun

Sterling Community Center Annex, Sterling

Neale Concert Series (yearly), Purcellville

Purcellville Public Library, series of concerts

Cascades Public Library

Loudoun County Senior Center at Cascades

Loudoun Healthcare/Hospital Benefit

Loudoun Valley Community Center (concerts), Purcellville VA

Stone Manor Country Club

Middleburg Community Center

Douglas Community Center (concert), Leesburg VA

American Cafes at Tyson's Corner, Ballston, etc.

La Chapelle Restaurant, Manassas

Mid-Eastern Association of Educational Opportunity, Crystal City

Ida Lee Park Grand Opening, Town of Leesburg

The County of Loudoun

Lowes Island Club

Leesburg Downtown Antiques

Carradoc Hall, Leesburg

Leesburg Renaissance, Inc.

The Loudoun Museum, Leesburg

First Night (New Year’s Eve), Leesburg

Junior Women's Club of Loudoun

Xerox Document University, near Leesburg

Montresor, near Leesburg

The Colonial Inn (extended engagement), Leesburg

The Loudoun County Preservation Society

O'Toole's Restaurant, Countryside

Cox-Lehmann Associates at Hillcrest Manor, Leesburg

Graydon Manor (annual gatherings), Leesburg

Springwood Psychiatric Institute, Leesburg

St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church, McLean

St. Francis deSales Catholic Church, Purcellville

St. John's Catholic Churches, Leesburg & Warrenton

St. John's Catholic Churches, FrederickMD

St. Bernard's Catholic Church, Hyattsville MD

St. Theresa Catholic Church, Ashburn

Precious Blood Catholic Church, Culpeper

Leesburg Presbyterian Church

Leesburg Baptist Church

Baptist Churches of Leesburg, Hamilton, Round Hill, Warrenton, Winchester

North Fork (annual Advent concert), Purcellville (Christmas Eve services)

Grace Episcopal Church, Brunswick MD

St. James Episcopal Churches, Leesburg VA & Charles Town WVA

St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Purcellville

Trinity Episcopal Churches, Manassas, Upperville & Washington VA,

The Ketoctin Church, Purcellville

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Leesburg

King of Kings Lutheran Church, Chantilly

Leesburg United Methodist Church

United Methodist Church, Sterling

Trinity United Methodist Church, Paris VA

Harmony Methodist Church, Hamilton

Bethany United Methodist Church, Purcellville

St. Frances de Sales RCC, Purcellville

Precious Blood RCC, Culpeper

White Mission Church, Washington VA

Rehoboth United Methodist Church, Waterford

St. Andrew Presbyterian Church

Church of Christ, Falls Church

Unitarian-Universalist Church (concerts), Reston

Unitarian Church (concert), Norfolk

Charles Washington House, Charles Town WVA

Bristow Manor, Bristow VA

Hall Funeral Home, Purcellville

The Colonial Funeral Home of Leesburg

Purcellville Garden Club

Celebrations Catering, Sterling

The Shenandoah Valley Golf Club, Boyce

White Post Restorations, White Post

Marefield Meadows Farm, Warrenton

North-South Skirmish Association, Ft. Shenandoah VA

Precision Tune Corporation at Crystal City

Eno Transportation Foundation, Leesburg

Reston Art Gallery at Lake Ann, Reston

Inn at Buckeystown, MD

Bleu Rock Inn, Washington

Springdale Country Inn, Lincoln

Loudoun Ballet: prelude to Nutcracker

American Crop Protection Association Annual

Hillsboro Elementary School

Buckskin Manor, near Neersville

Morven Park, Leesburg

The King’s Contrivance Restaurant, Columbia MD

The City Club, Frederick MD

Collingwood Manor, Alexandria

The Morrison House, Alexandria

Gadsby’s Tavern, Alexandria

Old Presbyterian Meeting House, Alexandria

The Barns at Franklin Park, Purcellville

The Barns at Wolf Trap, Reston

Hidden Creek Country Club, Reston

Evans Farm Inn, McLean

Indian Springs Country Club, Silver Spring MD

Handley Library Noon Concert Series, Winchester

Violino’s Restaurant, Winchester

Fairfax City Public Library Foundation

Olde Towne Hall, Fairfax

Mama’s Restaurant, Fairfax

Ridgefields, at Neersville

Oxon Hill Manor, Oxon Hill MD

Loudoun Community Orchestra, soloists

Many private residences

   HAMILTON TRIO  REPERTOIRE (partial list)

      [Note:  a copyrighted song is for a private function, e.g., wedding, only.]

WALTZES:  Brahms, Schubert, Chopin, Gounod (Faust), Ivanovici (Waves of the Danube), Strauss (Artists' Life, Vienna Woods, Blue Danube), Tchaikovsky, Verdi (Rigoletto), Waldteufel (Skaters' Waltz).

POPULAR: Aura Lee, other 19th century American, including Stephen Foster & Civil War; Tura Lura Lura, My Wild Irish Rose, and other Irish Songs; Santa Lucia and other Italian songs; Scottish songs set by Haydn; Gilbert & Sullivan songs; Gershwin: Let Me Call You Sweetheart, Someone To Watch Over Me; fiddle tunes from Ireland, Wales, Brittany, etc.; Jewish songs (for Chanukah, weddings & other); Spirituals...

BAROQUE, CLASSICAL, ROMANTIC:
Albrechtsberger      Trio in G for 2 Violins & Violoncello
Bach Family        Trio Sonatas by C.P.E. Bach, J.C. Bach, J.S. Bach, W.F. Bach
Bach, J.S.            "Arioso", Air for the G String, Gavottes, Inventions, selected Goldberg Variations
Beethoven        Society Minuets, Spieluhr Tune, Bagatelle Op. 119 #4, Minuet in G, Fur Elise, Ode to Joy, Trio Op. 87
Bizet                 “Habanera”
Boccherini        “Famous”Minuet in A; Trios
Brahms        Lullaby, Waltzes, The Sandman
Chopin        Etude, Mazurkas, Preludes, Waltzes, Polonaise, Nocturnes
Danzi           Trios for Flute, violin & violoncello
Debussy        Reverie, Clair de Lune
Delibes       Passepied                                                                                                                                                      Back
Dvorak        Humoreske
Elgar            Salut d'Amour                                                                      
English Renaissance     Dowland (Galliards), Jenkins (Fancy), Locke (Trios from "Broken Consort"), Byrd, Blow (“Cupid’s Song”)
Foster, Stephen    Beautiful Dreamer, Gentle Annie, I Dream of Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair, Thou art the Queen of my Song
French Baroque        Marin Marais (“Pieces en Trio”), D'Andrieu, D'Aquin, Couperin, Loeillet Trios
Gluck             Dance of the Blessed Spirits; Trio Sonatas
Granados        Playera
Grieg           Norwegian Dance, Waltz in a, Anitra’s Dance                                                                   
Handel        Fireworks (selections), Water Music (selections), Violin sonatas, Trio sonatas, Flute sonatas
Haydn        London Trios, 10 Scottish song settings, "Surprise" Symphony theme, 12 Cassations
Hispanic & Portuguese    Pieces from Spain, Mexico, Costa Rica, and Brazil
Italian Baroque       Trios of Albinoni, Besozzi, Bonporti, Caldara, Corelli, Jomelli, Legrenzi, Locatelli, Tartini, Torelli et alia
Kreisler        Schoen Rosmarin
MacDowell      To a Wild Rose; Jagdlied (Hunting Song)
Massenet        Elegie (featuring cello), "Meditation" from Thais (Solo Violin w/ acc. flute, cello)
Mendelssohn      2 Children’s Pieces,  On Wings of Song
Mozart       Trios, Minuets, Peasant Dances. Church Sonatas.”La ci darem la Mano” & other opera arias
Pachelbel        Canon in D, Trios
Paderewski        Minuet in G, Mazurek
Pergolesi         Trio in G [and other trios by Domenico Gallo]  
Puccini           “Mio Babino Caro” and  other opera arias
Purcell          Trio Sonatas, “Mavis”
Reinagle        Federal March, “Mrs Madison’s Minuet” & Gavotte, “Rosa”, “Hunting Song”, etc.
Renaissance    Isaac, Josquin, Agricola
Schubert        Rosamunde Entre-Act & Ballet Music, Vocalise for Trio, Dances, Impromptu
Schumann        The Happy Farmer and other pieces from Kinderscenen
Stamitz, Carl      3 Trios
Strauss, Joh.       Waltzes
Tchaikovsky       Nutcracker (selections)  Reverie, Waltzes from Serenade for Strings, Swan Lake, and Children’s Pieces
Telemann            several fine Trios
Verdi              “Libiamo, Libiamo” and other opera arias; Bolero from “Sicilian Vespers”
Vivaldi        Trio Sonatas, several Concertante Trios, Themes from Spring and Fall
Zelenka        Trio Sonata