Uncharted

After thirteen long years, Gerald Trimble’s new album, Uncharted, is here.  Hear cuts from the new cd, as well as some special live in studio performance.

Join us as Gerald premieres his new release from MSR Records, “Uncharted……A Viola da Gamba Adventure.” With roots in 15th Century Moorish Spain, the viola da gamba was played throughout Europe until the late 18th Century. It has enjoyed a revival which continues to grow in popularity. Nevertheless, the viola da gamba remains, despite some experimentation and a handful of modern compositions, a predominately historical instrument for performing period music from written sources. Gerald’s playing, while historically informed and respectful of traditions, surpasses the known boundaries of the instrument, connecting the cultures which produced it , and transcending the ages which developed it. Unlike the majority of conservatory players today, his style reflects the folk, improvisational and Eastern foundations of the viola da gamba – integral parts of its lineage. Additionally, Gerald expresses a more complete and updated technical potential by adapting bowed and plucked technical skills from Indian music, jazz and contemporary genres, and also incorporates non-standard tunings of his own devising. In so doing, Gerald re-defines the instrument as one for our time, creating the foundation for a new tradition: the viola da gamba as a world instrument.

Gerald’s CD release party is:

Friday, November 7, 2014

Kathy Barnard Studio/Locust Street Gallery

1605 Locust Street

Kansas City, Missouri 64108

5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

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