Trio Canna, the resident faculty reed trio at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, will perform on the UWSP campus Tuesday, February 28.

The event will be held in Michelsen Hall of the Noel Fine Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. Part of the Music Department Scholarship Series, admission is $6.75 for the general public, $3.75 for senior citizens, $2.75 for youth and free the day of the concert for students with UWSP ID. Tickets are available at the UWSP Box Office, Room 103A University Center, (715) 346-4100 or (800) 838-3378, or at the door.

The first half of the program will feature selections by women composers written in the 1950s. Selections include "Divertimento" by Mary Chandler and "Trio en Ut" by Claude Arrieu (Louise Marie Simon�s pseudonym). The second half of the program will include "Suite pour Trio d�Anches" by Alexandre Tansman, and "Quatre Miniatures" by Jacques H�tu.

Formed in 2002, Trio Canna members include Stacey Berk, assistant professor of music, on oboe; Andrea Splittberger-Rosen, professor of music, on clarinet; and Patricia Holland, professor of music, on bassoon. The trio performs and presents master classes at schools throughout the state and has been invited to perform at the International Double Reed Convention at Ball State University in July 2006.

Splittberger-Rosen has taught at UWSP since 1984. She appears regularly on Wisconsin Public Radio and throughout the U.S. as a soloist and chamber musician. She and percussionist Robert Rosen have performed together as the Uwharrie Clarinet-Percussion Duo since 1975, debuting at Carnegie Hall in 1980. She also performs in the Faculty Reed Trio and Wisconsin Arts Quintet and serves as adviser of the UWSP chapter of Delta Omicron International Music Fraternity. In the past she has performed with the American Wind Symphony, the Santa Fe Opera, the Central Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra, the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra, and the Lansing Symphony Orchestra.

Holland joined the UWSP faculty in 1994. She has taught bassoon, music theory, double reed methods, and coached chamber music ensembles at several Michigan colleges. Holland is an active performer and currently serves as principal bassoonist with the Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra. She spends summers performing with various music festivals, including the Peninsula Music Festival in Door County and the Superior Music Festival in Marquette, Mich. Holland also contributes concerto performances in a wide range of repertoire including work by Antonio Vivaldi, Gunther Schuller, and Ellen Taafe Zwilich. She has performed as bassoonist and contrabassoonist with numerous orchestras including the Grand Rapids and Jackson Symphonies. She has served on the faculty of the Birch Creek Music Camp, Point Arts Camp, Jackson Community Music School and Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp. 

For more information about Trio Canna and a calendar of events go to www.uwsp.edu/music/TrioCanna.

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