FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Arts/Features Editor
May 21, 2014
CONTACT
Andrew Lee
Director, Puffin Cultural Forum
Tel.: 201-836-3499
Fax: 201-836-1734
E-mail: alee@puffinfoundation.org
The Ambrosia Trio
Sunday May 25th a at 4:00 pm—Join us as the Ambrosia Trio, featuring violinist Beulah
Cox, cellist Martin Fett, and pianist Frank Daykin perform selections from renowned
musicians Ludwig van Beethoven and Antonin Dvorak. The Ambrosia trio, formed in
1990, has been an established ensemble in the New York metropolitan area for the last 23
years. The trio recently premiered “The Sorrow of the Soul” in New York City and have
collaborated with the Buglisi/Foreman Dance Company and the Dutchess Ballet, as well
as NPR and WNYC’s live performance studio “Around New York.”
On the evening of their performance, the Ambrosia trio will be drawing from the
repertoire of Beethoven, performing Trio in E Flat, Opus 1, #1, and from Dvorak,
performing Piano Trio #1 in B Flat Major, Op. 21. You won’t want to miss this
performance from an ensemble with a love of chamber music and a reputation for
performing, with, “the warmest treatment that the composers themselves could have
hoped for.” $10 suggested donation. Reservations recommended; must be made before
5:00 p.m. on the Thursday prior to the performance: tix@puffinfoundation.org. The
Puffin Cultural Forum is at 20 Puffin Way (off Teaneck Rd.) in Teaneck. Call 201-8363499 or visit www.PuffinCulturalForum.org.
BEULAH COX (violinist), has appeared as a soloist with the Virtuoso Strings in New
York City, the Allegro Chamber Ensemble at the Festival Saint Louis en L'Ile in Paris,
and in London at St. Martin-in-the Fields. Cox is a member of several orchestras in New
York, Connecticut and New Jersey and performs across the United States as well as in
Europe. Ms. Cox is a committed teacher as well, teaching orchestra and string techniques
in the New Jersey public schools, the Fieldston School and the Riverdale YMHAYWHA. Before coming to New York City, Ms. Cox was a Baroque violinist with the
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation and produced recordings under that label.
MARTIN FETT (cellist) has performed in orchestras and chamber ensembles across the
USA and Europe. As a soloist, he has performed with the Manhattan Philharmonia and
the Brooklyn Pro Arte Chamber Ensemble. He has played on the Today show at NBC
studios and held principal positions in many orchestras including the New York City
Opera National Company. He has also performed in the Harrisburg Symphony, the
Greenwich Symphony and the Hudson Valley Philharmonic.
FRANK DAYKIN (pianist), is a soloist, collaborative pianist, teacher, and writer. He has
performed the complete solo piano works of Ravel on Ravel’s own piano at the Ravel
house/museum in France. His partnership with Millette Alexander in piano duo
performance, now in their fourth decade as an ensemble, has produced two awardwinning recordings and a host of performances in the US and abroad. Daykin is currently
on the faculty of the Chamber Music Conference/Composers Forum of the East at
Bennington, VT, and the Chamber Music Central summer camp for children in
Connecticut. Daykin has also published two volumes of poetry with selections from
them having been set to music by contemporary composers.
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The Puffin Cultural Forum is a project of the Puffin Foundation, Ltd. which, through the arts, encourages
dialog about issues important to the community. The Puffin Foundation, Ltd. underwrites this and all other
Puffin Cultural Forum events and programs in order to make it possible for everyone to attend.
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