Arts & Entertainment
Public invited to enjoy Russia’s The Kat Trio in concert at WAUMC
The Kat Trio, a violin-clarinet-piano ensemble from Ekaterinburg, Russia, returns to Wauwatosa Avenue United Methodist Church, 1529 Wauwatosa Ave., on June 26. Parking is available behind the church off of Underwood Avenue.
The group will play during the 9:45 a.m. worship service followed by a 30-minute concert in the church’s recently-remodeled and newly air-conditioned Fellowship Hall. A free-will offering will be collected.
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The Kat Trio was formed in 1998 by three friends – Victoria Gorbich (violin), Vladislav Gorbich (clarinet) and Vasil Galiulin (piano) – after their graduation from the Ural State Music Conservatory. Julie Page replaces Galiulin on piano during the current U.S. tour. Today, the group is based in Madison, Wis.
Known for unique Russian arrangements of timeless melodies, Kat Trio performances feature classical works, well-known inspirational songs and American pop standards like Scott Joplin rags. Audiences describe the group’s sound as “Joyful!”
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The Kat Trio has played more than 500 concerts in such major U.S. cities as Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Phoenix, Dallas, St. Louis and Denver, as well as in Branson, Mo. and countless small communities. They perform in concert venues, college and high school auditoriums and churches, in addition to conducting master classes at the university level.
Visit the group’s website at www.thekattrio.net to listen to songs from their nine CDs and view up to 28 performance videos posted on YouTube.
In addition to an extensive performance and teaching schedule, the Gorbichs completed three-year doctoral programs at Arizona State University in May 2010. Page is a doctoral candidate at the University of Wisconsin – Madison.
The First Methodist Episcopal Church of Wauwatosa was incorporated on May 22, 1848. Today, the WAUMC congregation is 500 strong and firmly committed to inclusiveness, celebrating a diversity of people, ideas and cultures. WAUMC offers two Sunday services, Christian education classes for individuals ages 3 through adult, a variety of adult and youth music programs and Girl Scout and Boy Scout troops. The congregation is involved with more than a dozen local, national and international mission outreach efforts. The church sanctuary is home to a three-manual, 46-rank Schantz organ. For more information, call 414-453-0700 or visit www.waumc.org.
