Sunday, June 14
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Registration Required Below
Welcome the arrival of summer as the Aubade Wind Trio performs a special concert that evokes the senses of the season. If weather permits, guests will enjoy the performance outdoors on the Library’s scenic Loggia, with the woods and river providing a unique ambient sound to complement the music.
Featuring flute, oboe and clarinet, the Trio specializes in chamber music by lesser-known composers, and works performed less frequently by well-known composers. This concert will include works by Paul De Wailly, Michael Walshe, Luis Gianneo, Bruce Abbott, Valerie Coleman, John Rutter, Ulysses Kay, and Malcolm Arnold.
Join us as we welcome the arrival of summer through music that is spirited, lyrical, and full of color!
This program will include a brief intermission and a reception will follow the concert.
The Allen and Helen Hermes Arts Series was founded in 2003, and is funded by a generous gift the couple donated to the Mark Twain Library.
Flutist Carl Gutowskihas been performing in solo and chamber music settings for over 30 years. Highlight performances over the past few seasons include venues such as Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall; the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall; The Art Complex, Duxbury, MA; the Cultural Center of Cape Cod; the Cape Cod Museum of Art; and the National Opera Center in NYC. Carl won the 2022 National Flute Association competition. He is also the Concert Manager of the Howland Chamber Music Circle in Beacon, NY. He is a graduate of Vassar College and earned a master’s degree in Computer Science from Tufts University. His principal flute teachers were Tacy Edwards, William Hebert and John Solum. In addition to his musical career, Carl is a software engineer with over 30 years of experience developing software systems for air traffic control, publishing, education, e-commerce and finance. Learn more at carlgutowski.com.
Zachary Pulse is a musician and teaching artist based in the Hudson Valley. His performance engagements this season include the 
Brooklyn Chamber Orchestra, Caroga Lake Music Festival, Harrisburg Symphony, and New York Wind Symphony. A champion of new music and working with living composers, Zach has commissioned several works that exhibit the oboe and the voice. His duo, So Much Hot Air — with mezzo-soprano, Jennifer Beattie — was in residence with the Fall 2023 Yale College Composition Seminar. Zach has presented chamber music concerts across the U.S. and Europe with a wide range of ensembles, earning him several awards, including Grand Prize at the Plowman Chamber Music Competition. Zach holds degrees from the Chicago College of Performing Arts, the University of Michigan, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Howland Chamber Music Circle in Beacon, NY.
Transylvanian born, Hungarian clarinetist and Cape Symphony Soloist Winner, Mónika Veress, has been celebrated for her “tender and insightful playing” and “exquisite musicianship,” according to a review in Cape Cod Times. In 2013, Mónika was featured as a guest artist with the Cape Symphony Orchestra and went on to win the 2013 New England Concerto Competition. She was honored to perform for the Hungarian president and other Hungarian dignitaries, such as the Honorary Consul in Boston. Monika earned her Master’s degree in Stylistics of Clarinet Performing from the Gh Dima Academy of Music, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. During that time, she also taught clarinet at the prestigious Sigismund Toduta High School of Music. Today, Mónika performs chamber music and orchestral music at venues around Cape Cod and beyond, with other outstanding artists and various organizations. Mónika is co-founder of Open Mic Classical (the mic-less open mic), promoting classical music to all. She is also the Operations Manager of the Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival. For more info visit www.klarinetista.com.