Acclaimed flutist Peter H. Bloom performs with FiLmprov March 5, at MIT Cambridge MA

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Feb. 28, 2015 - PRLog -- Flutist Peter H. Bloom, known for his virtuosity and versatility, will perform with the hip, energetic and entertaining FiLmprov ensemble on Thursday March 5 at 7:30 pm, at MIT’s Killian Hall, 160 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA.  Free admission.  Information: 617 776 8778.  March 5 is a new date for the performance originally scheduled for February 11, which was postponed due to weather.

FiLmprov blends live musical improvisation by members of the internationally acclaimed Aardvark Jazz Orchestra with the stellar animated films of Kate Matson. The show will feature the world premiere of Matson’s Cha, Cha, Cha! – a visual celebration of ripped, cut, folded, crumpled, flipping, flopping, flying paper on film.  FiLmprov members are Kate Matson; filmmaker, Mark Harvey, trumpet and music director; Peter H. Bloom, flutes/woodwinds; Phil Scarff, sopranino saxophone/woodwinds; Bill Lowe, trombone/tuba; John Funkhouser, piano and string bass; and Harry Wellott percussion.

Peter H. Bloom, whose playing has been called “a revelation for unforced sweetness and strength” (The Boston Globe), concertizes in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand; is featured on more than 40 recordings (Sony Classical, Dorian, Leo Records, other labels); and is a winner of the American Musicological Society’s Noah Greenberg Award.  His career encompasses chamber music from the Renaissance to the 21^stcentury, as well as exploratory jazz, standards, blues, and bebop.  Jazz Improv praised “the exquisite melody, lovingly caressed by Peter Bloom's lead flute, the combination of flutes and strings fitting the mood perfectly, and the improvisation growing organically out of the theme."

Mr. Bloom will serve as faculty member at the Snow Pond Composers Workshop June 7 through 13, 2015, working with composition students exploring new music for flute, alto flute, bass flute and piccolo. http://snowpondmusicfestival.com/programs/snow-pond-composers-workshop/

Mr. Bloom recently performed the premiere of his piece Ablaze She Came in the Dream (for flute, viola and guitar or electric guitar) at Boston’s Church of the Advent (November 21, 2104). Ablaze is published by Noteworthy Sheet Music. http://www.noteworthysheetmusic.com/nsm/products-a-services/flute-wmixed-ensembles/148-bloom-ablaze-she-came-in-the-dream-flute-viola-a-guitar

An active recitalist and chamber musician, Peter H. Bloom has performed for Animusic Portugal (Braga), The National Gallery in London, New Zealand School of Music in Wellington, University of Canberra College of Music (Australia), Payap University in Chiang Mai, Goethe Institute in Bangkok, the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, the Yale Center for British Art, The New York Flute Club, Atlanta’s famed Spivey Hall, the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park Florida, Connecticut Early Music Festival, the Royal Shakespeare Company’s residency at Davidson College, The National Gallery of Art (Washington DC), The Metropolitan Museum, and many other venues.

A champion of new music, Mr. Bloom collaborates extensively with composers and has given premieres of works by Mark Harvey, Elizabeth Vercoe, Richard Nelson, Pamela Marshall, Peter Aldins, Richard Cornell, Narong Prangcharoen, Marianela Maduro, Len Detlor, Karl Henning, Joseph Fear, Matt Samolis, and others.  Original compositions, including numerous works written for him, have been a vital part of his concert tours for more than three decades, across forty states and four continents.   Bloom is a noted jazz artist, veteran of the internationally renowned Aardvark Jazz Orchestra (42^nd season).  He has performed with jazz legends Charles Neville, Sheila Jordan, Jaki Byard, Geri Allen, and others.

Mr. Bloom is a distinguished interpreter of early music, and has given period-instrument concerts in the United States, Canada and Europe, appearing chiefly with Ensemble Chaconne (29^th season, praised for “vitality and character, style and verve” – MusicWeb International).  He is an expert on historical flutes, with a specialty in flutes made in 19^th century America, notably instruments by Alfred G. Badger.

Mr. Bloom has given lectures, workshops and master classes across the globe on such wide-ranging topics as contemporary music, improvisation, historical performance, and exploratory jazz.    He has served as historical performance consultant to The American Museum in Britain, The New-York Historical Society, and The Museum of Fine Arts Boston, where he has performed extensively and recorded for the Museum’s audio guide.