Classical Music Concert Featuring the Avalyn Reed Trio

The Avalyn Reed Trio is comprised of three musicians who perform delightful woodwind classical music concerts. There is nothing quite like 2 clarinets and a bassoon playing Bach, Handel, Albeniz, Joplin, de Falla, Peter Schickele of PDQ Bach fame, and more. 

The Trio includes Christine Fell and Nancy Fiske on clarinet and Maria Isaak on bassoon. Concertgoers have described their music as "a beautiful breath of life" and say "the reeds blend beautifully into one unique sound".

The Avalyn Reed Trio enjoys connecting with their audience and shares informative and often humorous stories between pieces, They believe in inviting the audience into the music in a relaxed way.

The group has performed at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, at the Portsmouth Art Walk, the Phillips Exeter Academy Library Music series, and much more!

This concert is free and open to the public. Registration is not required. Just drop in!

About the Musicians
Christine Fell
Christine has serenaded audiences for many summers on the Phillips Exeter Academy Library's concert series and recently with the Merrimack Valley Symphony.  She studied music at Ithaca College and SUNY College at Purchase, NY.  Christine considers herself fortunate to have studied with the world-renowned clarinetist, (the late) David Weber, who had a beautiful sound and bel canto approach to playing.

Nancy Fiske
Nancy loves playing chamber music and considers it a conversation among good friends. She has performed in many chamber concerts throughout the Greater Boston area, as well as on WGBH Radio and WMUR TV.. She graduated with honors from The Boston Conservatory of Music and studied privately with Cal Opperman and Naomi Drucker in New York. Nancy also plays recorders and performs with several local groups including The Boston Recorder Orchestra, Pipers for Peace, Fiske'nFell Clarinet Duo with Christine, and Jumpstart Contra Dance Band where she tries to keep up with the fiddlers!  She lives in Fremont with the best cat in the world.

Maria Isaak
Maria received her master's in music from the New England Conservatory in Boston.  She has worked as a freelance bassoonist throughout New England including with the Portland Symphony, Portland Chamber Orchestra, Musicians of Wall Street, Walker Chamber Series, Central Mass Symphony, New Hampshire Philharmonic, Great Waters Music Festival, Boston Philharmonic, Bangor Symphony, Great Bay Symphony Orchestra and many others.  In addition, she performed concerti and played with orchestras in California, China, and Chile.  Maria currently sits on the faculty of the Concord Community Music School and Saint Paul's School, as well as the Rochester School District.  Maria makes her home in Durham, NH with her husband Nick, where they are working to raise their 3 children, dogs, cats, and ducks.