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Susquehanna

Biographical Information & Repertoire

The Performers:

Thomas Grant Reese (flute, native American flute, pennywhistle). Tom's compositions are known for their beautiful melodies, innovative instrumentation & modern harmonies. His warm yet hard-driving flute sound has been heard throughout southcentral Pennsylvania in jazz, celtic & classical music. He has performed with a variety of artists such as Béla Fleck, Valery Ponomarev & Nick Brignola. Tom brings a warm timbre and special style to his music, from jazz to rock, popular, celtic, blues, & classical. He is a solo artist, jazz musician, & educator. Tom performs with Susquehanna, MuZette, The Reese Project, Wyndfall, & The Azure Trio.  (... for more on Tom & his bands...)

Tish Brown (violin/viola).  Tish Brown, violin/viola, earned a degree in Music Therapy from Slippery Rock in western Pennsylvania. She currently teaches violin, viola, piano, guitar & general music classes at Dayspring Christian Academy. She is also an RN, working in the Lancaster Area for Visiting Nurses Association. A very busy mother of four, she is also the accompanist for her church & school choirs & performs in a praise band, Glory Be. She performs with the Hershey Symphony.

Laurie Haines Reese (cello). Laurie has performed extensively in Los Angeles, Miami, Seattle, Hawaii, New York & Europe. With a Master of Music Performance degree from USC in Los Angeles (classical all the way!), she loves the variety in performing jazz, celtic & new chamber music. She worked with jazz great Ira Sullivan while in Miami. The cellist for Wyndfall, The Reese Project, Susquehanna & MuZette, Laurie also teaches at the college level, teaches privately, and is a free-lance musician. (... more info...)

The Compositions (partial list):

New works and original arrangements commissioned & performed by Susquehanna include:

  • Appalachian Winds (T Reese)
  • Awakenings (for Indian flute & cello by T & L Reese)
  • China Doll (L Reese)
  • Come Sunday (Ellington, arr T Reese)
  • Conception:  A Blues?  (T Reese)
  • Conversations (T Reese)
  • Dragon's Theme (T Reese)
  • A Modern Folk Tale (T Reese)
  • Genesis (K Reese)
  • Glaston's Theme (T Reese)
  • Katy's Rambles (trad, arr L Reese, lyrics T Reese)
  • Lament for Cora Lee (T Reese)
  • Lauri's Jig (T Reese)
  • La Valse de Neige/Waltz of the Snowflake (T Reese)
  • La Valse de Jeune Filles/Waltz of the Little Girls (trad, arr L Reese, lyrics T Reese)
  • Naima (Coltrane, arr K Reese)
  • Opus Arcona (T Reese)
  • Overture (K Reese)
  • Quartet #1 for Whistle (T Reese)
  • Voices from Within (T Reese)

The Traditional Repertoire (partial list):

A Little Spring Music (Vivaldi); Allegretto (Haydn); Alleluia, O Praise the Lord Most Holy (JS Bach); Aria (JS Bach); Aria from Xerxes (Handel); Ave Maria (Schubert); Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod); Badinerie (JS Bach); Bridal March (Wagner)

Canon in D (Pachelbel); Chanson Triste (Tchaikowsky); Corrente (Corelli); Eine Kleine Nachtmuzik (Mozart); Entrance of Queen of Sheba (Handel)

Hallelujah Chorus (Handel); Hawaiian Wedding Song; Holiday for Strings (Rose); Hornpipe & Air (Purcell); Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (JS Bach); Joyful, Joyful (Beethoven); Larghetto (Handel/Pochon); Largo: Four Seasons (Vivaldi); Largo: Violin Concerto (JS Bach); Largo from Xerxes (Handel); Lord's Prayer (Malotte)

Menuetto Vivace (Corelli); Minuet (Schubert); Minuet Allegretto (JS Bach); Nutcracker Selections (Tchaikowsky); O Perfect Love (Barnby); One Hand, One Heart (Bernstein); Orientale (Glazounow); Passacaille (Handel); Pastorale (Corelli); Pavane (Ravel); Pie Jesu (Webber); Rondeau (Mouret); Royal Fireworks Music (Handel)

Sarabande (Handel): Sarabande: 1st French Suite (JS Bach); Serenade (Haydn): Sheep May Safe Graze (JS Bach); Someone to Watch Over Me (Gershwin); Songbird (McVie); Spanish Dance (Albeniz); Summer of '42 (LeGrand); Sunrise, Sunset (Bock) 

Tempo di Menuetto (Mozart); Theme from Lawrence of Arabia (Jarre); Themes from the Moldau (Smetana); To a Wild Rose (MacDowell); Trumpet Tune (Purcell); Trumpet Voluntary (Clarke); Way We Were (Hamlisch); What's New (Haggart); Water Music Suite (Handel); Wedding March (Mendelssohn).