Sterling Illusions”, a new work by Karen Fremar, will be premiered during the Senior Trombone Recital of Janne Silfverberg on Sunday, April 11th. Silfverberg is a Trombone Performance Major at the Conservatory of Music, University of Missouri at Kansas City and also performs with Fremar in the music group, Vivant!

As the son of well-known US accordionists, Julie and Juha Silfverberg, Janne has always had an appreciation of the accordion and wanted to feature a new work on his recital that expanded the repertoire for the trombone and utilized the accordion. He commissioned Fremar to compose a work for the unique combination of trombone, vibraphone and accordion.

Conservatory Percussion Major, Sarrah Cantrell, will perform the vibraphone part and is shown here in rehearsal with Karen Fremar and Janne Silfverberg as they prepare the new work. The accordion will figure prominently on Silfverberg’s recital. He also plans to play a composition based on a Finnish folk tune written by Juha Silfverberg for accordion and trombone. His father will perform the work with him on the accordion.

For further information: kfremar@att.net