Trio

Before the inception of the Aurelius Ensemble, members of the Aurelius Trio—Eran Egozy, clarinet; Wilson Hsieh, viola; Elaine Chew, piano—came together as students in Marcus Aurelius Thompson's Chamber Music Society at MIT in 1992. Their coaches have included John Harbison, Lynn Chang, Marcus Thompson, David Deveau, William Wrzecien and Jean Rife.

Motivated by chamber music readings and inspired by the lively musical repartees they generated, the trio collaborated on a full length concert in Spring 1994. The program consisted of:

Hindemith's Sonata for Viola and Piano

Ravel's Alborado del Gracioso

Steve Reich's New York Counterpoint for Clarinet and Tape

Mozart's Kegelstatt Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano

Reinecke's Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano

Living up to MIT's nerd reputation, the publicity flyers refer to unix system commands and photographs on permanent display at the main athena (computer) cluster in the Stratton Student Center at MIT: