SARAH NEUFELD / RICHARD REED PARRY / REBECCA FOON
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Sarah Neufeld / Richard Reed Parry / Rebecca Foon are a new, neoclassical group hailing from Montreal, Quebec consisting of cellist Rebecca Foon, violinist Sarah Neufeld and multi-instrumentalist Richard Reed Parry. The trio originally met in Montreal during the late 1990’s while independently finding their footing in the local arts and culture community. For two years, Rebecca, Sarah and Richard collaborated in various capacities before embarking on their respective musical careers.
Richard and Sarah’s musical careers have been deeply intertwined over the past twenty years; including recently revitalized instrumental outfit and Juno-award winning Bell Orchestre (2002-present), both musicians have spent the better part of the past two decades writing and releasing music and touring the globe.
Similarly, composer and cellist Rebecca Foon has been a fixture of the Montréal music community for two decades, performing and recording in a wide array of contexts, most notably as co-founder of the modern chamber post-rock ensemble Esmerine, as a member of Thee Silver Mt Zion Memorial Orchestra (2001-2008) and Set Fire To Flames (2001-2004), and more recently at the helm of her electro-acoustic songwriting project Saltland. With these four entities, Foon has performed around the world and released over a dozen albums on various imprints. Esmerine’s 2013 album Dalmak won the Canadian music industry’s Juno Award for Best Instrumental Album and the band’s 2015 album Lost Voices was a finalist in this same category, along with winning the award for Best Album Package.
While each of the members have crossed paths in different and unique ways over the years, they have never truly collaborated as equal partners. Moreover, they have always felt as though the connection they shared as a trio—both as friends and musical collaborators was special and everlasting. And so, 24 years later, the trio are reuniting to pick-up where they left off. This time, with the wind at their backs.
As prominent members of Montreal’s anglophone music community, Rebecca, Sarah and Richard have each made significant contributions to the city’s world-renowned music scene both as individual artists and members of a variety of musical groups including, but not limited to those outlined above.
Now, as Sarah Neufeld / Richard Reed Parry / Rebecca Foon —each musician will continue to build on, develop and draw inspiration from their decorated musical careers, while simultaneously contributing to the growth of the local arts and culture community that both nurtured and propelled them in their early years. In returning to their roots, the group will look to reflect on and draw inspiration from the changes that have occurred in both their personal and professional lives, as well as their shared memories and experiences.
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