Protea
Debuting to local acclaim in 2013 at Trinosophes in Detroit, Protea features Dennis Carter on flute, Lisa Raschiatore on clarinet, and Mariah Boucher on piano. The Detroit Metro Times listed them as "a new trio of top-drawer local musicians" and indeed, their musical energy onstage is electric and energetic. Their repertoire is varied, focusing on works that blend jazz, Latin, vocal, and contemporary music influences with classical woodwind standards. They were featured on the "Friday Night Live!" performance series at the Detroit Institute of Arts, collaborated with the Kresge Literary Fellow Terry Blackhawk by presenting her poetry with newly composed music during the 2015 Art X Festival in Detroit, and have been apart of the West Michigan Symphony's concert series at The Block in Muskegon and the "Sounds of Music" house concert series in the historic Boston Edison District in Detroit. They are frequent recitalists, performing at Trinosophes in Detroit and Kerrytown Concert House in Ann Arbor, and often collaborate with additional artists, including vocalists Jennifer Goltz and Carol Ambrogio-Wood, and poets Terry Blackhawk, Marsha Music, and Justin Rogers. They perform and commission new works for their ensemble, and have worked with composers Gabriela Lena Frank, Evan Chambers, and Marilyn Biery. They are active members of the Flute Clarinet Duo Consortium Commissioning Project, and have been apart of commissions for composers Pierre Jalbert and Roger Zare.
Dennis and Lisa are active musical freelancers in the Southeastern Michigan area, serving as members in regional orchestras including the Dearborn Symphony and West Michigan Symphony, performing as additional musicians in groups such as the Michigan Opera Theater and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and as pit musicians in touring Broadway and Gilbert and Sullivan shows. Mariah is a busy collaborative pianist, chamber musician, and soloist throughout Michigan and Indiana, and currently serves as the Visiting Professor of Collaborative Piano at Indiana University, South Bend.
Dennis and Lisa are active musical freelancers in the Southeastern Michigan area, serving as members in regional orchestras including the Dearborn Symphony and West Michigan Symphony, performing as additional musicians in groups such as the Michigan Opera Theater and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and as pit musicians in touring Broadway and Gilbert and Sullivan shows. Mariah is a busy collaborative pianist, chamber musician, and soloist throughout Michigan and Indiana, and currently serves as the Visiting Professor of Collaborative Piano at Indiana University, South Bend.
UPCOMING SHOWS
Summer Concert Series at the Buchanan Art Center
"French Delights"
August 21, 2022, 2pm
Buchanan, MI
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Summer Concert Series at the Buchanan Art Center
"French Delights"
August 21, 2022, 2pm
Buchanan, MI
(more)
SELECTED PAST SHOWS
"Composed by Women"
Valerie Colman's Portraits of Langston
2.9.22
Lang Lab, South Bend, IN
(more)
"One Less River"
Terry Blackhawk book opening: readings and performances by Protea
10.9.19, Trinosophes, Detroit MI
"Sounds of Music" House Concert Series with Protea
5.4.19, Detroit, MI
Located in the historic Boston Edison District in Detroit
(more)
Protea at the Block
11.12.16
Muskegon, MI
Apart of the Chamber series of the West Michigan Symphony Orchestra
"Crossing the Equator"
Protea at the Detroit Institute of Arts
8.26.16
"Crossing the Equator" with Marsha Music
Protea at Trinosophes
6.5.16
Trinosophes, Detroit
"Crossing the Equator" with Marsha Music
Protea at the Fair Lane Music Guild
2.17.16
Ford House, University of Michigan Dearborn
"Crossing the Equator" with Justin Rogers, narrator
Art X with Terry Blackhawk
4.25.15, 2:30 and 4:30
Studio Theater, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Music by Marilyn Biery, with collaborators
Scott Boberg, Carol Ambrogio-Wood, and Nancy Rodwan
Modern Chamber Music at Trinosophes
9.14.14, 7 pm
Trinosophes, Detroit
with Jennifer Goltz (sop)
Repertoire to include works by Liebermann, Argento, Gabriela Lena Frank, Coleman, Skelton, Copland, Ginastera, and Villa-Lobos.
Wind and Song: an Evening of Contemporary Wind Music and Cabaret
6.20.14, 7 and 8:30pm shows
with Jennifer Goltz (soprano)
Detroit Institute of Arts in their Friday Night Live! Series in Rivera Court, Detroit, MI
One Hundred Years: an Evening of Contemporary Wind Music, 1913-2013
3.2.14
Kerrytown Concert House, Ann Arbor, MI
with Jennifer Goltz (soprano)
Chamber Recital at Trinosophes
8.10.13
Trinosophes, Detroit, MI
"Composed by Women"
Valerie Colman's Portraits of Langston
2.9.22
Lang Lab, South Bend, IN
(more)
"One Less River"
Terry Blackhawk book opening: readings and performances by Protea
10.9.19, Trinosophes, Detroit MI
"Sounds of Music" House Concert Series with Protea
5.4.19, Detroit, MI
Located in the historic Boston Edison District in Detroit
(more)
Protea at the Block
11.12.16
Muskegon, MI
Apart of the Chamber series of the West Michigan Symphony Orchestra
"Crossing the Equator"
Protea at the Detroit Institute of Arts
8.26.16
"Crossing the Equator" with Marsha Music
Protea at Trinosophes
6.5.16
Trinosophes, Detroit
"Crossing the Equator" with Marsha Music
Protea at the Fair Lane Music Guild
2.17.16
Ford House, University of Michigan Dearborn
"Crossing the Equator" with Justin Rogers, narrator
Art X with Terry Blackhawk
4.25.15, 2:30 and 4:30
Studio Theater, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Music by Marilyn Biery, with collaborators
Scott Boberg, Carol Ambrogio-Wood, and Nancy Rodwan
Modern Chamber Music at Trinosophes
9.14.14, 7 pm
Trinosophes, Detroit
with Jennifer Goltz (sop)
Repertoire to include works by Liebermann, Argento, Gabriela Lena Frank, Coleman, Skelton, Copland, Ginastera, and Villa-Lobos.
Wind and Song: an Evening of Contemporary Wind Music and Cabaret
6.20.14, 7 and 8:30pm shows
with Jennifer Goltz (soprano)
Detroit Institute of Arts in their Friday Night Live! Series in Rivera Court, Detroit, MI
One Hundred Years: an Evening of Contemporary Wind Music, 1913-2013
3.2.14
Kerrytown Concert House, Ann Arbor, MI
with Jennifer Goltz (soprano)
Chamber Recital at Trinosophes
8.10.13
Trinosophes, Detroit, MI
AUDIO
Movement III from Sonatine by Andre Jolivet
Performed Live at the Kerrytown Concert House, March 2nd, 2014
Performed Live at the Kerrytown Concert House, March 2nd, 2014
Night Music by Lowell Liebermann
Performed Live at the Kerrytown Concert House, March 2nd, 2014
Performed Live at the Kerrytown Concert House, March 2nd, 2014
Choros No. 2 by Heitor Villa-Lobos
Performed Live at the Kerrytown Concert House, March 2nd, 2014
Performed Live at the Kerrytown Concert House, March 2nd, 2014