About

The Imbroglio Sextet is a group of international musicians hailing from Haiti, Spain and the U.S. These exceptional musicians met in Cange, Haiti the summer of 2013 at a the Ecole de Musique St. Trinite camp where they taught and performed. In 2013, these musicians, inspired by their teaching efforts throughout Haiti, and motivated by the Haitian-American composer Sydney Guilluame and trumpeter Cara Pollard, began this musical project based on the foundations of peace in a country where creativity is a necessity and the desire to learn is the motor.

With this background, Imbroglio Sextet presents a completely new concert program unlike any before it. Pieces include Imbroglio – Sydney Guillaume, Spitfire – Jim Stephenson, 4 Movements for Film Projector – Brandon Brown: Film – Rush Olson and many others. The works display influences from the Caribbean, North America, and Europe. The mixture of ideas unfolds throughout and results in a great ending-- in an understanding that we could not have imagined any other way.

Imbroglio Sextet hopes to share their music and expectations of the same “imbroglios” that an understanding like this would create.

Artists:
Sydney Guillaume – composer/director (Haiti – LA, California)
Cara Pollard – trumpet (Ft. Worth, Texas)
Salvador Contreras – clarinet (Pamplona, Spain)
David Otto – violin (Huesca, Spain)
Katie von Braun – violin (San Francisco Conservatory – Michigan)
Lucia Nuin – viola (Pamplona, Spain)
Javier Navascues – cello (Pamplona, Spain)
Rush Olson – film (Ft. Worth, Texas)

The dates for the upcoming concerts:
Tour Dates for the Texas/Louisiana Tour JUST released!! The Indiegogo campaign will be up soon. Come hear this great sextet near you soon!
April 3rd, 2015 Ft. Worth, Live Oak 9pm http://www.theliveoak.com/
April 4th, 2015 Dallas SMU Meadows Museum 7pm http://www.meadowsmuseumdallas.org/
April 7th, 2015 New Orleans - Trinity Episcopal Church Labyrinth 7-8pm... http://www.trinitynola.com/church
April 8th, 2015 Houston, Texas Ovations Night Club http://www.ovationsnightclub.com/schedule.htm
April 11th, 2015 Austin, Texas Scottish Rite Theater http://scottishritetheater.org/

For more information or to donate to our tour:
Carapollard.com
Indiegogo Campaign
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/imbroglio-sextet-texas-louisiana-tour-april-2015/x/9371291

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/imbrogliosextet

 

Event Details

Ticket Information

  • Cost: $10.00

Presenter Details

  • Name: Cara Pollard
  • For the past three years, Cara Pollard has been a freelance trumpet player and teacher both nationally and internationally. She has performed and taught in Haiti, Spain, Britain and the United States in 2014. She has just recorded her first album esto no es una trompeta.
    Before coming to TCU, Dr. Pollard was an Assistant Professor of Trumpet at Tarleton State University from 2007-2011 where she taught trumpet, jazz history, brass methods, and popular music. She was also a Visiting Assistant Professor at Texas Tech University School of Music from 2002-2007. While at Texas Tech she taught jazz history, music history, and trumpet.
    Dr. Pollard holds the Bachelor of Science degree in Radio Television Film from the University of Texas at Austin, and the Master's Degree in Music Education from New Mexico State University at Las Cruces as well as a Doctorate of Musical Arts in Trumpet Performance from Texas Tech University. She is a freelance trumpet player and a founding member of the Imbroglio Sextet (International).
    Dr. Pollard also performed as guest principal trumpet for L'Orchestre Philharmonique Sainte-Trinité (OPST) Haiti in 2013-14 as well as the 2004 Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Musica. Before receiving her doctorate at Texas Tech, Dr. Pollard was a band director in Joshua, Texas teaching 6th - 12th grade band and jazz band. She is an active member of JEN and ITG. Dr. Pollard has also worked in radio for over fifteen years including hosting her own jazz radio show in Las Cruces, New Mexico; Lubbock and Stephenville, Texas.



     

Venue Details

  • Address: 207 W 18th St.
  • City: Austin
  • State: TX
  • Zip: 78701