Cross Island March 29, 2009

Formed in 2007 by cellist Suzanne Mueller and pianist Elinor Abrams Zayas, Cross Island is dedicated to presenting programming that celebrates music in all of its diversity. On any program, you're likely to hear music drawn from the Classical, Jewish, Latin and Jazz genres including an ever-growing collection of works written or arranged for them by the composers, and a hallmark of Cross Island is that every program includes a free improvisation - a spontaneous work never heard before and never to be played again. The duo frequently performs with clarinetist Joseph Rutkowski, Jr., and it can expand further by drawing upon a roster of some of the finest freelancers in the region to add voice, violin, viola, oboe, bass, percussion, and other instruments as needed for specific works.