Leach

Mary Jane Leach is a composer focused on the physicality of sound, its acoustic properties and how they interact with space. She has played an instrumental role in NYC's pioneering Downtown scene alongside Arthur Russell, Ellen Fullman, Peter Zummo, Philip Corner, and Arnold Dreyblatt, as well as devoting years to the preservation and reappraisal of Julius Eastman's work since his death in 1990, compiling Unjust Malaise (2005) and editing the book Gay Guerrilla: Julius Eastman and His Music (2015). Woodwind Multiples features four pieces for multiples of the same instrument: four bass flutes, nine oboes, nine clarinets, and seven bassoons.

At one time or another, every potter gets frustrated at the wheel. Whether struggling to center the clay or attach a handle with precision, potters of all levels crave advice and answers, and world-renowned ceramicist and YouTube sensation Simon Leach has plenty to give.

For this album, Brenda Lynne Leach plays an eclectic program, including a newly-discovered Chorale Fantasia by J. S. Bach, upon the Berghaus organ of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Brenda Lynne Leach is a concert organist and conductor who has performed throughout the USA, Europe, Israel, and Russia. She has appeared as an organ recitalist in world-renowned venues including Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Westminster Cathedral in London, Moscow Cathedral in Russia, as well as in the USA with concerts at the Washington National Cathedral, St. Patrick s Cathedral in New York City, Harvard University, Columbia University, and at national and regional AGO conventions. She has appeared as a soloist with orchestras, including the Detroit Symphony. She holds the DMA and MM degrees from the Eastman School of Music where she studied with David Craighead.