Jody Redhage Ferber Trio in Pine Plains

Friday, May 1 | Pine Plains, NY | 7:30 PM

Cellist and composer Jody Redhage Ferber brings her trio to the Stissing Center on May 1 for a performance of music from their new album EcoTones: Beings of the Air, a chamber jazz record inspired by the flying creatures of the Hudson River Valley. She's joined by Grammy-nominated violinist Sara Caswell and Chilean vocalist and guitarist Camila Meza, and the three have developed what the Stissing Center calls an "eerie simpatico of phrasing, sweeping melody, and alignment of harmonic language."

Redhage Ferber developed the EcoTones project out of a core idea borrowed from ecology: an ecotone is the transition zone where two biomes meet, a border region that tends to be unusually rich with life.

She's been named "Best New Concert Series of 2022" by the Riverfront Times of St. Louis for her ongoing EcoTones Concerts, which typically site musicians in natural settings with a hiking audience. Past events have featured alphorn trios in former sheep pastures and percussion jams with instruments made from plant and animal parts.

The Stissing Center show is a more traditional sit-down concert, but the music itself still moves between formal chamber composition and jazz improvisation, landing in the genre-blurring space. She has collaborated over the years with Esperanza Spalding, Fred Hersch, Terri Lyne Carrington, Snarky Puppy, and Sufjan Stevens, among others.

The Stissing Center, 2950 Church St., Pine Plains, NY. Tickets at thestissingcenter.org.