Resinosa Ensemble

Celebrate International Women's Day, with this ensemble of women performing music of American women composers. Joelle Morris, mezzo-soprano; Lisza Meyer, cello; and Bridget Convey, piano. Music of Beth Wiemann, Mable Bailey, Marianna Filippi, Zenobia Powell Perry, and Libby Larsen. 

Suggested price is $20 for Adults (more if you can, less if you can't  - everyone welcome, nobody turned away), UMF students and youth 18 and under are free.

The Resinosa Ensemble is a chamber trio formed in 2016 featuring Joëlle Morris, mezzo-soprano;

Bridget Convey, piano; and Eliza Meyer, cello. This ensemble came together out of a love for performing

chamber music, working with living composers, and offering music slightly off the beaten path. 

The Resinosa Ensemble has appeared in numerous chamber music series, including Colby College, Bates

College, Bowdoin College, Eastport Arts Center, University of Southern Maine, University of Maine at

Augusta, the concert series at UUCC of Augusta, First Fridays at First Parish, and the Back Cove

Contemporary Music Festival in Portland, Maine.   

A strong advocate of 21st century music, the ensemble has worked alongside American composers Tom

Flaherty, Justin Henry Rubin, Paul John Rudoi, Beth Wiemann, Scott Wheeler and Joshua Jandreau. Close

collaborations include commissioned works by Maine composers Daniel Sonenberg (USM), John Newell

(Eastport), Marianna Filippi, Nancy Gunn (SMCC), and Richard Nelson (UMA).

Joëlle Morris, mezzo-soprano.

Originally from Evian, France, Mezzo-Soprano Joëlle Morris has performed throughout Europe

and the United States.  She is admired for her versatility, from the concert stage to the operatic arena, in

intimate jazz settings and French cabaret or simply sharing her gifts as a conductor, voice teacher,

educator and coach. Since relocating to Maine in 2011, Joëlle has appeared with the Bangor Symphony Orchestra,

the Mozart Mentor Orchestra and is regularly a featured artist at Colby College, Bates College, Bowdoin

College, the Franco Center, Waterville Opera House, Nordica Auditorium, the Colby Jazz Faculty

Ensemble, King’s Chapel in Boston, the Back Cove Festival and the Early Music Festival in Portland.

Her appreciation of chamber music has led her to be the co-founding member of the Amethyst

Chamber Ensemble and the Resinosa Ensemble which specializes in 21st century and commissioned

works. In addition to a busy concert schedule in New England and annual summer appearances in

France, Joëlle is a Lecturer and Director of Choir at Bates College. She can be reached via her website at

www.joellemorris.com

Bridget Convey, piano

A musician who enjoys performing music of our time, pianist Bridget Convey has found much fulfillment

in collaborating with living composers. She has been fortunate to work with composers such as Morton

Subotnick, Mel Powell, James Tenney, Daniel Sonenberg, Vineet Shende, Elliott Schwartz, John Newell,

and many others. As a soloist and ensemble musician, Bridget has been heard at venues such as Lincoln

Center (NYC); Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (Los Angeles, CA); Ojai Music Festival (CA); Maybeck Performing

Arts Studio (Berkeley, CA); Percussive Arts Society International Convention (Columbus, OH); among

many others. She received her Diploma from Mannes College of Music, NYC (Pre-college Division) 1989;

BFA from State University of New York at Purchase 1993; and MFA from the California Institute of the

Arts 1997. Bridget performs regularly with the VentiCordi Chamber Ensemble; Maine Music Society; and

is co-founder/director of the Resinosa Ensemble, with Joëlle Morris (mezzo-soprano) and Eliza Meyer

(cello). She can be heard on Navona, Cuneiform, Independent and Nataraja labels. Bridget serves as

adjunct piano faculty at Bates College, Bay Chamber Music School and has a private piano studio in

Central Maine.

“…the piano shining like a star, without dictating a thing…Convey realized the part perfectly.” –

Christopher Hyde, Maine Classical Beat

“…words of praise are insufficient to acknowledge what Ms. Convey did on this program.” – Dr. Morton

Gold, Journal Tribune

Eliza Meyer, cello

Cellist Eliza Meyer performs regularly with chamber and orchestral ensembles around Maine, including

the Portland and Bangor Symphonies. She teaches at UMaine Augusta, in addition to maintaining a

private teaching studio at her home in Vassalboro.

She received her Bachelor of Music Degree and a Performer Diploma from the Indiana

University School of Music, where she was a recipient of the Eva Heinitz Scholarship, and her Master of

Music Degree from The Boston Conservatory, where she was a member of the Honors String Quartet

and a winner of the String Idol contest.

Eliza was a core member of Ludovico Ensemble, a new music ensemble-in-residence at The

Boston Conservatory, for five years, serving as its Artistic Director for two seasons. She has studied with

Andrew Mark, Rhonda Rider, Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, and Helga Winold.