Red Cedar Chamber Music

Red Cedar Chamber Music was founded in July 1997 by concert artists Jan Boland and John Dowdall. Its mission is "to perform chamber music with virtuosity, energy, and artistic excellence, enriching broad and diverse local, domestic, and international audiences through concerts and educational activities; to stimulate creative artistic collaborations to reach this goal." The Boland-Dowdall Duo is the ensemble-in-residence with Red Cedar Chamber Music. The Duo also tours nationally and internationally, bringing innovative and entertaining concert programs and residency programs to broad and diverse audiences. Boland and Dowdall are rostered artists for state and regional arts agencies. You can get help funding concerts & residencies through the Heartland Arts Fund, the Iowa Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts. //////////////////////////////////////////////// For booking information and dates, contact us at redcedar@redcedar.org or call 319/377-8028.

The Boland-Dowdall Duo records exclusively for Fleur De Son Classics. The Duo is dedicated to performing 19th-century music on period instruments for the purpose of attempting to recapture the spirit of the music on the instruments used at the time. The Duo's compact disc recordings feature period instruments (not copies) dating from c.1812 - c.1860. They have previously recorded for Titanic Records of Boston, Koch International Classics of New York.

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New Compact Disc Recording The Red Cedar Trio (Jan Boland, David Miller, and John Dowdall) just finished recording its third compact disc, to be released by Fleur De Son Classics of N.Y. Recording sessions took place late at night in early August at the beautiful King Chapel in Mt. Vernon. Acoustically, this chapel is a heavenly place to record. However, it is beset with certain "challenges," shall we say! First, trains toot their whistles and rumble along nearby tracks at unpredictable times, interrupting "takes." Our recording engineer, Peter Nothnagle began keeping a chart of train schedules, and logged 19 trains in a 3-hour period one night! What next? A single, seemingly innocent, little cricket began chirping very loudly one night at 2 a.m., providing an unwelcome duet with the flute! The unfortunate (now deceased) little cricket is pictured here with Peter Nothnagle, who crept up into the balcony of King Chapel with a flash light and, using his highly developed listening skills in a new way, located and exterminated with little guy. Peter is pictured below with said cricket and a clock documenting the time of morning.