SILVER SPRING, MD – On Sunday, October 17, 2010, the Grammy-nominated instrumental group Ensemble Galilei and musician/singer/songwriter Ann Mayo Muir celebrate the release of their new collaborative CD, Notes From Across The Sea, in a special presentation by The Institute of Musical Traditions (IMT) at the magnificent Takoma Park/Silver Spring Performing Arts Center at Montgomery College located at 7995 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910. The trio, Hot Soup will also make a guest appearance. Tickets & Show Information: www.imtfolk.org, or call 301-754-3611.

 Ann Mayo Muir has had a long and lustrous career as a recording artist and touring musician, most often performing with the legendary folk trio, Bok Muir & Trickett. In those years she distinguished herself as a singer, arranger and multi-instrumentalist, recording two solo albums and eleven critically acclaimed albums with the trio. While the fiddle has fallen away, Ann now accompanies her warm alto voice with a small Celtic harp, flute, whistle, Nyckelharpa (a traditional bowed Swedish instrument), and her beloved baritone ukulele. And she's been composing - stunning instrumental music - and quite different from what you've heard in her work with Bok & Trickett. Some pieces feel American, many have a European twist and a couple have run off with the Gypsies. Ensemble Galilei, a highly respected Celtic/Early Music/Classical Crossover group, arranged the pieces, and it is a sinuous, snappy, energetic delight of interpretation, with many shifts and surprises, happily suited to Annie's unique vision. With so many tastes and textures, this CD is a feast for the musical gourmet. 

Ticket Cost: $10 Montgomery College ID/ $20 advance / $25 door