Trio Sirènes, comprised of flutist Marcia Kämper, violist Karin Brown and harpist Jacqueline Pollauf, enjoys pushing boundaries and highlighting the diverse sonic possibilities of their wind, string and percussion instruments. In addition to performing the standard repertoire, Trio Sirènes seeks to create innovative programs by presenting both works by contemporary composers and transcriptions from earlier time periods. Based in Baltimore, Maryland, the trio performs throughout the East Coast and regularly appears on the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s Chamber Music by Candlelight Series.

Marcia Kämper holds the position of second flute with Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. With five concertos performed since joining the orchestra in 2006, Ms. Kämper performance of Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 2, 4 and 5 was lauded as having “a consistent warmth to the playing all evening. Solo highlights include the sweet blending of Adkins and flutists Marcia Kämper and Genevieve Briggs in No. 4” (The Baltimore Sun). Prior to her appointment at the BSO, Ms. Kämper was a flutist and soloist with the Omaha Symphony Orchestra. An active recitalist with a broad repertoire, Ms. Kämper is a champion of new music and has several world premieres to her. Ms. Kämper is the Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director of ANALOG, a non-profit collective of artists and musicians from around the world. Ms. Kämper holds two degrees from Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University.

Karin Brown, viola, received critical acclaim for her “strikingly rich and warm tone” (The Strad) after making her solo recital debut at Carnegie Weill Hall. Ms. Brown is Assistant Principal Violist of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and has been featured as concerto soloist with the BSO in Britten’s Double Concerto, Bach Brandenburg No. 6, and Britten’s Lachrymae. Ms. Brown is a prizewinner in the William Primrose International Viola Competition, and was a juror, Laureate recitalist, and masterclass clinician in the 2011 Primrose Competition. Her Chicago recital debut took place with live radio broadcast at the Dame Myra Hess series.  She has performed with members of eighth blackbird and the Borromeo Quartet, and at Caramoor’s Rising Stars series.  A committed teacher, Ms. Brown serves as faculty of the National Orchestral Institute (NOI), the Baltimore School for the Arts, and maintains a private studio of violin and viola students. Ms. Brown holds a Bachelor’s degree from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and a Master’s degree from the Juilliard School.

Jacqueline Pollauf, harp, has been praised for playing with “transcendent ability” (The Sybaritic Singer), and a “steady and most satisfying elegance”(The Toledo Blade), and made her solo debut at age sixteen with the Perrysburg Symphony Orchestra and has since given solo performances throughout the mid-Atlantic region. Recording credits include Music from Three Continents with the Scottish Voices ensemble of Glasgow, Scotland;Howard Hanson: Organ Concerto with the Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra; and a solo recording, Bouquet. In 2014, Jacqueline was honored with an Individual Artist’s Award from the Maryland State Arts Council. In addition to being the founder and director of the Baltimore Harp Camp, Jacqueline is on faculty of American University, the Baltimore School for the Arts, Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, Goucher College, and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. She holds degrees from the Peabody Conservatory.

Trio Sirènes looks forward to releasing a recording on the Analog Arts label and is committed to the highest artistic excellence in their performing.