Violinist Tessa Lark and composer and bassist Michael Thurber first met many years ago as alumni of NPR’s From the Top. It wasn’t until 2016 that the old friends began their duo collaboration.
Violinist Tessa Lark and composer and bassist Michael Thurber first met many years ago as alumni of NPR’s From the Top. It wasn’t until 2016 that the old friends began their duo collaboration which incorporates Lark’s American music roots and Thurber’s diverse musical appetite.
“The fiddle and bass are both such versatile instruments and have played vital roles in so many different musical traditions around the world. It feels very natural to explore the full range of our musical heritage and not be bound by genre,” says Thurber, who can also be found slapping his bass on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as a member of Jon Batiste and Stay Human.
The duo’s debut album Invention, which intersperses arrangements of J.S. Bach’s Two-Part Inventions with original compositions by Lark, Thurber, and Eddie Barbash, was released in August 2019.
$96–$152 per table, seats up to 4 people
Phone: 3015815100
Email: strathmore@strathmore.org
2021/08/26 - 2021/08/26
Music Center at Strathmore
5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD 20852
For full parking information and directions, please visit www.strathmore.org/your-visit/directions-and-parking
Parking in the Grosvenor-Strathmore Metro garage is $5.20 during the week and free on weekends. Strathmore is also accessible via Metro's Red Line, Grosvenor-Strathmore station.
Limited short-term parking also is available at specially marked meters along Tuckerman Lane, which do not require payment after 7pm.