Collaborators
Tessa Brinckman
Flute (modern & baroque), alto flute, piccolo, contra-bass flute
Co-founder - Caballito Negro
Originally from New Zealand, Ms. Brinckman enjoys a versatile career, having worked in many classical music ensembles and concert series in the United States, South Africa and New Zealand. Her orchestral and festival work includes the Oregon Symphony, New Haven International Arts, Oregon Bach, Oregon Shakespeare, Ernest Bloch, Bumbershoot and Astoria Music Festivals. She has recorded and composed for theater in New Zealand, New York and Seattle, for Radio New Zealand, and for TV commercials.
Ms. Brinckman is the co-founder of flute and percussion duo, Caballito Negro, and was founder and Artistic Director of Ensemble East West and East West Continuo. She has received local and international grants to present unique historic and contemporary chamber music programs, and has premiered numerous works by American composers.
Ms. Brinckman's composition for flute and string trio, Glass Sky, can be found on the critically acclaimed CD Glass Sky, and is featured in the South African documentary Inner Landscapes (Climax Films) about Outsider artist Helen Martins, and her Owl House creation.
When she's not flying around creating music, other art forms, or trouble, she is idle and enjoys breathing for its own sake.
Terry Longshore
Percussion (western & non-western)
Member - Caballito Negro
Terry Longshore is active as a performer, composer, and educator of percussion and has performed throughout the U.S. as well as in Sweden, Mexico, Canada, Brazil, India, and the U.K.
Starting out on piano and then flute and saxophone, he realized that hitting things was much more fun and started serious percussion study (i.e. drum corps and rock bands) in high school. He performs regularly as a soloist and with percussion duo Skin & Bones, percussion quartet Conundrum, flamenco ensemble Alba Flamenca, and multi-media ensemble Sonoluminescence. His most recent recordings are of the work of Stanford University composer Mark Applebaum and former Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra Composer-in-Residence William Kraft, and Go Fish Music publishes his own works.
Mr. Longshore is a Yamaha Performing Artist and an artist endorser for Remo drumheads, Vic Firth sticks and mallets, and Zildjian cymbals. Not merely content with hitting things, he enjoys fly fishing, road and mountain biking, hiking, and camping.
Ensemble East West a.k.a. East West Continuo
Ensemble East West originally began as Tessa Brinckman & East West Continuo in 2003, and initially was only intended to be a recording project. However the group took off, and it was warmly received by Pacific Northwest audiences with its unique sound, often incorporating other artistic media to reach an enthusiastic and diverse audience.
Founded by Tessa Brinckman, the flexible highly talented and fun ensemble of flute, violin, viola, harp, and koto followed its mission to honor traditions and push the boundaries of both Western and non-Western classical music. Until 2008 they averaged eight concerts per year, and have commissioned nine new works, creating new repertoire for the less typical instrumental combinations. The ensemble made a critically acclaimed CD in 2005, Glass Sky - Chamber Music for Flute & Stringed Instruments (North Pacific Music LD021).
The collaborators in the ensemble were:
Tessa Brinckman - flutes
Daniel Rouslin - violin/viola
Victoria Gunn Pich - viola/violin
Lori Presthus - cello
Victoria Erhlich - cello
Justin Kagan - cello
Jenny Lindner - harp
Mitsuki Dazai - koto
Guest artists were:
Cary Lewis - piano
Dorothy Lewis - cello
Kenneth Shirk - tambura
