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Pianist and harmoniumist ARTIS WODEHOUSE has devoted her careeer to preserving and disseminating neglected but valuable music and instruments from the past, with an emphasis on American music. Cited by the NYTimes as “savior of the old and neglected”, she received a National Endowment grant that propelled her into production of CDs and published transcriptions of recorded performances and piano rolls made by George Gershwin, Jelly Roll Morton and Zez Confrey. Her best-seller, “Gershwin Plays Gershwin”, on the Nonesuch label has sold over 500,000 copies. Beginning in 2000, Wodehouse began performing on a representative group of antique reed organs and harmoniums, toy pianos and an 1823 English square piano and an 1860 Steinway square piano that she had painstakingly restored and brought to concert condition. She founded the chamber group MELODEON in 2010 to present little known but valuable music from 19th and early 20th Century America, using her antique instrument collection as the basis for repertoire choice. Wodehouse has a BM from the Manhattan School of Music, an MM from Yale, and a DMA from Stanford.
Posted on December 13, 2012 by admin

Artis Wodehouse plays In Paradisum Impromptu for Mustel Harmonium

Uploaded on Feb 24, 2012 Artis Wodehouse performs Impromptu from the In Paradisum Suite by Leonardo Ciampa on her 1902 Mustel Art Harmonium at Ann Goodman Recital Hall, Kaufman Center, NYC on 2/11/12. The piece was written in 2011 and … Read the rest of this entry →

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Tango Ballad: piano and Mustel harmonium, tricky stop changes

Uploaded on Feb 24, 2012 William Workinger, piano, and Artis Wodehouse, 1902 Mustel Art Harmonium perform Tango Ballad from Weill’s Threepenny Opera 2/11/12 at Ann Goodman Recital Hall, Kaufman Center, NYC.

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Artis Wodehouse plays In Paridisum harmonium Fugue on Mustel

Uploaded on Feb 24, 2012 Artis Wodehouse performs the Fugue from the In Paradisum Suite by Leonardo Ciampa on her 1902 Mustel Art Harmonium at Ann Goodman Recital Hall, Kaufman Center, NYC on 2/11/12. The piece was written in 2011 … Read the rest of this entry →

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Artis Wodehouse plays new harmonium music based on Gregorian chant

Uploaded on Feb 24, 2012 Artis Wodehouse performs Meditation from the In Paradisum Suite y Leonardo Ciampa on her 1902 Mustel Art Harmonium at Ann Goodman Recital Hall, Kaufman Center, NYC on 2/11/12. The piece was written in 2011 and … Read the rest of this entry →

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Artis Wodehouse plays toy pianos Dirge and Giga – Carson Cooman

Uploaded on Feb 23, 2012 Artis Wodehouse plays the Dirge and Giga from Carson Cooman’s Sonatina for Toy Piano (2011) at Ann Goodman Recital Hall, Kaufman Center, NYC on 2/11/12. The work was written for Wodehouse. She is playing a … Read the rest of this entry →

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Solomon’s Song for soprano and harmonium

Uploaded on Feb 23, 2012 Soprano Marti Newland and keyboardist Artis Wodehouse perform Solomon’s Song from Weill’s Threepenny Opera at Ann Goodman Recital Hall, Kaufman Center, NYC on 2/1/12. Wodehouse performs on a Mustel Art Hamonium. The original score of … Read the rest of this entry →

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Ancient organ music for Yamaha Reed Organs: Codex un poco Faenza

Uploaded on Feb 20, 2012 Artis Wodehouse and William Workinger play two vintage Yamaha Reed organs from the 1950s in Joris Verdin’s 1987 piece, Codex un poco Faenza at Ann Goodman Recital Hall, Kaufman Center, NYC on 2/11/12. Verdin’s piece … Read the rest of this entry →

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Japanese music for Yamaha Reed organs by Megumi Onaka

Uploaded on Feb 20, 2012 Artis Wodehouse performs two of five 1997 Lyric Pieces for Yamaha Reed Organs by Japanese composer, Megumi Onaka (b. 1925-) at the Ann Goodman Recital Hall, Kaufman Center, 129 West 67th St., NYC on 2/11/12. … Read the rest of this entry →

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Mack the Knife: baritone, piano, Mustel Harmonium

Uploaded on Feb 16, 2012 George Spitzer, baritone, William Workinger, piano and Artis Wodehouse, 1902 Mustel Art Harmonium perform Mack the Knife from Kurt Weill’s Threepenny Opera at Ann Goodman Recital Hall, Kaufiman Center, 129 W. 67th St., NYC on … Read the rest of this entry →

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Artis Wodehouse Plays Alexandre Guilmant’s 4th Sonata for Harmonium – Second movement

Published on Sep 2, 2012 Artis Wodehouse performs Alexander Guilmant’s 4th Sonata for Harmonium, the second movement at Church of the Epiphany, 72 and York Ave., NYC. Taken from a performance at the Church of the Epiphany, NYC in Oct., … Read the rest of this entry →

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