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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 Mack the Knife on a Magnus Chord Organ

Uploaded on Jan 1, 2012 Artis Wodehouse plays Mack the Knife from Threepenny Opera by Kurt Weill on a Magnus Chord Organ at the New Year’s Day Service at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair, NJ, Jan. 1st, 2012. The … Read the rest of this entry →

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Christmas Concerto for 2 Toy Pianos by Artis Wodehouse

Uploaded on Dec 24, 2011 Toy Pianists Artis Wodehouse and Bill Workinger premiere Artis Wodehouse’s “Christmas Concerto for 2 Toy Pianos” on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24th, 2011 in the sanctuary of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair, NJ. Pianos used … Read the rest of this entry →

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Artis Wodehouse plays Dusk by Nkeiru Okoye

Uploaded on Dec 5, 2011 Recorded on December 4, 2011 at the Music and Poetry service at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair, New Jersey. Dusk was written by Nkeiru Ojkoye (b. 1972, Nigerian/American) as a memorial to her mentor … Read the rest of this entry →

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Artis Wodehouse plays Nigerian Dance 1 by Joshua Uzoigwe

Uploaded on Dec 5, 2011 Recorded on December 4, 2011 at the Music and Poetry service at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair, New Jersey. Joshua Uzoigwe (1946-2005) was one of Nigeria’s most important composer/pianist/musicologists. Artis Wodehouse chose music by … Read the rest of this entry →

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Artis Wodehouse plays Volta Fantasy by J. H. Kwabena Nketia

Uploaded on Dec 4, 2011 Recorded on December 4, 2011 at the Music and Poetry service at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair, New Jersey. J. H. Kwabena Nketia (b. 1921) is considered a pioneer among African composers as well … Read the rest of this entry →

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Artis Wodehouse plays Atwimu by J. H. Kwabena Nketia

Uploaded on Dec 4, 2011 Recorded on December 4, 2011 at the Music and Poetry service at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair, New Jersey. J. H. Kwabena Nketia (b. 1921) is considered a pioneer among African composers as well … Read the rest of this entry →

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“I Don’t Care” by Jean Lennox/Harry Sutton

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“A Bird in a Gilded Cage” by Arthur Lamb/Harry von Tilzer

Uploaded on Nov 10, 2011 George Spitzer, baritone, Artis Wodehouse, piano perform the 1900 song, A Bird in a Gilded Cage in a concert given by the chamber music group, Melodeon at Church of the Epiphany, NYC on 10/30/11. Wodehouse’s … Read the rest of this entry →

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“On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away” by Paul Dresser

Uploaded on Nov 10, 2011 George Spitzer, baritone, and Artis Wodehouse, 1887 Mason & Hamlin Liszt Organ perform Paul Dresser’s 1897 song, On The Banks of the Wabash, Far Away at Church of the Epiphany, NYC 10/30/11 in a concert … Read the rest of this entry →

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“The Sea” by Edward MacDowell

Uploaded on Nov 10, 2011 George Spitzer, baritone and Artis Wodehouse, piano perform Edward MacDowell’s 1897 song, The Sea at a concert given by the chamber music group, Melodeon at Church of the Epiphany, NYC on 10/30/11.

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