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Time For Three performs 'Deana' and 'Stand By Me' on WGN: Chicago
Posted At : April 7, 2019 12:00 AM
Join Dean Richards today; Sunday April 7 for a jam-packed exciting show on WGN: Chicago. First, Time For Three, performs two songs in-studio, that are sure to entice any music lover. With Nick Kendall and Charles Yang on Violin and Ranaan Meyer on the Double Bass; they are truly a unique performance. Then, Dean checks in with listeners, to hear your favorite movies that you can watch at anytime. Finally, Phil Vettel, the Chicago Tribune's Restaurant Critic, tells Dean all about the latest and greatest places for Easter Brunch.
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The Meyers commemorate LD centenary and CD death at Maurice River Music Salon / New Jersey Stage
Posted At : April 7, 2018 12:00 AM
Pianist Norma Meyer, with renowned bassist Ranaan Meyer as special guest artist, will be the featured performers at Maurice River Music's next salon concert-the final salon concert of the 2017-18 season-on Sunday, April 15. The program will commemorate the centenary of Leonard Bernstein's birth and of Claude Debussy's death. Meyer will perform early, rarely heard piano music by Bernstein: selections from Anniversaries-short musical portraits of people who figured in the composer's life-and Four Sabras-a collection of short pieces. She will also perform selections from the first book of Debussy's Préludes, his complete Children's Corner, L. 113, and a selection from his suite Pour le piano, L. 95. Ranaan Meyer will join Norma Meyer for additional pieces by Bernstein and Debussy.
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Time for Three participate in music outreach with SC high schools / Aiken Standard
Posted At : March 17, 2018 12:00 AM
After Charles Yang, a violinisit for Time for Three, asked Aiken County music students how many were in orchestra, band or choir, hands went up in succession across the Midland Valley High auditorium. "All right, that was actually kind of like a wave you guys just did," Yang said."Let's do it again. I wish you guys could see it. It's amazing."
Combining current Broadway tunes, classical melodies by European masters and classic rock by Guns N' Roses, Yang, with bandmates Nick Kendall on violin and Ranaan Meyer on double bass, created a contemporary sound with a nod to history and their musical roots Friday morning during an educational outreach program organized by Joye in Aiken. The band members interacted with the students and answered questions. Hundreds of music students from Midland Valley North Augusta high schools and North Augusta, Paul Knox and Schofield middle schools cheered and applauded as the band performed, sang and improvised.
READ THE FULL Aiken Standard ARTICLE
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RSO celebrates New Year's Eve with Time for Three / bctv
Posted At : December 7, 2017 12:00 AM
Transcending multiple musical categories, string trio Time for Three, featuring local favorite Curtis alum Nick Kendall (violin) together with Charles Yang (violin), and Ranaan Meyer (double bass), join the Reading Symphony Orchestra for a special New Year's Eve performance on Sunday, December 31 at 7:30 p.m. at the Santander Performing Arts Center. Time for Three blends elements of classical, country western, gypsy and jazz music to create a unique blend of its own, merging original pieces together with their own arrangements of bluegrass, folk tunes, and mash-ups of popular hits from the 60s to present day.
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Time for Three set for Cooperstown Summer Music Festival / BroadwayWorld
Posted At : August 15, 2017 12:00 AM
From ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" to Carnegie Hall, audiences have been delighted by the high-energy virtuosity of Time for Three. The trio will offer a blend of jazz, folk, classical, and pop in a concert at the Cooperstown Summer Music Festival on Sunday, August 20 at 7:30 pm at the Otesaga Hotel. Time for Three - Nicolas (Nick) Kendall, violin; Charles Yang violin; and Ranaan Meyer, double bass - perform mash-ups of hits by the Beatles, James Taylor, Mumford and Sons, Katy Perry, Justin Timberlake, and more, as well as original arrangements.
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"Time for Three are phenomenal string players and dynamic performers," says Festival artistic director Linda Chesis. "I am delighted to be featuring them here in Cooperstown." Time for Three comes to Cooperstown just after performing at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center and Chautauqua. "Seeing them in an intimate 200-seat venue here in Cooperstown is a wonderful opportunity," says Chesis.
READ THE FULL BroadwayWorld ARTICLE
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One last Time for Three with Sun Valley Summer Symphony / Idaho Mountain Express
Posted At : August 3, 2017 12:00 AM
Time for Three's high-energy compositions include rearrangements of classic rock songs and original tunes that stretch traditional notions of what classical string music sounds like. The trio is ending a three-year residency with Sun Valley Summer Symphony this year. In 2015 and 2016, genre-bending string trio Time for Three debuted original compositions commissioned from them by the Sun Valley Summer Symphony. "Elevation: Paradise," written by the group with Kenji Bunch, debuted in 2015, followed by "Free Souls" in 2016.
Since the composition of "Free Souls," the group's dynamic changed with the addition of violinist and singer Charles Yang. When the trio began composing "Songs for Joy"-the final commissioned piece to be premiered on Aug. 3-the two original members, Nicolas Kendall and Ranaan Meyer, weren't sure what to expect. "We had no idea when Charles came for a barbecue/rehearsal/hang for a couple days in June 2016 that it was going to lead to all that it has," Meyer writes in the symphony's 2017 booklet. "Charles continues to surprise us, challenge us, and push the envelope as far as what Time for Three can create." The trio will perform their new composition at the end of the symphony's Pops Night concert Thursday, Aug. 3, at 6:30 p.m. at the Sun Valley Pavilion, with Time for Three performing all night.
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Time for Three play Transylvania U / The Rambler
Posted At : October 12, 2016 12:00 AM
The string trio Time for Three (Violinist Charles Yang, double-bassist Ranaan Meyer and violinist Nick Kendall) brought high energy, lots of personality and a touch of sadness to their highly anticipated in Haggin auditorium concert on Tuesday evening. The group joked about their morose song choice before entering into a mashup of The Beatles' "Eleanor Rigby" and Mozart's "Lacrimosa," which unexpectedly segued into "Bittersweet Symphony." The group opened their show on an energetic note, though, with an original composition by the double-bassist Ranaan Meyer called "Ecuador." Since the piece was inspired by a trip to Ecuador, Meyer hinted that he should now write a piece called "Lexington," getting cheers from the crowd of students, professors, alumni and Lexington residents in Haggin.
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Time for Three pleases WV Symphony crowd / West Virginia Gazette-Mail review
Posted At : April 17, 2016 12:00 AM
When Time for Three, violinists Zachary De Pue and Nicholas Kendall and double bassist Ranaan Meyer, burst on the scene in the early 2000's, it was an outlandish concept. The two violins, set high in the range, are separated sonically from the rumbling depths of the double bass' range. String ensembles have tended to have the cello and/or viola included to bridge that gap. Except the bass, with its long strings, can reach very high notes. That high sound is sort of like a cello, but hollower and darker. Meyer spent much of his time exploring that high range strikingly in the ensemble's pleasing concert with the West Virginia Symphony, Saturday night at the Clay Center. The concert was the final pops concert of the orchestra's current season.
READ THE FULL West Virginia Gazette-Mail REVIEW
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Final Zach De Pue performance on PBS: tf3 'In Concert ' w/ Indianapolis Symphony / WOSU
Posted At : March 31, 2016 12:00 AM
Time for Three ( Zach De Pue, Nick Kendall, and Ranaan Meyer ) played Columbus two years ago at the season-ending soiree of ProMusica Chamber Orchestra. Since then, their reputation and legend has done nothing but grow. A review in the Wall Street Journal stated, "When the three musicians get together, the resulting mash-up is often equal parts spontaneity and virtuosic precision." For the 15 years tf3 has been together, De Pue has managed to juggle his job with the Indy Symphony and the touring schedule of tf3. Though he recently decided to step away from Time for Three, you can see his final performance in this PBS special in which tf3 teams with the Indianapolis Symphony in front of the "hometown crowd."
The special is available free online until April 22, 2016. READ THE FULL WOSU: Columbus OH ARTICLE
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After 15 years together - Time for Three gets new violinist Nikki Chooi
Posted At : July 30, 2015 12:00 AM
After 15 years together Time for Three's one-of-a-kind violinist and colleague - Zach DePue is leaving the group to dedicate himself full time as concertmaster of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, an innovative and extraordinary organization.
Time for Three, the flexible, inventive band which all of you have come to know and love carries on introducing Zach's successor, an acclaimed, formidable soloist and a long time friend of the trio - Nikki Chooi. A Curtis Institute graduate, in many ways Nikki is cut from the same tf3 cloth and he joins Ranaan and Nick in this new chapter for the band
Nikki will be appearing on selected dates with Time for Three during the 2015-16 season fulfilling his schedule of international concert dates while starting to play as a full time member of the band. In coordination with his duties at the Indianapolis Symphony, Zach will intersperse appearances with TF3 throughout and until the end of the same season, helping Ranaan and Nick make the seamless transition. Nikki .
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Time for Three plays Austin Chamber Music Festival / KMFA Radio
Posted At : July 15, 2015 12:00 AM
The trio consists of violinist Zachary (Zach) De Pue, violinist Nicolas (Nick) Kendall and double-bassist Ranaan Meyer, calling themselves Time for Three (Tf3). The group "defies traditional genre classification, happily and infectiously." Derived of fellow students from Philadelphia's Curtis Institute of Music, the trio performs music from Bach to the Beatles and beyond "with an uncommon mix of virtuosity and showmanship." Their performances have graced intimate and large venues alike, ranging from Carnegie Hall to TV's Dancing with the Stars, and are returning to Austin this weekend!
Listen to an interview with Nick, Ranaan, and Zach with KMFA's Content Director John Clare by clicking the orange audio play button above. They discuss the latest release,Time For Three, from Universal Music Classics.
Find out more information about their performance Saturday evening at the Austin Chamber Music Festival.
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Louisville Orchestra Closes 2014-15 Season With 'Time For Three'
Posted At : April 27, 2015 12:00 AM
The Louisville Orchestra concludes its 2014-2015 season this week featuring Time for Three, John Williams' The Cowboys overture and Beethoven's Symphony No. 5, Op. 67.
Violinists Zachary DePue and Nicholas Kendall, and bassist Ranaan Meyer, collectively known as Time for Three, gave an electric performance of their signature arrangements that are filled with improvisation and jams. With no shortage of charisma and stage presence, the virtuosic trio was a crowd pleaser and didn't shy away from engaging, even verbally, with the Thursday morning audience.
The set arranged and re-imagined several popular songs, from Leonard Cohen's oft-covered "Hallelujah" and the bluegrass tune "Orange Blossom Special," to Mumford & Sons' "Little Lion Man" and an amalgam of Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings and Justin Timberlake's "Cry me a River." (Yes, you read that last phrase correctly.) The most successful arrangements involved the orchestra more than just as a backup band, as in Vittorio Monti's Czardas, a Hungarian folk-inspired showpiece. The orchestra arrangement was colorful and supportive, but also fun for the ensemble. Concertmaster Michael Davis was even allowed to cut loose for a solo. The creative Barber/Timberlake mashup made eloquent use of the strings' lyrical and percussive qualities. Other arrangements were less fulfilling, pushing the orchestra to an almost inaudible level in the background. This is something you can expect on a pops concert, but not during a mainstay subscription performance. READ THE FULL WUOL POST
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Ranaan Meyer instructs Utah's Spanish Fork Junior High Orchestra / Daily Herald
Posted At : March 18, 2015 12:00 AM
Spanish Fork Junior High School's combined orchestra was paid a special visit by renowned bassist Ranaan Meyer for a practice session at Spanish Fork High School on Friday. The school was selected for Meyer's "The World That We All Deserve Through Music" program, which sees Meyer travel to various school to help inspire the students to excel in music.
"Once they met him and saw how energetic he was and passionate, I think it really helped them put a lot more passion into their own playing," said orchestra teacher Angela Harman.
Meyer had written a song for the orchestra to learn, which Harman said was a "super difficult" composition. Harman spent a few hours working with the orchestra Friday morning to help them polish their performance, but the goal was more about inspiration than preparation for a show. "I think it's opened up their eyes to see what possibilities and potential they have and how far you can really go," Harman said. SEE THE Daily Herald PAGE
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Time for Three: new album, documentary and mashup / NUVO
Posted At : January 16, 2015 12:00 AM
Time for Three arrived here in 2008, an unknown entity except for violinist Zach DePue, whom we already knew as the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra's concertmaster. It didn't take long for a new audience - enthralled by the threesome's charisma, chemistry and chutzpah? - to start flocking to their shows, particularly the Happy Hour nights when they were billed as headliner. DePue's shy, quiet approach was complemented by violinist Nick Kendall's infectious energy and bassist Ranaan Meyer's persuasive charm.
Now they're as much a part of the city as Lady Victory. And they're nationally identified not only in concert halls where they regularly are featured guest performers but also as partners, since 2011, with PACER's National Bullying Prevention Center "to bring their message to schools across the country through residencies, workshops and the media."
So it follows as a matter of good marketing for the TV side of WFYI to produce a pledge special that was broadcast Dec. 9 and 14. Time for Three: Live with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra featured DePue, Kendall and Meyer in the studio, chatting about their philosophy and approach to music that defies a traditional genre classification as they blend and bend their classical training into and around bluegrass, country and western, jazz and improvisation. Segments showed the trio playing with a range of groups, from the ISO to guest artists Joshua Radin, Lily and Madeleine and Tony Styxx.
Tf3's latest self-titled release on Universal Classics features tracks co-produced by Rob Moose and has the trio collaborating with Branford Marsalis, Alisa Weilerstein and Jake Shimabukura, among others.
READ THE FULL NUVO ARTICLE
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Time for Three's self-titled album / Clevelandclassical.com review
Posted At : October 6, 2014 12:00 AM
In this day and age it's not unusual for classically-trained musicians to experiment with and perform music of seemingly unrelated genres. And it's always interesting to hear how they go about incorporating their classical sensibilities into the works of bands like the Beatles or into bluegrass tunes like "Orange Blossom Special".
With their 2009 release, Three Fervent Travelers, the Curtis Institute of Music-trained string ensemble Time For Three, made up of violinists Zachary De Pue and Nicolas Kendall and bassist Ranaan Meyer, sent a clear message that they were the torch-bearers of this new approach to classical music that defies all traditional genre classifications.
Fueled by new repertoire, that torch burns even brighter on their recent, self-titled release, which marks their debut on the Universal Music Classics label. In addition to tracks co-produced by Rob Moose from Bon Iver and Grammy-winning producer David Lai, the album also features collaborations with an array of outstanding musicians from a variety of musical styles. The album also cuts to the core of who Time for Three is. As Nick Kendall explains: "Like most young people in America now, the three of us grew up listening to all kinds of music – '90s hip-hop, grunge, bluegrass – and we've always played a wide variety of music. We're part of a new generation of classically-trained musicians who approach diverse styles from the same heartfelt place. We hear and feel it all in a similar way, as just music." READ THE FULL Clevelandclassical.com REVIEW.
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Time for Three chats with CPR about new self-titled album
Posted At : August 24, 2014 12:00 AM
Time For Three's new, self-titled album finds the trio playing its classical-folk hybrid collaborating with musicians like saxophonist Branford Marsalis and cellist Alisa Weilerstein.
Violinists Nick Kendall and Zack De Pue and bassist Ranaan Meyer give the group an eclectic sound. For example, on one track they mix Bach with folk singer-songwriter Bon Iver.
The results are sometimes hard to describe.
"We've called ourselves a classical garage band," Meyer told CPR Classical's Monika Vischer. "We're just really proud to be a part of something that's moving in a direction. It feels right and it feels really good."
Listen to Time for Three's interview with CPR's Monika Vischer.
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Time for Three's self-titled album / WGTE interview
Posted At : August 20, 2014 12:00 AM
Crossover string trio Time for Three (Zach De Pue, Ranaan Meyer, and Nick Kendall) joins us for a conversation about their latest album, which features their own mash-ups and arrangements of popular contemporary music as well as performances by guest musicians. Listen to the interview on Toledo, Ohio: WGTE.
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Time for Three plays live in-studio for Classical KING: Second inversion
Posted At : August 14, 2014 12:00 AM
Time for Three stopped by the Classical KING: Second Inversion studios on Wednesday, August 13th to play a few tunes from their self titled release. Listen to Time for Three's in-studio performance for Seattle's Classical KING: Second Inversion
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Time for Three's self-titled album / Classical King: Second Inversion 'Album of the Week'
Posted At : August 11, 2014 12:00 AM
Time for Three (a.k.a. TF3) totally nails the concept of "Rethink Classical." The members of this genre-defying trio (Zachary (Zach) De Pue, violin; Nicolas (Nick) Kendall, violin; and Ranaan Meyer, double bass) were trained at the Curtis Institute of Music and undoubtedly have incredible classical chops. Their fluency and natural ability to play arrangements of The Beatles, Kanye West, and Katy Perry equally as well as Bach and Brahms is what sets these guys apart and makes their self-proclaimed "classically-trained garage band" title totally accurate.
"How do we reach a younger audience?" is a hot topic among symphony orchestras around the globe right now. The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra has teamed up with TF3 for their "Happy Hour Series," where they perform on about four programs per year. I had a chance to talk to TF3 a few weeks ago about this experience and they absolutely love it. They've developed a fan base of young professionals (90% are ages 20-45) who keep coming back, concert after concert. TF3 caters to the needs of that demographic by crafting performances in the concert hall that are similar in format to rock shows – lights, trajectory of a playlist that takes you on a journey, and music that is groove-oriented and familiar. They'll pair Beethoven alongside Coldplay… Brahms… Radiohead. The audience may come for the Radiohead, but find unexpected connections with Brahms.
And speaking of performances and venues, the guys are currently on tour and stopping right here in Seattle on Wednesday, August 13 at the Columbia City Theater, where you can sit or stand, drink a beer, dance, and make merry in this fun, historic space. The show starts at 8pm and tickets are still available!
Their recently released self-titled album is an emblem for the modern era of genre-crossover, containing an impressive collection of arrangements, originals, and guest performers (Joshua Radin! Alisa Weilerstein! Jake Shimabukuro! Branford Marsalis! Lily & Madeleine!). We've got the collection streaming on-demand, complete with some thoughts shared by the band on a few of the tracks, particularly original compositions by Nick and Ranaan. Time For Three's self-titled album is Seattle's Classical King FM: Second Inversion 'Album of the Week.'
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Time for Three interview with KBAQ's - Heart of the Arts:
Posted At : August 7, 2014 12:00 AM
Fourteen years ago, a trio of musicians met at Philadelphia's Curtis Institute for Music. Their group later became Time for Three: violinists Zach De Pue and Nick Kendall, and double bassist Ranaan Meyer. Featuring guest artists like cellist Alisa Weilerstein and ukulelist Jake Shimabukuro, Time for Three's latest self-titled album pushes the boundaries of classical music. K-Bach - Tempe AZ Sterling Beeaff brings you this week's Heart of the Arts feature. LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW
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Time for Three - Vocalise is the KDFC: Download Of the Week
Posted At : August 5, 2014 12:00 AM
Each week KDFC: San Francisco members can download a free mp3 from some of the biggest releases in the world of Classical music. Time for Three defies traditional classification. Performing music from Bach and Brahms to their own arrangements of The Beatles, Katy Perry, Kanye West and Justin Timberlake, they have performed everywhere from Carnegie Hall to Jazz clubs, European festivals, NFL games and the Indy 500. Their hit YouTube anti-bullying video Stronger, featured on CNN and the Huffington Post, has inspired students around the globe. Their packed 2012/13 season will include the release of their second album, a return to Carnegie Hall, their first tour of Asia, and the world premiere of a new concerto by William Bolcom, in addition to their continuing residency with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra.
Download a free mp3 of Time for Three featuring Alisa Weilerstein performing "Vocalise"
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Time for Three's self-titled album / KUAF: Of Note interview
Posted At : July 31, 2014 12:00 AM
Genre defying string trio Time For Three has a new release that swings from string arrangements of J. S. Bach to the Beatles to original compositions. Katy Henriksen talks to the trio all about why they love coming to Northwest Arkansas and about the new self-titled release. Listen to the interview on KUAF: Fayetteville 'Of Note.'
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Time for Three's self-titled album / San Francisco Classical Voice interview
Posted At : July 30, 2014 12:00 AM
The Best Classical Crossover Album Grammy went extinct before Time for Three had a chance to qualify for it, but the three handsome, high-energy former Curtis Institute students might easily pose as the poster boys for the genre. Their recordings have topped the Billboard Crossover Charts, and they'll be showcasing their new eponymous debut on Universal Music Classics in a performance at Yoshi's in San Francisco. They've commissioned some of the 21st century's brightest composers, including Jennifer Higdon, whose Concerto 4-3 the trio will be performing at the Cabrillo Festival on Aug. 3. And they've been featured performers with a variety of orchestras outside of the Indianapolis Symphony, where they maintain a residency. Speaking with SFCV, 34-year-old violinist Zach De Pue served as spokesperson for himself and his Time for Three (or Tf3) bandmates, violinist Nick Kendall and bassist Ranaan Meyer. READ THE FULL San Francisco Classical Voice INTERVIEW.
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Time for Three's self-titled album / SFGate interview
Posted At : July 27, 2014 12:00 AM
"We're classically trained, but we're not saying we're a classical group at all. We're a 'new music' group" or a garage band that happens to play traditional instruments, Kendall has said.
The group's second studio album, Time for Three, gives a good overview of the Tf3 musical concept: In addition to four originals, there's a Lennon-McCartney classic ("Norwegian Wood"), folk standard "Danny Boy" (with vocals courtesy of rising-star folk-pop duo Lily & Madeline), "UFO" by Coldplay, Rachmaninoff's "Vocalise" (featuring cellist Alisa Weilerstein) and the Bach-inspired "Chaconne in Winter."
Song-wise, the thematic throughline of the album centers on four songs from Joshua Radin's 2006 debut album, "We Were Here," with vocals courtesy the singer-songwriter.
"I've known his music ever since he released his first album, and I met him in a coffee shop in New York City," Kendall said of Radin. "I told him, 'I'm a huge fan of yours. You have no idea of who I am. But have you ever thought about playing with classical musicians before?' " Radin said that he had, but didn't have a entre into that world. READ THE FULL SFgate INTERVIEW.
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Time for Three interview on KDFC - State Of the Arts
Posted At : July 24, 2014 12:00 AM
Time for Three, The trio Time for Three is made up of a pair of violinists and a double bassist (Zachary DePue, Nicolas Kendall, and Ranaan Meyer) who met when they were studying at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. What began as a bit of spontaneous 'jamming' in various styles has led to a successful career for the group as artists-in-residence with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, and a brand new self-titled CD through Universal. They'll be playing at Yoshi's on the 30th, and then at the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music in early August.
There's more information about the group at the Time for Three website, and here's where you can learn about their upcoming dates at Yoshi's and the Cabrillo Festival.
Renaan Meyer says that their collaboration was, at first, just a way to play together and let off steam while at music school: "We got a gig to play down in D.C., and we were told we needed to put 25 minutes of music together. We were already jamming, just having a good time after orchestra rehearsals, and we were getting paid a little money, and getting a limo ride down to the gig.. Really we were doing it for all the perks as college kids, because we just wanted to have some fun." But he says the reaction they got made them take things a bit more seriously. "We played, and the audience loved it, and they wanted us to do an encore. We didn't have an encore, and we're shrugging our shoulders thinking, 'Man, this is really going well, maybe we should do this again.' And we did - and we had a similar reaction. So then we thought: 'this started organic, and that's all great, but now let's maybe put some thought and time into this and see what happens.'"
Their career as a trio got a boost when they were named Artists in Residence at the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, where Zachary DePue has ben Concertmaster since 2007. They've been in that position for five seasons, curating a "Happy Hour" concert series there that appeals to younger audiences, as well as stretching the boundaries of expectations of Classical Music. Some of the collaborations that they've had over the years are revisited on their new CD - with Alisa Weilerstein, Branford Marsalis, Jake Shimabukuro, and singer songwriter Joshua Radin appearing, with others. "We thought that the most authentic way to put our foot forward," says violinist Nick Kendell, "was to introduce the world to our natural affinity towards collaboration with artists that are as varied and diverse as our own musical tastes as a group."
The State of the Arts on Classical KDFC - San Francisco airs weekdays, just before 8 am, 1 pm, and 6 pm. The features are produced by Jeffrey Freymann-Weyr, a veteran of National Public Radio's Arts Desk and Performance Today. Listen to the Interview
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Time for Three's self-titled album / The New York Times: Artsbeat review
Posted At : July 23, 2014 12:00 AM
There's a bit of everything on this self-titled album by the string trio made up of the violinists Zachary De Pue and Nicolas Kendall and the double-bassist Ranaan Meyer, but what stays with you is the sense of fun and deep love for music of all stripes. There's the toe-tapping "Banjo Love," followed by an arrangement of Bach's solo-violin Chaconne. "Norwegian Wood" starts out sounding like Schubert before slithering into a sort of joint jam session of Janacek and the Beatles. The cellist Alisa Weilerstein joins in for Rachmaninoff's "Vocalise," in which the other three sound uncannily like an accordion. -Fonseca-Wollheim
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Time for Three to play Philadelphia's World Cafe Live / Philly.com interview
Posted At : July 22, 2014 12:00 AM
Older but hopefully not too terribly wiser, Time for Three has landed.
Fourteen years since its casual beginnings at the Curtis Institute, the string trio now has the major recording deal of its dreams, and (the members hope) the kind of support that knows how to showcase a classically trained bluegrassy trio with ever-evolving taste for musical fusion.
Perhaps the most dramatic evolution yet is heard within seconds on the new album, titled Time for Three, with an added, strongly pulsating rhythm section. Although the members - violinists Zachary De Pue and Nicolas Kendall, and bassist Ranaan Meyer - remain their recognizable selves, the landscape around them has changed. That change did not happen without - ahem - discussion.
"I've always been very vocal about being a trio and using our imagination as much as we can within the two violins and bass instrumentation," said Meyer. But other members - and the new album's producer and label - felt differently.
The album is the flagship release for the new Universal Music Classics label, which promises to give an American accent to the conglomerate that includes Deutsche Grammophon and Decca. For the occasion, Time for Three expanded temporarily on the new recording to include guest stars, most significantly vocalists.
The group's live show on Wednesday at World Café Live will feature only the core members. But the idea of going beyond the usual lineup is clearly aimed at capturing an audience that might not normally be drawn to all-instrumental music.
"We've known for years in this commercial world that the hook is having a singer, and we don't sing," said violinist Kendall. "It was time to be headed in this direction. I think the rest of the team really saw how it could open doors for us." Read the full philly.com interview and see Time for Three at Philadelphia's World Cafe Live at 8pm on July 23rd.
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Time for Three's self-titled album featured on MPR: New Classical Tracks
Posted At : July 16, 2014 12:00 AM
You know what they say: "Timing is everything." The acoustic trio Time for Three couldn't agree more. Like when they made headlines recently after being denied access to a U.S. Airways flight due to their instruments. That turned out to be a good thing. Double-bassist Ranaan Meyer says they sort of have this Time for Three good fortune, and things just seem to work out. "We're just about to have an album come out and the misfortune of the violins not being allowed on the plane leads us to a bunch of people getting to know about Time for Three who may not have known about us before."
And that new album Raanan mentioned? It's Time for Three's self-titled debut on Universal Classics. Listen to Julie Amacher's interview with Time for Three on Classical MPR: New Classical Tracks.
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All strings considered by Time for Three / Chicago Sun-Times
Posted At : July 7, 2014 12:00 AM
When Time for Three was established 14 years ago, the classical establishment's reception was sometimes chilly, because the imaginative, cross-genre ensemble hardly conforms to traditional notions of a string trio. Performing distinctive takes on tunes by everyone from the Beatles to rapper Kanye West as well as their own original material, the group's two violinists and double-bassist look and act more like an indie-rock band. Time for Three, which performs Monday at the City Winery, is part of a fast-growing convergence of classical music, indie-rock, jazz and other styles that some people in the field have labeled alt-classical or indie-classical. READ THE FULL Chicago Sun-Times ARTICLE
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Time for Three twists classical roots into genre-smashing music / Chicago on the aisle article
Posted At : July 7, 2014 12:00 AM
The term "crossover" just doesn't seem adequate for the super-eclectic, albeit classically rooted, string trio Time for Three, which makes its debut at Chicago's City Winery on July 7. A different word is needed for the creative adventures and mash-ups that fire the collective imagination of violinists Nicolas Kendall and Zachary De Pue, and bassist Ranaan Meyer. If there's any road these youthful musical wanderers have not yet taken, it's only a matter of time. They are stylistically peripatetic - with a vengeance.
Time for Three's new self titled album has just been released on Universal Music Classics "We're just three guys who like to have a great time," says Meyer, who met his two mates while all three were students at the famed Curtis Institute in Philadelphia. "We feel our music with a fabulous amount of passion. We take a rock band mentality. We empower each other."
READ THE FULL Chicago On the Aisle ARTICLE
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Time for Three's 'Vocalise' and 'Banjo Love' is WFMT New Release Of the Week
Posted At : July 7, 2014 12:00 AM
Time for Three – violinist Zachary De Pue, violinist Nicolas Kendall and double-bassist Ranaan Meyer – defy traditional genre classification, with an uncommon mix of virtuosity, creativity and showmanship. Their new self-titled album showcases not only the trio's melody-rich string sound but also its unique flair for collaboration. Their new Universal Music Classics release is the WFMT - Chicago New Release Of the Week featuring 2 tracks - Rachmaninoff, arr Bunch: Vocalise with Alisa Weilerstein on cello & Ranaan Meyer's Banjo Love.
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Time For Three stops by WBEZ: Chicago - The Morning Shift to promote City Winery show
Posted At : July 7, 2014 12:00 AM
Time for Three – violinist Zachary (Zach) De Pue, violinist Nicolas (Nick) Kendall and double-bassist Ranaan Meyer – defy classification with an uncommon mix of virtuosity, creativity and showmanship. The American trio who thrive on originality have just released their Universal Music Classics self-titled debut on June 24, 2014. Performing music from Bach and Brahms to their own arrangements of The Beatles, Katy Perry, Mumford & Sons, Kanye West and Justin Timberlake, they have played everywhere from Carnegie Hall to jazz clubs, European festivals, NFL games, and the Indy 500. Their hit YouTube anti-bullying video "Stronger," featured on CNN and the Huffington Post, has inspired students around the globe. tf3 rolls into Chicago's City Winery tonight and stopped by WBEZ's Morning Shift with Tony Sarabia to talk about their album, the tour, and tonight's show.
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Time for Three interview with Houston Public Media
Posted At : June 27, 2014 12:00 AM
Nick Kendall, violin, Zach De Pue, violin, and Ranaan Meyer, double bass, met while students at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. They formed Time for Three (or Tf3) some 14 years ago and, since then, have forged a reputation for crossing many, many musical boundaries.
Although classically-trained, the string trio performs music "from Bach and Brahms to their own arrangements of The Beatles, Katy Perry, Kanye West and Justin Timberlake, they have performed everywhere from Carnegie Hall to jazz clubs, European festivals, NFL games and the Indy 500" to quote their website.
In Houston to perform Travels in Time for Three, a work written for them by Chris Brubeck (son of jazz great Dave), with the Texas Music Festival Orchestra, Nick, Zach and Ranaan, stopped by the Geary Studio to talk with Houston Public Media's St.John Flynn and play a couple of pieces from their new, self-titled album. LISTEN TO THE Houston Public Media iNTERVIEW.
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Time for Three. Ready for Bach or Kanye / Houston Chronicle review
Posted At : June 20, 2014 12:00 AM
The three young string players are graduates of a top U.S. conservatory, and one is the first-chair violinist of a major orchestra. Yet their group, Time for Three, is as ready to play songs by Leonard Cohen or Kanye West as classics by J.S. Bach or Johannes Brahms. "We pull from the literature of the composers we know so well, but we're also embodying the vast musical experiences we grew up having as teenagers and college students just being in America," violinist Nicolas Kendall says.
READ THE FULL Houston Chronicle ARTICLE
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Violinist.com interviews Nick Kendall from Time for Three
Posted At : June 19, 2014 12:00 AM
Caeli Smith for Violinist.com interviews violinist Nick Kendall of Time for Three about their new self-titled album, and Nick offers some precious advice for young musicians looking to expand their musical palette and attract an audience. Watch the full Violinist.com interview.
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Time for Three stops by New York's WQXR Radio for a 'Cafe Concert'
Posted At : June 15, 2014 12:00 AM
Within the last month, the string trio Time for Three has had the unusual distinction of being covered by the Today Show, the Los Angeles Times, CNN, The Strad and yes, WQXR. The reason? Violinists Zachary De Pue and Nicolas Kendall were told they couldn't take their violins inside the cabin on a US Airways flight from North Carolina to Arkansas.
It was at that point that De Pue began playing J.S. Bach's Partita No. 3 on the tarmac while Kendall, recording the incident on his phone, shows the pair being ignored by various US Airways personnel. The musicians' video of the incident was posted on YouTube, which quickly set off a social media storm. (US Airways later described it as a misunderstanding of carry-on rules between its employees and the musicians.)
Even as Time For Three came on a wider public's radar (and its Facebook feeds) with the incident, the trio has been active for over a decade, appearing everywhere from symphony halls to jazz clubs to football games and even the Indianapolis 500 auto race. The musicians first met and began jamming together in 1999 while classmates at the Curtis Institute of Music. They got their first formal gig in 2001 and soon the sideline became a more serious pursuit.
In the WQXR Café, the group played two selections for their new, self-titled album on Universal Classics, starting with "Roundabouts," an intimate piece by Kendall that features a round structure. Listen to the WQXR interview with host Naomi Lewin and.watch the performance at the WQXR Cafe.
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PRI: Echoes / Living Room Concert with Time for Three
Posted At : June 13, 2014 12:00 AM
Time for Three is a string trio with classical chops and modern music. Their new self-titled album sends them into pop terrain with Josh Radin. We'll hear them live on Echoes, playing original songs and a mash-up of The Beatles and Chopin. This Living Room Concert with Time for Three with air on the weekend of June 13th, 14th & 15th-Echoes Program 1424A.
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Time for Three release music video for Banjo Love
Posted At : June 9, 2014 12:00 AM
Time for Three has debuted their latest music video for the song Banjo Love off of their upcoming self-titled album. Time for Three defy traditional genre classification happily and infectiously, with an uncommon mix of virtuosity, creativity and showmanship. The American trio who thrive on originality will release their Universal Music Classics self-titled debut Time for Three on June 24th, 2014. Watch the new music video for Banjo Love.
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US Airways refuses to let 'Time for Three' violinist to bring his instrument on-board
Posted At : May 28, 2014 12:00 AM
It's a good thing Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart doesn't have an Internet connection. If he could see what happened to Time for Three violinist - Zachary De Pue this week, he might turn over in his grave. A flight attendant on his US Airways flight to Fayetteville, Arkansas, wouldn't let De Pue take the precious violin on board with him. He insisted he turn the sensitive instrument in as checked baggage. Concertmaster of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, De Pue, didn't make the flight.
READ THE FULL CNN STORY AND WATCH the video of virtuoso De Pue stranded on the tarmac of Charlotte, North Carolina's airport Monday, playing his heart out in indignation -- on his fiddle worth more than $250,000.
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Time for Three violinists denied access on flight / WQXR
Posted At : May 27, 2014 12:00 AM
Two classical violinists said they were barred from boarding a US Airways flight on Monday because they refused to stow their violins in the hold at the request of gate staff. So they did what seemed only logical: they took their cause to YouTube and social media.
Nicholas Kendall and Zachary De Pue of the string trio Time for Three posted a video showing the latter violinist performing a Bach Partita on the tarmac at Charlotte Douglas International Airport while Kendall narrates: "US Airways is not letting us put our violins on an airplane. How many artists have to deal with this [expletive]?"
In a phone interview on Monday night, Kendall said the incident occurred when he and De Pue were changing planes in Charlotte, headed to the Artosphere Arts and Nature Festival in Arkansas. As they climbed the stairway to the US Airways Express commuter jet, a flight attendant reportedly handed them a blue slip stating that the FAA prohibits musical instruments on the plane, "which was stunning because we're frequent fliers," he said. "We had never heard of this." READ THE FULL WQXR STORY.
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Time for Three plays Columbus OH this week with ProMusica Chamber Orchestra
Posted At : May 14, 2014 12:00 AM
For six years, Columbus OH ProMusica Chamber Orchestra has been waiting for the chance to feature the popular trio Time for Three. That time has arrived. The trio, which calls itself a "classically trained garage band," will perform on Friday in the Southern Theatre during ProMusica's annual season-ending Spring Soiree concert, which, along with a pre-concert reception, serves as a major fundraiser for the orchestra. READ THE FULL Columbus Dispatch ARTICLE
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Time for Three. The classically trained garage band releases: 3 Fervent Travelers
Posted At : February 8, 2010 12:00 AM
E1 Music is thrilled to announce the groundbreaking release from Philadelphia's Time for Three, a dynamic "classically trained garage band" of musicians who have musically broken new ground. Classical music will never be the same once Time for Three releases their third album, 3 Fervent Travelers, on January 26th, 2010. With two violins and a stand up bass, TF3 breaks all the rules with its crossover-fusion. Bluegrass, jazz, Americana and jam band fans will come along for the amazing journey that classical fans across the country have already experienced in concert halls.
Violinists Zachary De Pue, Nick Kendall and Bassist Ranaan Meyer make up Time for Three. The trio met as student musicians who played together for fun while students at Philadelphia's Curtis Institute of Music. They earned a reputation as a charismatic ensemble with limitless enthusiasm and no musical boundaries. Zach De Pue and Nick Kendall first discovered their mutual love of fiddling in the country western and bluegrass styles. Then bassist Ranaan Meyer introduced them to his deep roots in jazz and improvisation. After considerable experimentation, the three officially formed Time for Three.
The group performs over 150 concerts a year as diverse as its music: from featured guest soloists with The Philadelphia Orchestra to opening for k.d. lang at Philadelphia's Kimmel Center. They divide their time between playing their own original music in solo shows and performing as featured soloists with orchestras around the world. In 2010 they will premiere a new work by E1 composer Chris Brubeck with the Boston Pops and Keith Lockhart. In addition to collaborating with Branford Marsalis they have worked with conductor Leonard Slatkin and composers such as Jennifer Higdon and William Bolcom. They have graced prestigious stages across the nation including Carnegie Hall, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, the 92nd Street Y in New York, and the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. During the summer of 2009 they made their debut with the Chicago Symphony and Christoph Eschenbach at the esteemed Ravinia Festival.
These three string virtuosos transcend traditional performance genres, whether it's Brahms, Leonard Cohen, Imogen Heap or The Beatles. Their arrangements are fresh and fun and are tailored for youth. The group's mission is based in community outreach and they continue to perform in schools opening the eyes and ears of the next generation of music lovers. They have helped raise 8 million dollars for Paul Newman's Camps along with Alec Baldwin, Whoopi Goldberg, Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, and Mikhail Baryshnikov.
