'Images of Eve' highlights women in classical music
With her new album, “Images of Eve, ” Marion flutist Wendy Rolfe hits a high note for musical women.
The 22 tracks feature rarely performed songs that are written or arranged by women. Rolfe said the content varies from classic to contemporary with tracks highlighting a number of musical traditions.
“One rarely hears work written by women,” said Rolfe, a professor at Boston’s Berklee College of Music. “I think that if we want women to be recognized as great artists, it’s important for us to support each other and to promote each other’s work.”
Rolfe collaborated with pianist Deborah Dewolf Emery on the project.
The Oberlin Conservatory of Music graduates played together in college and reconnected when Emery moved to Boston several years ago.
“We started to play together again and really enjoyed it,” said Rolfe. “Of course, we spend a lot of time talking and catching up on news.”
The two have performed many of the pieces on the album for years, and Wolfe said, “It seemed like a good time to put a capstone on that project.”
The pair, along with several guest artists, recorded the pieces at WGBH’s Fraser Studio with musical engineer Antonio Oliart.
“He’s also a flutist. That was an added bonus because he was able to listen with a flutists ear,” said Rolfe.
In addition to established musicians, Rolfe and Emery chose a number of Berklee students to play on “Images of Eve,” including Eduardo Mercuri and Anne Nêgah Silva who just returned from performing at the Latin Grammys.
With the album now available at The Book Stall in Marion as well as Amazon, CD Baby and iTunes, Wolfe said she hopes to get some airtime on local radio stations and TV stations that play classical music.
For more information on Wendy Rolfe visit wendyrolfe.com.