Paradisa!
Paradisa! breathes new life into the trio repertoire for flute,
cello, and piano with engaging and diverse concert programs.
Their performances blend an artistic mastery of the classical standard with sassy, swinging jazz-influenced works, beguilin Latin selections,and exceptional modern compositions. Audiences delight in this exciting programming and are captivated by the unmistakable joy the artists have in sharing their “flights of fancy” in a musical paradise.
The three accomplished artists--Christina Steffen on flute, Blythe Tretick on cello, and Andria Fennig at the piano--each have extensive performance experience and active careers as soloists, chamber musicians, and collaborative artists with a wide range of musicians and ensembles. In addition to their impeccable classical backgrounds (including multiple graduate degrees through the doctorate), Paradisa! members have performed variously on national tours of Wicked, A Chorus Line, Sweet Charity, The Producers, The Color Purple, My Fair Lady, Camelot, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and Phantom of the Opera. They have also played as back-up musicians with such entertainment greats as Bernadette Peters, Natalie Cole, Michael Feinstein, Clay Aiken, Dionne Warwick and the Moody Blues, as well as being included on numerous recordings. As solo and orchestral artists, trio members have appeared in the Red Rocks Music Festival, the Arcosanti Artist Series, the Tubac, AZ Chamber Arts Series, the Abiquiu, NM Chamber Music Series, the Mayo Clinic/Hospital Noontime Chamber Concert Series with the Phoenix and Honolulu Symphony Orchestras, and the new music ensembles of Krusta and Crossing 32nd Street. Having an established reputation in their home base of Phoenix, AZ, Paradisa! performs varied concerts at venues throughout the U.S., presents educational clinics at schools, master classes and concerts in collegiate arenas, as well as performances for benefit concerts, fund raisers, and private functions.