Catherine LeGrand and Kenneth
Grigg have been performing together since 1991; their
concerts have been described as “buoyant,”
“scintillating” and “transcendent.” Their name, Senza
Misura, is a play on words meaning “without measure;
beyond compare” and “without constraint; freely.”
Senza
Misura has performed on concert series and at
colleges and universities across the South and Midwest.
Appearances include Kerrville Performing Arts Society
and the Foundation for Modern Music in Houston. Senza
Misura has also been recorded and broadcast by KUHF
Radio in Houston.
Kenneth Grigg travels extensively as solo
recitalist, chamber musician, teacher, and clinician;
has toured throughout the United States, Canada, and
Italy. A National Merit Scholar at Oberlin College, Mr.
Grigg holds degrees in both piano and English, as well
as a minor in history, and he received his Master’s in
piano from the University of Texas.
Mr. Grigg has toured with the Oberlin Choir, the Arius
Chamber Players, the Virginia Opera, and Eurythmy, and
has prepared projects ranging from Peter Brook's
Marat/Sade (the Governor's School of North Carolina)
to Arnold Schoenberg's Moses und Aron (Opera de
Lyon).
Some of Mr. Grigg’s recent appearances include the
Eastman School of Music, Indiana University, the
University of Washington (Seattle), the Art and Culture
Center (Hollywood), the New School for Folk Music
(Chicago), the Texas Flute Festival, the Superior Music
Festival, the National Flute Association convention, and
the International Society of Double Bassists convention.
Mr. Grigg appears regularly with the Foundation for
Modern Music; his most recent professional travels have
taken him to Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay,
Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, and Greece.
Catherine LeGrand cultivates a
worldwide private
flute studio comprised of beginners though
professionals. Ms. LeGrand enjoys combining her passions
for teaching, performing and traveling and is a frequent
guest artist and clinician. Currently living in North
Carolina, she serves as Adjunct Professor of Flute at
Campbell University. She has three albums in current
release: Inspirations: Music for solo flute; and
two albums with Dulcimer Dan and the Blue Skies Band:
Let me Call You Sweetheart and Memories Made in
the South.
Ms. LeGrand has served as Principal Flute of the Houston
Grand Opera, Texas Opera Theater Orchestra, Piccolo of
the Lexington Philharmonic (KY), and has performed often
with the Houston Symphony. She serves as Principal Flute
and frequent soloist with the Superior Festival
Orchestra based in Marquette, Michigan.
Among her previous teaching contributions, Ms. LeGrand
was Flute Instructor and Flute Choir Director at the
School for Creative and Performing Arts in Cincinnati,
Flute Consultant at the High School for Performing and
Visual Arts in Houston, and Instructor of Flute at San
Jacinto College.
She has presented recitals or workshops at annual flute
events for the Houston Flute Club, the Raleigh Area
Flute Association, and the National Flute Association.
Ms. LeGrand performs on a headjoint made by David C.
Williams.
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A
beautiful buoyant sound -- clear
articulation -- a spinning vibrato -- pure
tuned intervals -- subtlety in phrasing and
shape -- long phrases -- J. M. Houston, TX |
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