Suzanne Gilchrest Flute
Matt Goeke Cello
Ina Litera Viola
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Hello and welcome to the Eight Strings & a Whistle website!!

We are a flute, viola and cello trio featuring works for our unique combination spanning the Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Modern periods along with pieces composed expressly for us.

We invite you to explore our website and learn more about us and our innovative programming. Please take a moment to watch our videos in the Video Room, read about our composers in the Featured Composer section, and check out our debut release Albert’s Window as well as other recordings in Recordings.

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Raves

Thanks so much for your contributions to the festival, not only through your beautiful performance but also through your work with our students. I hope our paths cross again, too, and soon!”

Scott Perkins - FeNAM

Wonderful performance on Sunday.”

John Sexton – Greenburgh Public Library

It was kind of a beam of light in this otherwise dark world…  I am amazed at how in sync the 3 of you are.”

Sheila Rao – Group Muse concert

I love listening to Eight Strings & a Whistle. Your musicality and attention to the composer’s intentions come through in everything you play.The phrase that comes to mind is ‘passionate elegance’.”

John Newell, composer

Upcoming Concerts

13feb3:30 pmSt. Boniface Recital Series3:30 pm St. Boniface Church, 107 Willoughby Street

8SW Composer Competition

Building on our advocacy for new music, we launched our first Composer Competition in 2017.  Held every two years, the 8SW Composer Competition invites composers of all ages enrolled in an accredited degree program at the time of application to submit a work composed for flute, viola and cello. The First Prize is the New York Premiere of the winning composer’s work on our annual Fall concert, and a Featured Composer interview on our website.

Eight Strings & a Whistle is pleased to announce that the application period for the 2022 8SW Composer Competition will open on October 1, 2021. For application guidelines and rules please visit our 8SW Composer Competition page.

Our Featured Composer

Minato Sakamoto

We are thrilled to introduce you to Minato Sakamoto, the winner of our 2020 8SW Composer Competition for his trio, Rondo Americano. A native of Japan, Minato is currently pursuing a Ph.D. at Duke University. His description of Rondo Americano is short and succinct: “A Japanese train buff’s imagination of the “good old days” of
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