The Blue Mountain Ensemble is based in central North Carolina and brings together very familiar faces to classical music audiences of this region. Its core members Michael Burns, Carla Copeland-Burns, and Elizabeth Tomlin are active artists in numerous venues throughout the state and enjoy nationwide exposure as guest performers and teachers.
The ensemble performs repertoire from many style periods written for this combination of flute, bassoon, and piano, but also seeks existing repertoire that adapts well to the ensemble. Blue Mountain Ensemble actively works to develop and commission new works through the Devienne Commissioning Project for pieces that include the core ensemble plus other instruments or voices.
The name of the ensemble is taken from exceptionally beautiful and diverse natural areas in Florida, Australia, and North Carolina that hold special significance for the members, with each of these places carrying the name Blue Mountain. Programming by the ensemble mirrors the diverse environments of these areas ranging from serene, young, old, laid-back and joyful, to intensely rugged.
