Joseph Petric, Concert Accordion

Petric-Forget Duo

The Petric -Forget Duo made its debut at the 2003 Ottawa Chamber Music Festival in a live broadcast from the Museum of Man for CBC's Disc Drive. This duo moves from the intimate engagement of adaptations, to contemporary and commissioned works.Recent highlights include appearances at festivals in Quebec, an extended tour for Nova Scotia's Musique Royale series, and the recent release of the Bach Trio Sonatas. Future seasons include an American and UK and EU tours in 2007, 2008 and 2009 respectively.

Die Winterreise

Schubert's Die Winterreise is one of the most famous works in the repertoire. This colloboration featuring accordion and Montreal's Pentaedre wind quintet has been presented with with New York tenor Rufus Muller, Toronto lyric baritone Russell Braun, and Montreal's Phillip Addis. Die Winterreise received the PRIX OPUS nomination for Best Concert of the Year in 2005.

Bellows & Brass

A powerful and engaging ensemble, Bellows & Brass have consistently drawn full houses and strong audience response in their presentations for Encore Atlantic, The Winnipeg Contemporary Music Festival, Chappelle de Bon Pasteur and Community Concerts (Columbia Artists - USA) among others.

Bellows and Brass provides engaging programs which range from music of the Baroque to contemporary works and tango. In 2004 they introduced " A Night at the Opera" for musician-actors, narrator and sock puppets. In 2005 the trio premiered Boyd McDonald's Triple Concerto with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.

Penderecki Quartet

First invited to collaborate with the Penderecki at the National Gallery for the Strings of the Future Festival, Joseph has commissioned numerous quintets with the Penderecki while continuing to offer creative programing with his colleagues from this celebrated Canadian quartet.

Erosonic

Erosonic is a duo that will take you where you've never been. Their recording Mystery Theatre on the VICTO label has received international media attention and their recent presentation "Sensory Symmetry" combining music and food at Toronto's Pangaea Restaurant was described in the National Post as "the new music event of the year..."