The members of Trio Vita — violinist Ryan Murphy, cellist Stanley Moore, and pianist Brian Chang — all study at Midwest Young Artists in Chicago. The three make no bones about their pet peeves with the each other. "Stanley is very vocal, which is fine," says Ryan of the group's cellist, "but he describes his ideas through impossible to understand metaphors!" According to Stanley, Ryan is the annoying one. "I'll be in the middle of a very interesting metaphor, and Ryan will interrupt me to correct my grammar!" he explains. As for Brian, both Stanley and Ryan have a pet peeve with him. "Brian doesn't say anything at all," complains Ryan. "Stan and I will be arguing back and forth, and he'll just sit back and agree with both of us!" In all fairness, however, Stan, Ryan and Brian do actually like each other a lot — and no one would argue that they perform beautifully together. On From the Top's radio show, Trio Vita performed the final movement from Smetana's Piano Trio in G minor, Op.15 and also were part of the closing ensemble that performed the final two scenes of Engelbert Humperdinck's opera H?nsel and Gretel, sung by members of the Houston Grand Opera High School Voice Studio and Children's Chorus.

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Duration: 13:39

Published: 2008-04-28

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