NORWICH – The final performance in the Chenango County Council of the Arts’ 2009 Chamber Music Series will take place on Sunday, April 19.

Hailed by Cleveland’s Plain Dealer as “a gem made in heaven and polished to perfection,” the janus trio is recognized for their versatility in presenting new and established works for this unique and exciting combination of flute, viola, and harp. Past season’s highlights included performances at Symphony Space, Roulette, BAM Café, Colgate University, and the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Recital Series. janus has been presented at the Look and Listen Festival, the Cleveland Museum of Art Recital Series, the DuBuQuE New Music Series, Music In Chelsea, and Trinity Church “Concerts At One.”

janus is named after the Greek god whose double-faced image looks to the past and to the future. The unique combination of the flute, viola, and harp was developed when Debussy introduced this genre to chamber music in one of the last epic pieces of his life.