BIOGRAPHY
The Fair Trade Trio – Ashley Windle (violin), Hannah Levinson (viola), and Madeline Fayette (cello) – is a string trio committed to championing the works of living female composers alongside the standard chamber music repertoire. The New York City-based ensemble specializes in creating accessible performances for all audiences, and was honored to be selected as the 2020 Spotlight Artist for Music for Autism, a concert series focused on enhancing the quality of life and raising public awareness through free, autism-friendly, interactive concerts developed specifically for individuals with autism and their families. The Trio was recently featured as a guest artist on the MOSA concert series in Washington Heights, had their debut performance at the new music venue MISE-EN_PLACE in Brooklyn, NY, and performs annually at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music and the Society for the Advancement of Judaism.
The Fair Trade Trio is dedicated to working with students of all levels; a recent residency at Smith College included collaborations with composition students to create new works for string trio and a concert performance that featured works of living female composers, including Cheryl Frances-Hoad’s “The Ogre Lover,” a trio based on a poem by Ted Hughes about Smith College graduate Sylvia Plath. The Fair Trade Trio is also an artistic partner with the Corona Youth Music Project, an organization that strives to empower youth, fight poverty, and promote social inclusion through music education and performance.