The 64th Henry & Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg Lecture-Performance
Established in 1959 with a gift from the Louis and Henrietta Blaustein Foundation
Inc., the Rosenberg Foundation honors the late Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg '21 and her
late husband, Henry A. Rosenberg. Since 1960, the foundation has enriched the music
program at Goucher College by funding the Henry and Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg Lecture-Performance.
Each year, income from an endowment provided by the Rosenberg Foundation brings a
musical group, performing artist, composer, or musicologist to the campus to present
a lecture and performance. The Rosenberg Foundation recently made an additional contribution
to the fund that will continue the lecture-performance series for years to come.
Béla Fleck BEATrio
April 16, 2026 | 7 p.m. | Kraushaar Auditorium
General public: $45
Goucher students, faculty, and staff: free
The 64th Henry and Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg Lecture-Performance presents the BEAT Trio Featuring Bela Fleck, Edmar Castaneda, and Antonio Sanchez
Banjo. Drums. Harp. Huh?
To be sure, the new all-star trio of Béla Fleck, harpist Edmar Castañeda and drummer Antonio Sánchez features instrumentation that might safely be called uncommon. Unless, of course, you’re already familiar with 19-time Grammy-winner Fleck — the genre-blurring virtuoso who has done more to expand the possibilities of the banjo than any other player in the instrument’s history. From his bluegrass beginnings through his otherworldly Flecktones, his duo with Chick Corea and his reimagining of Rhapsody in Blue, Fleck’s work never fails to surprise. What doesn’t surprise is the impeccable caliber of his collaborators — and this new trio includes two of the most gifted musicians of their generation. The harpist, Castañeda, hails from Bogotá, Colombia, and has led his own bands in addition to sharing projects with such masters as Hiromi, Paquito D’Rivera and Grégoire Maret. 5-time Grammy-winner Sánchez grew up in Mexico City and built a reputation as one of the great jazz drummers through his work with guitarist Pat Metheny. He’s also been a visionary bandleader, helming progressive groups like Bad Hombre, and collaborated with Chick Corea, Gary Burton, Charlie Haden, Michael Brecker and other giants. His Golden Globe-nominated drum-set score for Alejandro González Iñárritu’s 2014 film Birdman earned him renown far outside the jazz world.
Playing original repertoire, much of it collaboratively written, this trio embarks nightly on fearless explorations that audiences will find irresistible — rich with strong melodies, gorgeous harmony and grooves that twist and turn while feeling fantastic.
Stay after the concert for a live on stage interview with host Tom Hall and BEAT Trio.
Previous Rosenberg Artists
2025 Brooklyn Rider
2023 The Branford Marsalis Quartet
2020 Septura Brass Septet
2019 Anthony McGill
2018 Concert Artists of Baltimore, Edward Polochick, Artistic Director
2017 New York Voices
2016 Ray Chen
2015 Alessio Bax
2014 Eddie Palmieri
2013 Canadian Brass
2012 Simone Dinnerstein
2011 Dafnis Prieto Si O Si Quartet
2010 Leon Fleisher
2009 Nathan Gunn
2008 Wu Man
2006 Joe Lovano Quartet
2005 Cyrus Chestnut Trio
2004 Eugenia Zukerman
2003 Misha and Cipa Dichter
2002 Susanne Mentzer
2001 Mendelssohn String Quartet
2000 Paula Robison
1999 Vladimir Feltsman
1998 Christopher Parkening
1997 Horacio Gutiérrez
1996 Billy Taylor Trio
1995 Garrick Ohlsson
1994 Emanuel Ax
1993 Jean-Pierre Rampal
1992 Andre Watts
1990 Marilyn Horne
1990 Lynn Harrell
1989 Victor Borge
1988 Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg
1987 Yo-Yo Ma
1986 Roberta Peters
1985 Beaux Arts Trio
1984 Max Morath
1983 Julius Rudel, Philip Glass, Jacquelyn Silver, and Gwendolyn Bradley
1981 Juilliard String Quartet
1980 Beverly Sills
1980 Isaac Stern
1978 Gunther Schuller
1976 Yehudi Menuhin
1976 Mstislav Rostropovich
1974 Marilyn Horne
1973 Boris Goldovsky
1972 Jennie Tourel
1970 Erich Leinsdorf
1969 Milton Babbitt and Anna Sokolow
1968 Ravi Shankar
1967 Ernst Krenek
1966 Michael Tippett
1964 Aaron Copland
1963 Aaron Copland
1962 Virgil Thomson
1961 Nadia Boulanger
1960 75 Years of American Music with Roger Sessions, Wallingford Riegger, William Austin, and Chamber Concert Orchestra under the direction of Elliot Galkin