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PROJECT Trio is taking chamber music to a whole new level. Greg Pattillo, flute, Eric Stephenson, cello, and Peter Seymour, bass, are pushing the boundaries of classical music with a high octane mix of jazz, hip-hop, and rock.  The trio performs to enthusiastic audiences of all ages in concert halls, clubs, and classrooms around the world.  Acclaim for the Trio and its members runs the gamut from Downbeat Magazine, which exclaims PROJECT Trio is “packed with musicianship, joy, and surprise” to the New York Times, which calls beat-boxing flutist Greg Pattillo “the best in the world at what he does.”  Fellow classical musicians join in the raves saying “PROJECT Trio really has it all.  They combine the fire and refinement of the finest classical chamber ensembles with the stage presences and energy of rock stars.”

The Trio, now in its fifth year, is drawing  new audiences to classical music and reinvigorating  existing fans of chamber music through their innovative performances, recordings, and their YouTube channel, which has over 66 million views and 75,000 subscribers, making PROJECT Trio one of the most watched instrumental ensembles on the Internet. The Trio, which performs over 70 concerts a year, made their Carnegie Hall debut in 2010.   In addition to their extensive performing schedule, the Trio is dedicated to arts education, inspiring a whole new generation of concert going music lovers.

Highlights of the Trio’s 2011- 12 season feature  concerts with the St. Louis Symphony, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and the Charlotte Symphony, tours of Austria, France, Germany, and performances in cities throughout the US, including Atlanta, Houston, Boston, Los Angeles, and New York. Recent performances include the premiere of one of their original works for trio and orchestra with the Brooklyn Philharmonic and tours to Australia and Hong Kong.  

In 2008, PROJECT Trio launched Harmonyville Records, their own record label and publishing company.  Since then, the Trio has produced three full-length recordings, a live DVD, and full library of music for the ensemble. A new recording is scheduled in January 2012. Each of PROJECT Trio’s recordings soared to the top of the iTunes charts upon their release. Their most recent disc, “Project Trio”, as acclaimed by Jazz Review as “a glorious celebration of the music of our time.”  This disc builds on the sound that is at the foundation of the group’s success, with heavy hitting originals such as "Dr Nick" and "Fast" and reinterpretations of "Sweet Child O’ Mine”, by Guns and Roses and Dave Brubeck’s “Blue Rondo a la Turk”.  Their debut CD, “Winter in June” showcases the versatility of PROJECT, with 12 original compositions from classical to jazz, hip-hop to experimental acoustic sounds. Their follow up disc "Brooklyn”, collects well known staples from their live show, with covers and originals and even complete overhauls from the likes of Django Reinhardt, Duke Ellington, Theolonius Monk, JS Bach and Tchaikovsky, along with their own “Brooklyn Suite”, a collection of tone poems from the world they are surrounded by in the city of Brooklyn.  

Dedicated to engaging today’s younger audiences, PROJECT Trio has performed and led workshops for over 100,000 students on three continents, including over 35 states in the US. PROJECT Trio is instantly recognizable to students of all ages as a result of their YouTube following and appearances on popular TV shows on Nickelodeon and MTV.  Their educational programs are adapted to meet the National Standards for Music Education, with specialized curricula for age groups from elementary students through college.

Based in Brooklyn, New York, Pattillo, Stephenson, and Seymour met while students at the prestigious Cleveland Institute of Music, where each were pursuing classical orchestral careers.  The trio was founded in Boulder, Colorado in the summer of 2005, forged out of a collective love of performing high energy, top quality music to enthusiastic audiences. At first, the group came up with the idea to do one week “projects” in different cities around the US, with each project including education/community outreach events and concerts of classical works and their own music.   The group got its first big break in 2006 when Greg Pattillo’s Beatbox Flute video went viral on YouTube, receiving millions of views in its first week.   Reaching out to audiences of all ages through the Internet, live performances, and recordings, PROJECT Trio has since become one of the world’s most championed and exciting instrumental ensembles.