The Trio perform in concert in many venues ranging from arts festivals like the Breckenridge Music Festival, New Orleans' Louisiana Superdome and Cherry Creek Arts Festival to elementary and high schools as well as colleges.

Below is a sampling of what school programs  include.

How to Really Love a Child - by SARK to the music of Sesame Street by Joe Raposo, this piece focuses on encouraging, motivating, and blessing children as well as their teachers and parents. This is a standard piece for our elementary school presentations. 

The Zax Cats - By Dr. Seuss to the music of Let's Call the Whole Thing Off is a marvelous interplay between piano and bass highlighting the wisdom of the great Dr. Seuss. 

Why should I Worry - from the animated feature film of Oliver. This piece fetures the character of the Artful Dodger and his ability to be resourceful, live creatively, and not have a care in the world. How life ought to be for children in elementary school. 

Dat Dere - By Bobby Timmons, this great upbeat jazz standard highlights love between parent and child even when the child insists, "Daddy, can I have dat big elephant over dere?" 

Jellicle Cats - by T.S. Elliot to the music of Sidewinder, the children hear and see music become the whimsical nature of cats as the lyric playfully describes a jazzer's insight into 'cats.' 

The Wizard of Oz - one of the great messages for children of all ages. Children love this piece and are delighted at hearing and seeing all the characters appear right before their very eyes. We title this the "Reader's Digest" version of the film. 

Lullaby - a beautiful ballad with lyric by Lou Malandra to a beautiful rendition of A Child Is Born. This piece features the love of parent and child at bedtime. Very touching. 

Accentuate the Positive - by Johnny Mercer and Harold Arlen. One of the finest jazz pieces ever. The lyric is pure poetry. 

Bein' Green - by Joe Raposo, one of the classic children's tunes of all times. It let's kids know, it's not that easy bein' green.' 

Little Things - by Joe Raposo, another great ballad that's an all time classic in our Children's Repertoire. This piece is a celebration of the simplicity and imagination in children.

Casey at the Bat - by Ernest Thayer to the jazziest rendition of "Take Me Out To The Ballgame." As we turned the Millenium, Casey was chosen as the most recognized and published American poem of the last two centuries! This poem is found in most seventh grade Language Arts texts throughout the Denver Metro area. 

If - by Rudyard Kipling with music by Doug and Ron. This piece exemplifies the soundest message we can offer students at this critical juncture of their young lives ... a great ballad.

The Weary Blues - By Langston Hughes, especially for eighth graders studying Langston Hughes in Literature. Mr. Hughes is a major figure in American Literary history. 

How To Be An Artist - By SARK appeals to Middle School students because of its fresh, playful appeal to the goodness in all of us. It's free improvisation with great interplay that the Trio highlights for students in a dialogue following the number. 

Over The Rainbow - the Trio composed an arrangement of Wizard of Oz tunes featuring all the characters beginning and ending with Dorothy's Over The Rainbow. It is  great music and poetry as well. The message of Wizard of Oz touches the heartstrings of students as well as teachers. 

Jellicle Cats - the music of Sidewinder meets T.S. Elliot in this delightful twist on cats, cats the way jazzers imagine cats, Jellicle Cats. An upbeat treat.

The Road Not Taken - by Robert Frost & Bill Evans, this ballad offers two of the great figures in American Literary and Jazz history with a message that offers students the reflection of what it means to be gentle and real. 

Night On The Prairies/Summer Stars - this piece unites the greatness of Whitman, Sandburg, and Grofe's Grand Canyon Suite, in appreciation of the environment in which we live, Colorado.

Our Only Reality - an original ballad by the Trio, this piece highlights the value of love in our lives, concluding with the line, "the journey of love remains, our only reality." 

I Remember Bruno - by Art Lande and Lou Malandra, this piece is an elegy to the late, great jazz drummer, Bruno Carr. To preface the piece we offer a history of Bruno, his physical conditioning regimen, and the role inhaling second-hand smoke played in his life and death. 

How To Be An Artist - by SARK, the poet, and free jazz by the fellas this piece contrasts standard tunes with improvisation. It is often after this piece, Ron and Doug define free jazz, improvisation, plus the poem vibes wonderful ways to cultivate art in our lives; a crowd favorite. 

The Road Not Taken - by Robert Frost and Bill Evans (B Minor Waltz). The trio offers a brief biography on these men and their place in American Poetry and Jazz History. A great ballad. 

If - by Rudyard Kipling, with music by Doug and Ron, this is the soundest statement anyone can offer students on the verge of young aduthood and individual responsibility. 

The Manhattan Suite - a combination of great New York tunes, the Lullaby of Bradway, Harlem Nocturne, and Central Park by John Coltrane with poety by Lou that offers a fun journey uptown through one of the greatest cities in the world. An upbeat, driving true picture. 

The Raven - by Edgar Allen Poe with eerie musical improvisations from Doug and Ron. We title this piece, "our Fall Classic, our Halloween treat." I offer a background description of Poe and his place in American Literary history. Another crowd favorite. 

The Weary Blues - by Langston Hughes features Doug on piano; a great piece for jazz and literary history. 

Night on the Prairies/Summer Stars - by Walt Whitman, Sandburg and a wonderful version of the Grand Canyon Suite by Grofe. A top notch ballad that we offer as appreciation for the wonderland we inhabit, Colorado. 

Our Honeysuckle Rose - by Maya Angelou and Fats Waller. We offer a brief history of these giants in their fields, their lives, and contributions to American heritage. We also give a description of how we meld our pieces together with this piece. 

Jazz Fantasia - by Carl Sandburg with original music by Doug and Ron, this piece offers the greatest example of alliteration, simile, and metaphor. We usually close with this one, a real upbeat swinger.