Clave de Sol is a duo that started out almost by accident. They worked on a Piazzolla tango originally written for flute and guitar. It sounded wonderful! Since then, they have discovered a vast array of tango and other music to perform in addition to the Baroque music they've been playing for years.

The violin has been used in tango music for many decades and adds a sultry element. The harpsichord looks like a piano but has plucked strings, just like a guitar. Harpsichordists are usually limited to baroque literature and typically don't play tangos — that is until now.

Clave de Sol means treble clef in Spanish. Clave also means clavichord or key. Sol is the sun but it also is the fifth tone of a scale. So reflect on either image ― the treble clef or the key to the sun ― while enjoying the music of Clave de Sol.
 

Danielle McCutcheon Bio

Danielle is the violinist. She has performed extensively in the Pacific Northwest for over twenty-five years. Currently she freelances as a soloist and chamber musician, and joins in occasionally with various groups such as the Tacoma and Spokane Symphonies. She maintains a private teaching studio in Kirkland. When not fiddling around, she's most likely out in the garden or at the local coffee shop studying botany and medical herbalism.
 

Dawn Corl Bio

Dawn is the harpsichordist. She also performs with Cheep Trills, a baroque ensemble. When she is not at a keyboard, she is in the apiary with her 8 hives of bees. She even has a “real job” as a diabetes and asthma nurse specialist at Harborview Medical Center. Dawn plays a single manual 7’ harpsichord that is a replica of a Hans Moermans, 1584 Flemish harpsichord, built for Dawn by Jerry Mixon in 1999.
 

The hand carved rosette in the harpsichord’s soundboard of a queen honey bee with Dawn’s initials.

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