-At the beginning of a tour with the first incarnation of Triple Forte, then comprised of myself, Jasper Wood and Denise Djokic, I recall what must have been one of the craziest days of my life when a flight snafu threw our rehearsal plans upside down. It meant that we suddenly had only one panicked, demented rehearsal to put the musical Rubik Cube that is the Ives Trio together before the first concert, when none of us had ever played it. People who know the piece a little can surely appreciated what a challenge that was… I won’t even mention the Beethoven and Brahms pieces that were also involved, since they suddenly seemed like grade 5 RCM level by comparison! For one day anyway.”

– David Jalbert (August 23, 2014)