Album Notes

"If your looking for a Fresh musical experience, you'll want to check out Facets." -Len Tunderman, Middletown Press

Frank Sr., who began his study of the guitar at age ten, continued his education at the State University of New York at Stony Brook where he studied performance and classical theory. In addition, he received certification in modern harmony and arrangement from Berklee College of Music Boston.

In 1982, after an audition before Fritz Maraffi, the director of the Roman Festival Orchestra, Frank Sr. was awarded a scholarship to attend the Orchestra's Summer Institute Tour of Rome, Italy.

Frank Sr. has performed with the Spanish Dance Company Sol y Sombra serving as both a soloist and an accompanist. He also has been commissioned by the Suffolk County Arts Council, the New York State Arts Council and various other arts councils. With some twenty years of performance experience, Frank Natter Sr. brings his highly expressive classical technique to the ensemble Facets.

Guided by his father, Frank Jr. began his music training at age twelve. By age seventeen, Frank Jr. was the guitarist and back-up vocalist of the rock band Hey-Hey Tommy. With the group, he performed at many major Connecticut venues including, Toad's Place in New Haven, El-'N'-Gee Club in New London, and other Connecticut clubs and cafés. The group later embarked on a transcontinental, U.S. tour.

A diverse musician, Frank Jr. has been hired to play in various pit-band ensembles for musicals such as "Pippin", "Grease", and a cabaret version of "Rent". Frank Jr. continued to build a reputation as a Connecticut folk artist with the folk-blues ensemble Eli's Stomphouse. With his instrumental and vocal diversity, and love of many musical styles, Frank Jr. is the inevitable complement to Frank Sr.'s intense, dynamic command of the guitar.

Facets is the Natters' desire to, as they say, "make good music". With father and son bringing their own musical expression and style to the partnership, they quickly discover that each compliments the other in the writing and arranging of their music.