This program will delve into groundbreaking Piano Quartets - one from each Century. They will start with the Mozart Piano Quartet in Gm, move on to the Romanticism of the Dvorak Piano Quartet in Eb, and then perform a 21st C Classical Rock n' Roll Piano Quartet written for Beryl and the Orion Piano Quartet by composer Joe Gianono.
In honor of National Poetry Month, violist Shane Barker has fashioned a program that pairs two art forms: Poetry and Music. Audiences will hear spoken aloud the words of Emily Dickinson, Alfred de Musset and William Shakespeare, and in the intimate listening space that is The Granite, hear the musical companion to each literary work: music of Töru Takemitsu, Rebecca Clarke and Sergei Prokofiev.
Open chamber music reading for string players! This event is open to everyone - students, professionals, hobbyists, teens, adults - anyone who would like to sight-read chamber music, meet other local musicians, and have fun. Plenty of sheet music will be available, and attendees are welcome to bring their own.
William Stafford’s poem, The Way It Is, speaks of a thread present in each of our lives, a thread that Stafford implores us to hold on to so we don’t get lost. Andrew will tell five stories drawn from his musical journey that speak to finding, holding on to, and sometimes losing the thread. Each story has a musical companion, weaving through various genres and styles.
