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This will a must-listen for all chamber-music fans...
After 43 years, the renowned quartet retires at the end of this concert season. Hear their final Boston performance, presented by the Celebrity Series of Boston in our Fraser Performance Studio
A nice review of our January concert, featuring faculty members of the UNC School of the Arts....
CVNC: An Online Arts Journal in North Carolina | UNC School of the Arts Players Serve Up a Fine
Run, don't walk, to hear the VEGA Quartet in a special Election Day performance at the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, the new home of our "First Tuesday" concerts. They blew everyone away at our noon recital...they play again at 5:30! Among the pieces they're playing: Selections from composer David Garner's Appalachian-inspired fiddle works "I Ain't Broke (But I'm Badly Bent.). Check it out!
David Garner's "thirteen fiddle tunes for string quartet - i aint broke (but I'm badly bent)" performed by the Vega String Quartet. Recorded on June 25, 2012...
We look forward to seeing you at the inaugural First Tuesday Concerts at the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art on Tuesday, Oct 2 and the Living Room Concert on October 7 at Tanja Bechtler’s home! Please contact the Bechtler for questions regarding tickets, parking, or any other questions you may have.
We are excited to have you join us for the inaugural First Tuesday Concerts at the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art on Tuesday, Oct 2 and the Living Room Concert on October 7 at Tanja Bechtler’s...
Montreal has a fun new interactive musical art installation - 21 musical swings! What a fantastic idea! Imagine if something like this were created in Charlotte:
21 Balançoires (21 Swings) is a recent project by Canadian design collective Daily Tous Les Jours, known for their wide variety of interactive public installations and experiences. Surrounded on both sides by a new music complex and science center, designers Mouna Andraos and Melissa Mongiat chose t...
Check out the Next Season of First Tuesday and Living Room Concerts!
Music and Museum is an innovative concert and lecture series that fuses image, music and conversation to provide an insider’s perspective on selective artistic works. The concerts (featuring chamber musicians, cabaret artists and other small ensembles) are accompanied by one or more works from curre...
Our season opening concert, Surrealism in Music & Art, will take place October 2 in the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art within the exhibition Giacometti: Memory and Presence. We are thrilled that audiences get to enjoy the works of Stravinsky, Poulenc, & Satie while also looking at art by Alberto Giacometti!
Following the evening concert, please join us for a celebratory event in the Bechtler Lobby to mark this historic and exciting occasion.
We are very excited to announce that Charlotte Chamber Music is merging with the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art!
The programs you know & love will be strengthened & enriched by this partnership, as the Bechtler shares our commitment to quality community programming & provides an attractive venue within the Uptown Arts campus.
Further details are available on our website:
Dear Community Member, As a valued supporter of Charlotte Chamber Music, I am pleased to share with you a few updates about the organization. Charlotte Chamber Music (CCM) has made great progress i...
We love the idea of "Play Me, I'm Yours," an art & music installation. Music & art both speak to the soul in unique & direct ways. What are some of your favorite ways to celebrate music and visual arts together?
Street Pianos: Play Me, I'm Yours This particular piano was designed by muralist Kent Twitchell, as part of a unique art, music and performance-based installation. Hand-painted and gaily-decorated pianos are placed in public spaces with the invitation to anyone to sit down and play. http://www.arts...
The Ae**us wind pavilion was first housed at the Eden Project in Cornwall, England (a garden & conservation center & home to the largest greenhouse in the world). Very interesting sculpture, don't you think?
More information on the Ae**us is available here: http://www.lukejerram.com/aeolus
We're excited to have so many new fans! Welcome to our latest "likers," Leona Hill, Taijah Godschild, Ellen Gurley Stanfel, Jason Herring, Matilde Tetti, Ricki A Gulbranson, Manda Emery, Vadim Burkin, Dan Mauney, Toni Render, Dreah Emery, & Erum Touseef!
We've highlighted Dennis of Church Street Realty as one of our Gallery Gala sponsors, and we would like to thank of of our underwriters for helping make the Gallery Gala such a spectacular success. Thank you!
Today we’d like to highlight Dennis Marsoun of Church Street Realty, who you may remember meeting at the Gallery Gala. Dennis is one of the wonderful people we share our office with, and he w...
Watch as Vienna's genre-splicing string trio Trilogy (http://triology.cc/en/index.html) performs electronic music group Kraftwerk's 1978 song "Das Modell." Very cool!
http://youtu.be/GiRI5di49mA
The Chamber Music Festival of Lexington has been bringing music directly to audiences - including a "flash mob" of musicians at the Lexington Farmers' Market Saturday morning! We think it's a great way to promote the festival. What do you think?
The Lexington Farmers Market in Cheapside Park on Saturday morning was a colorful mix of people and produce set against a medley of music: jazz, old-timey bluegrass, sing-along songs and ... Beethoven.
You may be interested in reading this article about the positive economic impact the arts have on our community:
Mecklenburg Countys cultural groups and their audiences are the driving force behind more than $200 million a year of economic activity, a study by a national arts group says.
A warm welcome to our latest fans, Anfi Cello, Terry Bopp, Lucius Johnson, Elyse Black, Lara White, Martie Lasher, Nino G. Sutton, Phoenixsong Alysia Stellamaris, Nicole Alexander-Biggart, Agna Salam Raharjo, & Tracy Brown Gilmer!
Photos are in from the Gallery Gala! You can view them here: http://cmsp.wordpress.com/2012/07/02/gallery-gala-a-smashing-success/
Do you have favorite photos from the evening? If so, please share with us!
A delightful evening was had by all at Charlotte Chamber Music’s first ever Gallery Gala, held at Hodges Taylor Gallery on Friday, June 15. Guests commented repeatedly about the fantastic ti...
The Gallery Gala on June 15 was a smashing success, & you helped make it possible! We raised over $8,900 in support of the First Tuesday Concerts and Living Room Concerts. Thank you!
Photos of the event to follow soon!
Auction update! If you have been looking forward to seeing "Nunsense" at Matthews Playhouse, there will be 2 tickets for the Sunday, June 17 performance available in the Silent Auction!
Nunsense is a musical comedy for adults.
Matthews Playhouse is a children's theatre located in Matthews, NC.
Welcome to our newest likers, سما ومطر, James Alan Ruggles, Deniz Amcazade, & Gaëlle Ramaen!
Have you heard of the Galileo Project? "Combining music, photography and story-telling, The Galileo Project brings to life the brilliant minds of the early astronomers and the music that inspired them, as a large-scale, ever-changing backdrop of stars and planets unfolds." Very cool!
http://www.musicaviva.com.au/whatson/international-concert-season-2012/artists-touring/tafelmusik for more information and to purchase tickets. Combining mus...
Welcome to Basar Sahin and Angela Tyde! Thanks for liking us, we like you too!
What an interesting and unusual performance!
Download My music off itunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/electric-daisy-violin-single/id485651675 Violin Sheet Music available: (Viola and Piano sheet m...
Friday, June 15 is the Gallery Gala, a benefit for the free First Tuesday Concerts and intimate Living Room Concerts, and you are invited! Enjoy a prosecco & dessert reception with incredible jazz duo Ethan Uslan (piano) & Doug Burns (trumpet), live art by local artist Barbara Travell (Ugly Stepsister Barbara Travell) , and a silent auction.
Remember Ethan Uslan's fantastic performance back in October, at our first First Tuesday Concert of the season?
For more information about the event, visit our website: http://cmsp.wordpress.com/concerts/benefit/
Ethan Uslan makes the piano sing as he performs James P. Johnson's Carolina Shout at the October 2011 First Tuesday Concert "Carolina Shout: A Centennial Cel...
We love Danish photographer (& cellist) Nikolaj Lund's innovative portraits of classical musicians - check out his work!
If you had to think of a word to describe the portraits of classical musicians and their instruments, what would it be? The one I thought of is: extremely boring. OK that’s two words. But really, when is the last time you saw an exciting photograph of a trombonist? Award-winning photographer (and ce...
Happy Friday! What are you listening to this weekend?
First Arabesque, by Claude Debussy, performed by Stephen Malinowski, accompanied by an animated score. FAQ Q: Where can I get free sheet music for this piece...
Watch Bach's Fugue from Sonata No.1 in G Minor for Solo Violin performed on the marimba! We think it's very cool, what do you think?
Bach (transcription for marimba) - Fugue from Sonata No.1 in G minor for Solo Violin. Rerecorded this for an audition, and no big confusion at the end this t...
Of last week's First Tuesday Concert, Sound the Trumpet, one audience member says, "I enjoyed it so much that I returned at 5:30 to see it again!"
We'd love to hear your thoughts too!
A warm welcome to our newest fans, Evelyne Corbeil, Hope Lyons Bell, John Branin, Elaine St Anne, Kate Baillon van Rensburg, & Steven Schley!
Are you looking for something fun to do this weekend? Take a walk on the artsy side of Little Sugar Creek Greenway & enjoy music, arts, and crafts!
Dozens of artists' booths will sprout this weekend along a scenic waterway as Little Sugar Creek Greenway shows off for the first time since the last urban section was opened last week.
"There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats." ~ Albert Schweitzer
Do cats like music too? Watch this video of "Nora the Piano Playing Cat" and tell us what you think!
And Nora's story is here: http://norathepianocat.com/about/my-story/
Features all-new footage and more duets. Better than the original! This is not a trick taught to Nora. She began sitting at the piano at about one-year-old. ...
"Sound the Trumpet," the final First Tuesday Concert of the season, includes a special premiere preview of "Ridge Runner: an uninterrupted suite for Trumpet and Percussion" by Libby Larsen.
We think the composer's notes on where the term "ridge-runner" originates, and why she chose the title for this piece, are worth a read:
Ridge-Runner, for Bb trumpet and percussion, is an uninterrupted suite in five sections. The term “ridge-runner” is American slang referring loosely to a number of characters —southern farmer, mountaineer, moonshiner —people of wit, perseverance, and self-reliance, people who don’t mind dealing with...
Watch this short video about how trumpets are made!
Video showing the manufacturing process for a trumpet (mainly the bell section). Filmed at the Getzen factory.
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