Great Czech composer, Dvorak, featured at next concert

Attend the March 3 First Tuesday Concert and enjoy String Quartet in G Major by Dvorak. Featuring an ensemble from the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra and wine and cheese after the 5:30pm concert.

Antonin Dvorak was a Czech composer of Romantic music, who employed the idioms and melodies of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia.

His works include operas, symphonic, choral and chamber music. His best-known works include his New World Symphony (particularly the slow movement), as well as his Slavonic Dances, American String Quartet, and Cello Concerto in B minor.

Parking options for the concert tomorrow at First Presbyterian

There is parking available nearby in the Carillon Building, the Marriott, the IJL (behind the Dunhill Hotel on 6th Street).  We are no longer able to provide free parking at TransAmerica or near First Presbyterian.  Here is a map of all parking options in Uptown: click here.

But the good news is, we will still provide FREE outstanding chamber music by some of the most talented musicians in the region.

We are proud to pay our musicians a competitive wage, and provide free events with food and wine for you to meet the musicians and other music enthusiasts.

We are so grateful for all the financial support we receive from individuals, corporations and grants to provide a full range of music and concerts each season. Thank you, and enjoy the concert!

February Program

This Tuesday features Baroque Music for Trumpet and Organ.  Here is the full program:

Arie con tromba sola, Alessandro Scarlatti

Suite in D Major, Jeremiah Clarke

Where, ‘er you walk from Semele,Handel   

Sonata in D Major, Arcangelo Corelli

Let the Bright Seraphim from Samson, Handel

 

The talented ensemble includes Mark Dulin (trumpet) who has performed with the well-known Emerson String Quartet, Matt Lavin (cello) who performs regularly with the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, William Young, (organ) Associate Director of Music and Organist at Myers Park Presbyterian Church and special guest Christina Pier (soprano) who performs with the esteemed Santa Fe and Chicago Lyric opera companies, among others.

See you there!

WDAV interviews artists performing on Tuesday, November 4

NC Composer Kenneth Frazelle’s Appalachian Songbook is the program for our next First Tuesday Concert. WDAV’s  Jennifer Foster gets insights into the music from the composer, singer Jacquelyn Culpepper and pianist Phillip Bush Saturday at 11:30 a.m.  Or visit wdav.org to download the interview.

Alan Black’s Resignation and Organizational Assessment

Our Founder and Artist Director, Alan Black, has resigned effective October 31^st. As part of a larger Organizational Assessment launched in August, Alan had already vacated his part-time position and transitioned his role to that of an artistic consultant in an effort to reduce the demands placed upon him by our growing organization.

Our plan is to leave open the position of Artistic Director for the near term and continue the Organizational Assessment we began in August. Our concerts will continue in the same format and the talented musicians, familiar to you all, will continue to perform.

The attached letter from our board explains in more detail Alan’s resignation and Organizational Assessment in more detail. charlotte-chamber-music-update

Thank you for all the ways that you have supported Charlotte Chamber Music. We believe the greatest honor we can bestow upon Alan and our earliest supporters is to continue the vision for providing outstanding chamber music in intimate settings and earn the respect of the community as one of Charlotte’s leading art groups. 

A few photos of our audience

The audience was filled to capacity for our season opening concert, Beethoven’s Septet in E Flat Major.

In the news

Miriam Durkin, Arts Editor for the Charlotte Observer, featured our programs in her season highlights! 

Surprises fill arts season

By Miriam Durkin
mdurkin@charlotteobserver.com

Posted: Friday, Aug. 29, 2008

When you hear a “Pop!”, you know you’re in for a surprise. That’s why I like the “Pop Goes the Season” cover on this year’s season preview. It’s a reference to the Andy Warhol pop art exhibit coming to the Mint in October. But it has a double meaning: The events in store this season might surprise you.

If you’re new to the arts scene, let me share my favorite surprises in each of the areas we cover:

Dance: Dance fan who like the steamy duets on “So You Think You Can Dance,” will love North Carolina Dance Theatre’s annual Innovative Works program. No pink tutus here. The music rocks. The moves are athletic and often sensual. In fact, Innovative Works’ choreographer Dwight Rhoden created a passionate segment for TV’s SYTYCD this summer. You can check out his work on YouTube. Or you can see it up close at the intimate Booth Playhouse in November.

Books: When’s Charlotte’s Novello Festival was created 18 years ago, it quickly became a model for other libraries, and has always brought publishing’s giants to our city. This year it’s Khaled Hosseini (“A Thousand Splendid Suns”). In years past, it’s been John Grisham and Tom Clancy. The surprise? These writers are just as entertaining speaking as they are on paper. For as little as $15.

Music: Savvy uptown workers already know this gem: The first Tuesday of each month, chamber musicians play a free lunchtime concert at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church. It’s an amazing island of sanity in the middle of our too-stressful work lives. The Suits pack the pews. This year the name changes from Chamber Music at St. Peter’s to Charlotte Chamber Music, and the venue changes, too. Look for the schedule under the new name in our Music section.

Visual Arts: One of the finest corporate art collections in the world is owned by Bank of America – thousands of pieces with names including Milton Avery, Helen Frankenthaler, Frank Stella, even Norman Rockwell. The bank not only lends its artwork to the chieftains’ offices, it also puts it on view across the country, including Bank of America Gallery at the Hearst Center. Look for American Impressionists in October. (Tip for travelers: A major exhibit of BofA holdings is currently on view at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia through Sept. 21.)

Theater: Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte, a semiprofessional troupe that produces edgy new plays, makes it sinfully easy to show up: You don’t dress up. You don’t pay for parking (the lot is right next to the building). You can usually grab a ticket at the door. It’s one of the easiest and best theater tickets in town.

So, if you are ready to expand your artistic horizons, pop into any of these events.

Season Opens September 2

A new season is only two weeks away! It opens with a piece of music from Beethoven that was one of his most popular during his time. Alan Black, Artistic Consultant to Chamber Music at St. Peter’s shares:

Beethoven’s Septet in E Flat Major, Opus 20, was composed early in his life and is one of Beethoven’s most happy and lighthearted works. Written for the unusual combination of seven instruments that included woodwinds plus violin, viola, cello, and bass, the Septet was one of his most popular works at the time it was written. The style of the Septet belongs more with the music of Mozart and Haydn, and Beethoven used this piece as an exercise to learn how to write chamber music.

 

Joins us for our opening concert, and as always, for free. Parking is available in the TransAmerican building across the street from the church.

 

The concerts at 12N tend to be standing room only, so arrive early!! Concert begins at 12:10pm.

 

It’s the students’ turn!

The Chamber Music Teen Camp begins June 16!    Over 50 student artists will arrive Monday morning, eager to meet new friends, learn new music, and develop their creative and artistic abilities during this one week camp.

Not only will they play beautiful music, but through exposure to new disciplines like art class, theory composition, singing lessons, they will also develop their confidence, become a more versatile artist, learn to take risks and of course have fun!

Join us to enjoy the results of their hard work at either one of these events:

Faculty and Student Recital:   June 19 7:30pm at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church located on 115 West 7th Street. Tickets are $15, and available at the door or by calling: 704.335.0009

Student Final Concert:  June 20, 7:00 pm  at Christ Church located on 1412 Providence Road.  A reception follows and it is Free!

Questions: (704) 335.0009

Stanford Financial Excellence Award

Chamber Music at St. Peter’s was proud to have been selected as a finalist, but alas, we did not capture it. Congratulations to these outstanding organizations: Freedom in the Park, Wing Haven and The Raptor Center as winners of this award.