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SUMMARY:Parker Ramsay\, harp
DESCRIPTION:Buy tickets tonight at the door!\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Catch this rising star in his captivating program of twentieth-century music of Caplet\, Britten\, Hindemith\, and a new work by Nico Muhly and Alice Goodman. \nParker Ramsay has forged a career defying easy categorization. Equally at home on modern and period harps\, he pursues his passions in tackling new and underperformed works and bringing his instrument to new audiences. Recent and upcoming performances include solo performances at Alice Tully Hall\, the Miller Theatre at Columbia University\, the Phillips Collection\, Cal Performances\, Shriver Hall\, IRCAM\, King’s College\, Cambridge\, the Spoleto Festival USA and the Center for the Art of Performing at UCLA. \nHis recording of Bach’s Goldberg Variations was praised as “remarkably special” (Gramophone)\, “nuanced and insightful” (BBC Music Magazine)\, “relentlessly beautiful” (WQXR)\, and “marked by a keen musical intelligence” (Wall Street Journal). His last album\, released in October 2022\, features The Street\, a new concert-length work for solo harp and text by Nico Muhly and Alice Goodman. In 2024\, he will tour The Street with Mark Morris Dance Company. \nHe has also collaborated with composers such as Marcos Balter\, Saad Haddad\, Josh Levine\, Jared Miller and Sarah Kirkland Snider. Alongside gambist Arnie Tanimoto\, Parker is co-director of A Golden Wire\, a period instrument ensemble based in New York. As an organist\, he has performed at Washington National Cathedral\, Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center\, St Thomas Church\, 5th Avenue and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. He has presented talks\, performances and lectures on period instruments at the Smithsonian Collection and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He has been published in VAN Magazine\, Early Music America Magazine\, the Washington Post and the New York Times. \nRaised in Tennessee\, Parker began harp studies with his mother\, Carol McClure. He served as organ scholar at King’s College\, Cambridge before pursuing graduate studies at Oberlin at Juilliard. In 2014\, he was awarded First Prize at the Sweelinck International Organ Competition. He lives in Paris. \nProgram:Divertissement à la française | André Caplet Sonate für Harfe | Paul HindemithSuite for Harp\, Op. 83 | Benjamin BrittenRhapsodie | Marcel Grandjany The Street (Fourteen Meditations on the Stations of the Cross) | Nico Muhly and Alice Goodman \nConcert Sponsor: Julie Aronson Dehnel 
URL:https://chambermusicstcloud.org/event/parker-ramsay-harp/
LOCATION:Atonement Lutheran Church\, 1144 N 29th Avenue\, St. Cloud\, MN\, United States
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SUMMARY:Harlem Quartet
DESCRIPTION:First Presbyterian Church\, 340 5th Avenue South\, St. CloudTickets online or at the door. \nConcert Sponsors: Bill & Chip Martin-Chaffee \nThe Chamber Music Society of Saint Cloud presents the Harlem Quartet in a program titled Cross Pollination\, showcasing the exchange of musical ideas and styles between the classical European tradition and world music. Their program features works by Jessie Montgomery\, William Grant Still\, Wynton Marsalis\, Guido López-Gavilán\, Caroline Shaw\, and Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel.  \nHarlem Quartet has been praised for its “panache” by The New York Times and hailed in the Cincinnati Enquirer for “bringing a new attitude to classical music\, one that is fresh\, bracing and intelligent.” Since its public debut in 2006 at Carnegie Hall\, the ensemble has thrilled audiences and students in 47 states as well as in the U.K.\, France\, Belgium\, Brazil\, Panama\, Canada\, Venezuela\, Japan\, Ethiopia\, and South Africa. Harlem Quartet’s unique programming combines standard string quartet literature with jazz\, Latin\, and contemporary works. \nApril 1 Concert Program:Jessie Montgomery: StrumWilliam Grant Still: Lyric QuartetteWynton Marsalis: At the Octoroon BallsGuido López-Gavilán: Cuarteto En GuaguancoCaroline Shaw: Entr’acteFanny Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E-Flat Major \nMore chances to catch the Harlem Quartet’s music while they are in St. Cloud: \nFriday\, March 31\, 9:30 a.m.Coffee Cake\, Coffee and String QuartetsWhitney Senior Center\, 1527 Northway DriveClick here to purchase tickets in advance online or call 255-7245. \nSaturday\, March 31 at 2:00 p.m.Family Concert – Free admissionSt. Cloud Public Library\, 1300 W Saint Germain Streetsponsored by the Great River Regional Library \nThis activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board and the Central MN Arts Board\, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund. \nAnd we invite you to join us on Friday\, March 31\, 7 p.m. for Musical Chairs – our annual fundraiser! Click to learn more and purchase tickets
URL:https://chambermusicstcloud.org/event/harlem-quartet/
LOCATION:First Presbyterian Church\, 340 5th Avenue South\, Saint Cloud\, 56301
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SUMMARY:Musical Chairs 2023
DESCRIPTION:St. John’s Episcopal Church –  1111 Cooper Avenue South\, St. CloudCome to the 28th annual fundraising party to benefit the Chamber Music Society of St. CloudFriday\, MARCH 31\, 2023 – 7:00 p.m. \nAn intimate evening of chamber music performed by the HARLEM QUARTET joined by prominent local musicians \nDesserts\, wine\, coffee & tea A silent auction of selected works by area artists as well as a multitude of other highly desirable items Tickets:  $45 / $75* / $150* available in advance * Patrons at the $75 and $150 level will be acknowledged in the evening’s program with an RSVP by March 27. Your support of this event helps guarantee that top-quality live chamber music will remain accessible to all in Central Minnesota. To purchase tickets: \n\npurchase online here (Online ticket sales end 5 p.m. March 31.)\ncall 320-292-4645\nsend a check to the Chamber Music Society\, PO Box 205\, St. Cloud\, MN 56302\ntickets available at the door the evening of the event\n\nTHANK YOU!
URL:https://chambermusicstcloud.org/event/musical-chairs-2023/
LOCATION:St. John’s Episcopal Church\, 1111 Cooper Avenue South\, St. Cloud\, MN\, 56301\, United States
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SUMMARY:Ann DuHamel\, piano
DESCRIPTION:Ann DuHamel performs works selected from her current project Prayers for a Feverish Planet: New Music about Climate Change. Watch the concert recording – available now through March 12. \n \nView the program.   Get parking information. \nConcert Sponsors:  Mary Lou & Jerry Lenz \nPianist Ann DuHamel’s performances have been praised as poetic and “… a delight for the ears and the soul” (Encuentro Universitario Internacional de Saxofón\, Mexico City). Hailed as a “forward thinking classical pianist” (Midwest Record) for her debut album Rückblick: New Piano Music Inspired by Brahms (Furious Artisans\, 2020)\, she actively champions contemporary composers\, recently commissioning works by Marc Chan\, Flannery Cunningham\, Jocelyn Hagen\, Edie Hill\, and Tyler Kline\, among others. \nAnn has performed and presented in 16 countries on 4 continents\, including Sala Verdi in Milan\, Italy; the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki\, Finland; and Trinity College in Oxford\, England. In demand as a collaborative pianist\, Ann has performed chamber music with members of the Minnesota Orchestra and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra\, as well as with Martha Councell-Vargas\, flute; Preston Duncan\, saxophone; and Clara Osowski\, mezzo-soprano. Her performance at Carnegie Weill Recital Hall with ensemble: Périphérie was lauded by the New York Concert Review as “outstanding\,” praising the group of “superb musicians” who “played with power and assurance.” \nAnn’s latest project\, “Prayers for a Feverish Planet\,” features 60 new works for piano and piano/electronics about climate change. Ann is Associate Professor of Music at the University of Minnesota Morris\, and serves as Immediate Past President of Minnesota Music Teachers Association. She earned the Doctorate of Musical Arts degree at the University of Iowa under the tutelage of Ksenia Nosikova. \nThis project is made possible in part by a University of Minnesota Grant in Aid of Research\, Artistry and Scholarship Award. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board and the Central MN Arts Board\, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund and in part by a grant from the Central MN Arts Board with funds appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature from its general fund.
URL:https://chambermusicstcloud.org/event/ann-duhamel-piano/
LOCATION:SCSU Ruth Gant Recital Hall\, 620 3rd Avenue South\, St. Cloud\, MN\, 56303\, United States
CATEGORIES:classical piano,music,piano
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SUMMARY:Family concert: Ann DuHamel\, piano
DESCRIPTION:Hear works selected from her latest project\, “Prayers for a Feverish Planet\,” in response to the climate crisis. After a call to composers across the globe\, she created a collection of 60+ new pieces for piano. \nHer family concert program includes excerpts of works by Anél Van de Venter\, Chris Williams\, Ian Dicke\, Frank Horvat & Minato Sakamoto\, & For the Love of Bees by Anna Rubin\, with poet Athena Kildegaard\, narrator. \nBring the whole family to this one-hour informal program.Masks recommended.Admission is free! \nFamily Concert Sponsor: St. Cloud Unitarian Universalist Fellowship \nView the program   How to get there \nPianist Ann DuHamel’s performances have been praised as poetic and “… a delight for the ears and the soul” (Encuentro Universitario Internacional de Saxofón\, Mexico City). Hailed as a “forward thinking classical pianist” (Midwest Record) for her debut album Rückblick: New Piano Music Inspired by Brahms (Furious Artisans\, 2020)\, she actively champions contemporary composers\, recently commissioning works by Marc Chan\, Flannery Cunningham\, Jocelyn Hagen\, Edie Hill\, and Tyler Kline\, among others. \nAnn has performed and presented in 16 countries on 4 continents\, including Sala Verdi in Milan\, Italy; the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki\, Finland; and Trinity College in Oxford\, England. In demand as a collaborative pianist\, Ann’s performed chamber music with members of the Minnesota Orchestra and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra\, as well as with Martha Councell-Vargas\, flute; Preston Duncan\, saxophone; and Clara Osowski\, mezzo-soprano. Her performance at Carnegie Weill Recital Hall with ensemble: Périphérie was lauded by the New York Concert Review as “outstanding\,” praising the group of “superb musicians” who “played with power and assurance.” \nAnn’s latest project\, “Prayers for a Feverish Planet\,” features 60 new works for piano and piano/electronics about climate change. Ann is Associate Professor of Music at the University of Minnesota Morris\, and serves as Immediate Past President of Minnesota Music Teachers Association. She earned the Doctorate of Musical Arts degree at the University of Iowa under the tutelage of Ksenia Nosikova. \nThis project is made possible in part by a University of Minnesota Grant in Aid of Research\, Artistry and Scholarship Award. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board and the Central MN Arts Board\, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund and in part by a grant from the Central MN Arts Board with funds appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature from its general fund.
URL:https://chambermusicstcloud.org/event/family-concert-ann-duhamel-piano/
LOCATION:St. Cloud Unitarian Universalist Fellowship\, 3226 Maine Prairie Road\, St. Cloud\, Minnesota\, 56301\, United States
CATEGORIES:classical piano,music,piano
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SUMMARY:Balge-Park-Ross Trio
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to bring back pianist Bethel Balge again this season to join Minnesota Orchestra members first associate concertmaster violinist Susie Park and principal cellist Tony Ross. Their program is filled with a wide range of passion\, from the 19th century emotional dialogue intrinsic to Johannes Brahms to the 20th century drama of Samuel Barber and Jesse Montgomery.We hope you’ll join us! \nCheck out Michael Barone’s pre-concert chat with Bethel and Tony! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UO6zFnKwt_o \nSamuel Barber: Cello SonataJesse Montgomery: Rhapsody No. 1Johannes Brahms: Piano Trio in C Major\, No. 2\, Op. 87 \nConcert Sponsors:  Jennifer Galovich & Tom Sibley \nThis activity is made possible\, in part\, by a grant from the Central Minnesota Arts Board with funds appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature from its general fund. This organization is funded\, in part\, by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Central MN Arts Board\, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
URL:https://chambermusicstcloud.org/event/balge-park-ross-trio/
LOCATION:SCSU Ruth Gant Recital Hall\, 620 3rd Avenue South\, St. Cloud\, MN\, 56303\, United States
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SUMMARY:Pacifica Quartet
DESCRIPTION:a concert to honor the memory of Susan Dubin \nFirst Presbyterian Church340 5th Avenue South\, St. Cloud \nProgram:Florence Price: String Quartet No. 1 in G majorProkofiev: Quartet No. 2 in F major\, Op. 92Beethoven: String Quartet No. 15 in A minor\, Op. 132 \nConcert sponsor: Julie Aronson Dehnel \nSusan Dubin  \n  \nWe invite you to this special concert to honor the memory of Susan Dubin\,our founding Executive Director\, by one of her favorite ensembles.Susan led the Chamber Music Society for more than three decadesbefore retiring in 2013. \nAbout the Pacifica QuartetWith a career spanning nearly three decades\, the multiple Grammy Award-winning Pacifica Quartet has achieved international recognition as one of the finest chamber ensembles performing today. The Quartet is known for its virtuosity\, exuberant performance style\, and often-daring repertory choices. Named faculty string quartet-in-residence at the Indian University Jacobs School of Music in 2012\, the Quartet was previously quartet-in-residence at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and most recently received its second Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance for Contemporary Voices (2020)\, featuring the works of three Pulitzer Prize-winning women. The Quartet also leads the Center for Advanced Quartet Studies at the Aspen Music Festival and School. \nFormed in 1994\, the Pacifica Quartet quickly won chamber music’s top competitions\, including the 1998 Naumburg Chamber Music Award. In 2002 the ensemble was honored with Chamber Music America’s Cleveland Quartet Award and the appointment to Lincoln Center’s The Bowers Program (formerly CMS Two)\, and in 2006 was awarded a prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant. With its powerful energy and captivating\, cohesive sound\, the Pacifica has established itself as the embodiment of the senior American quartet sound. www.Pacificaquartet.com \n \n  \nThis activity is made possible in part\, by a grant from the Central MN Arts Board with funds appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature from its general fund. \n  \nFor the well-being of all and following current CDC guidelines\, we strongly recommend our audience members wear a mask while in the concert hall or lobby. Updates as needed will be posted to the home page of our website.
URL:https://chambermusicstcloud.org/event/pacifica-quartet/
LOCATION:First Presbyterian Church\, 340 5th Avenue South\, Saint Cloud\, 56301
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