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It's an innocent question with a complicated answer. When Bradley Brookshire performed in the Vocal Chamber Music concert on 5/26/2024, he arrived the day before to let the harpsichord acclimate to the space.First, he had to select the harpsichord for the concert from his collection.Brookshire explained "The national design styles of French, Flemish, German, and Italian harpsichords yield a distinctive sound that matches their respective repertoires well." Once he chose the harpsicho [...]
The Harlem Chamber Players String Quartet graced our stage on Oct. 16, 2022 and played two outreach concerts the next day at Woodbury Jr/Sr High School and Rowan College of South Jersey/Deptford. Their music was lively and appreciated by our patrons and students. One of the HS students said the music was not what she expected, but she enjoyed it a lot. Local musicians Lourin Plant and Douglas Mapp added so much to the whole musical experience. Thanks for your energy and musicianship, [...]
In a wonderful coincidence, we have a woman pianist who champions composer Florence Price and has programmed Price and her student Margaret Bonds plus the iconic composer Clara Schumann on March 13 during Women's History Month. To continue the connections, Clara and Robert Schumann were mentors and friends of Brahms, whose music is also on the program. And Chopin (Ballad 3 is on program) was a contemporary of the Schumanns.Here are a few more interesting facts to know. Thank you to our Rowan Mus [...]
Meet our team of digital marketing students from Université d'Angers, France: Lea, Malvina (Team Leader), Robin, Axel. These Masters students were assigned to us by Google Ad Grants Nonprofit Marketing Immersion to assist in improving our website ranking. We met virtually and they have issued a 16 page report assessing website and suggesting changes. If you notice any improvements, they deserve the credit. This is our farthest-flung partnership and it is fun to work with bright stu [...]
We had a wonderful sold out concert by Dolce Suono Trio on Sunday, Nov. 7. Many in attendance made some nice comments about the energy, variety, and excellent musicianship of Mimi Stillman, Gabriel Cabezas, and Charlie Abramovic. If you want to add your voice, please comment here or email your comments about the concert for our website comments page. Dolce Suono Trio was a real record-setter for our Facebook posts, logging over 2000 reactions. The single largest post got 1100 views a [...]
Escher Quartet Oct. 18, 2020 The Escher Quartet concert at the Music Barn on Oct. 18 was a resounding success. The musicians stated that this was their first live performance during the pandemic and it felt so good to play for people and see real-time reaction and appreciation. They had just returned from a live-stream event in Massachusetts on Saturday night and the contrast between live-stream and live audience was enormous. The Beethoven and Debussy string quartets brought us back to th [...]
This program is made possible in part by funding from The Gloucester County Cultural and Heritage Commission at Rowan College of South Jersey, a partner of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State and the National Endowment for the Arts.