BRUNSWICK
A series of upcoming performances and educational sessions will answer everything you never knew about chamber music and the musicians who play it.
The three-part series, called “A Listener’s Guide to Chamber Music,” is sponsored by the Lark Society, a Portlandbased nonprofit organization founded in 1980 to promote chamber music and music education.
Portland String Quartet, currently in its 44th season, will provide the performances. They will be held on consecutive Mondays, Nov. 5, 12 and 19, at Curtis Memorial Library on Pleasant Street.
Each session lasts 7-8:30 p.m. in the Morrell Meeting Room.E ach of the three performances also carries a different theme. On Nov. 5, the focus asks “Is it a Violin or a Fiddle?” Special guest and master fiddler Greg Boardman will provide explanation.
Subsequent themes are “The Many Forms of Chamber
Music,” on Nov. 12, featuring pianist Laura Kargul, a faculty member at University of Southern Maine’s School of Music; and, on Nov. 19, “String quartets of Beethoven,” featuring guest violinist Dean Stein.
A question-and-answer session with the musicians will follow each performance.
Lark Society was founded as a way for the Portland String Quartet to educate.
Julia Adams, viola; Ron Lantz, violin; Stephen Kecskemephy, violin; Paul Ross, cello, comprise the quartet of professional musicians who live in Maine, but they also perform and hold similar learning workshops globally.
“They are amazing educators,” said Nina Oatley, Lark Society’s executive director. “They do summer workshops all over Maine and in other countries, as well.”
Cost for all three performances is $45, or $18 individually, and registration is available at the door or in advance at 761-1522 or at larksociety.org.
jtleonard@timesrecord.com
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