Music at Eden's Edge

North Shore Arts Association is very pleased to host three concerts by Music at Eden's Edge in 2010.

The Last Concert of the Series:

Program III: On September's Road - String Quartet's
Saturday, September 25 at 8:00pm

You’re invited to a special performance at the North Shore Arts Association by Music at Eden’s Edge (MEE), the North Shore’s resident chamber music ensemble. On Saturday, September 25 at 8 PM, MEE presents On September’s Road: String Quartets, a powerful program featuring as guest artist the renowned violinist and chamber music performer Daniel Stepner. Joined by MEE’s Maria Benotti, Violin, Lynn Nowels, Cello, and Mark Berger, Viola/Composer, Mr. Stepner will lead the performers in the Beethoven Op. 74 “Harp Quartet”, Prokofiev Quartet No. 2, and Mark Berger’s Notturno.

Mr. Stepner has been first violinist of the Lydian String Quartet, in residence at Brandeis University, for 21 years. A founding member of the Boston Museum Trio, resident at the Museum of Fine Arts, he also serves as concertmaster of the Handel and Haydn Society, and Artistic Director of the Aston Magna Festival. He is a Preceptor in Music at Harvard University, where he team-teaches a course in chamber music with Robert Levin. For six years, he played as assistant concertmaster and frequent soloist with the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, based in Holland.

The concert will be presented in the NSAA’s beautiful gallery. What better way to spend an evening than enjoying great music, surrounded by outstanding art! It’s the perfect location for this marvelous program.

Please join us for this special affirmation of musical friendships and great music!

Tickets are $20 general admission, $15 for students and seniors, and $55 for families. Order tickets online or purchase them at the door.

Founded in 1982, MEE has come to represent the highest standards of musical performance artistry. Our Summer Chamber Music Series, which runs from June through September, features extraordinary musical artists performing in some of the area’s most beautiful and distinctive settings. MEE is known for its creative programming that ranges from the Baroque period to innovative 20th and 21st century works commissioned and premiered by this ensemble. Concerts combine rarely heard works with beloved favorites of the chamber music repertoire.

To make the performances as meaningful and memorable as possible, the artists introduce each piece to the audience, really making the music come alive. In addition, a free reception with the artists follows most concerts. That intimacy reflects the special nature of chamber music, which has often been described as a dialogue among performers. It is perhaps the most personal form of musical performance – each player is a soloist and yet only one part of the whole. Performing without the leadership of a conductor, each ensemble member is fully responsible for carrying on his or her own part of the musical conversation, leading and supporting as the music demands.

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