Charlotte Chamber Music

Live Webcast: The Tokyo String Quartet: Classical New England: WGBH

This will a must-listen for all chamber-music fans...

wgbh.org After 43 years, the renowned quartet retires at the end of this concert season. Hear their final Boston performance, presented by the Celebrity Series of Boston in our Fraser Performance Studio

CVNC: An Online Arts Journal in North Carolina | UNC School of the Arts Players Serve Up a Fine

A nice review of our January concert, featuring faculty members of the UNC School of the Arts....

cvnc.org CVNC: An Online Arts Journal in North Carolina | UNC School of the Arts Players Serve Up a Fine

New Contact information

We look forward to seeing you at the inaugural First Tuesday Concerts at the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art on Tuesday, Oct 2 and the Living Room Concert on October 7 at Tanja Bechtler’s home! Please contact the Bechtler for questions regarding tickets, parking, or any other questions you may have.

cmsp.wordpress.com We are excited to have you join us for the inaugural First Tuesday Concerts at the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art on Tuesday, Oct 2 and the Living Room Concert on October 7 at Tanja Bechtler’s...

Musical Light Swings on the Streets of Montreal | Colossal

Montreal has a fun new interactive musical art installation - 21 musical swings! What a fantastic idea! Imagine if something like this were created in Charlotte:

thisiscolossal.com 21 Balançoires (21 Swings) is a recent project by Canadian design collective Daily Tous Les Jours, known for their wide variety of interactive public installations and experiences. Surrounded on both sides by a new music complex and science center, designers Mouna Andraos and Melissa Mongiat chose t...

Bechtler Museum of Modern Art - Music and Museum

Check out the Next Season of First Tuesday and Living Room Concerts!

bechtler.org Music and Museum is an innovative concert and lecture series that fuses image, music and conversation to provide an insider’s perspective on selective artistic works. The concerts (featuring chamber musicians, cabaret artists and other small ensembles) are accompanied by one or more works from curre...

Bechtler Museum of Modern Art - Collection - Giacometti: Memory and Presence - Giacometti

Our season opening concert, Surrealism in Music & Art, will take place October 2 in the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art within the exhibition Giacometti: Memory and Presence. We are thrilled that audiences get to enjoy the works of Stravinsky, Poulenc, & Satie while also looking at art by Alberto Giacometti!

Following the evening concert, please join us for a celebratory event in the Bechtler Lobby to mark this historic and exciting occasion.

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Merger

We are very excited to announce that Charlotte Chamber Music is merging with the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art!

The programs you know & love will be strengthened & enriched by this partnership, as the Bechtler shares our commitment to quality community programming & provides an attractive venue within the Uptown Arts campus.

Further details are available on our website:

cmsp.wordpress.com Dear Community Member, As a valued supporter of Charlotte Chamber Music, I am pleased to share with you a few updates about the organization. Charlotte Chamber Music (CCM) has made great progress i...

Music & Art

We love the idea of "Play Me, I'm Yours," an art & music installation. Music & art both speak to the soul in unique & direct ways. What are some of your favorite ways to celebrate music and visual arts together?

pinterest.com Street Pianos: Play Me, I'm Yours This particular piano was designed by muralist Kent Twitchell, as part of a unique art, music and performance-based installation. Hand-painted and gaily-decorated pianos are placed in public spaces with the invitation to anyone to sit down and play. http://www.arts...

We're excited to have so many new fans! Welcome to our latest "likers," Leona Hill, Taijah Godschild, Ellen Gurley Stanfel, Jason Herring, Matilde Tetti, Ricki A Gulbranson, Manda Emery, Vadim Burkin, Dan Mauney, Toni Render, Dreah Emery, & Erum Touseef!

Thank you to the Gallery Gala Sponsors!

We've highlighted Dennis of Church Street Realty as one of our Gallery Gala sponsors, and we would like to thank of of our underwriters for helping make the Gallery Gala such a spectacular success. Thank you!

cmsp.wordpress.com Today we’d like to highlight Dennis Marsoun of Church Street Realty, who you may remember meeting at the Gallery Gala. Dennis is one of the wonderful people we share our office with, and he w...

Musicians play at Farmers Market to promote Chamber Music Festival of Lexington | Music | Kentucky.c

The Chamber Music Festival of Lexington has been bringing music directly to audiences - including a "flash mob" of musicians at the Lexington Farmers' Market Saturday morning! We think it's a great way to promote the festival. What do you think?

kentucky.com The Lexington Farmers Market in Cheapside Park on Saturday morning was a colorful mix of people and produce set against a medley of music: jazz, old-timey bluegrass, sing-along songs and ... Beethoven.

Arts in Mecklenburg generate $200 million a year, study finds

You may be interested in reading this article about the positive economic impact the arts have on our community:

charlotteobserver.com Mecklenburg County’s cultural groups and their audiences are the driving force behind more than $200 million a year of economic activity, a study by a national arts group says.

A warm welcome to our latest fans, Anfi Cello, Terry Bopp, Lucius Johnson, Elyse Black, Lara White, Martie Lasher, Nino G. Sutton, Phoenixsong Alysia Stellamaris, Nicole Alexander-Biggart, Agna Salam Raharjo, & Tracy Brown Gilmer!

Gallery Gala – a smashing success!

Photos are in from the Gallery Gala! You can view them here: http://cmsp.wordpress.com/2012/07/02/gallery-gala-a-smashing-success/

Do you have favorite photos from the evening? If so, please share with us!

cmsp.wordpress.com A delightful evening was had by all at Charlotte Chamber Music’s first ever Gallery Gala, held at Hodges Taylor Gallery on Friday, June 15. Guests commented repeatedly about the fantastic ti...

The Gallery Gala on June 15 was a smashing success, & you helped make it possible! We raised over $8,900 in support of the First Tuesday Concerts and Living Room Concerts. Thank you!

Photos of the event to follow soon!

Matthews Playhouse

Auction update! If you have been looking forward to seeing "Nunsense" at Matthews Playhouse, there will be 2 tickets for the Sunday, June 17 performance available in the Silent Auction!

Nunsense is a musical comedy for adults.

matthewsplayhouse.com Matthews Playhouse is a children's theatre located in Matthews, NC.

Welcome to our newest likers, سما ومطر, James Alan Ruggles, Deniz Amcazade, & Gaëlle Ramaen!

Welcome to Basar Sahin and Angela Tyde! Thanks for liking us, we like you too!

Nikolaj Lund Reinvents Portraiture of Classical Musicians | Colossal

We love Danish photographer (& cellist) Nikolaj Lund's innovative portraits of classical musicians - check out his work!

thisiscolossal.com If you had to think of a word to describe the portraits of classical musicians and their instruments, what would it be? The one I thought of is: extremely boring. OK that’s two words. But really, when is the last time you saw an exciting photograph of a trombonist? Award-winning photographer (and ce...

Of last week's First Tuesday Concert, Sound the Trumpet, one audience member says, "I enjoyed it so much that I returned at 5:30 to see it again!"

We'd love to hear your thoughts too!

A warm welcome to our newest fans, Evelyne Corbeil, Hope Lyons Bell, John Branin, Elaine St Anne, Kate Baillon van Rensburg, & Steven Schley!

Take a walk on the artsy, wild side of the greenway

Are you looking for something fun to do this weekend? Take a walk on the artsy side of Little Sugar Creek Greenway & enjoy music, arts, and crafts!

charlotteobserver.com Dozens of artists' booths will sprout this weekend along a scenic waterway as Little Sugar Creek Greenway shows off for the first time since the last urban section was opened last week.

Libby Larsen - Instrumental

"Sound the Trumpet," the final First Tuesday Concert of the season, includes a special premiere preview of "Ridge Runner: an uninterrupted suite for Trumpet and Percussion" by Libby Larsen.

We think the composer's notes on where the term "ridge-runner" originates, and why she chose the title for this piece, are worth a read:

libbylarsen.com Ridge-Runner, for Bb trumpet and percussion, is an uninterrupted suite in five sections. The term “ridge-runner” is American slang referring loosely to a number of characters —southern farmer, mountaineer, moonshiner —people of wit, perseverance, and self-reliance, people who don’t mind dealing with...