Upcoming Concerts

Classic Black:
Chamber Music by African American Composers
Thursday February 27, 2007

6:30pm at Governor's Academy, Remis Lobby
1 Elm Street, Byfield, MA 01922
978.465.1763
( http://www.thegovernorsacademy .org )

A concert to celebrate African American History Month

MUSICIANS

Rose Drucker, Megumi Stohs violin
Rebecca Strauss, viola
Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello

PROGRAM

Florence Beatrice Price (1888-1953)
Five Folksongs in Counterpoint

Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (1932–2004)
Quartet No. 1
based on “Calvary” (Negro spiritual) (1956)

William Grant Still (1895-1978)
Danzas De Panama

Past Performances

Chamber Music Concert
Kings Chapel Recital Series
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
12:15pm

Admission: $3
King's Chapel, 64 Beacon St. Boston, MA
(Corner of School and Tremont Streets)
617-227-2155

Riverview Chamber Players

Rebecca Strauss, violin & viola
Jenny Stirling, viola
Jane Sheena, cello

PROGRAM

Fantasies of Three Parts, No. 1-3
by Orlando Gibbons (1583 -1625)

World Premiere
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by Kaila Flexer (b.1960)

World Premiere
Beranche for the End of One Thing and the Beginning of Another
By Kaila Flexer

Two Fantasias
by Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

World Premiere
O Red Sox Forever and Ever
by Patricia Van Ness (b. 1951)
With narration by Susan Wilson

Classic Black:
Chamber Music by African American Composers
Thursday February 7, 2007

12: 15pm at the Boston Athenaeum
10 ½ Beacon St., Boston, MA
(http://www.bostonathenaeum.org)

A concert to celebrate African American History Month

MUSICIANS

Rose Drucker, Megumi Stohs violin
Rebecca Strauss, viola
Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello

PROGRAM

Florence Beatrice Price (1888-1953)
Five Folksongs in Counterpoint

Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (1932–2004)
Quartet No. 1
based on “Calvary” (Negro spiritual) (1956)

William Grant Still (1895-1978)
Danzas De Panama

Boston Athenaeum, Boston, MA
Tuesday, May 1, 2007, 12:15pm

King's Chapel
64 Beacon St., Boston, MA
Tuesday, February 13, 2007, 12:15pm
Admission: $3
Contact: www.kings-chapel.org/music2.html

PROGRAM

Violist, Rebecca Strauss
Cellist, Raphael Popper-Keizer

Performance of Viola & Cello Duets by

• Ludwig van Beethoven
• Paul Hindemith
• Rebecca Clarke
• Franz Danzi

Old South Meeting House
310 Washington St., Boston, MA
Thursday, January 25, 2007, 12:15pm
Admission: $5
Contact: 617-482-6439; www.oldsouthmeetinghouse.org

PROGRAM

Viola, Rebecca Strauss & Joan Ellersick
Violin, Rebecca Strauss & Randy Hiller

Duo No. 4 for Two Violas         Giuseppe Cambini
Terzetto in C major Op. 74        Antonin Dvorak
Six Viola Duets                          Béla Bartók