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Saturdays - 3:00 PM
Concerts last about an hour

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UPCOMING CONCERTS:

May 17 - DALLAS MUSEUM of ART @ 1717 N. Harwood
2nd Annual Charles Barr Memorial Concert features award-winning violinist Chloe Trevor

Ms. Trevor, Grand Prize winner of the Dallas Symphony’s 2006 Lynn Harrell Competition, will perform Biber’s Passacaglia (in memory of Charles Barr), Brahms’ - Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Ysaye’s Sonata No. 6 and Stravinsky’s Divertimento. Ms. Trevor has appeared as a soloist with the Knoxville Symphony, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Latvian Chamber Orchestra, Plano Symphony and the Slovak State Philharmonic. Currently a student of David and Linda Cerone at the Cleveland Institute of Music, Ms. Trevor will perform in memory of Dallas native Charles Barr. Mr. Barr was a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music and a member of the renowned Cleveland Orchestra at the time of his death.

The Charles Barr Memorial Concert is sponsored by Eric and Catherine Barr. Fine Arts Chamber Players’ Bancroft Family Concerts are made possible in part by the Sue & Christopher Bancroft Family, the City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs, TACA, the Texas Commission on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts and WRR FM Classical 101.

June 7 - DALLAS MUSEUM of ART @ 1717 N. Harwood
Brahms’ Quartet for Piano and Strings No. 3 in C Minor, Opus 60, performed by members of the Dallas and Fort Worth Symphonies with pianist Christina Long

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PAST CONCERTS

April 19 - DALLAS MUSEUM of ART @ 1717 N. Harwood
Soprano Elizabeth Racheva and Dallas Symphony trumpeter Russell Campbell in recital

Feb 23 ST. PAUL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH @ 1816 Routh
Celebrating African heritage in classical music featuring chamber music by George Walker and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Beginning with a well-known chamber music selection, the concert opens with Mozart’s Quintet, K. 407, for horn and strings featuring Dallas Symphony Orchestra horn player Nicole Cash. Then, two rarely heard but important works will be presented –Lyric for Strings which is the second movement of String Quartet No 1 by George Walker and Quintet for clarinet and strings by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor with Gregory Raden, principal clarinetist of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. George Walker is the first African-American composer to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music. For more composer information, visit: www.100greatblackbritons.com/bios/samuel_coleridge-taylor.html and www.AfriClassical.com. String musicians for the concert include Dallas Symphony Orchestra members Maria Schleuning and Kaori Yoshida – violins, Barbara Sudweeks and Ann Marie Roeske – violas, with Peter Steffens, cello.

Located in the Dallas Arts District, St. Paul United Methodist Church has a rich history. Beginning as a mission of the Wesley Church in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1865, St. Paul was founded by freed slaves of Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas. For more information about St. Paul, “the SOUL of the Arts District,” and to get directions to the venue, please visit their web site: www.stpaulumcdallas.com.

Download the Program Notes for the February 23rd performance (PDF format)


Mar 22 - DALLAS MUSEUM of ART @ 1717 N. Harwood
Oboist Erin Hannigan with percussionists Dan Florio and Drew Lang perform Dan Welchers’ Firewing

Oct 27 - DALLAS MUSEUM of ART @ 1717 N. Harwood
“Wilder than Mozart”— Music by Mozart and Alec Wilder with The Dallas Opera Winds

Nov 24 - 1st UNITED METHODIST CHURCH @ 1928 Ross
Dallas Symphony brass join organist Tim Effler for a Thanksgiving musical feast
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