Education Grant awarded to Friends Of Music Concerts by Rea Charitable Trust
The Rea Charitable Trust has awarded an educational grant to support the work of Friends of Music Concerts.
The Rea Trust supports “promotion of the arts” through the generosity of the late Isabel McClintic Rea, a gifted pianist and friend of the arts. “We are deeply pleased to have received this wonderful grant for our organization,” said Dr. Susan Harris, president of Friends of Music Concerts. Read more ….
The Calidore String Quartet Performing Mendelssohn
Our partnership with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center concluded with the final limited engagement which ended on May 31.
This presentation featured the Calidore String Quartet a young ensemble that is generating a great deal of enthusiasm for their recordings and performances. A review in the Violin Channel said “The New York-based Calidore String Quartet has in recent years firmly established themselves as one of the most celebrated young chamber ensembles to emerge internationally – praised for their confidence, finesse, intellect and expression.” While the limited engagement has ended, we will continue to present a different performance of the Calidore String Quartet performing Mendelssohn’s String Quartet in F minor via YouTube.
Enjoy it by clicking on this page.
Update on our plans for the Fall and Spring concert series
We are becoming optimistic about the possibility of having live concerts beginning in September. Here is an update from the president of Friends Of Music Concerts.
View the complete schedule of streaming performances on this page.
Supporting Classical Musicians in a Time of Need
Donations from our supporters and a grant from ArtsWestchester have made these streaming performances possible. These limited run engagements provided some income to professional musicians who were deprived of their livelihood during this painful period. Friends Of Music Concerts is an all-volunteer nonprofit dedicated to advancing chamber music in Westchester County, New York. We hope you’ll join the community. You can participate in our Facebook group to spread the word and consider a donation. And when in-person concerts are possible, we hope to see you. We have a full schedule planned for Fall 2021 and Spring 2022. You’ll find details on this page.
Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything. — Plato
World-class musicians scheduled to perform live in Westchester this Fall
PUBLIQuartet 
Han, Finckel & Setzer 
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble