THE CAMBRIDGE CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
Salon Chamber Concert Series
THE SALON CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES
Jane Hua, Artist Coordinator and Pianist-in-Residence at CCE, has developed a superb series of chamber concerts, to be held in unique salon settings. There are three programs each year, each program offering three concerts, each program in various salon locations.
ABOUT AMONG OUR SALON VENUES ARE:
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Hancock House (HH), 7 Hancock Place, Cambridge, MA
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University Lutheran Church (UniLu), 66 Winthrop St, Cambridge, MA
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Hyde Park Presbyterian Church, 1109 River St, Hyde Park, MA
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aVenue JP, 3611 Washington St. Jamaica Plain, MA
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Midway Studios 15 Channel Center St. Boston, MA
SEASON 2022
JOURNEY AND BEYOND
Spring 2022, “Awakening” Concert
April 15, 7:30pm; April 16, 7:30pm; April 17 2:30pm
Program: A tribute to the eighteenth century enlightenment
Featured Composers: Hélène de Montgeroult, Domenico Scarlatti, Johan Christian Bach
Venues: HH, UniLu, Hyde Park
Summer 2022, “Voyage” Concert
August 12, 7:30pm, Aug 13, 7:30pm; Aug 14, 2:30pm
Program: Works composed in the US during the composers’ travels
Featured Composers: Rachmaninov, Dvorak, Tchaikovsky
Venues: Hyde Park, aVenue, Midway Studios
Winter 2022 “Daybreak” Concert
Dec 9, 7:30pm, Dec 10, 7:30pm, Dec 11, 2:30pm
Program Works that were composed during the composer’s final years.
Featured Composers: Brahms, Scriabin, Borodin
Venues: UniLu, Hyde Park, aVenue
SEASON 2023
CROSS-BORDERS
Spring 2023, “Outlandish” Concert
April 7, 7:30pm; April 8, 7:30pm; April 9 2:30pm
Program: Works that are too bizarre and outside of the norm
Featured Composers: Debussy, Stravinsky, Schubert, Bartok
Venues: HH, UniLu, Hyde Park
Summer 2023, “Oriental” Concert
August 11, 7:30pm, Aug 12, 7:30pm; Aug 13, 2:30pm
Program Works by Western composers inspired by the east
Repertoire: Puccini “Turandot”, Mahler “Das Lied von der Erde”, John
Cage “Music of Changes”.
Venues: Hyde Park, aVenue, Midway Studios.
Winter 2023 “Outsider” Concert
Dec 9, 7:30pm, Dec 10, 7:30pm, Dec 11, 2:30pm
Program Works that were composed during the composer’s final years.
Featured Composers: Brahms, Scriabin, Borodin
Venues: UniLu, Hyde Park, aVenue
SEASON 2024
FUSIONS
Spring 2024, “Disharmony” Concert
April 12, 7:30pm; April 13, 7:30pm; April 14 2:30pm
Program: Tribute to modernism and atonal compositions.
Featured Composers: Arnold Schoenberg, Anton Webern, Alban Berg.
Venues: HH, UniLu, Hyde Par
Summer 2023, “Soundless” Concert
August 9, 7:30pm, Aug 10, 7:30pm; Aug 11, 2:30pm
Program Compositions using “rest” as an innovative expressive tool
Featured Composers: Steve Reich, Philip Glass, John Adams.
Venues: Hyde Park, aVenue, Midway Studios.
Winter 2024 “Asymmetry” Concert
Dec 13, 7:30pm, Dec 14, 7:30pm, Dec 15, 2:30pm
Program Compositions featuring odd meters and rhythmic asymmetry
Featured Composers: Arvo Pärt, Julia Wolfe, David Lang.
Venues: UniLu, Hyde Park, aVenue