Cape Ann Symphony Chamber Concert Series MUSICIANS UNLEASHED Continues February 24 with BACH TO THE FUTURE
at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Gloucester
ALL BACH PROGRAM SET FOR FEBRUARY 24
Musicians Unleashed is a program of 3 concerts to be performed in small venues. The concert series features CAS musicians and special guests. The Musicians Unleashed concerts are fund raisers for Cape Ann Symphony and all musicians are volunteering their time to perform. The next concert in the series is BACH to the Future on February 24 at 2 pm at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 48 Middle Street in Gloucester. Ticket prices for the concert are: $35 for adults and $15 for Youth. Call Cape Ann Symphony at 978-281-0543 or go to www.capeannsymphony.org for tickets.
Purely Baroque and absolutely modern, hear how Bach’s genius leaps the centuries in a concert matching the Fisk organ and modern instruments.The concert will give audience members an insight into Bach, and his music as well as the many famous compositions that were inspired by Bach. Musicians include: Lincoln’s Stephanie Stathos playing the Flute; Samuel Nelson playing the Fisk Organ; Rockport’s Wendy Betts and local music educator Patty Clark playing the Brandenburg Concerto for Piano Four-Hands; and Oksana Gorokhovskiy and Ipswich’s Susanne Powers playing the Bach Double Concerto.
Lincoln’s Stephanie Stathos currently holds the Principal Flute position with the Cape Ann Symphony where she was featured soloist in 2015 and in 2018. In BACH to the Future Ms. Stathos will play the Bach Flute Sonata BWV 1031 in E flat Major. Ms. Stathos looks forward to playing in this unique and intimate concert , “I am thrilled that the symphony is offering a chamber series this year and am rooting for its success! I hope it will present an opportunity for the players to meet and thank our supporters, fans and community members in person as well as further enrich the music scene on Cape Ann. “Stephanie Stathosearned her Bachelor of Music degree in flute performance from Boston University’s School for the Arts where she was a student of Doriot Anthony Dwyer. Since that time she has she continued her flute studies with Irena Grafenauer and Michael Faust in Germany and with Jacques Zoon in Boston. In addition to CAS, she plays piccolo with the Lexington Symphony. From 2003-2013 she served as the piccolo and second flute with the touring orchestra of the National Lyric Opera of New York. As a soloist Stephanie has performed throughout the United States and Europe,recently performing Cimarosa’s Concerto for Two Flutes with the Orchestra Del Concentus Musicus Patavinus in Padua, Italy (2016). An active freelancer and chamber musician appearances include performances with many of New England’s ensembles including Boston Landmarks Orchestra, Rhode Island Philharmonic, Symphony New Hampshire, Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, Symphony By the Sea, Concord Chorale (NH), Newburyport Choral Society, Northshore Choral Society, North Shore Chamber Music, Reagle Players and with vocalist Catherine Hammond, with whom she has done two recordings. Stephanie especially enjoys performing with the Festival Trio with her husband, cellist Stephen Smith and her mother, pianist Margaret Moreland Stathos.Also passionate about jazz, New Music and ethnic music of all kinds, she has toured and recorded for the Green Linnet label with Argentinean vocalist Mili Bermejo and jazz ensemble Orange Then Blue.
CAS President Fran White was thrilled with audience reaction to the first MusiciansUnleashedConcert in January, “The first Musicians Unleashed concert in January, Dance of the Instruments, was a resounding success! This series is something very different for the CAS and we are hoping that the remainder of the concerts in the series will be well received.”
The schedule for the remaining concerts is :
· February 24 2:00 PM – Bach to the Future – St. John’s Episcopal Church – 48 Middle Street Gloucester
· April 28th 2:00 PM – Spring into Strings – Crowell Chapel – Manchester -by-the Sea
Ticket prices for each concert in the Musicians Unleashed Series: $35 for adults and $15 for Youth.
Call CAS at 978-281-0543 or go to www.capeannsymphony.org for tickets.
Samuel Nelson, Organ; Courtesy Photo
Stephanie Stathos, Flute; Courtesy Photo
Wendy Betts, Piano; Photo Credit: David Stotzer
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