The Spring Refreshed Concert~Musicians Unleashed in the beautiful Crowell Chapel in Manchester!! Cape Ann Symphony woodwinds featured :)

Reminder–special Cape Ann Symphony Musicians Unleashed event coming this Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 3pm

photos: Principal Flute Stephanie Stathos; Principal Oboe Izumi Sakamoto; Principal Clarinet Bill Kirkley

Details from Heidi Dallin for CAS:

“Cape Ann Symphony’s Musicians Unleashed Concert Series ushers in springtime with The Spring Refreshed Concert, on Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 3:00 PM at The Crowell Chapel, 3 Rosedale Avenue, Manchester-by-the-Sea.  The ticket price for The Spring Refreshed Concert is $40.   Call CAS at 978-281-0543 or go to www.capeannsymphony.org to purchase tickets. Premiering in 2019, The Cape Ann Symphony’s Musicians Unleashed Concert Series are small intimate chamber concerts performed by members of the Cape Ann Symphony and guest artists at unique  performance venues on Cape Ann. The Musicians Unleashed Concerts have become a wonderfully popular series with an overwhelmingly enthusiastic audience response.

The Spring Refreshed Concert features classical woodwinds including flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and  horn performing Barber, Beach, Barthe, Agay, Coleman and Arnold. The program ranges from Amy Beach’s serene and  contemplative Pastorale to Malcolm Arnold’s Threes Shanties for Wind Quintet, a vibrant and witty reinterpretation of a sea shanty. The concert program also includes: Adrien Barthe’s charming and lyrical, Passacaille;  Valerie Coleman’s powerful anthem, Umoja and Samuel Barber’s playful and moody, Summer Music.

“The Spring Refreshed Concert features joyful and moving music that signals Spring has arrived!,” says Barbara Cox, Director of Marketing on the CAS Board, “We are delighted to feature these exceptionally talented woodwind players performing in the beautiful Crowell Chapel. “

The musicians of Spring Refreshed are Cape Ann Symphony members: Principal Flute Stephanie Stathos;  Principal Clarinet Bill Kirkley; Principal Oboe  Izumi Sakamoto and Principal Horn Earl Powers. The Woodwind Quintet is completed by Symphony New Hampshire member Sally Merriman, Bassoon.”