Concerts | Summer 2022
Saturday, July 30 | 8 PM
Music of Schulhoff & Brahms
ERWIN SCHULHOFF Sextet for 2 Violins, 2 Violas, and 2 Cellos
JOHNANNES BRAHMS Piano Quartet in A Major, Op. 26
Members of the St. Lawrence String Quartet
Owen Dalby violin
Lesley Robertson viola
Christopher Costanza cello
Melvin Chen piano
with Norfolk Fellows
Tickets: $60 – $20, $10 Young Adults (19-35),
Kids Come Free! (under 19)
PRE-CONCERT CONVERSATION
7–7:40 PM | BATTELL RECITAL HALL
And new this season... Prior to the Saturday concerts, Festival Director Melvin Chen will be joined in conversation by Festival Artists to discuss the music, the life of a professional artist, and other on-stage and off-stage topics of interest. Don't miss this chance to peek behind the curtain.
Free and open to the public. Advanced registration required.
Christopher Costanza: Cello and Chamber Music
Christopher Costanza’s first encounter with a cello was not at a concert or in a music classroom. It was by a boiler room.
Costanza’s public school in Utica, New York, offered a music program and he touched a cello for the first time. “Someone had penciled in the names of the strings on the bridge,” he recalls.
Cello wasn’t Costanza’s first instrument. He began playing piano when he was six. His father, who was a professional pianist and public school music teacher, was his first teacher. “Somehow we found a way to work together,” he says. MORE
For All Events Patrons Must...
• Be fully vaccinated for Covid-19 including any booster dose(s) when eligible.
• Show their vaccination card and photo ID at the door.
• Wear ASTM or N95-equivalent mask at all times inside the building.
Cloth masks alone are not permitted.
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