FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 8, 2024
Media Contacts: Andrea LeBlanc, Arpeggione Ensemble
arpeggione.ensemble@gmail.com, (978) 500-7766
Music, Dance, and Dreams for all ages. June 2, 2024
The North Shore’s own Arpeggione Ensemble will present the finale of its second season on June 2 at the Waring School in Beverly. “Dreams and Dances” is a family-friendly, multimedia concert with music by Beethoven and Mendelssohn and original choreography performed by three dancers.
Join Arpeggione for a performance celebrating the creativity and expression in all of us. “Dreams and Dances” will take listeners of all ages on a journey through enchanted forests and countryside with music and dance. Arpeggione’s musicians will be performing Beethoven’s “Pastoral” Symphony and excerpts from Mendelssohn’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” on instruments from the early 19th century. NYC-based choreographer and dancer Julian Donahue will be joined by dancers Guilia Faria and Mónica Lima to bring these dreams to life.
This performance is made possible by grants from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, Institution for Savings, the Beverly Cultural Council, and the Gloucester Cultural Council.
Founded in 2022, Arpeggione is known for its joyful, accessible, immersive chamber music performances. Arpeggione performs a full season of concerts on the North Shore, with outreach programs that bring the same world-class programming to underserved audiences. Arpeggione creates community through shared artistic experiences and brings beloved masterpieces out of the concert hall to those who would not normally be able to experience them live.
“Dreams and Dances” will feature Andrea LeBlanc, flute; Thomas Carroll, clarinet; Megumi Stohs and Emily Hale, violins; Anna Griffis, viola; Jacques Lee Wood cello; and Guinevere Conner, bass. Arpeggione’s members are among the country’s foremost experts in historical performance and hold leading positions with the most prestigious early music ensembles in the United States. Julian Donahue is the founder of Julian Donahue Dance, and appears with the New York Theatre Ballet, New York Baroque Dance Company, and the Boston Early Music Festival.
DETAILS:
WHEN: Sunday, June 2, 4:00-5:00 pm
WHERE: Waring School, 35 Standley St, Beverly
TICKETS: $30 adult/ $15 under 18/ $5 Card to Culture
More info and tickets at www.arpeggione-ensemble.com
ABOUT ARPEGGIONE ENSEMBLE
Arpeggione brings classical music into our community by playing familiar and lesser-known masterpieces in chamber arrangements. We perform on historical instruments with an awareness of social and musical contexts of the past to highlight what is timeless and universal about the music we play and affirm each listener’s integral place in a shared artistic journey. Our guiding principles of accessibility and inclusivity are woven into the fabric of our ensemble.
Arpeggione is a BIPOC- and woman-led organization at the forefront of historically-informed music. Drawing inspiration from the groundbreaking salons led by women in the past, we aim to expand the horizons of our musical repertoire and create a thriving, inclusive community that resonates with the legacy of those who dared to break boundaries.
