CHAMBER MUSIC DAY . LIVE + FREE 2011

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Media contacts: 

Dominique Pelletey, email, SFFCM : 415.710.0551

Robin Wander, email, de Young Museum : 415.750.2604

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San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music in collaboration with
the de Young Museum, Intersection for the Arts, and Other Minds co-present


CHAMBER MUSIC DAY

LIVE + FREE

33 of the Bay Area’s top classical, world, and jazz ensembles perform a day-long concert in the de Young Museum galleries.

 
Sunday, October 16, 2011, 10:00am – 5:30pm
de Young Museum (directions)
(50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, San Francisco, 94118)
Information:  (415) 820-1530
sffcm.org and deyoungmuseum.org

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(September 26, 2011 – San Francisco, CA)

San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music in collaboration with the de Young Museum, Intersection for the Arts, and Other Minds presents the fourth annual CHAMBER MUSIC DAY, a day-long concert series performed by the Bay Area’s top music ensembles.


Co-curated by Renee Baldocchi (the de Young Museum), Katherine Bukstein (San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music), Kevin Chen (Intersection for the Arts) and Adam Fong (Other Minds), CHAMBER MUSIC DAY offers a rich assortment of musical styles in the elegant setting of the de Young Museum galleries. From 10am – 5:30pm, 33 of the Bay Area’s leading classical, world, and jazz ensembles will perform on eight different stages.  

Salon97 will lead several interviews and discussions about chamber music in a tent located on the museum grounds.

 
Plus, hands-on art and music activities for children and youth by Thingamajigs DIY Musical Instrument, Magik*Magik Musical Petting Zoo, and Outsound GearExplore will inspire young minds to play music of their own making.

 
CHAMBER MUSIC DAY was launched in 2008 by the San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music (SFFCM) to make art accessible to all, and showcase the Bay Area’s wide spectrum of music, from classical music to the latest avant-garde, for any instrumentation. SFFCM director, Dominique Pelletey, modeled the day-long event after contemporary music festivals in the Netherlands and France where audiences savored their favorite musical style and are encouraged to discover something new. The concept has been a hit with Bay Area audiences. Due to its fast- growing popularity, CHAMBER MUSIC DAY relocated from Temple Emmanuel in its inaugural year to the San Francisco Conservatory to its current locale, the de Young Museum.

 
Music critic, Jeff Kaliss, wrote in sfcv.org (2010) “The multitude of musicians and aficionados swarming, free of charge, through the San Francisco Conservatory last Sunday afternoon displayed how far the annual Chamber Music Day has outgrown the chamber it began in...The offerings moved back and forth in musical history, as well as across genre and geographical boundaries.”

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For concerts schedule please download the full press release.