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The Boston Chamber Music Society (BCMS) is an American organization of musicians located in Boston, MA that is dedicated to the performance and promotion of chamber music. Chamber music is a form of Classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber The organization performs works from the Baroque era to the present day and is a member of Chamber Music America. Baroque art redirects here Please disambiguate such links to Baroque painting, Baroque sculpture, etc [1] BCMS' website states that it is "New England’s preeminent chamber music society and presents the most extensive and longest-running concert series in the region". History See also History of New England New England's earliest inhabitants were Algonquian -speaking Native Americans including the BCMS offers 12 concerts during an annual season and also presents an annual summer festival of music during the month of August. BCMS is currently led by executive director Alan Mann and Artistic Director Ronald Thomas (cellist). Ronald Thomas is an American Cellist known for his work as a soloist and chamber musician [2]

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History

BCMS was founded in 1982 by a group of music professionals in the Boston, MA area. Founding members include such distinguished musicians as cellist and Artistic Director of BCMS Ronald Thomas (cellist), violinist Lynn Chang, and violist Marcus Thompson among others. Ronald Thomas is an American Cellist known for his work as a soloist and chamber musician Lynn Chang is a Chinese American violinist known for his work as both a soloist and a Chamber musician Marcus Thompson is an African American Violist and Viola d'amore player known for his work as a recitalist orchestral soloist Chamber musician, recording Other current members of BCMS include: violinist Ida Levin, flautist Fenwick Smith, pianist Randall Hodgkinson, pianist Mihae Lee, and clarinetist Thomas Hill. Thomas Hill is an American Clarinetist known for his work as a soloist and Chamber musician.

BCMS also frequently invites guest musicians to perform in their concerts. Past BCMS guests have included violinists Steven Copes, Jennifer Frautschi, Stephanie Chase, and Arturo Delmoni, double bassist Edwin Barker, violists Cynthia Phelps‎, Steven Ansell, Mark Holloway, and Katherine Murdock, cellist Michelle Djokic, baritone Chris Pedro Trakas, clarinetist Jo-Ann Sternberg, french horn player William Purvis, cellists Rhonda Rider and Wilhelmina Smith, soprano Amanda Forsythe, harpist Jessica Li Zhou, and pianists Pedja Muzijevic and Benjamin Hochman among many others. Edwin Barker is an American double bass player Career He graduated with honors from the New England Conservatory in 1976 Cynthia Phelps is an American violist whose versatile career involves work as a chamber musician solo artist and orchestral musician Steven A Ansell (born February 5, 1954) is an American Violist whose versatile career involves work as a chamber musician solo artist and orchestral Amanda Forsythe (b 1976 is an award winning American Light lyric soprano who is particularly admired for her interpretations of Baroque music and the

BCMS concerts are held in several different venues including Jordan Hall at the New England Conservatory, the Sanders Theatre at Harvard University, Pickman Hall at the Longy School Of Music, and the First Church in Cambridge.

In addition, BCMS is frequently invited to perform all over the world. The ensemble has toured Europe, Asia and throughout the United States. They have also performed at many of the worlds leading music festivals and colaborated with some of the world's finest music organizations including The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Muir Quartet, the Borromeo Quartet, the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, the Sanibel Music Festival, and the Tanglewood Music Festival among others. The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (CMS is an American organization dedicated to the performance and promotion of Chamber music. The Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston is a musician-led American Orchestra based in Boston Massachusetts. The Tanglewood Music Festival is a music festival held every summer on the Tanglewood estate in Lenox Massachusetts in the Berkshire Hills in western [3]

Awards and Honors

Selective Discography

To date BCMS has released 7 CDs of music featuring just the member ensemble. BCMS has also recorded music for compilation CDs on the Koch Int'l Classics label, Andante label, Music Little People label, Boston Centre label, and Pearl label. BCMS records all of their own CDs on the Northeastern label.

References

  1. ^ Chamber Music America
  2. ^ What is BCMS
  3. ^ http://sanibelmusicfestival.org/bcms_updated.html

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