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This October marks an important anniversary for chamber music aficionados as this year we get to celebrate Giuseppe Verdi’s 200th birthday! Giuseppe Verdi, was an Italian born Romantic composer, most known for his operas Aida and La Traviata as well as his Requiem Mass composed in honour of Italian poet and novelist Alessandro Manzoni.  He was born in 1813 on … Continue reading Celebrate Giuseppe Verdi’s 200th Birthday with Us! »

“Only the good die young!” So goes the cliché. Franz Schubert only lived to be 30 years old. But in that short lifetime he wrote more than 1,000 pieces of music! And along with the vast and varied songs that have made him rightly famous, he wrote fabulous chamber music. We are thrilled to start … Continue reading Franz Schubert and the Miro Quartet »

This year, we wanted to make it easier for you, our patrons, to be able to purchase tickets to our events, so we have moved our ticketing system from our website to a social platform. Take a look at our Friends of Chamber Music Profile Page: Eventbrite. What is Eventbrite? Eventbrite is an online ticketing system … Continue reading We’re shaking things up and switching to Eventbrite! »

We call ourselves Friends of Chamber Music because we believe what Sir Henry Hadow wrote in his introduction to Cobbett’s Survey of Chamber Music: “There is no kind of music in which it is more difficult to write a masterpiece, for there is none where the composer retires so intimately to the very centre and … Continue reading Welcome to Season 2013-2014! »

We have all heard that music is good for the brain, but what does that actually mean? It turns out that after many years of research and new brain imaging and electrical recording techniques, scientists have found that music can help retrain the injured brain. Areas of the brain that respond to music are also … Continue reading Music and the Brain »