Welcome to Music at Eden’s Edge in 2008!
Music at Eden’s Edge welcomes you to our 27th season of music-making! We invite you to join us for our 2008 Summer Concert Series – five extraordinary programs presented from June through September. With performances distinguished by exceptional artistry, intriguing musical selections, superb venues and private viewings of art collections for concertgoers, the 2008 Summer Concert Series is one of the North Shore’s most anticipated cultural events.
The five programs in this year’s Summer Concert Series showcase an exceptional range of chamber music. Selections include beloved favorites and new discoveries in the chamber music repertoire, from Mozart and Beethoven to world premieres of commissioned pieces by distinguished American composers Howard Rovics and Mark Berger. 
Themes for this year’s series are June Classically Discovered, At the Edge of July’s Garden,
High Summer Suggestion: Mostly Viennese in early August, The French-American Connection in late August, and September Turns Eastward for the series finale.
New for 2008 are two initiatives that we plan to establish as mainstays of our programming: New Music at the Edge, affirming our commitment to commission and premiere new works each season, and Emerging Artists at the Edge, introducing exceptional young artists and providing them with invaluable professional experience as they launch their careers.
At our extraordinary venues, art and scenic delights will enhance the total experience of our summer concerts. Highlights will be the “Street” and the art gallery at New England Biolabs, audience access to “Wedded Bliss, The Marriage of Art and Ceremony,” for our July 11 concert at the Peabody Essex Museum, and the architectural beauty of the museum’s Phillips Library on August 22. At the Cape Ann Historical Museum, on August 2, MEE will present “High Summer Suggestion: Mostly Viennese” amid the collection of Fitz Henry Lane paintings and other exquisite Cape Ann art and artifacts. We are also pleased to return to the gracious setting of the Community House of Hamilton and Wenham, and to the fine acoustics and scenic oceanside beauty of the Chapel at Endicott College. 
This season, we are also introducing group ticket discounts to make it easy and more affordable than ever for you to enjoy our concerts with your friends and colleagues.
Music at Eden’s Edge has established itself since 1982 as the North Shore’s own regional resident chamber music ensemble. Our dual mission of great musical art and committed outreach has brought unique concerts to thousands of listeners, including students at eight North Shore elementary schools, where we perform free concerts every year. Hundreds of seniors have enjoyed free daytime concerts at fully handicapped-accessible Northshore Unitarian Universalist Church in Danvers, surrounded by the church’s own ongoing art exhibits.
Unique to Music at Eden’s Edge concerts is the ongoing relationship of friendship and respect between performers and audience. Together we make the concerts happen, from the diligent preparation of music to the final round of applause. If you are new to Music at Eden’s Edge, we hope you enjoy our concerts and that you become returning members of our audience who make our concerts an essential part of their summer.
We invite you to join this passionate musical conversation. Music at Eden’s Edge performers may play music for many hours together, but only when you arrive and listen does the concert truly begin!
Maria Benotti
Founder and Artistic Director
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