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MEE's expanded 2012 Concert Series begins this June! The word "Summer" no longer appears in the series title – and for good reason! This year, we are debuting programs at the newly restored Crowell Chapel in Manchester-by-the-Sea to run through October – extending our concert season and adding an exciting new venue to our line-up.
 Highlights of our 2012 season include more Really Open Rehearsals including our first "Paint-In" Really Open Rehearsal to be held at the North Shore Arts Association in June; the introduction of our 2012 Emerging Artist at the Edge, Baroque Flutist Andrea LeBlanc in our July program; the return of New Music at the Edge in September with Spell by MEE's violist and composer Mark Berger, a work for virtuoso flute and strings, written for MEE's member flutist Orlando Cela; and the return of pianist Naoko Sugiyama for trios in August and for a special trio concert in October as part the Crowell Chapel Series.
MEE is committed to making music that matters and integrating it into the tapestry of our community life. Our mission includes outreach programs that bring live chamber music into the community. Our outreach programming is year-round and includes the Youth Chamber Concerts in public schools, free Senior/Family Series and the Peabody Institute Close Encounters with Music series.
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The name chamber music is usually associated with classical music written for a small ensemble of musicians, and originally conceived to be performed in an intimate setting – such as a salon in a private residence, or a room within a palace.
Chamber music is perhaps the most personal form of musical performance – it has often been described as a conversation among the performers. Playing without the leadership of a conductor, each ensemble member is fully responsible for carrying on his or her own part of the musical conversation, leading and supporting as the music demands. And when the musical conversation includes the audience, magic happens – that is the concert!
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