Keuka College’s Spotlight Series will continue Thursday, Oct. 23 with a performance by the highly acclaimed Olmsted Ensemble.
The concert, free and open to the public, begins at 7 p.m. in Norton Chapel.
Based in Boston, the Olmsted Ensemble performs European and American chamber music from the 18th to the 21st centuries, with wide-ranging repertoire from beloved masterworks to rarely-heard gems. The group takes its inspiration from Frederick Law Olmsted, the great landscape architect (creator of Boston’s Emerald Necklace and New York’s Central Park), whose work was visionary and forward-looking while also honoring and extending traditions of the past.
Acclaimed for “glorious music” and “great energy and virtuosity,” the Olmsted Ensemble performs widely, appearing at such venues as Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, TuftsUniversity, the Islesboro Maine Summer Concerts, Longfellow National Historic Site, King’s Chapel, and Gore Place Historic Site, among others. Members of the ensemble tour extensively with orchestras and chamber groups throughout North America, Europe, and the Far East.
Flutist Peter H. Bloom tours nationally with noted chamber music and jazz ensembles, appears on 30 CDs (Dorian, SONY Classical, Newport Classic, Leo, other labels), serves as musical director for museum exhibitions in the U.S. and abroad, and was a winner of the American Musicological Society’s Noah Greenberg Award for his work in 19th century American music.
Violinist Brian Clague has toured throughout the U.S., Europe and Japan, appearing in solo recitals and serving as concertmaster for numerous orchestras. He is a recording artist for national PBS productions and for film, major record labels, and commercial projects.
Violist Jennifer Shallenberger has performed with chamber ensembles and orchestras in the U.S., Canada, Japan, Taiwan, and Korea.
Cellist Timothy Roberts has performed nationally and internationally with such groups as the Smithsonian Chamber Players, Alea III, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and Boston Pops.
