It is hard to believe that we have never had a musical event at Cassilhaus but that has all changed now. We were contacted by the Mallarmé Chamber Players and asked if we would do a house concert/fundraiser for them and it sounded incredibly cool. Named for 19th Century French poet Stéphane Mallarmé the group is a flexible ensemble of professional musicians based in Durham, North Carolina, whose mission is to enrich the lives of the community through outstanding chamber music.
We were a little bit worried about the acoustics because it is such a live space but fortunately we don't have a lot of parallel walls and the concert sounded fantastic.
We were lucky to have world class catering donated by Chef Theresa Fox and her team at the Art Insitute of Raleigh-Durham Culinary Program Really delicious!
The inestimable Shana Tucker, operations czarina, made everything run like clockwork. Sorry I made you help me move the couch!
Board chair Beverly Meek gave introductions and shared the Mallarme story.
We had a delightful crowd of about 40.
Violinist Eric Pritchard
Violist Neil Leiter
Our cousin Madeline Sutter, a wonderful landscape architect (and big fan of chamber music) from Oriental NC joined us for the whole weekend and Ellen picked her brain about our garden.
Anne Parks speaks with creative director and violist Suzanne Rousso and French Hornist Rachel Niketopoulos
Ellen's friend John Bell.
Violinist Jeremy Preston and KidzNotes Executive Director Katie Wyatt. Check out this amazing organization!
I must confess that I am not much of a classical music person but I really drank the KoolAid! I am ready for the next concert.
Writing about music is like dancing about architecture. --Laurie Anderson
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