Zograf Strings Quarterly
We Play It Forward
PERFORMANCES
STRINGS of HOBBIES
Join us for an afternoon of music and photography! On the program are two glorious string quartets by E. Melartin and E. Elgar. Our guest artist is photographer Kevin Porter
Sunday, November 19, 3:00pm,
St Parascheva Romanian Orthodox Church,
264-266 Lowell Street, Andover, MA 01810
Suggested donation $15.
Kevin Porter has pursued photography since the 1980’s. Visually, he is drawn to patterns, shapes, textures, and the beauty found in the natural world. He will exhibit a collection of scenes and landscapes found in the forests and national parks of New England, along with scenes easily overlooked in his neighborhood.
OF TEACHERS AND PUPILS
Join us for an afternoon of French music! On the program are two glorious string quartets by the French composers Gabriel Faure and Maurice Ravel.
Sunday, May 28, 3:00pm,
St Parascheva Romanian Orthodox Church,
264-266 Lowell Street, Andover, MA 01810
Suggested donation $15.
“This program is supported in part by a grant from the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.”
STRINGS ATTACHED:
A Fundraiser for Ukraine
One Connection Church Boston and Zograf Strings Quarterly invite you to a special fundraising event in support of Ukraine. Join us for some music and a good cause! On the program is a "Serenade" for two violins and a viola by the Hungarian composer Kodaly, and string quartets by the French composers Françaix and Bonnal.
Saturday, June 25, 7:00PM,
One Connection Church Boston,
1555 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA.
Suggested donation $25.
STRINGS AND TIMBRES
Join us for an afternoon of French and Hungarian music! On the program is "Serenade" for two violins and a viola by the Hungarian composer Z. Kodaly, and two rarely performed string quartets by the French composers J.Françaix and E. Bonnal
Sunday, June 26, 2:00PM,
The Chapel at West Parish,
210 Lowell Street, Andover, MA.
Suggested donation $15.
STRINGS OF WORDS
Join us for an afternoon of music and poetry! On the program is Beethoven's String Quartet in A minor, op 132 and T.S. Eliot's poem "Four Quartets," read by our special guest, poet Kevin Barents.
Sunday, March 27, 2:00PM,
The Chapel at West Parish,
210 Lowell Street, Andover, MA.
Suggested donation $15.
“This program is supported in part by a grant from the Andover Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.”
KEVIN BARENTS, poet and reader.
Kevin Barents' poems have appeared on Slate and AGNI online, among other places, and his essay "Shakespeare 101" is featured on the Poetry Foundation's website. He has been interviewed on NPR's Weekend Edition and for The Boston Globe and The Washington Post about his classes on Bob Dylan at Boston University, where he has been teaching since 2005.
Strings of Celebration
Join us for our opening concert of the season celebrating Andover’s 375th Anniversary and our return to performing live music! On the program is Haydn's “Sunrise” String Quartet and Edvard Grieg's monumental String Quartet No. 1 in G minor.
Sunday, December 5, 2021, 2:00pm
The Chapel at West Parish
210 Lowell Street, Andover, MA 01810
Suggested donation $15
B stringed
Join us for a special event celebrating the music of Beethoven, Bridge, and Brahms.
Sunday, March 1 , 2020, 2:00pm
The Chapel at West Parish
210 Lowell Street
Andover, MA
Suggested Donation: $15
STRINGS OF SONG
Rimski-Korsakov, M. Goleminov, and Dana Wilson,
with special guest artist Valentina Lavcheva, voice
Join us for our opening concert of the season celebrating the folk song as a form of inspiration and expression.
Friday, November 22, 2019, 7:00pm
The Chapel at West Parish
210 Lowell Street
Andover, MA
Suggested donation:$15