Third Thursday Concert Series Continues to Bring Classical Music to Carroll County

The Third Thursday Concert Series in residence at Brightview Westminster Ridge, an Independent Living, Assisted Living and Dementia Care community at 505 High Acre Drive, continues through the fall.

In partnership with The Carroll County String Project, a nonprofit musical instruction program for youth, the concerts seek to positively impact the quality of life in Carroll County by bringing classical music to the greater community with monthly, midday concerts.

Featuring performances by local, regional and nationally known musicians, the concerts will be held through December 2015.

“The concerts continue to be a success – standing room only,” explains Darryl Clemmer, Executive Director. “All of the performers are truly gifted.”

Elegant Ensembles is the theme for the next round of concerts and includes concerts through December.

On Thursday, September 17 at noon, Musicians of Mercy (MOM) will perform Bach, Prokofiev, Bizet, Brahms and other selections. Founded and directed by violist Robin Fay Massie-Pighee, MOM is a collective of over seventy musicians and artists based in Washington D.C. The group formed in 2010 to raise funds for humanitarian causes through themed benefit concerts. Robin will perform on viola with Marissa Hudson, soprano, Cleveland Chandler, Jr. on violin and Brad Clark on piano.

David Kreider on piano and Maxim Kozlov on cello will perform Schumann, Brahms and Shostakovich on Thursday, October 15 at noon.

Mark Runkles and Friends will perform on Thursday, November 19 at noon playing pieces by Mozart, Bach and Lalliet. Mark, on oboe, will be joined by Anna Bross on viola, Kathryn Harsha on piano, Bagus Wiswakarma on violin and Julia Wen on cello.

Azimuth String Quartet closes the 2015 season with a performance on Thursday, December 17 at noon. Musicians Nicholas Currie and James Tung on violin, Alice Tung on viola and Adam Gonzalez on cello will perform works of Mozart and Mendelssohn.

A meet and greet with musicians with light refreshments follows each concert.

Concerts are free and open to the public, but seats must be reserved in advance.

For more information about the Carroll County String Project, please call Kathryn at 443-300-8702 or visit http://www.ccstringproject.org.

For more information about the Third Thursday Concert Series or to reserve a seat, please call Cindy or Ruth at 410-871-2225.