The Hammond Performing Arts Series Presents the Boston Cello Quartet

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. (March 18, 2016) - Saul Cohen, President of Hammond Residential Real Estate in Chestnut Hill, is pleased to announce that the Boston Cello Quartet will be performing at the next Hammond Performing Arts Series concert in Hingham. The concert, which is sponsored by the Saul B. and Naomi Cohen Foundation and promoted by Hammond Residential Real Estate, will take place on Sunday, April 10 at 3 p.m. at the South Shore Conservatory, One Conservatory Drive, Hingham. Admission is free.

The first of its kind in the history of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Cello Quartet was founded in 2010 by the Boston Symphony Orchestra cellists Blaise De´jardin, Adam Esbensen, Mihail Jojatu and Alexandre Lecarme. Since its acclaimed debut concert, the Boston Cello Quartet has quickly won the hearts of music lovers through their own arrangements of staples of the classical music repertoire, as well as jazz, contemporary works, and even comic medleys, all which showcase the limitless possibilities of the instrument they love. Favorites of the Tanglewood audience, the quartet opened for the Grammy Award-winning rock band Train at the Koussevitzky Music Shed in 2011 and two years later was featured as a solo group for Tanglewood on Parade, performing the “James Bond Concertino” with the Boston Pops and Keith Lockhart. Arranged by Grammy-nominated composer Chris Walden, this unique concerto for cello quartet and orchestra was specifically commissioned for the Boston Cello Quartet by the Boston Pops. In September 2013, the Boston Cello Quartet became the first chamber music group to be featured on ESPN and MLB.com, performing the national anthem and Metallica’s song “Enter Sandman” at Fenway Park, in honor of baseball legend Mariano Rivera. Their first album, “Pictures,” was released in February 2013 and quickly rose to the Top 50 Classical Music Albums on iTunes. The Boston Cello Quartet also recorded Olivier Deriviere’s soundtrack for the videogame “Of Orcs and Men,” released in 2012 on Xbox 360, PS3, and PC.

The largest community school for the arts in Massachusetts, the South Shore Conservatory incorporated in 1970 as a non-degree granting community music school in Hingham after previously serving as a satellite preparatory program run by the New England Conservatory of Music. The Hingham campus contains more than three floors of beautiful studio and performance space, as well as the Jane C. Carr Amphitheater with its state-of-the-art design.

Established twenty two years ago, The Hammond Performing Arts Series began in Chestnut Hill as an outlet to provide young professional musicians with performance opportunities and to enrich the cultural life of the Hammond-surrounding communities. The series proved so successful in Chestnut Hill, that it was expanded to Boston, Concord, Hingham, Lexington, Sharon and Weston.

Reservations for the April 10 concert are currently being accepted. If you are interested in attending, please email Rachael Carlisle at rcarlisle@hammondre.com or call 781-749-3650 to reserve your complimentary seats.

To learn more, please visit http://www.hammondre.com/community-outreach/performing-arts-series.html