South Shore Conservatory’s Concert Series Presents Gypsy Caravan: The Fire and Passion of Hungarian Style

South Shore Conservatory’s renowned Conservatory Concert Series (CCS) presents Gypsy Caravan: The Fire and Passion of Hungarian Style, a concert of gypsy-infused music on Sunday, November 13, 4 pm at 64 St. George Street in Duxbury. The program is repeated on Sunday, November 20 at One Conservatory Drive in Hingham.

CCS concerts showcase the numerous talents of the Conservatory faculty’s nearly 100 educator/performers. Gypsy Caravan is the second of five programs in the CCS 2016/17 season. In an effort to expand access to arts education and performance, SSC provides free admission to these concerts. The November 20 performance of Gypsy Caravan is sponsored by The Harold and Avis Goldstein Trust.

Composers have long come under the spell of Hungarian music, with its exotic gypsy-infused flavor, and Gypsy Caravan showcases this free-spirited music, with selections from Liszt, Brahms, and Ravel, all of whom succumbed to the guilty pleasure of writing in gypsy style. Works include Hungarian Rhapsody No. 13, by Liszt, Tzigane, by Ravel, and Zigeunerlieder and Rondo all Zingarese from Piano Quartet No. 1, by Brahms. The November 20 concert in Hingham features a special appearance by an advanced student trio comprised of Jennifer Boyd, piano, Sarah Calame, violin, and Francesca Corrado, cello, performing two movements of Haydn’s Gypsy Rondo. The trio is coached by Piano Department Chair Jonathan Roberts.

Faculty performers include Mark Goodman, piano; Sassan Haghigi, cello; Aleksandra Labinska, violin; Beth MacLeod Largent, mezzo-soprano; Cassie Sulbaran, viola; and Eugene Kaminsky, piano. Following the performance, the audience is invited stay, enjoy free refreshments, and visit with the musicians to learn more about them.

South Shore Conservatory is committed to being an organization that welcomes the widest range of audience members possible - removing barriers to participation and welcoming everyone in, regardless of ability. Both its Hingham and Duxbury campuses are wheelchair accessible. For more detailed information about accessibility, please visit SSC’s Know Before You Go page.

Other programs in the series include Holiday Favorites on December 11 at Derby Academy in Hingham, In Matters of Love on February 12, and Music of the Emerald Isle on March 12 and March 19. For more information about CCS concerts and all Conservatory events, performances and programs, please visit www.sscmusic.org or follow them on Facebook.

About South Shore Conservatory

South Shore Conservatory, (SSC) has been providing access to and enriching the lives of South Shore residents through music and the arts for over 45 years. Recognized as a national model for arts education by the National Guild for Community Arts Education, SSC is the largest, not-for-profit, community school for the arts in Massachusetts, serving over 3500 students of all ages and abilities at its two beautiful campuses and in partnership with schools, and social service and community agencies throughout the South Shore. Students participate in more than 50 diverse programs in music, dance and drama, with performance playing an important role in overall education. With more than 100 exceptional musicians on faculty, SSC offers 30 professionally produced concerts annually. Through innovative partnerships, SSC’s Creative Arts Therapies department supports the mental, emotional, and physical health of some of our community’s underserved members, and the ImagineARTS program strengthens pre-reading skills for young learners in Brockton Schools through integrated music and dramatic play. SSC’s campuses are located at One Conservatory Drive, Hingham, (781-749-7565) and 64 St. George Street, Duxbury (781-934-2731). SSC programs are supported in part by a grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. For more information call us, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest or Instagram or visit www.sscmusic.org.

In keeping with SSC’s inclusive mission to provide access to quality education in the arts for all, the Conservatory offers programs for all segments of the population to enjoy, regardless of age, ability, geography, and financial means. Furthermore, South Shore Conservatory admits students and families of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school.