South Shore Conservatory’s Duxbury Music Festival presents Duets and Trios from Mozart to Gershwin

South Shore Conservatory presents a Duxbury Music Festival Preview Concert Duets and Trios from Mozart to Gershwin on Sunday, October 23 at 4 pm at the Duxbury home of John Carnuccio. The concert is followed by a reception where guests can mingle and meet the performers.

Audience members will experience magnificent chamber and contemporary music in a small and intimate setting. The program includes Divertimento in B-flat Major for oboe, clarinet and bassoon by Mozart; Trio Miniatures for clarinet, cello and piano by Juon; Trio for clarinet, cello and piano, Op. 29 by D’Indy, “I’ve Got Rhythm” Fantasy by Gershwin; “Carry on Bach! (3 Fugues for Wind Trio)” by Arden-Taylor; and Sonata for Piano Four Hands by Poulenc. Musicians include current and former DMF faculty members and students, and SSC faculty members, including Peter Bianca, clarinet; Stephen Deitz, piano; Ben Fox, oboe; Peter Pearson, cello; Janet Underhill, bassoon; and Regina Yung, piano.

Tickets are $75 per person which includes a $40 tax deductible gift to the Conservatory. For more information and to purchase tickets call 781-749-7565 ext. 39 or visit www.duxburymusicfestival.org.

About Duxbury Music Festival

Duxbury Music Festival (DMF), entering its 12th season, is a celebrated program for solo and chamber instrumental performance unique to all of New England. Founded with the knowledge that music enriches the human spirit and upon the belief that this enrichment endures, DMF is an intensive 17-day program of chamber music, bringing world-renowned pedagogues and performers and aspiring young artists together in one of New England's most beautiful bayside villages, Duxbury, thirty-five miles south of Boston and twenty miles north of Cape Cod. For nearly three weeks each summer, Duxbury is abuzz and alive with chamber music whether it be chamber coachings and student recitals or festival competitions and faculty concerts. For a little more than a fortnight chamber music abounds perfectly complementing this picturesque historic town's cultural diversity. Both Festival faculty and students perform in concerts in public and private venues, from the Duxbury Town Green and The Ellison Center for the Arts to beautiful seaside homes and venues. DMF has tremendous community support, involving over 200 volunteers and over 2500 patrons each season. DMF headquarters are located at South Shore Conservatory’s Duxbury campus at the Ellison Center for the Arts, 64 St. George Street, Duxbury, 781-934-2731. Duxbury Music Festival is a program of South Shore Conservatory. For more information, follow Duxbury Music Festival on Facebook or visit www.duxburymusicfestival.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.