South Shore Conservatory's Duxbury Music Festival Presents 10th Anniversary Kick-Off Weekend

South Shore Conservatory’s Duxbury Music Festival (DMF) launches its 10th anniversary celebration with a special kick-off weekend from May 15 through May 18, featuring two preview concerts, a volunteer planning meeting and a private reception. The Festival’s celebratory season, held from July 17 through 31, will be one of sentimental renewal, featuring celebrated founding faculty members, renowned Russian pianist Oxana Yablonskaya and renowned Russian conductor/cellist Dmitry Yablonsky.

On Friday, May 15 at 6 pm, a DMF Preview Concert, hosted by Richard and Shelia Morse, will be held at Boston Financial Management, located at historic One Winthrop Square in Boston. This event marks the first concert of DMF’s 10th anniversary celebration. A reception follows the performance.

On Saturday, May 16, DMF organizers recognize and celebrate founding and leadership donors at a private reception, reflecting on the Festival’s past, present and future. This reception marks the unveiling of DMF’s plans for its 10th anniversary season, and its goals to sustain the Festival for another 10 years and beyond.

To support the Festival’s recent expansion to neighboring communities, a DMF Preview Concert will be held on Sunday, May 17, at 4 pm, at the beautiful Mirbeau Inn and Spa’s restaurant Henri-Marie in the Pinehills in Plymouth. Mirbeau Inn and Spa is the DMF Preview Concert host and sponsor. A reception prepared by Chef Stephen Coe follows the performance.

A well-anticipated event marking the Festival’s annual arrival, the DMF Annual Volunteer Meeting will be held on Monday, May 18, 9:30 am at the private Duxbury home of Karen and Harrison Wehner. The public is welcome to join Artistic Director Stephen Deitz as he speaks to guests about the exceptional performances and repertoire planned for the 10th anniversary season. DMF friends learn about exciting volunteer opportunities available to them this summer. The Festival benefits from tremendous community support, involving over 200 volunteers and over 2500 patrons each season.

Both upcoming DMF preview concerts feature celebrated chamber repertoire in a small and intimate setting, a hallmark of the Festival’s popularity. Appropriately titled A Trio of Trios from 1816 to 1990, the concerts’ repertoire includes Franz Schubert’s first string trio and the first piano trios of Sergei Rachmaninoff and Lowell Liebermann. Performers include DMF faculty members and past winners of Duxbury Music Festival’s solo and concerto competitions.

Duxbury Music Festival is a celebrated program for solo and chamber instrumental performance, unique to all of New England. Founded on the knowledge that music enriches the human spirit, and upon the belief that this enrichment endures, this intensive program of chamber music brings together world-renowned pedagogues and performers and aspiring young artists in the beautiful bayside village of Duxbury. For nearly three weeks each summer, Duxbury comes alive with chamber music, student recitals, festival competitions, family events and faculty concerts. In keeping with SSC’s inclusive mission to provide access to quality education in the arts for all, DMF presents programs for all segments of the population to enjoy.

DMF’s 10th anniversary season promises glorious music and music-making, featuring the chamber works of Russian and American composers, including Rachmaninoff, Shostakovich, Kapustin, and Bernstein, among others.

Boston concert parking is available at The Garage at Post Office Square. Plymouth concert parking is available on site. For more information and to purchase tickets call 781-749-7565 ext. 19, or visit www.duxburymusicfestival.org.

About Duxbury Music Festival
Duxbury Music Festival (DMF), entering its 10th 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, thirty-five miles south of Boston and twenty miles north of Cape Cod. For nearly three weeks each summer, Duxbury is abuzz with chamber music whether it be 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. For more information, follow Duxbury Music Festival on Facebook or visit www.duxburymusicfestival.org.

About South Shore Conservatory
South Shore Conservatory, recently recognized as a national model for arts education by the National Guild for Community Arts Education, is celebrating nearly 45 years of enriching the lives of South Shore residents through music and the arts. SSC was founded as a not-for-profit community music school in 1970 and now has two beautiful campuses in Hingham and Duxbury. Currently serving over 3500 students of all ages and abilities, SSC is the largest community school for the arts in Massachusetts. Students participate in more than 50 diverse programs in music, dance and drama. Through innovative partnerships with social service agencies, SSC’s Creative Arts Therapies department supports the mental, emotional, and physical health of some of our community’s more fragile members. SSC’s Hingham campus is located at One Conservatory Drive, Hingham, 781-749-7565. SSC’s Duxbury campus is located at the Ellison Center for the Arts, 64 St. George Street, Duxbury, 781-934-2731. South Shore Conservatory is a member of the National Guild for Community Arts Education. 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 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.