SSC's Duxbury Music Festival Presents Seaside Opening Concert to Begin its Eleventh Season

The eleventh anniversary season of South Shore Conservatory’s Duxbury Music Festival (DMF) concert series begins with a seaside Opening Concert, featuring repertoire programmed by Festival Director Stephen Deitz, on Sunday, July 17, 6:30 pm. The concert’s outdoor venue overlooks Duxbury’s Blue Fish River and Bridge, on the tented lawn at the home of Holly and Brendan Kissane, providing incomparable views and backdrop for the performance.

The Opening Concert is the first of the four faculty concerts this season. The Opening Concert features Ahra Cho, first-prize winner of DMF 2015 Concerto Competition, soloist for Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K. 218. The Festival’s Opening Concert will also feature Andre Previn’s Trio for oboe, bassoon & piano and John Mackey’s Breakdown Tango.”

A post-concert reception of wine and light hors d’oeuvres offers guests a cordial opportunity to visit with the DMF faculty and students. The Duxbury Music Festival Opening Concert is generously sponsored by Holly and Brendan Kissane.

Additional parking is available at South Shore Conservatory, at the Ellison Center for the Arts, 64 St. George Street, Duxbury and Duxbury High School. Tickets are $60. Individual tickets as well as a variety of series subscriptions are available. For complete program, ticket and event information, visit www.duxburymusicfestival.org, call 781-934-2731, ext. 23, or follow Duxbury Music Festival on Facebook.

About Duxbury Music Festival

Duxbury Music Festival (DMF), entering its 11th 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.