Elysian Camerata 10th Season Opens at Bala's St. Asaph's Church November 9

Elysian Camerata return for their tenth season as one of Philadelphia’s most respected chamber music ensembles with a concert at their Church of St. Asaph “home base” on Sunday, November 9, at 3pm. The Elysians opening program will include the Vaughan Williams Phantasy Quintet, the Borodin String Quartet No. 2 in D major, and the Mozart String Quintet in C major, K 515. This will be the first of four concerts at the historic Church of Saint Asaph this coming season.

The Elysians’ 10th season will open with guest artists violinist Dana Weiderhold and violist Amy Leonard joining the ensemble. They join Elysian members cellist Talia Schiff, pianist Rahel Inniger, violinist Barbara Jaffe, and violist Louise Jaffe. 

Dana most frequently performs as principal second violinist with the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra and as assistant concertmaster of the Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra. She is concertmaster of the Anthracite Philharmonic and has performed as an orchestral musician with the Annapolis, Allentown, Pottstown, Chester County Pops, Kennett, and Delaware County Symphony Orchestras. In addition to her orchestral playing, Dana has appeared as guest artist and soloist with the Gabriel Chamber Ensemble, the West Chester University Chamber and Symphony Orchestras, and the Newark Symphony Orchestra.

A Philadelphia native, Amy currently maintains a large and lively studio teaching viola and violin at the Shipley School in Bryn Mawr, PA and at home. Recent recital appearances have been at Rowan University, Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church, Calvary Episcopal Church in Wilmington, DE, and at the Philadelphia Ethical Society. She is also very much in demand as a free lance musician, performing as a member of the contemporary ensemble Relâche, the Delaware Symphony Orchestra, and the Baroque ensembles Tempesta di Mare and Brandywine Baroque. Amy also performs frequently with other ensembles such as the Pennsylvania Ballet Orchestra, Philly Pops, and in recent years has been a guest artist with groups such as the Copeland String Quartet, La Bernardinia baroque ensemble, and Melomanie.

The 2014-15 season’s repertoire will include music from Brahms, Bloch, Beethoven, Mendelsohn, and Wolf. Continuing the Elysians’ commitment to showcasing the work of living composers connected to Philadelphia, City Walks for String Quartet by Michael Kaulkin who attended University of the Arts, will also be performed this season.

A free will offering of $20.00 is suggested. There will be a reception following the concert. The Church of St. Asaph is located at 27 Conshohocken State Rd. in Bala Cynwyd, PA. For directions to the church and more information about this performance please call (610) 664-0966, http://www.saintasaphs.org