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Artist of the Week!
April 2008, week 1
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Grace Lin Anderson will perform with the Triad Chamber Music Society on April 5th at the Weatherspoon Art Museum on the campus of UNCG and on May 8th & 11th at the UNCG recital hall. Conatct Grace Lin for more information- 336-324-2268, or email info@triadchambermusic.org
Grace Lin Anderson
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What do The Garage, Reynolda House Museum, a UNC-G Recital Hall and the Weatherspoon Art Museum have in common? They've all hosted performances by the Triad Chamber Music Society. And the performances are as eclectic as the venues. Founded in 2006 by Grace Lin Anderson, the Society's mission is to 'provide internationally acclaimed performers and thought-provoking chamber music programs to audiences in the Piedmont Triad'. The company consists of 10-12 core players and at least one guest artist. The core players are a blend of students, graduates and faculty from the North Carolina School of the Arts, University of North Carolina at Greensboro and Appalachian State University. The guest artists range from soloists of international renown to former classmates and friends of Anderson.
Anderson, with a Bachelors in Music degree from Harvard and a Masters in Music in Cello Performance from the Julliard School, moved to the Triad from New York in 1998 to study for her doctorate at UNC-G. She had already made her New York debut at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall and given solo recitals at Lincoln Center and the Kennedy Center in Washington.
In 2006, while planning a concert in Greensboro for herself and other musicians, she thought she'd take a chance and invite Bernard Greenhouse, the founder of the Beaux Art Trio and her former cello teacher at Julliard, to come and be the soloist for the concert. "I asked him if he'd come to Greensboro and play with us and he accepted. It was a highlight of my life," she says proudly. The enthusiasm that was spawned from that initial concert motivated Grace to form the Society. Four different programs are offered each season.
In order for classical music to continue to reach new audiences Grace feels that "there needs to be a social interaction between the audience and the players. We have to take people out of their comfort zones." She believes that the performance style of the Society should be a blend of traditional, daring and risk-taking.....
