Mallarmé Music

NC HIP MUSIC FESTIVAL FAMILY CONCERT: Crumhorns & Clever Consorts! Instruments families from the Renaissance
2023-02-11 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Duke Gardens, 420 Anderson St., Durham, NC, 27701, United States
Saturday, February 11, 2023 @ 1: 00 pm, Kirby Horton Hall, Duke Gardens, Durham
Mallarmé presents the Forgotten Clefs in fun melodies from Renaissance England!
Learn about cool Renaissance instruments like sackbuts, crumhorns, and recorders! | FREE
ARTISTS: Christopher Armijo, Keith Collins, Adam Dillon, Kelsey Schilling, Sarah Schilling
We welcome peeps 5-years-old and up!

FAMILY CONCERT: Life of a Bee
2023-04-02 13:00 - 14:00 | PSI Theatre – Durham Arts Council, 120 Morris St, Durham, NC, 27701, United States
Celebrate NC’s very own Jeffery Beam with music composed using his poetry as lyric and inspiration! The program is being curated by soprano Andrea Edith Moore; a passionate advocate for contemporary vocal chamber music.
On Jeffery’s 70th birthday, Mallarme will perform a FREE family-friendly concert with music that celebrates poetry, creatures and nature. This one-hour-long performance is best for anyone 5 years old and older!
The performance will include projections of An Elizabeathan Bestiary by Ippy Patterson and poetry readings by Jeffery Beam!
ARTISTS
Andrea Edith Moore and LaToya Lain – soprano
Daniel Speigel – piano
Gabriel Richard – violin
Grace Anderson – cello
Kevin Streich – clarinet
Carla Copeland-Burns – flute
We thank Stanley Finch, for sponsoring this performance!

The Whale by Ippy Patterson
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Image of bee is by Steven Ockerman

FAMILY CONCERT: The Bassist Bass!
2023-10-28 15:30 - 16:30 | Durham County Library, Main Branch, 300 N. Roxboro Street, Durham, NC, 27701, United States
On Saturday, October 28 at 3:30 pm join bassist Mark Bergman and pianist Teddy Robie in a concert suited for kids and adults! Learn about the lowest member of the string family with a FREE! 60-minute concert of music and audience interaction.
MUSIC INCLUDES:
Odd Man Out by V. Elliot / Concerto for Double Bass by J.B. Vanhal
Five Eldritch Horrors by Mark Bergman/ Le Gai Cascadeur by P. Max-Dubois
Elegy by G. Bottesini/ Valse Miniature by S. Kousevitzky/ Little Sad Sound by A. Ridout
Family Concerts are appropriate for folks 5 years and older (it is not recommended for babies or toddlers). Mallarme has partnered with the Durham County Main Library to bring these free events to the community to learn about music, ensembles and instruments.
The Family Concerts are sponsored by Mark and Cindy Kuhn.
Upcoming Family Series Concerts
Saturday, February 24, 2 pm The Harpsichord Diaries

Elaine Funaro – harpsichord, Eric Love – actor, Andrea Love – video designer

Saturday, April 20, 2 pm Scintillating Saxes

with Susan Fancher and members of the Duke University Saxophone Studio.

FAMILY CONCERT: The Harpsichord Diaries
2024-02-24 14:00 - 15:30 | Durham County Library, Main Branch, 300 N. Roxboro Street, Durham, NC, 27701, United States
Saturday, February 24, 2024 2:00 pm @ The Durham County Library, Main Branch FREE!

Elena discovers a magical book in her grandmother’s attic, The Harpsichord Diaries. Transported through five centuries, she meets eccentric talking harpsichords that bring music and history to life.
Internationally acclaimed harpsichordist Elaine Funaro teams up with her twins, professional theater director Eric Love and award-winning animator Andrea Love, to create this unique musical journey performed in this one-time, live event!

THE HARPSICHORD DIARIES is also a Children’s book with 30 watercolor illustrations that’s a perfect bedtime story!
Haiku by Elaine Funaro Love, Story and Narration by Eric Love, Illustrated by Andrea Love

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FAMILY CONCERT: Scintillating Saxes
2024-04-20 14:00 - 15:30 | Durham County Library, Main Branch, 300 N. Roxboro Street, Durham, NC, 27701, United States
Saturday, April 20, 2 pm @ Durham County Library, Main Branch FREE
Sponsored by Mark and Cindy Kuhn

Susan Fancher Saxophonist brings her students in the Duke University Saxophone Quartet to dazzle you with the amazing, versatile sound of the saxophone!
Family concerts are 60 to 75-minute concerts appropriate for all music lovers from 5 to 100! Learn about music, the instruments and participate in the performance.
Duke University Saxophone Quartet: Caleb Woo, soprano saxophone; Ryan Hamner, alto saxophone: Noah Obuya, tenor saxophone; Jackson Streit, baritone saxophone
Program:
Cascades (1904) by Scott Joplin (1868-1917) / arr. Frackenpohl
Quatuor (1949) by Faustin (1900-1979) and Maurice (1897-1968) Jeanjean
I. Gaîté Villageoise (“Village Gaiety”)
II. Doux Paysage (“Gentle Countryside”)
III. Papillons (“Butterflies”)
Duo concertant Op. 55 (1858) by Jean-Baptiste Singelée (1812-1875)
“Little” Fugue in g minor BWV 578 (ca. 1709) by J. S. Bach (1685-1750)/ arr. Agioritis
Enveloped (2021) by Jenni Watson (b. 1985)
Ciudades (“Cities”) (2011) by Guillermo Lago (b. 1960) – Cordoba
“Recorda Me” (“Remember Me”) (1963) by Joe Henderson (1937-2001) /arr. Caleb Woo

Dynamic Duos in Durham Mini Fest: Two Ragas of the late afternoon and evening
2024-06-25 19:00 - 20:30 | NorthStar Church of the Arts, 220 W Geer Street, Durham, NC, 27701, United States
DYNAMIC DUOS IN DURHAM: Two Ragas of the late afternoon and evening
John Stephens – Sarod, Viswas Chitnis – Sitar
NorthStar Church of the Arts, 220 W Geer St. Durham, NC 27701

FROM THE ARTISTS:
The Mallarmé duo grant is a unique opportunity for us to bring classical Hindustani music to your audience.
In our playing, we will seek to highlight the conversational nature of a melodic duet, as well as the interplay between improvisation and the well-defined structures of
traditional Indian classical music.
$10 suggested donation at the door. Cash or Credit Card
READ THE PRESS RELEASE: Mallarmé 2024 Dynamic Duos Announcement FINAL
What is Dynamic Duos? In the fall of 2020, Mallarmé’s board spearheaded a new directive to diversify offerings both musically and via the personnel who perform in our concerts. Couldn’t our performances better reflect our community while keeping a high standard of performance?
The goal of the Dynamic Duo Call for Talent is to discover new (or new to us) North Carolina musical talent and to expand on the style and genre of our usual programming. North Carolina musicians of any type, including jazz, folk, and rock were asked to apply, especially members of the LBGTQIA+, African American and Latinx communities. Applicants were asked to propose a 60-minute program and to provide artist bios and musical examples of the specific artists. Performers were chosen on the strength of their proposed program, musical samples and, most importantly, the way they interact with one another. Four groups were picked to perform this year – 3 during June 2024 as part of the Dynamic Duo Mini-Festival, and the last group will perform in the fall.

FAMILY CONCERT: Everything you wanted to know about the LUTE......
2025-02-22 14:00 - 15:30 | Durham County Library, Main Branch, 300 N. Roxboro Street, Durham, NC, 27701, United States
Join lutenist Daniel Swenberg in a FREE presentation called The Conversation- Everything you wanted to know about Lutes, but were afraid to ask

A demonstration of a some of his favorite early music and instruments OR too many strings to count OR purchases he still has to explain to his wife…
Dan will demonstrate music of the Renaissance Lute (c.1500-1630), the Baroque Lute (c.1630-1770), the French Lute, the Baroque Guitar (c.1640-1740) and the Theorbo (c.1600-1700)
Part of the 2025 NC HIP Music Festival

60-70 minutes long, appropriate for elementary school and older (not for young children).

Upcoming Family Concerts:
April 5, Percussion Power with Juan Alamo and the UNC-CH Percussion ensemble
June 28, with Space Pants
The Family Series is Sponsored by Mark and Cindy Kuhn

FAMILY CONCERT: Percussion Power
2025-04-05 14:00 - 15:30 | Durham County Library, Main Branch, 300 N. Roxboro Street, Durham, NC, 27701, United States
Join the brilliant marimba player Juan Alamo and his UNC-CH Percussion Ensemble in a concert that is sure to make you dance in the aisles! A 70-minutes concert with all kinds of drums, mallet instruments and bells! For people 5 year and older. FREE!
The Family Concert Series is sponsored by Mark and Cindy Kuhn
Read the concert program: Family Concert Percussion Power

FAMILY CONCERT: Space Pants
2025-06-28 14:00 - 15:15 | Durham County Library, Main Branch, 300 N. Roxboro Street, Durham, NC, 27701, United States
Join SpacePants (Jennifer Beattie – voice, Diana Wade – viola) for a sound and wonder-filled adventure to the moon. We’ll follow instructions from the NASA 1969 Saturn V Flight Manual, and with our musical imaginations and with your help we Burn for the Moon!
We’ll also perform “Fry on Fry”, where we read and sing music written in…french fries.
Program
“Fry on Fry” by Diana Wade, with French fry notation created by SpacePants for two voices
“Permission to Land”* by SpacePants, with text and inspiration from the NASA 1969 Saturn V Flight Manual
*please put on your space helmets/tinfoil hats, and participate in the countdown to liftoff and BURN FOR THE MOON (we’ll shout it) with your small tube or other noise-making instrument!
READ THE PROGRAM NOTES
About the Artists:
SpacePants is a virtuosic viola/voice duo who wear space pants and is guided by a TUBE from outer space. The TUBE is an InterGalacticDIYDadaist performance artist animated by a group of RAD Aliens in the Andromeda Galaxy. At the command of the TUBE, SpacePants brings their own and others’ works of art to life here on Earth.
www.spacepantsmusic.com
Family concerts are 70-minute-long interactive, musical adventures appropriate for peeps from 5 to 105. (Not for very young children)
Free and open to the public at the lovely Durham County Library Main Branch
