Mallarmé Music

FAMILY CONCERT: The Harpsichord Diaries
2024-02-24 14:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | 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

FAMILY CONCERT: Renaissance Tunes with Forgotten Clefs
2026-02-28 14:00 - 15:00 | Durham County Library, Main Branch, 300 N. Roxboro Street, Durham, NC, 27701, United States
Introducing the current and next generation to Renaissance music, Forgotten Clefs, the Renaissance wind ensemble, presents a FREE family-friendly concert. Learn about the instruments that were the forerunners of today’s oboes, flutes and bassoons including the shawm, recorder and dulcian. Hear the music that was written for these instruments over 500 years ago!
READ THE PROGRAM: FG FAMILY
Family concerts are about an hour long and are appropriate for folks 5 years and older, held at the Main Branch of the Durham County Library. FREE and open to the public.
Sponsored by Mark and Cindy Kuhn
