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The QSCM ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING was held June 3, 2019 at St. Paul’s United Church, Stirling ON 3 pm. A link allowing all members access to the Minutes from that meeting will be available soon….

The Quinte Sociey for Chamber Music: What does it mean? Goethe, on attending an evening of Beethoven string quartets said it was “like listening to listening to a rational conversation between four people” Click here…

I shared a blog post on QSCM’s FaceBook page about “Second Rate Pianists” to underscore the value of QSCM’s commitment to chamber music and creating opportunities for people in our scattered rural communities to experience…

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) was a Russian composer and pianist. He also created his own mystic religion believing that when all the arts and senses were united as one, the world would end in a total…

All music making begins with singing just as all dancing begins with moving in time with rhythm. Cynthia Young, one of our local pianists and music teachers has begun exploring the roots of music making…

Check out this link for Classical 9.3 / 102.9 / 103.1 interview with Erika Nielsen. Many of you may remember Erika from her performances in Madoc Township and Madoc last spring with the 6ix Quartet…

Local cellist and teacher Linda Minty attended QSCM’s Between Friend’s Improv Workshop with Amahl Arulanandam Friday April 26. She reports as follows: The Quinte Society for Chamber Music presented, which would be for most musicians…

The year 1934 began auspiciously for Dmitri Shostakovich. He was an established composer and respected conservatory teacher. His opera, Lady MacBeth of Mtensk was in rehearsal for its highly anticipated premiere performance. He embarked on…

Beethoven never married, but was often romantically attracted to unattainable (and often married) women well above his social class. After his death, a long letter was found amongst his personal effects in his handwriting addressed…