GatherNYC Presents: Renaissance String Quartet

Gather NYC is a revolutionary Sunday morning concert experience, hailed by The New Yorker for promoting "thoughtful, intimate events curated with refreshing eclecticism", and listed as #7 in "Best Things to Do in New York this weekend" by Time Out New York magazine. The music, performed by some of NYC's most celebrated artists, is complimented by artisanal coffee and pastries, a taste of spoken word, and a brief celebration of silence. The entire experience lasts about one hour. We're thrilled to be partnering up with them for a few of their shows this season, to give our Groupmusers the opportunity to purchase discounted tickets.

Featured this time is Palaver Strings, who have performed many a groupmuse! Their program “The Apple of Their Eyes” explores the African-American experience in classical music, through the eyes of Black composers. It begins with William Grant Still’s lush and lyrical Mother and Child, and continues with Perry’s understated Prelude for Piano, arranged for strings. At the heart of the program is Edmund Thornton Jenkins Romance and Reverie Phantasy for Violin and String Orchestra, restored, edited, and arranged by Tuffus Zimbabwe, featuring Palaver violinist Maïthéna Girault. The Apple of their Eyes encapsulates the African-American experience, and celebrates the richness and depth of Black classical music.

Doors open at 10:30. Music starts at 11am.

What's the music?

Palaver Strings Chamber Orchestra