Norfolk Chamber Music Festival - Composers with a Side Hustle

Charles Ives and the American Tradition: Composers with a Side Hustle

This program is dedicated to composers who also had other jobs. Ives was an insurance executive whose work laid the groundwork for the field of estate planning. Borodin was a noted chemist who made some important discoveries in organic chemistry. And Philip Glass made ends meet in the 1970s as a taxi driver.

PHILIP GLASS
Brass Sextet

CHARLES IVES
Piano Trio

ALEXANDER BORODIN
String Quartet No. 2 in D Major

William Purvis  horn
Serena Canin  violin
and  Norfolk Fellows

Tickets: $70 – $35, $10 Young Adults (19-35),
Kids Come Free! (under 19)  View Seat Map

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PRE-CONCERT CONVERSATION
7–7:40 PM | BATTELL RECITAL HALL

Join Professors from the Yale School of Music before the Friday evening concerts to learn about the weekend’s programs.  The Pre-concert Conversation is free and open to the public. Tickets for the concert will be available at the Music Shed following the conversation.