All Seasons Chamber Players Return to the BAC

All Seasons Chamber Players Perform at Woodbridge’s Barron Arts Center

Friday, February 8, 2013 ~ 8pm

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The All Seasons Chamber Players, one of New Jersey’s most popular performing ensembles, will return to the Barron Arts Center on Friday evening, Feb. 8 for an 8:00 P.M. concert entitled “Basically Baroque.” The Barron Arts Center is located at 582 Rahway Avenue in Woodbridge, NJ. Admission is free and refreshments are available at intermission. Seating is limited so it is important to call in advance for reservations at (732) 634-0413. The Art Center is handicapped accessible and welcomes all.

The All Seasons Chamber Players will use its beautiful 2-manual Flemish harpsichord in combination with flute and strings for a celebration of music from the Baroque period.   The program will include Corelli’s Sonata da Camera in D Major; Maria Anna Martinez’s Sonata da Cimbalo in G Major for flute & continua; two works for cello and harpsichord by Tartini and Frescobaldi; and Telemann’s Parisian Quartet in G Minor. Robert Lawrence, Program Director, will introduce each selection to the audience with personal spoken program notes.

All Seasons performers are professional musicians who also perform with major area orchestras, Broadway shows and summer music festivals. They include flutist Brenda Sakofsky of New City, NY; violinist Robert Lawrence of New York City; cellist E. Zoe Hassman of New York City; harpsichordist Jean Strickholm of Demarest; and harpsichordist Ron Levy of Teaneck.

Now in its 32nd season, the All Seasons Chamber Players has performed over 670 concerts throughout the metropolitan area and has been a regular attraction at the Barron Arts Center since 1990. “We are thrilled to return to the Barron Arts Center with its appreciative and friendly audience,” states Jean Strickholm, Co-Director of the ensemble.

 The ensemble has been heard on Woodbridge Township Television each year, Cablevision’s MetroArts/13 programs and other cable TV stations in New Jersey. Winner of the Award for Artistic Excellence from the Bergen County Division of Cultural and Historic Affairs, the ensemble has received numerous grants from public and private sources. A full schedule of its 23 concerts is listed on its web site: www.allseasonschamberplayers.org. A printed schedule may be obtained by calling (201) 768-1331.

The Barron Arts Center is located at 582 Rahway Avenue in Woodbridge, NJ.

Gallery hours when exhibiting are Monday thru Friday 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday 2 p.m.-4 p.m.

The concert is sponsored by The Woodbridge Township Cultural Arts Commission chaired by Dr. Dolores Capraro Gioffre with support from Mayor John E. McCormac.

About the Barron Arts Center – Woodbridge Township’s Center for the Arts

The Barron Arts Center, listed on the national Register of Historic Places, recently celebrated its 130th Anniversary. With the support of the Woodbridge Township Cultural Arts Commission and under the direction of Cynthia Knight, the Barron Arts Center offers programming to the public free of charge.

Donations are appreciated and are essential to the continuation of free quality arts programs and exhibits.

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For more information or directions, please call (732) 634-0413.

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