Concerts | seasidestrings

We were thrilled to be asked to play a concert at Bentley Village in North Naples for their residents! We love to play indoor venues in July and we get to play on our best instruments.

Our concert was performed by the Seaside String Trio (violin, viola, cello) in their community center at 7:30 pm and lasted one hour. I put together a playlist of classical and popular favorites. We really appreciated the warm response we received!

Here was our playlist: Mouret, Rondeau (Theme from Masterpiece Theatre)

Handel, Entrance of the Queen of Sheba

All I Ask of You

Bach, Brandenburg Concerto #3, First Movement

Haydn Divertimento, Allegro

As Time Goes By

Mozart, Trio in C ( first movement)

Delibes, Flower Duet

Strauss, Tales from the Vienna Woods

Someone to Watch Over Me

Por Una Cabeza Tango

Come Fly With Me

Strauss, Vienna Life

Over the Rainbow, traditional version

When I’m 64

What a Wonderful World

It was fun to research in order to give an introduction to each song. I learned some fun facts!

Many thanks to colleagues Joan Stewart (violin) and Diane Coffman (cello) for a job well done!

Last week on Feb 25 and 27th, I performed in 2 chamber music concerts as a member of “Musica Bella”. This ensemble of flute, violin, cello and keyboard was the inspiration of cellist Diane Coffman. Originally called the Rauschenburg Quartet, we had performed daytime concerts at the Rauschenburg Gallery in Fort Myers. I am so honored to be a part of this group playing violin with these talented musicians: Wendy Willis (flute), Diane Coffman (cello) and Dr. Ron Doiron (keyboard).

Diane arranged for us to play a noon concert at Florida Southwestern State College in their Rush Library. We had such a great turnout of students, many of whom had never heard live music. I know most of them had been strongly encouraged to be there by their professors but their response afterwards was so very rewarding.

For the second performance, we were invited by CAPA, Cultural and Performing Arts Center, to perform a concert as part of their series. This concert was held at the Marco Island Center for the Arts and titled an “ala carte” performance. The concert was scheduled at 6pm.

We repeated the concert we played at the college with a few additions. Wendy and Ron spoke to the crowd about the selections in this intimate atmosphere and everyone appreciated the historical information they provided.