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Serafin Summer Music 2024 - June 5-23, 2024
Wilmington (Fridays at 7pm, Sundays at 5pm)
Lewes/Millsboro (Saturdays at 5pm)

Participating Artists:

Kate Ransom, violin and artistic director
Hal Grossman, violin
Eric Pritchard, violin
Amadi Azikiwe, viola
Luke Fleming, viola
Adelya Shagidullina, viola
Charae Krueger, cello
Jacques-Pierre Malan, cello
Sara Sant'Ambrogio, cello - Ms. Sant'Ambrogio's participation is made possible thanks to support from the Delaware Commission on Italian Heritage and Culture
Eileen Grycky, flute
John Dee, oboe
Marci Gurnow, clarinet
Victor Asuncion, piano
Read Gainsford, piano
Augustine Mercante, countertenor
Gabe Benton, harpsichord

(programs and artists subject to change)

Serafin Master Classes
Held at The Music School of Delaware
4101 N. Washington Street, Wilmington, DE 19802
Free (no reservations required) (instruments subject to change)

Wednesday, June 5 5-7pm
Cello, Violin, Piano, Chamber Music

Wednesday,, June 12 5-7pm
Piano, Cello, Viola, Chamber Music

Wednesday, June 19 5-7pm
Violin, Clarinet, Piano, Chamber Music

Serafin Summer Music Festival Schedule
WEEK I (June 5-9, 2024)
Eric Pritchard, Kate Ransom, (violin); Luke Fleming, Adelya Shagidullina (viola); Jacques-Pierre Malan (cello); Victor Asuncion (piano)
with special appearance by SARA SANT’AMBROGIO, cellist of Eroica Trio

Wednesday June 5 at 5pm - SERAFIN MASTER CLASS (free, no reservation required)
Music school student performances, coached by Serafin artists

Friday June 7 at 7pm - FANTASY and FIRE
Dvorak "Dumky" Piano Trio; Shostakovich Piano Quintet

Saturday June 8 at 5pm in LEWES - ITALIAN SERENADE
Paganini Caprice for Solo Cello; Tchaikovsky Souvenir de Florence

Sunday June 9 at 5pm - POSTCARDS FROM ITALY
Boccherini Cello Sonata in A Major; Paganini Caprice for Solo Cello;
Menotti Suite for Two Cellos/Piano; Tchaikovsky Souvenir de Florence

WEEK II (June 12-16, 2024)
Kate Ransom (violin); Amadi Azikiwe (viola); Charae Krueger (cello); Eileen Grycky, (flute); John Dee (oboe); TBA (horn);Augustine Mercante (countertenor); Gabriel Benton (harpsichord); Victor Asuncion (piano)

Wednesday June 12 at 5pm - SERAFIN MASTER CLASS (free, no reservation required)
Music school student performances, coached by Serafin artists

Friday June 14 at 7pm - PARISIAN NIGHTS
Farrenc Flute Trio; Ravel/Debussy works for solo piano;
Debussy/Faure/Ravel Arias and Songs; Theodore Dubois Oboe Quintet

Saturday June 15 at 5pm in LEWES - HANDEL to HOLST
Handel Violin Sonata #3; Holst Terzetto for Flute, Oboe, Viola; Krommer Oboe Quartet;
Eccles Viola Sonata; Telemann Concerto for Flute, Violin, Oboe, Harpsichord

Sunday June 16 - EUROPEAN GEMS
Brahms Horn Trio; Mozart G Minor Piano Quartet; Holst Terzetto for Flute, Oboe, and Viola; Krommer Oboe Quartet

WEEK III (June 19-23, 2024)
Hal Grossman, Kate Ransom (violin); Adelya Shagidullina (viola); Jacques-Pierre Malan (cello); Marci Gurnow (clarinet); Read Gainsford (piano)

Wednesday June 12 at 5pm - SERAFIN MASTER CLASS (free, no reservation required)
Music school student performances, coached by Serafin artists

Friday June 21 at 7pm - MUSICAL FRIENDS AND FAMILIES
Clara Schumann Three Romances for Violin and Piano;
Felix Mendelssohn Songs Without Words for Solo Piano;
Brahms Clarinet Sonata; Robert Schumann Märchenbilder for Viola and Piano;
Fanny Mendelssohn String Quartet

Saturday June 22 at 5pm in LEWES - MOZART and MENDELSSOHN LEWES
Fanny Mendelssohn String Quartet; Mozart Clarinet Quintet

Sunday June 23 at 5pm - JEWELS from AMERICA and FRANCE
Amy Beach Romance for Violin and Piano; Quincy Porter Clarinet Quintet;
Fauré Piano Quartet in C Minor; Saint-Saens Piano Quintet

Thank you to our Serafin Summer Music Sponsors

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