Sarasa Chamber Music Ensemble

Dedicated to making music accessible to wider audiences

The Sarasa Ensemble is "... a mix of Boston's best and finest with prominent English players and American musicians based in Europe."
— The Boston Globe

Regular Sarasa musicians who recorded a recently released Bach Cantata CD.

"Radiating elegance and eloquence" —Boston Globe

"...informed and impassioned musicmaking..." —The St. Petersburg Times

Sarasa's guiding mission is to bring professional-quality classical music to enrich the lives of the broadest possible community, especially those who do not have easy access to live chamber music.

Join Sarasa in making music accessible to wider audiences! Attend one of our concerts, tell your friends about Sarasa, or make a tax-deductible donation.

Sarasa Recognized for Teen Outreach Program

We are proud to announce that Sarasa received national recognition and acclaim from Early Music America (EMA) for our outreach program with incarcerated teenagers. The $1000 award was accompanied by a written statement by the EMA Education Committee:

"Congratulations! It was a difficult choice to make, as all of the candidates were well qualified and presented strong and convincing documentation. But it was very clear that there was a consensus within the committee that your program stood out among the others. What impressed us was how successful you have been in effectively bringing early music to a group that would seem to present daunting challenges to performers. Yet you clearly have reached them in significant ways, through your own music and through engaging them within their own familiar world of rap. And the fact that you have returned a number of times to each group also weighed significantly in our decision."

This award could not have happened without the support of our committed donors. Special thanks go to the Kalliopeia Foundation for generously funding a large portion of our outreach program and to the Massachusetts Cultural Council for Organizational Support funding for the next three years.

Next Concerta Nov. 1-2

String Quartets of Haydn, Beethoven and Dvorák

[Concert Details & Program | Buy Tickets]

8 pm Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008
Friends Meeting House (Cambridge, MA)

7 pm Sunday, Nov. 2, 2008
Parish Hall, First Parish Church (Concord, MA)

Sarasa CDs

Hear clips from and purchase Sarasa CDs.

"A Baroque Mosaic

Bach Cantatas

"Labelle and Sylvan . . . both perform with their customary beautiful tone, scrupulous musicianship, and verbal communicativeness."
— Boston Globe on the Sarasa Bach Cantata CD.

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