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 the Sarasa 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.

Recent Sarasa Reviews & Interviews

Hear the interview of Tim Merton and Maggie Cole by David Osenberg of WWFM radio on his show Cadenza, recorded while Sarasa was in NYC on February 14, 2009 for the concert at the Morgan Library.

Read the Boston Globe review of Sarasa's February 2009 concert by Matthew Guerrieri.
"...with only four players and two singers, it ranged from polished miniature to operatic extra-large."

Read the Hub Review of the same Sarasa concert.
"The concert was one of the most subtly moving evenings of music I've heard in some time, and provided memories I'll treasure for a good while to come."

Read past reviews of Sarasa performances.

Sarasa News:

This past May 2008, our Outreach Program began a new project with talented students from the New England Conservatory [NEC]. Under the direction of pianist Tanya Blaich and cellist Timothy Merton, nine singers performed opera excerpts for incarcerated teenage boys.

The students proved to be an inspired role model for the teens; and likewise it was a learning experience that left an indelible impression on the young vocalists. This season we plan to expand this project with student opera performances from both NEC and Boston University.

Thanks to the Kalliopiea Foundation and their wonderful generosity, Sarasa is now doing more residencies and concerts for teenagers than ever before.

We are grateful as well to all our individual donors who continue to give so generously. Your support has been critical to Sarasa’s ongoing efforts and we look forward to seeing you at our future concerts.

2009-2010 Season

Sarasa has concluded its 2008-2009 season. Please check back here in September 2009 for details on our 2009-2010 season.

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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