FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Basically Beethoven Hallam Concerts Announced for 2024 - 2025 Season
Dallas, TX – Sept 17, 2024 - Basically Beethoven is proud to announce the 2024 - 2025 Basically Beethoven Hallam Concerts, set to take place at Central Commons (4711 Westside Drive) monthly on Saturdays at 3pm in Dallas. This season will feature an eclectic mix of classical and contemporary works, showcasing Dallas and Texas-based guest artists in a series of concerts designed to explore known works and composers as well as lesser-known works, and even well-known modern songwriters.
“We are so fortunate to have an unbelievably rich talent pool from which to draw, as well as a smart and curious audience that truly embraces the intimate setting of these concerts,” Executive Director Morgan Vaughan said. “We’ve been working towards—and I think we’ve been especially successful at—creating an inclusive and welcoming ‘third space’ for chamber music lovers that includes both novices and aficionados.”
All concerts will be held on Saturdays at 3pm continuing the tradition of providing free, top-notch afternoon chamber music performances to the community. Performances generally last a little more than one hour. Donations are welcome and help support this series, the annual Basically Beethoven Festival in July, and music residencies in Dallas schools focusing on voice, violin, and piano. This will be the first full season of the Hallam Concerts since the brand-name change from Fine Arts Chamber Players to Basically Beethoven.
Join us for an exciting season of music that spans centuries and styles, performed by some of the finest musicians in the region. The 2024 Hallam Concert season includes:
October 19
Christopher McGuire, classical guitar with Steve Harlos, piano, and Julia Choi, cello“Bach, Brazil, and The Beatles” – performing works by Vivaldi, The Beatles, Antônio Carlos Jobim, and Luis Bonfá
November 9
MAKE Trio (clarinet, violin, and piano) with guest clarinetist Stas Chernyshev
January 18
Lakeway Chamber Players String QuintetFeaturing Debussy's String Quartet and Schubert's Cello Quintet
February 15
"Love Notes" featuring soprano, violin, and piano
March 22
SEUM Chamber String QuartetPerforming Smetana’s String Quartet No. 1 and Borodin’s String Quartet No. 2
April 26
Lakeway Chamber Players Piano QuintetPerforming César Franck’s Piano Quintet and more
May 17
The Charles Barr Memorial Concert – An annual concert to honor Charles Barr, a Dallas bassist, featuring a local North Texas young artist
All performances are free to the public thanks to our sponsors and donors.The Basically Beethoven Hallam Concerts are made possible by Fanchon & Howard Hallam, with additional support from The City of Dallas Office of Arts & Culture, TACA - The Arts Community Alliance, Texas Commission on the Arts, The National Endowment for the Arts, and individual donations from people like you.
Contact:Morgan Vaughan Executive Director, Basically Beethoven
About Basically Beethoven / Fine Arts Chamber PlayersBasically Beethoven is dedicated to enriching and enhancing North Texas through free classical music concerts and educational outreach programs. Each year, the organization offers free performances to thousands of North Texans and provides music residencies in schools to nurture the next generation of musicians. Basically Beethoven is the “doing business as” name for Fine Arts Chamber Players. FACP’s Basically Beethoven Festival has been a staple for Dallas classical music lovers and musicians alike for 43 years.
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