Musicians Unleashed Concert Series - SPRING REFRESHED

Cape Ann Symphony  25/26 - Musicians Unleashed Concert Series
SPRING REFRESHED
Featuring Members of  Cape Ann Symphony's Woodwind Section
On SUNDAY, April 12 at 3:00 PM
At Manchester-by-the-Sea's Crowell Chapel 

Cape Ann Symphony's Musicians Unleashed Concert Series ushers in springtime with The Spring Refreshed Concert, on Sunday, April 12, 2026, at 3:00 PM at The Crowell Chapel, 3 Rosedale Avenue, Manchester-by-the-Sea.  The ticket price for The Spring Refreshed Concert is $40.  Call CAS at 978-281-0543 or go to www.capeannsymphony.org to purchase tickets. Premiering in 2019, The Cape Ann Symphony’s Musicians Unleashed Concert Series are small, intimate chamber concerts performed by members of the Cape Ann Symphony and guest artists at unique performance venues on Cape Ann. The Musicians Unleashed Concerts have become a wonderfully popular series with an overwhelmingly enthusiastic audience response.

The Spring Refreshed Concert features classical woodwinds, including flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and horn performing Barber, Beach, Barthe, Agay, Coleman, and Arnold. The program ranges from Amy Beach's serene and contemplative Pastorale to Malcolm Arnold's Three Shanties for Wind Quintet, a vibrant and witty reinterpretation of a sea shanty. The concert program also includes Adrien Barthe's charming and lyrical Passacaille;  Valerie Coleman's powerful anthem, Umoja; and Samuel Barber's playful and moody Summer Music.

"The Spring Refreshed Concert features joyful and moving music that signals Spring has arrived!" says Barbara Cox, Director of Marketing on the CAS Board, "We are delighted to feature these exceptionally talented woodwind players performing in the beautiful Crowell Chapel.”

The musicians of Spring Refreshed are Cape Ann Symphony members: Principal Flute Stephanie Stathos;  Principal Clarinet Bill Kirkley; Principal Oboe Izumi Sakamoto, and Principal Horn Earl Powers. The Woodwind Quintet is completed by Symphony New Hampshire member Sally Merriman, Bassoon.  
 

Stephanie Stathos, Flute	Izumi Sakamoto, Oboe	Bill Kirkley, Clarinet
Photo Credit: Robert Torres	Courtesy Photo	Courtesy Photo