SATORI is a professional chamber music ensemble, based in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley, and performing regularly throughout the eastern United States. Its mission is to foster growth in chamber music appreciation through a regular series of public performances, special projects, and educational programs, to present chamber music in an accessible fashion, maintaining a high standard of musical excellence, and to explore traditional and contemporary chamber music repertoires.

The group was formed as a conductorless, musician-managed chamber ensemble in 1996. SATORI’s dozen core musicians have performed together for many years, and are frequently joined by additional talented performers and guest artists. Since its inception, SATORI has performed twelve full concert series, with numerous appearances at area colleges, museums, and music festivals. The group’s schedule regularly includes in-school educational programming, multidisciplinary performance projects, and concert series at area senior residences and hospitals, as well as formal concerts and appearances by smaller, "cameo" ensembles.

SATORI is a mixed ensemble of winds, strings, and piano, and plays both traditional and contemporary chamber music. The group’s repertoire ranges from baroque to 21st century selections, often intertwined in a single performance. SATORI’s name is taken from a Zen term suggesting the coming together of separate parts to form a whole---a perfect metaphor for chamber music.

  DID YOU KNOW.....?

• This 2009-10 concert series is SATORI's 14th season -- 14 years of  exciting performances, new performers, and  special musical projects!
• BRAVO! is SATORI's program for music education outreach. BRAVO!  includes the Gift of Music instrument donation project, a popular series of in-school chamber music presentations, and an annual student chamber music competition. Nearly 325 musical instruments have been donated to area schools to date, and student programs are scheduled throughout the academic year. 
• SATORI's annual student chamber music competition is open to 7th-12th grade student ensembles, and offers a performance opportunity as well as a cash prize -- see BRAVO! for details, rules, and application forms.
• To date, SATORI has commissioned or premiered a total of SIX new chamber music works by American composers. The latest, Paul Salerni's Witches and Rappings, premieres at SATORI's Midwinter Concert on January 23, 2010.
• SATORI's senior outreach program offers regular on-site performances at area senior facilities, as well as discount concert admissions for senior groups at outside performances.
• You can sign up to be a SATORI volunteer -- help at concerts, with fundraising, or clerical work. Check the Contact Us page on this web site.