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WELCOME TO SATORI'S
12th SEASON !
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 eleven 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 2007-08 concert series is
SATORI's 12th season -- a dozen years of more exciting performances,
new performers, and special 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. Over 270 instruments have been
donated to area schools to date, and student programs are
scheduled throughout the academic year.
- SATORI has commissioned
or premiered a total of five new chamber music works by American
composers.
- 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.
- SATORI is the Chamber Ensemble-in-Residence at Kutztown University, and performs and
teaches there several times each academic year.
- You can sign up to be a volunteer --
help at concerts, with fundraising, or clerical work -- or receive
a SATORI newsletter. Check the Contact Us
page on this web site.
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