Announcing the resurgence of the LiveARTS String Quartet!

Sunday, November 16 at 3:00pm

Dear music lover, Hello! I'm Donald Krishnaswami, former longtime board member and performer at LiveARTS, our highly regarded and beloved Franklin-based chamber music series. As you will recall, LiveARTS recently announced its dissolution, after enriching the community with performances of the highest professional caliber for over two decades.  As LiveARTS closes its doors, I am very excited to announce that the LiveARTS String Quartet, familiar to you from its long-time residency at LiveARTS, is making a comeback and embarking on a dynamic new chapter as an independent ensemble!  And I am thrilled to announce that, coming this November, the LiveARTS String Quartet will perform an inaugural concert as a separate entity! Keep scrolling! The LiveARTS String Quartet in concert Sunday, November 16 at 3:00 PM Franklin Historical Museum 80 West Central Street, Franklin MA The program will include masterpieces by Mozart, Beethoven, and Brahms As a special gift to our community for this inaugural concert, admission will be free of charge, with voluntary donations gratefully received at the door.  The LiveARTS String Quartet features Katherine Winterstein and Gregory Vitale, violins, Donald Krishnaswami, viola, and guest cellist Emmanuel Feldman (inset). Pictured with the Quartet is its regular cellist, Jan Mueller-Szeraws. Important -- please read on! This single concert is part of a larger initiative! Currently, there is no top-caliber professional string quartet resident in and dedicated specifically to bringing live classical music to Franklin and the surrounding region. The LASQ aims to fill this void, providing a significant boost to the artistic culture and prestige of the area. Our goal is to establish a regular annual concert series in Franklin, featuring at least four concerts per season, with the potential for more -- all performed by the LiveARTS String Quartet, with occasional guest artists.  If you are excited at the prospect of the LASQ growing out of the foundation that LiveARTS built, we would love to have you join forces with us as a pioneer donor. Become one of the first to help establish the LASQ as a permanent presence in the community! You may donate via the LASQ's Gofundme campaign Donate here Your gift in any amount shown on the Gofundme page will be most gratefully received!  Your support is critical to the establishment of the LiveARTS String Quartet as a cultural presence in the community. Thank you so much for your gift -- either via the Gofundme campaign or at the door on November 16. Please donate and help us bring back the LiveARTS String Quartet! Again, here is the link!  ->  Donate here We'd like to see as many music lovers as possible at this inaugural concert! So -- whether or not you're able to donate, we're excited to think that you might be one of them! Again: Sunday, November 16 at 3:00 p.m. Franklin Historical Museum 80 West Central Street, Franklin Admission to this single concert will be free of charge, with voluntary donations gratefully received at the door And just one more thing -- we'd love to hear from you with an RSVP if you plan to attend the concert. And even if you won't be able to attend, we'd love to hear from you about how excited you are that the LASQ is coming back! Please drop us a quick note at liveartsma@gmail.com (just click on the email address) Copyright © 2022 LiveARTS, Franklin, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: LiveARTS, P.O. Box 678, Franklin, MA 02038

LiveARTs says Thank You! and shifts efforts to the 2025-2026 Chaminade Schubert Music Club

Dear Friends of LiveARTS Franklin,

 

Here in New England we are especially fortunate to have so many opportunities to support programs in the arts, in education, in social justice, and essential safety net programs that assist our most vulnerable citizens.  Since the COVID pandemic, the arts have been particularly fragile, as many resources dwindled and audiences had to overcome fear and inertia to return to live music venues.

LiveARTS worked very hard to produce high quality concerts over ZOOM, and we returned to the live concert hall with wonderful artists such as the LiveARTS String Quartet, delightful  wunderkind Kingsley Chen, and most recently, Rachel Childers, horn, from the Boston Symphony Orchestra.  Many of you delighted in the recent sparkling concert played by young artist Kingsley Chen, piano, giving us such hope for the future of live classical music.  

All these efforts have been made possible by the ongoing hard work of the Board of Directors of LiveARTS, and by the faithful audiences who have attended our concerts and often donated above the cost of tickets.  We are so very grateful to our loyal supporters!

LiveARTS has provided great live music to the Franklin community at a reasonable ticket price for about 25 years.  The range of chamber music and soloists has been just marvelous.  

We have loved the FUSF venue, where our wonderful concerts take place in the green serenity of the woods around the church, and we have much appreciated our partnership with FUSF.  

LiveARTs says Thank You!

Given all the positive energy in our work, and the continuing high quality of our concerts, we deeply regret having to write this letter to tell you that the 2024-2025 concert season will be our last under the identity of LiveARTS Franklin.  The challenges of running even a small, regional concert season continue to grow.  Nearly all our costs are rising steadily, and the economic circumstances in which we function are terribly uncertain.  

Many donors are anxious about their financial stability, and we know from long experience that we cannot carry on without donor revenue.  Our small but mighty all-volunteer board has labored with great dedication for many years, and we all agree that we prefer to end our very good run of concerts on a high note.  

That high note includes our partnership year in 2023-2024 with the Chaminade Schubert Music Club of Attleboro, who carried on their excellent concert series in 2024-2025 at Murray Unitarian Universalist Church in Attleboro with a mix of member/community concerts and guest artists such as violinist Nicholas Kitchen and Joanna Poraskova, soprano.  They also have a scholarship event for local junior and senior high school music students each year, as well as workshops for independent music teachers.  

Since our shared activities were so rewarding, and since they are so nearby, we are joining their efforts to carry on significant musical activities at a regional level.  We celebrate our years of great music, and we look forward to putting our energy into the 2025-2026 Chaminade Schubert Music Club season and into the continued visibility of great live music in Southeastern Massachusetts.  

If you have donated to LiveARTS during 2025, you will still be able to list that donation on your 2025 tax return if you wish.  To make sure you hear about all the wonderful upcoming events, we will add your name and contact information to the Chaminade Schubert Music Club list for announcements about the 2025-2026 season unless you direct us otherwise at asears@wheatonma.edu.  

From the bottom of our hearts, we thank you and the many organizations who have helped us over the years, and we look forward to seeing you this fall at one of the upcoming Chaminade Schubert Music Club concerts.  

There's more beautiful music awaiting you at Murray this next season, including another concert by violinist Nicholas Kitchen, an all-opera program of arias, duets, and ensembles, and a chamber music concert featuring Rachel Childers, horn, and Michael Roylance, tuba of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, so please join us in Attleboro!

 

With gratitude and affection, 

 

David Burnham, President 

Ann Sears, Artistic Director

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Our mailing address is:

LiveARTS, 

P.O. Box 678, 

Franklin, MA 02038

For 2025-2026 Chaminade Schubert Music Club season info ->    https://www.chaminademusicclub.org/

**RESCHEDULED** Rachel Childers and Beethoven, May 4

LiveARTS is thrilled to announce a rescheduled performance for: Boston Symphony Member     Rachel Childers Sunday, May 4th, at 3:00 PM Murray Unitarian Universalist Church, 505 North Main St. Attleboro, MA Be sure to join us for this stellar concert to close out our season, with Boston Symphony horn player Rachel Childers and pianist Ann Sears. This concert is a rescheduled performance of our February 16th concert, which was cancelled due to snow. This concert will be held at Murray Unitarian Universalist Church, 505 North Main St. Attleboro. Join us SUNDAY, MAY 4th, at 3:00 PM, in Attleboro! Rachel Childers joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra as second horn at the start of the 2011-12 season, becoming the first female member of the BSO brass section in its history. Childers received both her bachelor's and master's degrees in music from University of Michigan, followed by an artist diploma from the Colburn School in Los Angeles. She is on the faculty at the Longy School of Music of Bard College, and the New England Conservatory of Music, where she is chair of Winds, Brass, and Percussion Chamber Music. Childers also develops and performs programs for the BSO's "Concerts for Very Young People" at local libraries and children's museums. During summers, she teaches at the Interlochen Center for the Arts, the Tanglewood Music Center, and the Boston University Tanglewood Institute. Tickets: Adults: $25.00 All students: free with ID Tickets available at the door Accessible parking and building Visit our website liveartsma.org to purchase tickets on-line and for more information. Copyright © 2022 LiveARTS, Franklin, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: LiveARTS, P.O. Box 678, Franklin, MA 0203

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What's happening in Franklin, MA: Sunday, April 6, 2025 ???

Sunday, April 6

** Franklin Art Association Art Show and Sale Exhibit (Norfolk Public Library)

10:00am Climate: What will you do? (First Universalist Society Franklin)

11:00am Sunday Brunch (Teddy Gallagher's Irish Pub)

11:00am POSTPONED due to weather Franklin Fest (Longley Athletic Complex)

1:00pm Franklin Historical Museum (always free) 

2:00pm We stand with our Jewish neighbors (Franklin Town Common)

2:00pm Freaky Friday (Dean College Main Stage Theater)

3:00pm LiveARTS: Kingsley Chen (First Universalist Society Franklin)

7:00pm Rehearsal for Distinguished Young Women (Patti Eisenhauer Dance Center)

For additional details on Library & Senior Center events ->  

https://www.franklinma.gov/calendar.aspx?CID=37,24&showPastEvents=false

** NO Town Meetings today   **

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What's happening today in Franklin? 

Find the full Community event calendar  https://bit.ly/FranklinCommunityCalendar

If you have an event to add to the calendar, you can use the form to submit it for publication:  https://bit.ly/Submit2Calendar

The Town meeting calendar is found  https://www.franklinma.gov/Calendar.aspx
The School district calendar is found  https://franklinpublicschooldistrictma.sites.thrillshare.com/o/fpsd/page/school-calendars

Young Artist Kingsley Chen at LiveARTS; April 6, 2025

Sunday, April 6th, at 3:00pm

Come join us next Sunday for Kingsley Chen In concert at LiveARTS Sunday, April 6th, at 3:00 PM First Universalist Society in Franklin, 262 Chestnut St. Franklin, MA Join us Sunday, April 6  at 3:00 PM LiveARTS is delighted to welcome back the emerging young pianist Kinsley Chen for a recital including the music of Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Bartok, and Mozart. You won't want to miss this fantastic young artist! Twelve-year-old Kingsley Chen was born in Hong Kong and began piano studies at the age of three. From the age of five, Kingsley started winning local, regional, and international competitions. When the family emigrated to the U.S. and settled in Las Vegas, Kingsley was instructed by famed Ukrainian virtuoso Mykola Suk, faculty at University of Nevada. The family then moved to the east coast and since 2020 Kingsley has been studying with Prof. Victor Rosenbaum and, most recently, with Victor Cayres at the New England Conservatory Preparatory School.   Recent performances include recitals at NEC Jordan Hall along with college students of the conservatory, a feature in a video recital for the "Young Virtuoso Series" of the World Piano Teachers Association, a recital at the 13th SONORO PIANOFEST at Miami Dade College and a recital at Steinway & Sons in Miami, as well as a  concerto performance with a chamber orchestra conducted by Mr. Rosenbaum in a benefit Concert for Ukraine and Yemen. Kingsley's dream is to bring beautiful music to the world, and he believes that music is a dialogue of the soul.    "Chen emerged with the tune impressing us with unassuming natural musicality." The Boston Musical Intelligencer Tickets: Adults: $25.00 All students: free with ID Tickets available at the door Accessible parking and building Visit our website liveartsma.org to purchase tickets on-line and for more information. Copyright © 2022 LiveARTS, Franklin, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: LiveARTS, P.O. Box 678, Franklin, MA 02038

LiveARTS, Franklin, Massachusetts

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