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LXCL:To share the life affirming benefits of excellent live music and artistic presentations with the residents of New Hampshire, including those in hard to reach places, in order to inspire hope, human connection, and to promote a more harmonious society.

Join Silentwoods Collective for &ldquo;Quartet Novalis,&rdquo; an intimate evening of classical and romantic string music performed by the rising star artists of Quartet Novalis.&nbsp; Mozart and Mendelssohn &ndash; what could be a more elegant pairing? And yet, nothing here is quite as it first appears. Mozart&rsquo;s String Quartet in D minor stands apart within its set, its stark intensity seeming to foreshadow the pathos of Don Giovanni. Composed as Mozart&rsquo;s wife gave birth to their first child, the work bears a striking emotional imprint. Its rawness suggests how profoundly life events can shape artistic expression. A similar urgency permeates Fanny Hensel&rsquo;s String Quartet. Its expressive depth presses against formal boundaries, as if the music itself resists containment. Hensel once reflected, with characteristic self-criticism, that she lacked the strength to fully control such intensity&mdash;an observation that reveals as much about her time as it does about her artistry. Performed with a period aesthetic, that is to say, with period instruments and attitude, these works take on renewed immediacy. Their shared humanity comes into sharper focus, as though, through a looking glass, we catch glimpses of ourselves reflected across generations.

Quartet Novalis at Antrim Town Hall

Join Silentwoods Collective for an evening of music, and comedy inspired by the lively coffeehouses of 17th and 18th century Europe, where artists, thinkers, and provocateurs gathered to exchange ideas, challenge conventions, and entertain one another into the night.&nbsp; This event is generously hosted by Hillsborough&rsquo;s most elegant and intimate venue &ldquo;The Emporium&rdquo;, at 5 West Main Street, and catered by &ldquo;Olive and Oak&rdquo;, offering food and drink for purchase. Experience the genius musical writing of Johann Sebastian Bach&rsquo;s &ldquo;Coffee Cantata&rdquo;, a tale of obsession, rebellion, and a young woman&rsquo;s defiance. Featured alongside virtuosic, and evocative selections by musical pop stars of the 17th and 18th centuries George Frideric Handel, Henry Purcell, Georg Philipp Telemann, and Claudio Monteverdi, Bach&rsquo;s Coffee Cantata challenges authority and convention with humor and wit as an obstinate patriarch battles with his caffeine addicted young daughter pining for the liberty to enjoy just one more cup.&nbsp; This fantastical evening is brought to life by the award-winning musicians, and team of Antrim, NH based organization, Silentwoods Collective, with beautiful period costumes, staging, lights, and English subtitles. &nbsp;Caf&eacute; Fantasia is led by director and cellist, Andrew Koutroubas, Harlequin and masked-trickster, Jackie Davis, soprano, Carely DeFranko, tenor, Morgan Mastrangelo, bass Daniel Fridley, and performed on historical instruments typical of the 18th century by Silentwoods virtuoso violinists Danilo Bonina, Keats Deifenbach, Nelli Jabotinsky-Herskovits, flutist, Kelsey Burnham, lutenist, Luce Burrell, bassist, Guinevere Conner-Fridley, harpsichordist, Nathan Mondry. &nbsp;&nbsp; Performance Length: Approximately 90 minutes, including intermission Tickets: General Admission &ndash;$25 &nbsp;Children under 18 &ndash; Free Interested in becoming a sponsor or underwriter of events like this? Reach out to us at silentwoodsnh@gmail.com and include &ldquo;underwriting&rdquo; in the subject line. &nbsp;

Café Fantasia

Join New Hampshire cellist, Andrew Koutroubas, to experience Bach&rsquo;s intimate, and timeless &ldquo;Suites for Unaccompanied Cello&rdquo; performed on a historical, gut strung, cello typical of Bach&rsquo;s time (1685-1750).&nbsp; Through these cello suites, Bach unites varied cultures and styles by including six pieces in each suite characteristic to those different cultures. Each suite begins with a prelude - a meandering, wandering fantasia traversing the many colors, tonalities, and range of the cello. Followed by five dances.&nbsp; Before the performance, enjoy light refreshments while Andrew Koutroubas gives a brief talk about Bach&rsquo;s life, the time in which he lived, and the varied characteristics and dances of Germany, France, Spain, and Italy represented in Bach&rsquo;s cello suites. &nbsp; Generously hosted by the Hancock Historical Society, this evening will welcome you to the Orland Eaton room on the second floor ballroom of the Charles Symonds house, built 1808-1809. Home to the HHS Museum since 1903, the house has served as a residence, tavern, dormitory and boarding house. This performance, including the pre-concert talk, will run approximately one hour and thirty minutes.&nbsp; This event is free and open to the public, however tickets are limited, and online RSVP is required.

Talk About Bach

&nbsp; &nbsp;Arrival from 6.00 PM&nbsp; &nbsp;Start of Talk on Neuroscience and Music Learning: 6:30 PM&nbsp; &nbsp;15 minutes intermission&nbsp; &nbsp;Start of musical program: 7.30 PM Musical program:Schubert: Hungarian melodySchubert-Liszt: St&auml;ndchenZolt&aacute;n Kod&aacute;ly: Selection form Seven piano pieces - Szekler song, &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Szekler lamentBart&oacute;k: An Evening in the VillageRezső K&oacute;kai: Hungarian DancesPopper: Hungarian Rhapsody&nbsp; About the talk:Neuroscience and Music Learning is a talk that uses three core concepts to help musicians understand how their brains work. First, that we are our neurons &mdash; billions of cells organizing into coordinated &quot;flocks&quot; that create our thoughts and memories. Second, that our brains are constantly updating and normalizing, which means practice makes permanent (not perfect) &mdash; we learn our bad habits and anxieties just as readily as our skills. Third, that we live inside our predictions, not raw reality &mdash; which explains both why we ruminate on mistakes and how expert practice works (comparing performance to an internal &quot;blueprint&quot;). &nbsp; &nbsp;Step into an intimate evening where science meets music. The program begins with a pre-concert talk on the&nbsp;neuroscience of music learning, exploring how the brain shapes the way we practice, perform, and experience music.The evening continues with a live concert of Hungarian works by Liszt, Bart&oacute;k, Kod&aacute;ly, and K&oacute;kai, performed by Alexandra Balog, Anita Bal&aacute;zs and No&eacute;mi Sallai. Join us for close-up music-making, conversation, and a fresh perspective on how we learn and hear music. Reserve your seat and share the experience.

Altalena Salon presents: A 'Neuro-Classical' Evening of Hungarian Music with Alexandra Balog & Dániel Barabási / feat. Anita Balázs and Noémi Sallai

Join us for the inaugural evening of Altalena Salon New York, presented in collaboration with Silentwoods Collective: an intimate gathering where chamber music meets a space shaped by artistic memory.&nbsp; Hosted in the historic studio of Clara Aich photographer, once a 19th-century foundry, later an atelier, photography studio, opera salon, and jazz club, this remarkable Manhattan space carries generations of artistic memory. In such close quarters, music feels immediate and shared, resonating far beyond the notes themselves.&nbsp; The program pairs Leonard Bernstein&rsquo;s rhythmically charged Piano Trio with Bedřich Smetana&rsquo;s deeply expressive Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 15, two works of intensity, lyricism, and emotional clarity. Praised as &ldquo;lithe, persuasive&rdquo; (The New York Times), the Horszowski Trio brings international distinction and a living artistic lineage to the evening, continuing a tradition rooted at the Curtis Institute of Music and shaped by generations of mentorship.&nbsp; Your registration supports Altalena&rsquo;s mission to create immersive, history-rich performances for our community. Reserve your place, invite a friend, and experience an evening where past and present sound in the same room.

Altalena Presents: Horszowski Trio

&Uacute;nete a nosotros para el Barroco dominical en Penny Joe&#39;s, con Pandora Consort y Silentwoods Collective. Disfruta de m&uacute;sica barroca en vivo con instrumentos de &eacute;poca en un ambiente relajado y acogedor 🎶 Tu registro apoya la misi&oacute;n de Silentwoods Collective de llevar la m&uacute;sica y actuaciones hist&oacute;ricas a la vida para las audiencias actuales. &iexcl;Reserva tu lugar, invita a un amigo, &iexcl;y comparte una noche de m&uacute;sica, comida, bebida y buena compa&ntilde;&iacute;a!🍷

Domingo Barroco en Penny Joe's! Con el Consort Pandora y el Colectivo Silentwoods!

Join us for Sunday Baroque at Penny Joe&#39;s, featuring Pandora Consort and Silentwoods Collective. Enjoy live baroque music on period instruments in a relaxed, welcoming setting 🎶 This upcoming Sunday Baroque Performance is a double header! Beginning at 5:00 PM is Silentwoods Collective&#39;s program &quot;South of Rome&quot; sharing virtuosic works for cello composed by innovators of the violoncello from Southern Italy - Francesco Supriano, Rocco Greco, Gaetano Francone, Giulio de Ruvo, and Alessandro Scarlatti. After a short break, Boston-Based vocal ensemble &#39;The Pandora Consort&#39; will perform selections from their recently premiered folk opera, &quot;The Fire within Her&quot;, as well as enthralling medieval works by polymath Hildegard von Bingen. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;There is no cover charge for entry, but we encourage you to please reserve a spot. Food and Drink available for purchase. &nbsp; Your reservation helps support Silentwoods Collective&rsquo;s mission to bring communities together with inspiring music.&nbsp;Reserve your spot, invite a friend, and share an evening of music, food, drink and good company!🍷

Sunday Baroque at Penny Jo's! Featuring Pandora Consort, and Silentwoods Collective!

Celebrate this holiday season with the musicians of Silentwoods Collective!&nbsp;Join us at the Antrim Presbyterian Church, and enjoy this varied Christmas special packed with holiday themed music from Early New England and beyond! Refreshments to follow!

A Baroque Christmas

🎉Celebrate this holiday season with the musicians of Silentwoods Collective!&nbsp;Join us&nbsp;at the James A. Tuttle Library&#39;s Festival of Trees, and enjoy this varied Christmas special packed with holiday themed music from Early New England and beyond! Refreshments to follow!&nbsp;

A New England Christmas

Join us for Sunday Baroque at Penny Jo&rsquo;s! Spend a relaxing Sunday evening with the sounds of Italian and English music of the 16th century! Free admission, donations are appreciated.&nbsp; Performers: Elizaveta Kozlova, sopranoEleanor Legault, violin/violaAndrew Koutroubas, celloAllen Maracle, celloNuria Canales Rubio, fluteNicola Canzano, harpsichord

Sunday Baroque at Penny Jo's

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The Diamond Baritones!

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Tavern Night

Your gift makes it possible for Silentwoods Collective to bring award winning artists to communities in New Hampshire to inspire hope, joy, and human connection.

Your gift makes it possible for Silentwoods Collective to bring award winning artists to communities in New Hampshire to inspire hope, joy, and human connection.

Join Silentwoods Collective for &ldquo;A Celtic Christmas&rdquo; with cellist Andrew Koutroubas, and celtic harper Sharon Dowling at the James A. Tuttle Library Festival of Trees - 45 Main Street, Antrim, NH, on Tuesday, December 22nd at 7:00 PM. Light refreshments to follow the performance. Admission is free, but space is extremely limited and RSVP is highly encouraged.&nbsp;

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