BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1171189:Event:97155 DTSTAMP:20260421T204144Z SUMMARY:Alturas Duo with guest flutist Melanie Chirignan DESCRIPTION:The Alturas Duo (guitarist Scott Hill and violist and char ango player Carlos Boltes) with guest flutist Melanie Chirignan will c onclude the 13th season of Sunday concerts at the Loring Greenough Hou se, on Sunday, May 5, 2013, at 3:00 p.m., at the historic Loring-Green ough House, 12 South Street, Jamaica Plain MA, with a program of moder n classic music with an Andean rhythm, including works by Leo Brouwer, Heroclio Fernandez, Masatora Goza, Ernesto Cavour and Roberto Marquez .. The Alturas Duo has been recognized as one of the most engaging ens embles performing in the chamber music world today. The only group of its kind, the Duo was formed with the idea of playing South American a nd classical music by bringing together the unusual combination of the viola, charango and guitar, and in doing so, creating passionate musi c that moves at ease between the Baroque, South American folk rhythms and new pieces written especially for the Duo. The Alturas Duo and Mel anie Chirignan came together with the idea of performing both classica l and world music with the unusual combination of the flute, viola, ch arango and guitar. Individually and as a trio, the members have perfor med in Canada, the United States, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador and Bolivia. Meet the artists at afternoon tea following the program.� �               The Sunday Afternoon at the ‘Greenough Ho use series recreates the atmosphere of 18th and 19th century “musica l afternoons” in the 1760 Loring-Greenough House, twice monthly, Oct ober to May. Tickets are available at the door: donation $15 ($10 seni ors, students and JPTC members). Space is limited; reservations are su ggested—call 617-524-3158 or email lghouseconcerts@aim.com.The Altur as Duo was formed in 2001 by Canadian guitarist, Scott Hill and Chilea n violist and charango player, Carlos Boltes with the idea of combinin g South American folk music and traditional classical and contemporary music. The Charango is a small Andean lute. The name Alturas (Spanish for heights) is derived from the poem \"Alturas de Macchu Picchu\" by Chilean poet, Pablo Neruda (1904-1973). For more information, visit w ww.alturasduo.com. Melanie Chirignan, a native of Hauppauge, NY, is a flautist known for her musicality and versatility of repertoire.  She earned her Bachelor’s in Music Performance and Music Education grad uating magna cum laude from SUNY Fredonia, and her Master’s Degree i n Flute Performance at the Hartt School.  She has studied with Dr. Su san Royal and Janet Arms. For more information, visit www.melaniechiri gnan.com. Composer Masatora Goya has been selected as one of the recip ients of the Jerome Foundation Grant; he was commissioned to write new music for the Alturas Duo which Melanie will be recording..\n\nFor mo re information visit http://neighborsforneighbors.org/events/alturas-d uo-with-guest-flutist-melanie-chirignan DTSTART:20130505T190000Z DTEND:20130505T213000Z CATEGORIES:parlor, concert, and, tea LOCATION:Loring-Greenough House, WEBSITE:http://www.Loring-Greenough.org URL:http://www.Loring-Greenough.org CONTACT: ORGANIZER;CN="Loring-Greenough House Concerts":http://neighborsforneig hbors.org/profile/LoringGreenoughHouseConserts ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg":http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/ file/get/2245140979?profile=original ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Loring-G reenough House Concerts":http://neighborsforneighbors.org/profile/Lori ngGreenoughHouseConserts END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR