J-Way, a string quartet of Jamaica Plain residents Catherine Bent (cello), Helen Sherrah-Davies (5-string violin), Tomoko Iwamoto (violin), and Rika Ikeda (violin) will offer a program featuring traditional Brazilian music, original pieces by Tomoko Iwamoto and other modern jazz selections.
 on Sunday, November 20, 2011, at 3:00 p.m. at the historic Loring-Greenough House, 12 South Street, Jamaica Plain.

Afternoon tea follows the program

The Sunday Afternoon at the ‘Greenough House series recreates the atmosphere of 18th and 19th century “musical afternoons” in the 1760 Loring-Greenough House, twice monthly, October to May. Tickets are available at the door: donation $15 ($10 seniors, students and JPTC members). Space is limited; reservations are suggested—call 617-524-3158 or email lghouseconcerts@aim.com.

J-Way was founded by graduates of Berklee and New England Conservatory, with a common interest in jazz and creative music. Four accomplished string players with training in the European tradition and the music of various parts of world bring you their original compositions and arrangements of American Jazz, as well as music from Argentina, Brazil and the Caribbean. All of its members being emigrants from other continents, J-Way appreciates the paths that music travels, the deep vibrations of the old world within the new, and the special weight of time and place when music is performed far from its home.

Built in 1760, the Loring-Greenough House, a local landmark listed on the Massachusetts and National Registers of Historic Places, is located at 12 South Street (at the Civil War Monument) in Jamaica Plain, MA. It is owned and managed by the non-profit Jamaica Plain Tuesday Club, Inc. as a historic house museum and site for art and music presentations. The Loring-Greenough House is wheelchair accessible. For more information on the Loring-Greenough House, see www.loring-greenough.org.

For reservations or directions, call (617)524-3158, or email  lghouseconcerts@aim.com.