SCC Chamber Series Presents Flying Forms

The Colors of Persuasion

The Colors of Persuasion
Music of the Baroque period told stories through the art of rhetoric or persuasion. Without words only the colors of sound are available to bring alive the passion of the listener. Join period instrument ensemble Flying Forms in an exploration of the living art of baroque music with music from all corners of the age.

How refreshing to meet this youthful group that plays old music as if it were the newest, coolest thing going. - Southampton Press

Flying Forms is a baroque chamber music ensemble that is quickly establishing a presence in America's early music scene. Formed out of a passion for performing early chamber music Flying Forms collaborates with prominent musicians, musicologists and baroque dancers in a wide variety of programs from traditional to experimental. Recent performances have included concerts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Yale University, Symphony Space, (le) Poisson Rouge and Stony Brook University where the group presented a concert in February, 2008 of seven new works commissioned for period instruments. Also of note is Flying Forms' second appearance at the Boston Early Music Festival in June of 2009 where the group produced and performed, as part of a New York/Boston tour, a fully staged and critically acclaimed production of Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas. Hailed by harpsichordist Arthur Haas as "the bright future of early music," Flying Forms is committed to being a presence that transforms communities and inspires expression through excellence in performance, innovative education and creative collaboration.

Tickets:$ 20/10 students under 21
Available in advance online or at the door beginning 40 minutes before the performance.