The Noree Chamber Soloists are an elite roster of New York-based young classical musicians, who themselves are on prestigious world stages and winners of top international competitions. They team together to perform chamber music programs that have won such praise as “musicality of high order" and "exquisite sensitivity" from the New York Concert Review.

In October, four Noree musicians will perform in Portsmouth: Emilie-Anne Gendron, violin; Emma Frucht, violin; Sung Jin Lee, viola; and Yi Qun Xu, cello. The group will be performing two of the most beloved examples of the string quartet repertoire: Mozart's Dissonance Quartet in C Major, one of the six quartets dedicated to Joseph Hayden, which earned its nickname from its slow and chromatic introduction; and Dvorak's American Quartet in F Major, written during the composer's time in the U.S. with open, simple character based on its unifying pentatonic scale and frequently identified with American folk music.

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Just in time for Halloween! Proprietor J. Dennis Robinson will have an in-person talk and author signing for his first historical novel Point of Graves: A New History Mystery. 

Museum caretaker Levi Woodbury's solitary lifestyle is shattered when reporter Claire Caswell enlists her ex-lover to unravel a mysterious death in a historic New England seaport. Could the dead man and his missing "manifesto" connect to growing fears that an ancient cemetery lies beneath the site of the city's next high-rise parking garage?

To sign up for this free in-person event, please email info@portsmouthathenaeum.org or call 603-431-2538.