ABOUT US

Your enthusiasm, encouragement, and attendance have made Context a tremendous success for the last 30 years! We’ve given 200 concerts and played hundreds of compositions—from familiar masterpieces to rarely-heard gems. Over the years, we’ve presented virtually the entire core of our chamber-music heritage—including ALL the string sonatas, trios, quartets, and quintets of Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Dvorak, Brahms, Faure, Debussy, Ravel—and always on the kinds of historical instruments the music was designed for. Add the song cycles, instrumental solos, mixed ensembles, contemporary works, and new commissions—and you can see how proud we can all be of what we’ve done together!

Your continued financial support has likewise been extraordinary. During years when other organizations struggled with declining sales, rising costs, and the interruption of a nasty pandemic, Context has maintained its financial equilibrium, with excellent sales and generous donations—and all with very little advertising, no social media blather, and an almost entire absence of administrative apparatus. Nearly every cent of your donations has gone to producing our wonderful concerts!

In short, Context is in a blessedly unique situation, with secure artistic and financial success! So we are very proud that we can complete our unique artistic mission of 30 years in good health, and with heartfelt thanks for our loyal and enthusiastic audience.

Please join us for this season of our FAVORITES, in celebration of our many musical adventures together!

Brian Connelly
artistic director of context