Featuring poignantly beautiful and powerful music by Mendelssohn, Weinberg and Shostakovich, the concert presents the skillful genius of composers whose music has survived the ravaging and wasteful cultural destruction of war, prejudice, suppression and hatred. Long-time ARCA favorite, Pittsburgh Symphony violinist, Jennifer Orchard, is joined by three superlative PSO musicians – Violinist, Marta Krechkovsky, Violist Tatjana Mead Chamis and Cellist Bronwyn Banerdt.

This glorious afternoon of world class chamber music in the intimacy and crystalline acoustics of Lincoln Hall will offer an an inspiring concert to begin ARCA’s Fifteen Anniversary Performance Season... an experience of the redemptive power of musical genius to transcend all boundaries and limitations. Through a yearning to bring justice to creative voices that have been silenced, the Clarion Quartet is dedicated to providing renewal, hope, and healing through its music and work.