Chamber Music Pittsburgh (CMP) announces its Fall 2022 Pittsburgh Performs series, which brings innovative local and regional musicians into unexpected neighborhood venues. The season celebrates the diversity of chamber music through community concerts featuring the Grammy-nominated Imani Winds and folk-inspired group Alla Boara.

“Pittsburgh Performs is some of the most important and relevant work we do for the greater Pittsburgh community,” says Kristen Linfante, Executive Director of Chamber Music Pittsburgh. “Chamber music originated in coffee shops and living rooms—it was meant to be shared and enjoyed in a community setting. This program renews that sense of community performance while displaying the stunning artists who live and work right here.”

Through a pay-what-you-wish model and collaboration with the featured artists, Pittsburgh Performs is a key component of CMP’s mission, complementing the MainStage Live series that draws national and international performers with a neighborhood-focused program that uplifts local and regional musicians.

“We work with our featured musicians to identify the specific neighborhood where they feel most closely connected,” says Linfante. “Pittsburgh Performs is more than intimate concerts in unusual settings: it represents a deep artistic partnership with each performer. Each season, we aim to host concerts in new venues and neighborhoods where chamber music is rarely found.”

Italian Folk Music with Alla Boara

October 22, 2022 • 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: Pay-What-You-Wish ($15 suggested minimum)
at Istituto Mondo Italiano, Point Breeze

The Jambar describes Alla Boara’s performance as a “deep, immersive, and powerful experience.” Alla Boara breathes new life into traditional Italian folk songs, incorporating jazz, rock, and world music to create music that is surprising, playful, mournful, tender, and bewitching. This Pittsburgh Performs concert celebrates their debut album, Le Tre Sorelle, which combines Italian folk tunes with modern harmonies and improvisation.

The vision of drummer and Cleveland-based composer Anthony Taddeo, Alla Boara “has created a new sense of cultural awareness and respect for a tradition passed down from generations of old” (New Frontiers).

The band features the talents of Amanda Powell (featured soloist with Grammy Award-winning Apollo’s Fire) on vocals, Anthony Taddeo on drums and percussion, Dan Bruce (leader of the :Beta Collective) on guitar, Tommy Lehman on trumpet, Clay Colley on accordion and Ian Kinnaman on the bass.

More about Pittsburgh Chamber Music at: https://www.chambermusicpittsburgh.org

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