September 3, 2025 • 25 mins
Arts Blast highlights exciting upcoming events in Florida's arts community. A Nutcracker performance and a special concert for Marie Jureit-Beamish's birthday are on the horizon, according to guest Lindsay Garritson. The concert, featuring former and current students, takes place at St. Mary's Episcopal Church September 6th at 4pm in Stuart.
Additionally, we speak with Paul Tardiff as the Melbourne Chamber Music Society kicks off its 48th season with a diverse concert series starting November 7th, showcasing renowned artists and outreach programs for students. Details can be found online at MelbourneChamberMusicSociety.org.
Additionally, we speak with Paul Tardiff as the Melbourne Chamber Music Society kicks off its 48th season with a diverse concert series starting November 7th, showcasing renowned artists and outreach programs for students. Details can be found online at MelbourneChamberMusicSociety.org.
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Welcome to Arts Blast on the Air. It's a podcast,
It's a radio show and an Alexis skill presented by
Ballet Vero Beach and Riverside Theater Arts supporting the arts
in Florida. I'm Willie Miller and each week I get
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with the show. My guest today Paul Target and Lindsey
Garretts and lindsay, we're talking to you. You are in
Martin County.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
Correct, Yes, I'm based there.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
Yes, Okay, let's talk about your family because that's why
you're here. There's something really big going on September sixth.
I won't to ask how old your mother is going
to be, But it's a birthday celebration, isn't it.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
Yes, Yes, it's a it's a big milestone birthday, and
I wanted to put together, you know, really special concert
in her honor.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Well, let's let's talk about her. Marie Jarrett Beamish is
her name, and she is so well known in the
music and arts circles in Martin County and I'm assuming
a lot of other places. She has her her hand
out to the arts. I think probably wherever she goes.
(01:55):
Let's let's talk. Let's talk about Marie.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
Sure.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
Yeah, Well, she's had an incredible career in music. She
went to UC Berkeley for music, she went to Stanford,
and then she received her doctorate from Yale School of Music.
She's both a pianist and a flutist, and so she's
had a career in both of those as a performer.
(02:24):
But she's also had a very long career as a
fantastic teacher. So she taught for I think almost thirty
five years at a school in the Saint Louis area
called Principia College. So she was a professor there for
a very long time, she taught music history, she conducted
(02:44):
the orchestra, she taught flute and piano. You know, she's
always done so many different things so well. So she
was there for a long time, and then she moved
to Florida full time in twenty fourteen, so that she's
also been a Martin County since that time full time.
And as you said, you know, she's always involved in
(03:05):
as many musical activities as possible wherever she goes. So
she's you know, on the board of several organizations in
the area, you know, Atlantic Classical Orchestra, Martin Arts, and
just always kind of giving back to the community through music.
And so she has at this point she has a
very active private studio both as a flute teacher and
(03:30):
piano teacher. And her kids now are I think in
age ranges of six to eighteen. She's kind of pivoted
to the different age group and she loves that just
as much. And yeah, so many people admire her and
appreciate what she does.
Speaker 4 (03:46):
Now.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
Her instrument is the piano correct.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
So it's both piano and flute.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
Yes, and her students are mostly piano or a combination
or basic music. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
Yeah, so it's a combination at this point of both
private flute and piano students yet.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
And are these kids going to be involved in Now, Okay,
we're going to leave. I'm going to leave this for
you to decide what to say, because you're having a
birthday celebration concert for her September sixth at four pm.
And I understand you want to keep some things a
(04:32):
little secret.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
Maybe yeah, yeah, thank you. Well, you know it's coming,
you know, right around the corner, so I think you know,
probably at this point, I don't believe she still knows
who's coming to be on the concert or who's involved
with it. She knows I'm putting together a concert, but
it's been a surprise who's coming. But I don't mind
talking a little bit about that. Basically, I'll tell you
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that there are probably I think there are about seven
people flying in from all over the country former students
of hers. Primarily they are students, the former ones from
when she was teaching at that college in the Saint
Louis area, so both when she was teaching piano flute,
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but also you know, music history, when she was conducting
the orchestra at that school. So it's a wide range
of kind of like which musical areas people have focused
in as a career. So, for instance, there's a fantastic
composer who was a student of hers uh in music
history and theory, and he's originally from Africa. He's going
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to be coming to to Stuart and he and his
wife are both professional musicians. She's a wonderful flutist who
was also a student of my mom's at the same time,
and so I'm going to be performing with her, this flutist,
and we're going to be performing a piece by her husband,
so that will be very special. For instance, there's going
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to be another flutist flying in who's a professor at
University of Wisconsin Lacrosse, a flute student of hers in
the past. There's going to be somebody, and this is
an interesting one. She's a she's a wonderful pianist. She
studied with my mom, but she's now the editor of
a big newspaper up in Boston, so she's flying in her.
Speaker 4 (06:20):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
It's kind of a wide range of people and how
they've you know, incorporated music into their lives in various ways.
But all the all the people that are going to
be on the concert are clearly there because you know,
she's impacted their lives in a significant way. So it's
going to be a combination of former students who could
who could fly there, and then also a combination of
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current students. I couldn't feature every single current student because
there are a lot, but the ones who are going
to be featured are both pianists and flutists who have
been studying with her for several years now, So it's
it's a wide range, including her grandson who is seven
(07:05):
years old. He is her piano student, so he's flying
in from the Saint Louis area. So it's just going
to be a wonderful mix of age, range, and background.
And yeah, I think it's going to be a really
special event for her.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
She isn't they only Marie. Isn't the only musician in
your family?
Speaker 3 (07:25):
Is she?
Speaker 2 (07:27):
No? No? So I, as many people know in the area,
I am a concert pianist and I'm also a violinist,
but primarily my career has been as a concert pianist.
So I travel all over the world for concerts and performing,
and I will be I will be performing with various
students for pieces that include pianos. So I'll be certainly
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on the program. And I have two sisters, two older
sisters who are both professional musicians as well. They'll both
be there. One of them is a fantastic cellist and
she's based in the Miami area. Her name's Ashley Garrison.
And then my other sister is Laura Garrison, and she's
a wonderful, wonderful pianist. So we're going to be doing
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some things together as well. I mean, you wouldn't you know,
it wouldn't be right to not have us on there too,
because I know my mom would love that. And yeah,
so we have a very musical family and that's always
been very special.
Speaker 1 (08:26):
I don't see how this could have been kept secret
at all, so she probably knows, but everybody can jump
up and say surprise. Anyway, Happy birthday Marie on September six.
Speaker 2 (08:38):
That's right, that's right.
Speaker 1 (08:40):
To talk about the venue, I have not been to
Saint Mary's, and I know they do a great concert series,
although this particular concert is not a part of their series.
But talk about the center where concerts are held.
Speaker 2 (08:54):
Yeah, so there's a beautiful space at Saint Mary's Episcopal
ch Church where they hold concerts, events and so forth
called the Pittinger Center, and that's right next to the
actually right across from the actual church itself where the
services happen. And this is it has a beautiful stage
(09:16):
and it's kind of a multi use, very large space
where they can have banquets, they can have these concerts
with the stage. So it's a big it's a big
space with wonderful acoustics. And so I've actually performed at
the Pittinger Center many times on on the regular concert
series that they have. But yes, as you said, this
(09:37):
is a this is a special event that I'm thrilled
can be held at the Pittinger Center.
Speaker 1 (09:42):
Now is this open to the public.
Speaker 2 (09:44):
Yes, Oh absolutely, it's open to the public free of charge.
So all you need to do is just bring yourself.
There's going to be a reception immediately after the concert
in the same space, so the more the Maria. We'd
love to see as many people as possible to celebrate.
Speaker 1 (10:00):
And no tickets are required, just show up.
Speaker 2 (10:03):
That's correct, no tickets required.
Speaker 1 (10:05):
And what's the seating, like, how many can you see it?
Speaker 2 (10:08):
Ooh, that's a good question. Well, you know, I think
I think the only time will be in a problem
really is. You know, if five hundred people show up,
maybe that's going to start to be an issue. But
I think I think we're probably safe in that regardless
of a good many seats available and it's a large space,
so okay, show up, yes, okay.
Speaker 1 (10:29):
So once again, this is a birthday celebration concert for
Marie dur at Beamish and it's September sixth, four pm
at the Pitagure Center at Saint Mary's Episcopal Church. Check
my address here six twenty three Southeast Ocean Boulevard and Stewart.
Is that correct.
Speaker 2 (10:49):
I believe that's the correct address.
Speaker 1 (10:50):
Yes, yep, close enough. And of course you can find
the Saint Mary's concert series as well if you're looking up.
I think there's a a concert coming up in October.
Not sure about that, but I will find out more anyway.
Lindsey Garretson, thanks so much for putting all this together
for your mother and coming on taking time to be
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on Arts Last on the Air. Appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (11:16):
Thank you so much for having me, Willie.
Speaker 1 (11:17):
My pleasure. Okay, see you September sixth, four pm at
the Pitature Center. Happy birthday, Marie, Okay, bye.
Speaker 2 (11:26):
Bye, Thank you. Willy bye bye bye.
Speaker 1 (11:30):
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Speaker 1 (14:02):
And we are back with Arts Blaster on the Air
and Willie Miller talking now with somebody I've communicated with
for many years, Paul Tartuf with the Melbourne Chamber Music Society.
Have we actually met before? Paul?
Speaker 4 (14:15):
I believe we have at a concert, but I'm not
certain I think we have.
Speaker 1 (14:21):
I've talked to so many wonderful people in the arts
that sometimes it seems as though we must have met,
but very often it hasn't been. So you're going to
talk about Wait a minute, Wait a minute, We're going
to talk about the Melbourne Chamber Music Society and the
concert series coming.
Speaker 4 (14:40):
Correct.
Speaker 1 (14:41):
Can we talk about you first? Are you a musician?
Speaker 4 (14:45):
Oh? Yes, I'm a pianist. Yes, I was a pianist
all my life. I taught at universities, and I played
a large number of concerts. I studied with Leon Fleischer
at the Teabody Conservatory, and I have my doctorate. And
I was on the faculty at East Carolin University for
about thirty five years, and I taught at University of
Kansas and Maryland and various places. And so, yes, I've
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spent my whole life in music.
Speaker 1 (15:08):
Yeah, so you're a musician.
Speaker 4 (15:09):
Yes. And then when I retired, I came down to
Virovich Whouse. My son lives here, and I found out
about the Melbourne Chamber of Music Society and I got
on their board and now i'm the program chairperson.
Speaker 1 (15:20):
Okay, how old is the MCMs.
Speaker 4 (15:26):
It's this is our will be our forty eighth year.
Speaker 3 (15:29):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (15:30):
Okay, so you have not been involved in it for
forty eight years.
Speaker 4 (15:36):
I've been there about fifteen. Oh no, it's longer than that.
I'm sorry. It's closer to eighteen or nineteen years something
like that. I've been on the board.
Speaker 1 (15:45):
Do you have do you know any history of it?
And I should have looked this up, but I didn't.
How did it get started? You know?
Speaker 4 (15:51):
It got started by a man who there was a
group of people and they enjoyed listening to chamber music,
so they started to discuss the possibility of having a
series in a home. I think it started out in
a home and they booked a couple of concerts and
a couple of groups, and it was so successful that
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they just kept going and it's been going ever since.
Speaker 1 (16:15):
Do you know do you remember the name of the fella?
Speaker 4 (16:18):
No, I'm sorry, I don't.
Speaker 1 (16:19):
Okay, I'm gonna have to look this up because this
is a long time for a successful music group like
this has. Yeah, and I'd like to know some more
of the history. So you have a you have, I'm
looking at the brochure. By the way, where can people
get this or is it best just to go on
their website?
Speaker 4 (16:40):
Yes, it's best probably to go on our website Melbourne
Chambermusicsociety dot org. Okay, and you can see all of
our concerts. We have videos of the groups and there's
order forms and everything like that that you can do
that and get tickets if you wanted to find out
the dates and everything though.
Speaker 1 (17:00):
Well series, are all the concerts held in the same place?
Speaker 4 (17:03):
Yes they are?
Speaker 1 (17:04):
And where is that?
Speaker 4 (17:05):
That's at Saint Mark's United Methodist Church at twenty thirty
North Highway A one A in Indie Atlantic. That's the
beachside community of Melbourne.
Speaker 1 (17:17):
I remember now that you're taught. I bet, we met,
I went. I did drive up there for a concert.
It has been way too long. But it's a lovely
drive along the water, Yes it is. And it's a
lovely venue.
Speaker 4 (17:31):
Yes, it's a beautiful venue. The acoustics are superb, just superb.
We've had every group that's played there has commented on that.
In fact, the Tokyo String Quartet thought that we should
probably do commercial recordings at that venue. Oh really, They
said it was one of the best venues they had
played in North America. Wow, I know, we were really surprised.
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We need to advertise that, yes we should.
Speaker 1 (17:57):
Yeah, okay, well, why don't we start by talking about
the twenty twenty five twenty six International Concert Series. When
does it start?
Speaker 4 (18:08):
It starts on November seventh with the Dorian Win Quintet.
That's a New York based woodwind quintet. They've been in
existence for quite a long time and we probably should
have had them before this, but this is their first
appearance on our series and they're playing a very interesting program.
They're playing some music for Wins, a quintet by Nielsen,
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and then they're playing Mozart arrangement of a piece for
mechanical Oregon for Wins, and then a quintet by Kavan
Daal he's a Scandinavian composer, and a piece by Pauline Hall.
So it should be quite an interesting program.
Speaker 1 (18:48):
I think let's back up a minute and explain for
people who have not shown or felt any interest in
chamber music, what is chamber music.
Speaker 4 (18:58):
Well, chamber music the term comes from mousque de chambres,
you know, music just for room play, as opposed to
like stage operas and things like that and big, big
symphony orchestras. And it consists of anything from solo piano
concert duo recitals, trios, quartets, quintets. We've had everything up
(19:20):
to small vocal groups eight people maybe or so. That's
about well we've had. We've had some chamber groups with
about fifteen people in it. That's about the maximum size
we can do. And we usually try to do a
couple string quartets every year, a piano trio perhaps, and
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then we try to do either woodwind group or brass
or vocal something like that. So we get a mixture
of these types of groups and we usually have five
or six concerts, about one per month from about November
to April.
Speaker 1 (20:00):
Okay, I'm looking at that. This looks like a fascinating schedule.
After the Durian Woodwind Quintet, we go to December fifth.
Who is Benjamin Grovener.
Speaker 4 (20:11):
Oh, I'm surprised you haven't heard of him. He's probably
the biggest name artist we've ever had on this series.
He's a pianist from the UK and he was an
immense child prodigy. He played with the BBC when he
was twelve, and he's made a huge career for himself.
He's played now with practically every well known orchestra around
the world. I mean he does I would say probably
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at least fifty seventy five conscious a year or something.
And he's played down here quite a bit in Miami
on a series down there, and so we heard him
down there and we were just amazed at his talent.
So we tried to get him, and we thought we
wouldn't be able to get him, but we did get him,
and he played a tremendous concert for us, and so
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then I was talking to the management and I said,
we'd like to have him back, but I don't know
if we can afford him now, because he's pretty well
known now and he appears all over the world. So
they called me up and they said, he's going to
play on December tenth at Carnegie Hall, and would you
like to have him play the same concert a few
days before?
Speaker 1 (21:13):
I said, are you serious kidding?
Speaker 4 (21:16):
Yes, of course we would know, and we got him
from not too expensive a price. I was surprised. The
program is he's starting with a chopin second Sonata, and
then he's playing Revel's gaspardoll Ui and then he's ending
with the Muzorkski's pictures at an exhibition. It's an amazing program.
Speaker 1 (21:33):
So that is December fifth, Yes, okay, let's move on
to January.
Speaker 4 (21:39):
We have the Chicago Piano Quartet January ninth. That's a
wonderful groups. It's a fairly new group. They used to
be the Lincoln Piano Trio and then they added a
violist and they became the Chicago Piano Quartet. So they're
wonderful group. We've had them before, okay.
Speaker 1 (21:58):
And moving on to the end of January, the thirtieth.
Huh Trio Zimbalist.
Speaker 4 (22:04):
Yes, they're a young group. They are recent graduates of
the Curtis Institute and there they live in Europe and
they're coming to the United States. This is going to
be their first tour here. And they're playing some interesting music.
They're playing an original piano trio by George Fooh, he's
the pianist in the group, and they're doing this smet
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In a piano trio and this wonderful Divorgacques Doomky piano trio.
Speaker 1 (22:30):
And then then you go to March March sixth.
Speaker 4 (22:34):
Yes, that's the Leonkorrokay Strane Quartet.
Speaker 1 (22:37):
April ends the season, Yes, with the Mirou Quartet.
Speaker 4 (22:41):
That's a wonderful group. They're about twenty years old, maybe more,
and I'm surprised we haven't had them before this. But
they're playing a really interesting program with some very interesting
contemporary music. Caroline Shaw, the female composer. They're doing one
of her pieces, which would be very very nice.
Speaker 1 (22:58):
Are you are you working ahead? Yes, you're working on
next year and the year after that.
Speaker 4 (23:03):
Already we already have the year after that completely booked.
Speaker 1 (23:06):
Oh we have to yeah, yeah, I guess.
Speaker 4 (23:10):
So in order to get the groups we want, we
definitely have to book about a year and a half
to two years ahead of time.
Speaker 1 (23:16):
Okay, so all of the information, including ticket information and
location will be at the Melbourne Chamber Music Society dot org. Yeah, yes,
a wonderful season coming up.
Speaker 4 (23:32):
Paul, Yes, we hope.
Speaker 1 (23:34):
So. Yeah, you know what we have about twenty seconds outreach,
master classes and workshops.
Speaker 4 (23:41):
We do whatever we can do outreach and we try
to get whatever groups we can to do something with
the students in Melbourne and the schools. We've done a
lot of stuff with string quartets and we've had a
lot of student groups play and we also have a
student recital that we do every year.
Speaker 1 (23:58):
Okay, that's about it. Finished with talking for the Melbourne
Chamber Music Soociety dot org, but we will soon. On
November seventh, go to the first concert at Saint Mark's
United Methodist Church, North Highway A one A in the
Atlanta accounts all concerts seven point thirty. But yes, okay,
Paul Tardif, thanks so much. I appreciate your coming in
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great to see you. Thank you for asking me my pleasure,
and thanks again to Lindsey Garretson and thank you our
listeners as always for joining us again this week for
Arts Blast on the Air podcast radio show and Alexis Skill,
all presented by Riverside Theater in Ballet, Vero Beach, covering
the arts online and in Arts Blast, the free emailed
(24:44):
weekly Florida arts news magazine. Join us again next week
for another edition of Arts Blasts on the Air. I'm
Willie Miller. Thanks for listening.
Welcome to Arts Blast on the Air. It's a podcast,
It's a radio show and an Alexis skill presented by
Ballet Vero Beach and Riverside Theater Arts supporting the arts
in Florida. I'm Willie Miller and each week I get
to talk to people in the arts about the arts
on the Treasure Coast and beyond. Arts Blast on the
(00:24):
Air is proud to be supported by Ballet Vero Beach.
Subscriptions for the big new season are available online now
and single seats go online November one. Time to add
the Nutcracker on the Indian River to your calendar December
eleventh through the thirteenth at Riverside Theater this year. Be
(00:44):
sure to ask about this year's VIP add on experience. Plus,
Nutcracker for All has some new options to learn about
everything at ballet Vero Beach dot org. And now on
with the show. My guest today Paul Target and Lindsey
Garretts and lindsay, we're talking to you. You are in
Martin County.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
Correct, Yes, I'm based there.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
Yes, Okay, let's talk about your family because that's why
you're here. There's something really big going on September sixth.
I won't to ask how old your mother is going
to be, But it's a birthday celebration, isn't it.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
Yes, Yes, it's a it's a big milestone birthday, and
I wanted to put together, you know, really special concert
in her honor.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Well, let's let's talk about her. Marie Jarrett Beamish is
her name, and she is so well known in the
music and arts circles in Martin County and I'm assuming
a lot of other places. She has her her hand
out to the arts. I think probably wherever she goes.
(01:55):
Let's let's talk. Let's talk about Marie.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
Sure.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
Yeah, Well, she's had an incredible career in music. She
went to UC Berkeley for music, she went to Stanford,
and then she received her doctorate from Yale School of Music.
She's both a pianist and a flutist, and so she's
had a career in both of those as a performer.
(02:24):
But she's also had a very long career as a
fantastic teacher. So she taught for I think almost thirty
five years at a school in the Saint Louis area
called Principia College. So she was a professor there for
a very long time, she taught music history, she conducted
(02:44):
the orchestra, she taught flute and piano. You know, she's
always done so many different things so well. So she
was there for a long time, and then she moved
to Florida full time in twenty fourteen, so that she's
also been a Martin County since that time full time.
And as you said, you know, she's always involved in
(03:05):
as many musical activities as possible wherever she goes. So
she's you know, on the board of several organizations in
the area, you know, Atlantic Classical Orchestra, Martin Arts, and
just always kind of giving back to the community through music.
And so she has at this point she has a
very active private studio both as a flute teacher and
(03:30):
piano teacher. And her kids now are I think in
age ranges of six to eighteen. She's kind of pivoted
to the different age group and she loves that just
as much. And yeah, so many people admire her and
appreciate what she does.
Speaker 4 (03:46):
Now.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
Her instrument is the piano correct.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
So it's both piano and flute.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
Yes, and her students are mostly piano or a combination
or basic music. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
Yeah, so it's a combination at this point of both
private flute and piano students yet.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
And are these kids going to be involved in Now, Okay,
we're going to leave. I'm going to leave this for
you to decide what to say, because you're having a
birthday celebration concert for her September sixth at four pm.
And I understand you want to keep some things a
(04:32):
little secret.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
Maybe yeah, yeah, thank you. Well, you know it's coming,
you know, right around the corner, so I think you know,
probably at this point, I don't believe she still knows
who's coming to be on the concert or who's involved
with it. She knows I'm putting together a concert, but
it's been a surprise who's coming. But I don't mind
talking a little bit about that. Basically, I'll tell you
(04:54):
that there are probably I think there are about seven
people flying in from all over the country former students
of hers. Primarily they are students, the former ones from
when she was teaching at that college in the Saint
Louis area, so both when she was teaching piano flute,
(05:16):
but also you know, music history, when she was conducting
the orchestra at that school. So it's a wide range
of kind of like which musical areas people have focused
in as a career. So, for instance, there's a fantastic
composer who was a student of hers uh in music
history and theory, and he's originally from Africa. He's going
(05:37):
to be coming to to Stuart and he and his
wife are both professional musicians. She's a wonderful flutist who
was also a student of my mom's at the same time,
and so I'm going to be performing with her, this flutist,
and we're going to be performing a piece by her husband,
so that will be very special. For instance, there's going
(06:00):
to be another flutist flying in who's a professor at
University of Wisconsin Lacrosse, a flute student of hers in
the past. There's going to be somebody, and this is
an interesting one. She's a she's a wonderful pianist. She
studied with my mom, but she's now the editor of
a big newspaper up in Boston, so she's flying in her.
Speaker 4 (06:20):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
It's kind of a wide range of people and how
they've you know, incorporated music into their lives in various ways.
But all the all the people that are going to
be on the concert are clearly there because you know,
she's impacted their lives in a significant way. So it's
going to be a combination of former students who could
who could fly there, and then also a combination of
(06:43):
current students. I couldn't feature every single current student because
there are a lot, but the ones who are going
to be featured are both pianists and flutists who have
been studying with her for several years now, So it's
it's a wide range, including her grandson who is seven
(07:05):
years old. He is her piano student, so he's flying
in from the Saint Louis area. So it's just going
to be a wonderful mix of age, range, and background.
And yeah, I think it's going to be a really
special event for her.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
She isn't they only Marie. Isn't the only musician in
your family?
Speaker 3 (07:25):
Is she?
Speaker 2 (07:27):
No? No? So I, as many people know in the area,
I am a concert pianist and I'm also a violinist,
but primarily my career has been as a concert pianist.
So I travel all over the world for concerts and performing,
and I will be I will be performing with various
students for pieces that include pianos. So I'll be certainly
(07:51):
on the program. And I have two sisters, two older
sisters who are both professional musicians as well. They'll both
be there. One of them is a fantastic cellist and
she's based in the Miami area. Her name's Ashley Garrison.
And then my other sister is Laura Garrison, and she's
a wonderful, wonderful pianist. So we're going to be doing
(08:13):
some things together as well. I mean, you wouldn't you know,
it wouldn't be right to not have us on there too,
because I know my mom would love that. And yeah,
so we have a very musical family and that's always
been very special.
Speaker 1 (08:26):
I don't see how this could have been kept secret
at all, so she probably knows, but everybody can jump
up and say surprise. Anyway, Happy birthday Marie on September six.
Speaker 2 (08:38):
That's right, that's right.
Speaker 1 (08:40):
To talk about the venue, I have not been to
Saint Mary's, and I know they do a great concert series,
although this particular concert is not a part of their series.
But talk about the center where concerts are held.
Speaker 2 (08:54):
Yeah, so there's a beautiful space at Saint Mary's Episcopal
ch Church where they hold concerts, events and so forth
called the Pittinger Center, and that's right next to the
actually right across from the actual church itself where the
services happen. And this is it has a beautiful stage
(09:16):
and it's kind of a multi use, very large space
where they can have banquets, they can have these concerts
with the stage. So it's a big it's a big
space with wonderful acoustics. And so I've actually performed at
the Pittinger Center many times on on the regular concert
series that they have. But yes, as you said, this
(09:37):
is a this is a special event that I'm thrilled
can be held at the Pittinger Center.
Speaker 1 (09:42):
Now is this open to the public.
Speaker 2 (09:44):
Yes, Oh absolutely, it's open to the public free of charge.
So all you need to do is just bring yourself.
There's going to be a reception immediately after the concert
in the same space, so the more the Maria. We'd
love to see as many people as possible to celebrate.
Speaker 1 (10:00):
And no tickets are required, just show up.
Speaker 2 (10:03):
That's correct, no tickets required.
Speaker 1 (10:05):
And what's the seating, like, how many can you see it?
Speaker 2 (10:08):
Ooh, that's a good question. Well, you know, I think
I think the only time will be in a problem
really is. You know, if five hundred people show up,
maybe that's going to start to be an issue. But
I think I think we're probably safe in that regardless
of a good many seats available and it's a large space,
so okay, show up, yes, okay.
Speaker 1 (10:29):
So once again, this is a birthday celebration concert for
Marie dur at Beamish and it's September sixth, four pm
at the Pitagure Center at Saint Mary's Episcopal Church. Check
my address here six twenty three Southeast Ocean Boulevard and Stewart.
Is that correct.
Speaker 2 (10:49):
I believe that's the correct address.
Speaker 1 (10:50):
Yes, yep, close enough. And of course you can find
the Saint Mary's concert series as well if you're looking up.
I think there's a a concert coming up in October.
Not sure about that, but I will find out more anyway.
Lindsey Garretson, thanks so much for putting all this together
for your mother and coming on taking time to be
(11:12):
on Arts Last on the Air. Appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (11:16):
Thank you so much for having me, Willie.
Speaker 1 (11:17):
My pleasure. Okay, see you September sixth, four pm at
the Pitature Center. Happy birthday, Marie, Okay, bye.
Speaker 2 (11:26):
Bye, Thank you. Willy bye bye bye.
Speaker 1 (11:30):
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Speaker 1 (14:02):
And we are back with Arts Blaster on the Air
and Willie Miller talking now with somebody I've communicated with
for many years, Paul Tartuf with the Melbourne Chamber Music Society.
Have we actually met before? Paul?
Speaker 4 (14:15):
I believe we have at a concert, but I'm not
certain I think we have.
Speaker 1 (14:21):
I've talked to so many wonderful people in the arts
that sometimes it seems as though we must have met,
but very often it hasn't been. So you're going to
talk about Wait a minute, Wait a minute, We're going
to talk about the Melbourne Chamber Music Society and the
concert series coming.
Speaker 4 (14:40):
Correct.
Speaker 1 (14:41):
Can we talk about you first? Are you a musician?
Speaker 4 (14:45):
Oh? Yes, I'm a pianist. Yes, I was a pianist
all my life. I taught at universities, and I played
a large number of concerts. I studied with Leon Fleischer
at the Teabody Conservatory, and I have my doctorate. And
I was on the faculty at East Carolin University for
about thirty five years, and I taught at University of
Kansas and Maryland and various places. And so, yes, I've
(15:06):
spent my whole life in music.
Speaker 1 (15:08):
Yeah, so you're a musician.
Speaker 4 (15:09):
Yes. And then when I retired, I came down to
Virovich Whouse. My son lives here, and I found out
about the Melbourne Chamber of Music Society and I got
on their board and now i'm the program chairperson.
Speaker 1 (15:20):
Okay, how old is the MCMs.
Speaker 4 (15:26):
It's this is our will be our forty eighth year.
Speaker 3 (15:29):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (15:30):
Okay, so you have not been involved in it for
forty eight years.
Speaker 4 (15:36):
I've been there about fifteen. Oh no, it's longer than that.
I'm sorry. It's closer to eighteen or nineteen years something
like that. I've been on the board.
Speaker 1 (15:45):
Do you have do you know any history of it?
And I should have looked this up, but I didn't.
How did it get started? You know?
Speaker 4 (15:51):
It got started by a man who there was a
group of people and they enjoyed listening to chamber music,
so they started to discuss the possibility of having a
series in a home. I think it started out in
a home and they booked a couple of concerts and
a couple of groups, and it was so successful that
(16:11):
they just kept going and it's been going ever since.
Speaker 1 (16:15):
Do you know do you remember the name of the fella?
Speaker 4 (16:18):
No, I'm sorry, I don't.
Speaker 1 (16:19):
Okay, I'm gonna have to look this up because this
is a long time for a successful music group like
this has. Yeah, and I'd like to know some more
of the history. So you have a you have, I'm
looking at the brochure. By the way, where can people
get this or is it best just to go on
their website?
Speaker 4 (16:40):
Yes, it's best probably to go on our website Melbourne
Chambermusicsociety dot org. Okay, and you can see all of
our concerts. We have videos of the groups and there's
order forms and everything like that that you can do
that and get tickets if you wanted to find out
the dates and everything though.
Speaker 1 (17:00):
Well series, are all the concerts held in the same place?
Speaker 4 (17:03):
Yes they are?
Speaker 1 (17:04):
And where is that?
Speaker 4 (17:05):
That's at Saint Mark's United Methodist Church at twenty thirty
North Highway A one A in Indie Atlantic. That's the
beachside community of Melbourne.
Speaker 1 (17:17):
I remember now that you're taught. I bet, we met,
I went. I did drive up there for a concert.
It has been way too long. But it's a lovely
drive along the water, Yes it is. And it's a
lovely venue.
Speaker 4 (17:31):
Yes, it's a beautiful venue. The acoustics are superb, just superb.
We've had every group that's played there has commented on that.
In fact, the Tokyo String Quartet thought that we should
probably do commercial recordings at that venue. Oh really, They
said it was one of the best venues they had
played in North America. Wow, I know, we were really surprised.
(17:54):
We need to advertise that, yes we should.
Speaker 1 (17:57):
Yeah, okay, well, why don't we start by talking about
the twenty twenty five twenty six International Concert Series. When
does it start?
Speaker 4 (18:08):
It starts on November seventh with the Dorian Win Quintet.
That's a New York based woodwind quintet. They've been in
existence for quite a long time and we probably should
have had them before this, but this is their first
appearance on our series and they're playing a very interesting program.
They're playing some music for Wins, a quintet by Nielsen,
(18:32):
and then they're playing Mozart arrangement of a piece for
mechanical Oregon for Wins, and then a quintet by Kavan
Daal he's a Scandinavian composer, and a piece by Pauline Hall.
So it should be quite an interesting program.
Speaker 1 (18:48):
I think let's back up a minute and explain for
people who have not shown or felt any interest in
chamber music, what is chamber music.
Speaker 4 (18:58):
Well, chamber music the term comes from mousque de chambres,
you know, music just for room play, as opposed to
like stage operas and things like that and big, big
symphony orchestras. And it consists of anything from solo piano
concert duo recitals, trios, quartets, quintets. We've had everything up
(19:20):
to small vocal groups eight people maybe or so. That's
about well we've had. We've had some chamber groups with
about fifteen people in it. That's about the maximum size
we can do. And we usually try to do a
couple string quartets every year, a piano trio perhaps, and
(19:42):
then we try to do either woodwind group or brass
or vocal something like that. So we get a mixture
of these types of groups and we usually have five
or six concerts, about one per month from about November
to April.
Speaker 1 (20:00):
Okay, I'm looking at that. This looks like a fascinating schedule.
After the Durian Woodwind Quintet, we go to December fifth.
Who is Benjamin Grovener.
Speaker 4 (20:11):
Oh, I'm surprised you haven't heard of him. He's probably
the biggest name artist we've ever had on this series.
He's a pianist from the UK and he was an
immense child prodigy. He played with the BBC when he
was twelve, and he's made a huge career for himself.
He's played now with practically every well known orchestra around
the world. I mean he does I would say probably
(20:31):
at least fifty seventy five conscious a year or something.
And he's played down here quite a bit in Miami
on a series down there, and so we heard him
down there and we were just amazed at his talent.
So we tried to get him, and we thought we
wouldn't be able to get him, but we did get him,
and he played a tremendous concert for us, and so
(20:53):
then I was talking to the management and I said,
we'd like to have him back, but I don't know
if we can afford him now, because he's pretty well
known now and he appears all over the world. So
they called me up and they said, he's going to
play on December tenth at Carnegie Hall, and would you
like to have him play the same concert a few
days before?
Speaker 1 (21:13):
I said, are you serious kidding?
Speaker 4 (21:16):
Yes, of course we would know, and we got him
from not too expensive a price. I was surprised. The
program is he's starting with a chopin second Sonata, and
then he's playing Revel's gaspardoll Ui and then he's ending
with the Muzorkski's pictures at an exhibition. It's an amazing program.
Speaker 1 (21:33):
So that is December fifth, Yes, okay, let's move on
to January.
Speaker 4 (21:39):
We have the Chicago Piano Quartet January ninth. That's a
wonderful groups. It's a fairly new group. They used to
be the Lincoln Piano Trio and then they added a
violist and they became the Chicago Piano Quartet. So they're
wonderful group. We've had them before, okay.
Speaker 1 (21:58):
And moving on to the end of January, the thirtieth.
Huh Trio Zimbalist.
Speaker 4 (22:04):
Yes, they're a young group. They are recent graduates of
the Curtis Institute and there they live in Europe and
they're coming to the United States. This is going to
be their first tour here. And they're playing some interesting music.
They're playing an original piano trio by George Fooh, he's
the pianist in the group, and they're doing this smet
(22:26):
In a piano trio and this wonderful Divorgacques Doomky piano trio.
Speaker 1 (22:30):
And then then you go to March March sixth.
Speaker 4 (22:34):
Yes, that's the Leonkorrokay Strane Quartet.
Speaker 1 (22:37):
April ends the season, Yes, with the Mirou Quartet.
Speaker 4 (22:41):
That's a wonderful group. They're about twenty years old, maybe more,
and I'm surprised we haven't had them before this. But
they're playing a really interesting program with some very interesting
contemporary music. Caroline Shaw, the female composer. They're doing one
of her pieces, which would be very very nice.
Speaker 1 (22:58):
Are you are you working ahead? Yes, you're working on
next year and the year after that.
Speaker 4 (23:03):
Already we already have the year after that completely booked.
Speaker 1 (23:06):
Oh we have to yeah, yeah, I guess.
Speaker 4 (23:10):
So in order to get the groups we want, we
definitely have to book about a year and a half
to two years ahead of time.
Speaker 1 (23:16):
Okay, so all of the information, including ticket information and
location will be at the Melbourne Chamber Music Society dot org. Yeah, yes,
a wonderful season coming up.
Speaker 4 (23:32):
Paul, Yes, we hope.
Speaker 1 (23:34):
So. Yeah, you know what we have about twenty seconds outreach,
master classes and workshops.
Speaker 4 (23:41):
We do whatever we can do outreach and we try
to get whatever groups we can to do something with
the students in Melbourne and the schools. We've done a
lot of stuff with string quartets and we've had a
lot of student groups play and we also have a
student recital that we do every year.
Speaker 1 (23:58):
Okay, that's about it. Finished with talking for the Melbourne
Chamber Music Soociety dot org, but we will soon. On
November seventh, go to the first concert at Saint Mark's
United Methodist Church, North Highway A one A in the
Atlanta accounts all concerts seven point thirty. But yes, okay,
Paul Tardif, thanks so much. I appreciate your coming in
(24:20):
great to see you. Thank you for asking me my pleasure,
and thanks again to Lindsey Garretson and thank you our
listeners as always for joining us again this week for
Arts Blast on the Air podcast radio show and Alexis Skill,
all presented by Riverside Theater in Ballet, Vero Beach, covering
the arts online and in Arts Blast, the free emailed
(24:44):
weekly Florida arts news magazine. Join us again next week
for another edition of Arts Blasts on the Air. I'm
Willie Miller. Thanks for listening.
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