The Blue Ridge Chamber Orchestra, under the baton of Mark Taylor, will offer a concert of string orchestra music at 3pm on Saturday, May 9, in Meade Hall, Christ Episcopal Church in downtown Charlottesville. Suggested donation is $10.

Featured will be Dvorak's Serenade for Strings. Also on the program will be Chacony by Purcell, Elgar's Serenade for Strings in E minor, Waltz no. 2 by Shostakovich, and Pablo Casals' Song of the Birds, with John Meshreky as cello soloist.

The Blue Ridge Chamber Orchestra is a community string orchestra of roughly two dozen musicians. For over 35 years, it has been providing musical opportunities for adult musicians of all ages in the Charlottesville area. For more information about the concert and the orchestra, visit our website at https://brchamberorchestra.com.