The Brussels Chamber Orchestra and the Town of Cary are delighted to welcome you to the 2011 Cary Cross Currents Chamber Music and Arts Festival and to their new partnership. This special two-week-long festival is a mix of concerts featuring the Brussels Chamber Orchestra and special collaborators. It includes a week-long Side-by-Side experience for excellent local high school string players, free open rehearsals, before and after concert collaborations with outstanding Cary restaurants, special showings of Cary Visual Arts' "Home Sweet Cary," a moment to "Meet the Muscians" at Quail Ridge Books and Music, and an innovative Drawing to the Music program. So join us this summer at the new Cary Arts Center, at the foot of Academy Street.
Concerts: July 8, 10, 14, 15, 17.
Free open rehearsals: July 5, 6, 7 (2-5 pm Cary Arts Center), July 12, 14 (10am-2pm Cary Arts Center), July 11 (10am-2pm, First Baptist Church Chapel, Cary), July 13 (11:30 am-2pm, Cary Senior Center)
Participating festival restaurants: Chatham Street Cafe, Klara's Restaurant, Maximillian's Grill, and Havana Grill.
Drawing to the Music: July 5-6 in conjunction with the festival.
Meet the BCO: July 6th 7:30 pm Quail Ridge Books Raleigh.
Ashworth Drugs - Cary Lazy Days - City of Raleigh Arts Commision
John Montgomery Violins - United Arts of Raleigh and Wake County
July 5-17 2011
Cary, North Carolina
Follow our director Carrie Knowles in her online blog detailing her experiences and ideas in pulling together 2011's festival season: