Concert: Carol Wincenc, flute and  Velléda Miragias, cello

This is the first of a three part concert series presented this spring in conjunction with Salem State Explorers Lifelong Learning Institute and the Jewish Community Center of the North Shore. 

Carol Wincenc, flute and Velléda Miragias, cello perform works by J.S. Bach, Gabriela Lena Frank, Robert Sirota, Yuko Uebayashi, and Heitor Villa-Lobos in Salem State's intimate Recital Hall. 

Flutist Carol Wincenc has appeared as a soloist with the London, Chicago, Houston, Detroit, and Pittsburgh symphonies, the Netherlands Concertgebouw, and the Warsaw Philharmonic. She has made appearances with Lincoln Center Great Performers and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. She has toured to Asia, Europe, Russia, South Africa, and South America. She has commissioned pieces and given premieres of work by Rouse, Heggie, Tower, Foss, Gorecki, and Schoenfield. Festivals where she has taught include Aspen, Aldeburgh, Budapest Spring, Marlboro, Mostly Mozart, Norfolk, Santa Fe, Spoleto, Sarasota, and Music@Menlo.

Boston-based Parisian cellist Velléda Miragias has received critical acclaim from le Confolentais for her "impeccable technical mastery, [and] strong expression," and currently enjoys a diverse career as a freelance solo, chamber, and orchestral musician, educator, and entrepreneur across the United States, Europe, and Asia.

Admission to this concert is free. Advance reservations are recommended as seating is limited.