Acclaimed ensemble to offer free performance for children, parents

2:19 p.m., Oct. 27, 2015--The crossover duet 6ixwire, ensemble-in-residence with the University of Delaware’s Master Players Concert Series, will perform a free family concert at 3 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 1, in Gore Recital Hall of the Roselle Center for the Arts on UD’s Newark campus.

The concert, designed for children 5 and older and their parents, is supported by a grant from Chamber Music America and by the Community Music School, the outreach arm of UD’s Department of Music. To reserve seats, please email communitymusicschool@udel.edu.

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Founded by the renowned UD faculty violinist Xiang Gao and erhu virtuoso Cathy Yang, the Delaware-based 6ixwire ensemble aims to bring Eastern and Western cultures together in creative concert productions that celebrate diversity while transforming the way classical music is experienced. 

The ensemble has performed worldwide at major concert halls and international events, including a recent performance at the National Committee for U.S. China Relations gala in New York City, where it was introduced by Henry Kissinger. 

In May, 6ixwire was awarded a prestigious grant by the nonprofit Chamber Music America, in support of a new expanded outreach program that aims to serve people who otherwise may not be able to attend a classical music concert. 

This outreach program, co-presented by the Master Players Concert Series, sends 6ixwire to perform 15 free concerts at local community centers, including schools, medical facilities, senior centers and libraries, to promote new chamber music and to bring music to underserved communities in the region. 

Gao, who is also the Trustees Distinguished Professor of Music at UD, is recognized as one of the world's most successful multifaceted artists of his generation from China. 

Yang, an internationally acclaimed erhu virtuoso, is also a guzheng (Chinese zither) soloist and a former professor of music at the China Contemporary Cultural Academy. 

Photo by Evan Krape