The Old Steeple and Eureka Chamber Music Series enter into a first-time collaboration, bringing the 2024 Avery Fisher Career Grant winning Balourdet Quartet to Ferndale for an immersive presentation.

In fractured and polarized times, music has a unique ability to bridge divides and bring us together. The Balourdet Quartet and ECMS artistic director Tom Stone will preview Steve Reich’s Grammy winning Different Trains, along with music by Mendelssohn, Beethoven, and Erwin Schulhoff, bringing historical context to the music and composers, and leading to a discussion of freedom, history, and the role of the arts in society.