KEENE, N.H. — Ashuelot Concerts’ 2025-26 season continues with performances at Stonewall Farm in Keene on Friday, Nov. 7 at 7:30 p.m. and at The Park Theatre in Jaffrey, N.H. on Sunday, Nov. 9, at 3 p.m. British chamber musicians Louisa Stonehill (violin) and Nicholas Burns (piano) will be joined by acclaimed cellist Tommy Mesa to perform two piano trios by Brahms & Schubert.
Mesa, a Cuban-American cellist, has established himself as one of the most charismatic, innovative, and engaging performers of his generation, according to a news release. He is the recipient of Lincoln Center’s 2025 Avery Fisher Career Grant and the Sphin Organization’s 2023 Medal of Excellence, its highest honor. Stonehill and Burns have been performing worldwide for nearly two decades. Together they have released four critically acclaimed albums for Nimbus and Lyrita and broadcast on BBC Radio
In 2016 they moved to Keene from London, and shortly after created Ashuelot Concerts.
Ashuelot Concerts brings live chamber music from the world’s leading concert halls to rural venues and schools in New Hampshire and Vermont. The concert series features a carefully curated program of masterworks and powerful lesser-known pieces, all chosen with the aim of moving and delighting the audience. For many, the concert series is their first opportunity to experience the profound power of live chamber music up-close.
Ahead of the concerts the trio will be performing to hundreds of children at Kurt Hattin School & Home for Children in Westminster, Vermont and at Fuller and Symonds elementary schools in Keene, as well as a homeschool performance on Nov. 6 at 11:30 a.m. at St. James Episcopal Church in Keene. They will be sharing with the students some of the practice skills that make their work possible, explaining what is so special about each piece of music, and talking about why they love their chosen profession.
For tickets go to ashuelotconcerts.org/events
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