Southampton Cultural Center Chamber Music Series Artistic Director Marc Levine.

Southampton - The Southampton Cultural Center announces the Cultural Center Chamber Music Series. Held between December 13 and May 2, 2010 the series will present a variety of groups performing works from the standard chamber music repertoire of the 19th and 20th centuries as well as baroque and modern classics.

Concerts will fit into one of three categories: the Southampton Cultural Center Chamber Players, established ensembles including the Escher String Quartet and Yarn/Wire and Stony Brook University ensembles. A special benefit concert will be held on May 2, 2010 with guest Philip Setzer from the Emerson String Quartet - time, pricing and other details for this concert are yet to be determined.

All performances will be held at Southampton Cultural Center's Levitas Center for the Arts at 25 Pond Lane, Southampton.

Tickets will be sold at the door, $20 general admission, $10 students and seniors. Cash and checks will be accepted. Credit Cards will not be accepted. Contact Southampton Cultural Center at 631-287-4377 or reservations@southamptonculturalcenter.org.

The Southampton Cultural Center Chamber Music Series

Yarn/Wire is billed as the only active new music ensemble in the United States dedicated to expanding the body of works written for two pianists and two percussionists.

 • Sunday, December 13 at 3 p.m. – Southampton Cultural Center Chamber Players

 • Saturday, December 19 at 8 p.m. - Yarn/Wire

 • Sunday, February 14 at 3 p.m. - Stony Brook Opera

 • Sunday, March 7 at 3 p.m. - Southampton Cultural Center Chamber Players: Complete Brahms sonatas for violin and piano; Marc Levine, violin and Ling Ju Lai, piano

 • Sunday, March 14 at 3 p.m. - Stony Brook Contemporary Chamber Players

 • Sunday, April 4 at 3 p.m. - Escher String Quartet

 • Sunday, April 18 at 3 p.m. - Stony Brook Baroque

 • Sunday, April 25 at 3 p.m. - Southampton Cultural Center Chamber Players: New Music

 • Sunday, May 2, time TBD – Benefit Concert with Philip Setzer from the Emerson String Quartet and the Southampton Cultural Center Chamber Players

Note: all concerts occur on Sundays at 3 p.m. except Yarn/Wire on Saturday, December 19 at 8 p.m.

The Southampton Cultural Center Chamber Players is a group of extraordinary musicians formed specifically for the Southampton Cultural Center Chamber Series. The group's members hail largely from the New York area and are members of or have performed with such prestigious ensembles as the New York Philharmonic, Metropolitan Opera, Montreal Symphony and the Colorado Quartet and, between them, have been seen in virtually every major venue on the east coast. The SCCCP is excited this season to welcome Philip Setzer, violinist with the Emerson String Quartet, as a guest performer on May 2, 2010.