Listening to warm music performed with youthful friendliness is a great way to usher winter out the door. On Saturday, March 12, teen musicians from Davis Hill Studio and Fryeburg Academy perform a varied program of chamber music. Students have been learning their parts since the beginning of the school year, rehearsing together and enjoying each other's company while they craft worthy musical offerings.

A student duo interested in the hardest music available will perform Camille Saint-Saëns' “Danse Macabre.” The composer himself made this arrangement for piano and violin. Gideon Richard and Phuoc Bao Le perform it in style with lots of fire and warmth. Molly Della Valla and Maisie Brown created an arrangement of Paul Desmond's “Take Five” for piano four-hands. The piece has plenty of room for both girls' exacting personalities. Zoë Jung chose to study Rachmaninaff's famous song “Vocalise.” She will perform it on the cello with great feeling. She will be accompanied by the program organizer and teacher at Davis Hill Studio, Ellen Schwindt. Lou Tillmans and Gideon Richard will play the first movement of Bach's famous concerto for two violins.

Three teen violinists, Isabel Macht, Soleil Huang-Dale, and Jiwon Choi will present an arrangement of Vivaldi's “Concerto Grosso in D Minor” for two violins and cello, accompanied by Continuo player Kaitlyn Sakash. Adult teachers Jenny Huang-Dale and Ellen Schwindt help fill this ensemble out.

A few of the students will play a solo or two to keep us from the cold. Among these is an elegy for winter by Cecile Chaminade, performed by Kaitlyn Sakash. This promises to be a concert not to miss, and it's being offered at free admission. The concert takes place in the Gibson Music Building on Bradley Street in Fryeburg at 7 PM on Saturday, March 12. Contact Ellen Schwindt for more information: 603-307-0825 or ellen.m.schwindt@gmail.com.