News



After a long hiatus due to the Covid- 19 historical pandemic, we are cautiously optimistic to announce our 2021 - 2022 Essex Chamber Music Players concert season. It will features exciting music premieres and great classical works. This season - more than ever we are counting on your support. ECMP is a nonprofit group in residence at the Northern Essex Community College campus in Haverhill. Due to service cutbacks at NECC, we are now using outside graphic designers to produce our programs and fundraising materials. We also are looking for new ways to

economize, including handling our own publicity.


Our latest CD has been released

Local Cultural History Through Music
Merrimack Valley Volume 1. It is now available
at concerts CD or flash drive, online

.and by mail from ECMP



Fortunately, NECC has graciously agreed to provide us with the use of our concert hall in the Hartleb Center free of charge again this season. Going forward, we are looking into additional concert venues so that more people throughout the area may have the chance to hear our talented musicians and innovative programs. We also hope to bring our educational program, The Life and Poetry of Anne Bradstreet, America’s First Poet, to the Haverhill middle schools in the coming months. The program is funded through a grant from the Haverhill Cultural Council. In other news, ECMP released the premiere volume of Local Cultural History Through Music: The Merrimack Valley, Volume 1, in 2021.See Recording on this site for more info


Recordings



Essex Chamber Music Players recording W. McKinley's Growing Up in North Andover 1874-1892: A Diary of Horace N. Stevens at Futura Productions. L-R: Vicki Griswols, Michael Finegold, Paul Hanley, Bob Schulz. Sam Ou, Susan Davenny Wyne





Essex Chamber Music Players and the Buttonwoods Museum / Haverhill Historical Society ‘Notes’ on Haverhill History visit to the Whittier, Hunking and Nettle Middle schools in Haverhill, MA.





Teaching Team L-R: Stacey Fraser-deHaan, Michael Finegold, J. Windel Brown, Joannes Sullivan





http://www.massculturalcouncil.org/

Haverhill Bank

The Pentucket Bank of Haverhill

The Essex Chamber Music Players is in residence at Northern Essex Community College.

The Haverhill Historical Society/ Buttonwoods Museum is at 240 Water St, Haverhill.
Visit www.haverhillhistory.org





ECMP 'Notes' on Haverhill History Players and Composers L-R: Mark Nemeskal - tenor, Elaine Rombola - piano, Robin Cavalear - French horn, Emmanuel Feldman - cello, Michael Finegold - flute, David McMullin - composer, J. Windel Brown - composer



October 18, 2010



Essex Chamber Music Players will record "June on the Merrimack" for Tenor, Flute, Cello and Piano (based on John Greenleaf Whittier’s poem) by Ray Loring for our Local Cultural History Through Music initial CD release. The recording is made possible by contributions to the ECMP Ray Loring Memorial Recording Fund
I am thrilled to report that the recording went really well last night. Thanks so much for your thoughts, wishes and prayers for the recording of loved Ray Loring and his music.
The music was absolutely beautiful and imbued with Ray's spirit. The recording engineer said after the complete run through at the beginning 'that's it, done, go home". He thought it sounded that good and beautiful from the start.
ECMP and myself personally feel gratified with having done this for all the relatives and friends of Ray Loring.



Essex Chamber Music players is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization