Dear patron, business owner, potential supporter, You have the unique opportunity to support the Essex Chamber Music Players in an exciting endeavor by making a donation or/and advertising in our concert program booklet. The Essex Chamber Music Players (ECMP) is devoted to the creation and presentation of new classical music along with great musical treasures of the past. Our motto is Music for the Twenty-first Century: Treasures of the Past, New Music Premieres. Hearing the best of the music produced in the 17th thru the 21st centuries, as well as the new music being created is an exciting experience We are important to the Merrimack Valley’s cultural life and our presence helps draw people to the area as well as promote and support the business community. We have been performing at Northern Essex Community College since the spring of 1999, reaching out and connecting with the community. Our concerts have been successful and our audience is growing. We created the "Local Cultural History Through Music" project commissioning composers to compose music about the Merrimack Valley and it history, sites and poets such as John Greenleaf Whittier, Anne Dudley, Bradstreet and Robert Frost. The works are premiered on our concerts and create our school educational programs. We have approximately four to five concerts a year. We support local artists and composers.
Our plans include:
- Expanding our concert performances
- Bringing our Preserving Local Cultural History Through Music programs to public and private schools
- Continuing our studio-recording project
- We offer local composers’ works
- Expanding our touring throughout Massachusetts and New England
- Expanding our donation of tickets to organizations servicing the disadvantaged so people who would not ordinarily attend concerts can experience the thrill of live music
Your tax-deductible donation, or advertisement will help us in the following ways:
- Paying musicians for rehearsal and performance time
- Paying composers a commission for their new works
- Printing and mailing expenses
