“As the living room and kitchen fill with more than 30 strangers and a handful of musicians, Stacey Bader Curry and David Kane are smiling,” writes Ann Hermes in Tuesday’s (2/9) Christian Science Monitor (Boston). “The couple has opened up their home to host a classical music pop-up concert known as a Groupmuse…. Groupmuse, which was launched in Boston in 2013, is often described as the Airbnb or Uber of classical music…. Says [Groupmuse founder Sam] Bodkin, … ‘Classical music needs to have the flexibility and the dynamism to really meet a new generation of listeners where they are.’ Violinist Chelsea Starbuck Smith, who performed at the home of Ms. Bader Curry and Mr. Kane, seems to agree… ‘Chamber music was meant to be played in people’s living rooms. This brings chamber music back to its original form,’ she says. On any given night, there is a Groupmuse ‘classical house party-concert’ going on in homes across New York, Boston, and San Francisco. With the Kickstarter campaign that had raised $140,000 by the end of last year, Groupmuse hopes to expand … to Seattle, and one day to Washington and Chicago.”
Posted February 10, 2016
