Springfield Chamber Players Clarinet Quintet to Perform on July 27

SPRINGFIELD — The Springfield Chamber Players Clarinet Quintet will perform at the Sevenars Summer Concerts on Sunday, July 27 at 4 p.m. at 15 Ireland St., Worthington.

The Clarinet Quintet features clarinetist Christopher Cullen, violinists Masako Yanagita and Miho Matsuno, violist Yuko Naito-Gotay, and cellist Melissa Westgate. This performance will be dedicated to Mark Auerbach, who was the director of Public Relations and Marketing for the Springfield Chamber Players since the organization’s founding.

The Clarinet Quintet’s program for Sevenars encompasses programmatic music and popular music by contemporary composers. It will feature a work by Oscar winner Bernard Herrmann, who wrote music for Alfred Hitchcock’s films.

The Clarinet Quintet had its premiere in March 2024 at the First Church of Christ in Longmeadow, and has since performed in Springfield and Westfield.