The Cottonwood Chamber Festival takes places Friday, April 12, 7:30 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Hays.

The Cottonwood Music Festival is dedicated to promoting chamber music for strings and piano, and is generously supported by Claire Matthews.

This year is a very special festival that will feature an evening of Baroque chamber music performed on period instruments – re-creations of instruments that would have been used during the 17th and 18th centuries. You’ll be able to travel back in time through the sounds of Baroque violin and cello, Baroque flute, viola da gamba, and harpsichord.

For people who love the music of Bach, Vivaldi, and other Baroque master pieces, this will be a unique concert. These kind of specialized historical musical performances most often happen only in large metropolitan areas, so be sure to catch this performance.

Guest artists include Ingrid Matthews, Baroque violin, Frank Nowell, harpsichord, Jim Fittz, Baroque cello, and FSHU faculty members Hilary Shepard, Baroque flute, and Benjamin Cline, Baroque cello and viola da gamba.
Free tickets are available online at www.hayssymphony.org, at the Hays Convention and Visitors Bureau, or at the Downtown Hays Development Corporation.

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