From the music of Europe\, the Americas\, and beyond\, join violinist Eric Pidluski and cellist Sara Sitzer for an a fternoon of musical jet-setting! They will take you on a tour of music tha t doesn't only travel from place to place\, but also from past to present. \;
\nSara Sitzer\, whose playing has been described as &ldquo\;
rich&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;lustrous&rdquo\; by the Chicago Classical Review\
, is an active and versatile freelance cellist and entrepreneur in Chicago
. A member of the Elgin Symphony\, Sara also performs regularly with orche
stras and ensembles including the Milwaukee Symphony and Chicago Opera The
ater\, among others. \; Ms. Sitzer is founding Artistic Director of th
e Gesher Music Festival in St. Louis\, MO\, and founding Co-Artistic Direc
tor of Chamber Music on the Fox in Elgin\, IL. She spends her summers perf
orming and teaching at the Wintergreen Summer Music Festival in the Blue R
idge Mountains. Sara holds performance degrees from the University of Wisc
onsin and Boston University\, and completed a 3-year fellowship with the N
ew World Symphony in Miami under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas.***