Rita Moerschel +Two On Wings of Song: Celebrating Women Composers

Catherine French (violin), Joel Moerschel (cello), and Rita Moerschel (piano) will be celebrating women composers in On Wings of Song at Music & More!, sponsored by the Cooperative Bank of Cape Cod.  Guests can enjoy light refreshments as they mingle with musicians following the performance.

Hailing from Canada, violinist Catherine French is a 20-year member of Boston Symphony Orchestra. An accomplished soloist and chamber musician, she’s won many grand prizes in Canada’s major music competitions.  She has been featured with the Juilliard Orchestra, Boston Pops, Carnegie Hall.  French, who began studying violin at age four, has been lauded for her “superb lyric” playing and “amazing level of artistry” in The Strad, a magazine devoted to string music.

Cellist Joel Moerschel recently retired following 33 years with Boston Symphony Orchestra. He has been the cellist with Collage New Music, an ensemble specializing in contemporary music, since 1976; has performed with several other ensembles, including the Muir String Quartet and Boston Musica Viva; and has given recitals of standard cello and piano literature throughout the country.  He has taught at Wellesley College and Boston University’s Tanglewood Institute.
Pianist Rita Southworth Moerschel has been active in the Boston music world since 1970, first as a graduate student at New England Conservatory of Music and then as a performer and teacher. Specializing in collaborative piano, she has given recitals with members of the Boston Symphony as well as freelance musicians. She’s been on the faculty of the All Newton Music School in West Newton since 1981. She holds a Master of Education from Curry College (in Milton), where she’s now a senior lecturer in the Fine and Applied Arts Department.

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Founded by artists in 1981, the Cape Cod Museum of Art preserves and celebrates the distinctive artistic identity of Cape Cod, Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard.  CCMoA is a major hub of cultural growth and creativity that educates, inspires and excites the imagination through its outstanding art collection and diverse programming. Located in a beautiful setting surrounded by a sculpture garden, the museum has seven galleries, a museum shop and film screening room. The museum is supported in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council and the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod.

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