Celebrate Mom with A Special Mother’s Day Concert

The Hopkinton Center for the Arts (HCA) presents a Mother’s Day Classical Music Concert, featuring the Reverie Duo, on Sunday, May 12 at 11 a.m. Kathy Burmeister, harp and Christine Tsen, cello, will bring their signature sound to the works of John Denver, Johann Pachelbel, Alphonse Hasselmans, Jay Ungar, and Marcel Tournier. Tickets are $15 adults, $10 seniors/students. The concert will take place at 98 Hayden Rowe St., Hopkinton, MA. Complimentary coffee, tea, bagels, and assorted pastries included with admission. Tickets may be purchased at https://www.hopartscenter.org/events-tickets/music-series/classical-music-series.

Christine Tsen is a cellist and poet who has performed both as soloist and in ensembles in America and Europe. Her performance credits include the Rochester Chamber Orchestra, Heidelberg Castle Opera Orchestra, Greece Symphony, Acton-Concord Chamber Orchestra, New World Symphony, and Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra. Tsen graduated from the Eastman School of Music (B.M.) and the New England Conservatory of Music (M.M.).

Katherine Burmeister came to the United States from South Africa in 1998, where she obtained her B.F.A., specializing in Harp Performance and Teaching from the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg under the instruction of Ventura Rosenthal, principal harpist of the National Symphony Orchestra. She has performed with several orchestras and ensemble groups both in South Africa and locally. Burmeister has also performed with Calliope Theatre and The Flyleaf Theatre Company.

The Hopkinton Center for the Arts is a non-profit regional performing and visual arts center. Classes, productions, and exhibitions serve an inclusive community of students, performers, and artists. In the visual arts, theater, music, and dance, HCA annually offers over 200 classes to more than 1,000 students of all ages and abilities, drawn from the diverse population of over 40 neighboring cities and towns. In 2015 the HCA opened its new arts center, with renovated classrooms, a new 200-seat performance space, and new gallery spaces. Learn more at www.HopArtsCenter.org.