Our Mission
Richard Sherman
Richard Sherman
Welcome! We know you are here because you love high quality classical chamber music. Artistic Director Richard Sherman brings us a superb array of musical programs with outstanding musicians every season.
We hope you enjoy them!
This year did not look like any other in our ten-year history, given that public gatherings were dramatically cu
Welcome! We know you are here because you love high quality classical chamber music. Artistic Director Richard Sherman brings us a superb array of musical programs with outstanding musicians every season.
We hope you enjoy them!
This year did not look like any other in our ten-year history, given that public gatherings were dramatically curtailed by the Covid-19 pandemic. Because the safety and well-being of our members, guests, and performers are our highest priority, the Friends of Absolute Music board decided to offer livestream and live concerts.
Bringing the concerts online and into your home will continue but we plan to return to live performances at Urban Beat Event Center. Our 2022-23 schedule will be posted soon.
Richard Sherman
Richard Sherman
Richard Sherman
Richard Sherman is the Founder and Artistic Director of Absolute Music.
He is professor of flute at the Michigan State University College of Music. Active as a soloist, orchestral musician, and recitalist, Sherman is a dynamic performer of outstanding dramatic power. He is principal flute with the Chautauqua (New York) Symphony Orchestra,
Richard Sherman is the Founder and Artistic Director of Absolute Music.
He is professor of flute at the Michigan State University College of Music. Active as a soloist, orchestral musician, and recitalist, Sherman is a dynamic performer of outstanding dramatic power. He is principal flute with the Chautauqua (New York) Symphony Orchestra, the International Chamber Orchestra of Puerto Rico, the Lansing Symphony Orchestra, and the Jackson Symphony Orchestra, and former principal flute with the Rochester (New York) Philharmonic Orchestra.
Our History
Richard Sherman
Our History
Absolute Music Chamber Series blends music with community by adapting the traditional European soiree format to a modern setting. The series developed from collaboration between Richard Sherman, Professor of Flute at Michigan State University and Kathy Holcomb, owner of Absolute Gallery in Old Town. Professor Sherman envisioned bringing
Absolute Music Chamber Series blends music with community by adapting the traditional European soiree format to a modern setting. The series developed from collaboration between Richard Sherman, Professor of Flute at Michigan State University and Kathy Holcomb, owner of Absolute Gallery in Old Town. Professor Sherman envisioned bringing classical music closer to the community. In Holcomb’s Absolute Gallery he found the setting for his vision: an intimate, acoustically superior space that could be transformed from gallery to performance hall, to a gathering place for informal discussion. Holcomb shared his vision, eager to bring music and vitality to Old Town, Lansing.
By 2017 the series had outgrown its original venue and settled into the newly opened UrbanBeat Events Center on Turner Street in Old Town.
Absolute music chamber Series
UrbanBeat Event Center
The Absolute Music Chamber Series now performs at the UrbanBeat Events Center on Turner Street in Old Town. This intimate venue provides our patrons with cafe style seating for live concerts and is an excellent backdrop for our Livestream concerts. UrbanBeat Event Center is located at 1213 Turner Street in Old Town, Lansing.
