Emilio and Cara Colón
Emilio and Cara Colón, both cellists, are the creative force behind the International Chamber Orchestra of Puerto Rico, an innovative new project that provides high impact cultural and artistic experiences for under-served communities in Puerto Rico and around the Caribbean. Both have performed around the world to critical acclaim and annually travel to Puerto Rico to provide free access to concerts, educational events and television programming for children. Emilio is a professor at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and Cara is Vice President of the American Cello Institute.
Emilio performs on his Amati cello made in 1699 in Cremona, Italy.
Our Mission
Our Mission
Our Mission
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.
Our History
Our Mission
Our Mission
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 Event 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.
