Taconic Music presents Palaver Strings: The Apple of their Eyes
Mon, Mar 16
|Manchester Community Library
The Apple of their Eyes explores the African-American experience in classical music, through the eyes of Black composers.
Time & Location
Mar 16, 2026, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Manchester Community Library, 138 Cemetery Ave, Manchester Center, VT 05255, USA
About the event
Palaver Strings is a Grammy-nominated, musician-led string ensemble and nonprofit organization based in Portland, ME.
The Apple of their Eyes explores the African-American experience in classical music, through the eyes of Black composers. It begins with William Grant Still’s lush and lyrical Mother and Child, and continues with Perry’s understated Prelude for Piano, arranged for strings. At the heart of the program is Edmund Thornton Jenkins Romance and Reverie Phantasy for Violin and String Orchestra, restored, edited, and arranged by Tuffus Zimbabwe, featuring Palaver violinist Maïthéna Girault.
Suggested donation at the door: Adults $15; students/kids free.
Sponsored by the French family