6th Borough Quartet Benefit for Japan

• • New York's exciting new 6TH BOROUGH QUARTET featuring cellist and Narberth's own MITCH LYON will perform works by Haydn, Barber, Brubeck and more on Christ Ascension Church's concert series. This concert is FREE to the public. All ages, including children are welcome.

Lyon, along with Broomall natives Clare and Maria Semes, and Caeli Smith of Chestnut Hill are graduates of Phildelphia's Settlement Music School and have been playing chamber music together for most of their musical lives. Currently all four are students at the Juilliard School in New York City.

6th Borough made their debut in December 2010 with a holiday concert at New York's hottest new concert venue, the Upper West Side Apple Store, playing an exciting blend of classical, jazz, and world music. Their Philadelphia debut took place on New Year's Day, 2011 at the Prince Music Theater. The quartet plays recitals and events throughout the New York Metropolitan area, including an  April 16 benefit concert for Japan at All Soul's Church on Manhattan's Upper East Side (Lexington between 79th and 80th) at 7:30 pm. The May 20th concert will be their second and last Philadelphia appearance in the 2010-2011 season. Don't miss it!

Come hear 6th Borough challenge the boundaries of the traditional string quartet with its varied offerings of classical and alternative music.  This concert is a benefit for victims of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami. All funds will be donated directly to the Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia's "Japan Disaster Relief Fund." All contributions are fully tax deductible. 

A reception will follow the concert.