Heights Arts presents its 15th Close Encounters series LIVE from the iconic Bop Stop in a series of three streamed concerts in January, February and April. The concerts will feature minority composers and new music alongside traditional favorites. Imagine watching a young Beethoven’s younger days trying to “make it” as an artist, observing composer Florence Price creating her masterpieces, or being inside the mind of Fanny Mendelssohn, whose work is a voice for the voiceless decades over. Each concert will whisk you away to another life where the mind is inspired, stimulated, and enlightened.
CONCERT 2: Florence, George and Amadeus
February 28th, 3 p.m.

Performers: Mari Sato, Isabel Trautwein-violin, Eric Wong-viola, Tanya Ell-Woolfrey-cello, andRobert Woolfrey-clarinet. Florence Price and Wolfgang Mozart share the spotlight in this concert. Price, a much-neglected female and black composing talent, lived until 1953 yet most of her beautiful work still remains unknown. Her haunting and melodic String Quartet no. 2 is paired with Mozart’s beloved Quintetin A-major. One of the last pieces written in his short life, it exudes the peace and friendship we all yearn for.