The Charles Ives Music Festival Summer 2022 (CIMF) kicks off its two week series of education events and concerts featuring some of the most talented early-career artists in the U.S. with “Pulse” at the Keeler Tavern Garden House, August 1. Enjoy an evening of acoustic chamber music overlooking the museum’s walled garden!

“Pulse” explores uses of folk music in concert music and folk-influenced, rhythm-oriented works throughout the last century of American concert music including works by Alex Stephenson, Jennifer Higdon, William Grant Still, and CIMF Artist-Faculty George Meyer, performed by a CIMF Artist-Faculty String Quartet of Meyer, Chelsea Starbuck Smith, Jacob Shack, and Mitch Lyon.

The concert is free and open to the public – bring a lawn chair or blanket and enjoy!