Worcester Chamber Music Society

Specialties

The Worcester Chamber Music Society brings world-​class chamber music to

intimate Greater Worcester venues. WCMS nurtures the community as well as young musicians through a unique combination of affordable concerts, education and community outreach. The WCMS experience will nurture your soul, engage your senses and share up-​close the passion of live classical chamber music

History

Established in 2006.

Worcester Chamber Music Society (WCMS), a non-​profit 501© 3 organization, is a musical ensemble founded locally, performing locally, and intimately engaged with Worcester County audiences. WCMS seeks to share the rich tradition of chamber music with long-​time followers and to introduce new audiences to the music through financially and geographically accessible concerts, outreach, and educational programs.

Until the founding of WCMS in 2006, Worcester, one of the largest cities in New England, lacked its own professional chamber music group. WCMS sought to fill this void and bring world-​class chamber music to the heart of the Commonwealth. Since its first sold-​out concert at St. Paul’s Cathedral through each of its first five years, WCMS has continued to impress music lovers in the area. It has developed a loyal following of chamber music aficionados as well as audiences new to the joys of chamber music.

Meet the Manager

Tracy K.

Manager

Tracy Kraus, Executive Director/​flute — «Supple and riveting… elegant and adroit playing… dazzling» (Worcester Telegram) eloquently describe the playing of «the girl with the golden flute». Ms. Kraus, Executive Director/​flute of the Worcester Chamber Music Society, has performed solo and chamber music in the United States and Europe. She has been featured on several live concert/​interview radio broadcasts on WICN in Worcester, MA, WGBH in Boston, and has appeared at Carnegie Hall and Avery Fisher Hall in New York.

An active chamber musician, Ms. Kraus was the founder/​artistic director of the New England based Abbott Chamber Players, who had been the recipients of several grants from the Massachusetts Council of the Arts and Humanities to promote chamber music in the Worcester public schools. She performs with the Brown Bag for Kids Ensemble and the Meet the Musicians Woodwind Quartet, both sponsored by TD Banknorth. Ms. Kraus has toured the United States successfully as a soloist,