Fusion String Ensemble: Fusion String Ensemble

We are Fusion String Ensemble!

Fusion String Ensemble was founded in 2007 by a group of musician friends interested in performing classical music alongside an array of different genres of music. Since then, we have shared works of Bach, Beethoven, Holst, Mozart, Shostakovich, Huey Lewis and the News, Billy Joel, Radiohead, Snarky Puppy, Dropkick Murphys and themes from "Game of Thrones" and "Downton Abbey".

We have performed in Symphony Hall Boston, Montreal, Washington D.C., Chicago and New York City. Fusion String Ensemble played the National Anthem at LaLacheur Park, home of the Boston Red Sox Short Season Single A Affiliate, the Lowell Spinners.

Sunday, July 31, 2011

Fusion String Ensemble Concert on Thursday, August 18, 2011 at 7:30pm

Bach, Barber and Bagatelles

Fusion String Ensemble
Directed by Kwame Lewis, LRSM
Christ Church Unity
70 Colchester Street
Brookline, Massachusetts 02446
$8

CONCERT PROGRAM

Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048 by Johann Sebastian Bach
I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Allegro

Featuring select members of the Fusion String Ensemble including Tim Blalock, harpsichord

5 Bagatelles for Clarinet and String Ensemble by Gerald Finzi
I. Prelude
II. Romance
III. Carol
IV. Forlana
V. Fughetta

Featuring Kwame Lewis, clarinet and special guest conductor Richard Romanoff

Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 by Samuel Barber

Serenade for Strings, Op. 1 by Samuel Barber
I. Un Poco Adagio - Allegro Con Spirito
II. Andante Con Moto
III. Dance (Allegro Giocoso)
Spanish Dance by Isaac Albeniz

Musicians

Violin I
John Lyneis, Concert Maestro
Flora Lee
Tommi Raij

Violin II
Jeff Bezanson
Lilit Hartunian
Klenda Martinez
Abe Dewing

Viola
Molly Shira
Erika Shira
Ken Allen

Cello
Kate Miller
Amy Nolan

Double Bass
Nate Haggett

Harpischord
Timothy Blalock

Conductor (5 Bagatelles)
Richard Romanoff

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Abe Dewing, Founder & Violin

ABE DEWING

Abe began playing the violin at age eight and was a member of the All Newton Elementary String Orchestra. In high school, he traveled on tours of Great Britain, Austria, Hungary and Yugoslavia as a member of the Newton North High School and Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras. He also played in the MMEA Northeastern District and All-State Orchestras as a senior culminating with a performance in Mechanics Hall in Worcester, MA. In the summer of 1987, he read Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony & Beethoven's Leonore Overture No.3 in the Tanglewood Festival Young Artists Program's conducted by Leonard Bernstein and Seiji Ozawa.

Abe earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science at the University of Rochester where he was a member of University Symphony and Chamber Orchestras. He studied violin performance with Oliver Steiner at the Eastman School of Music.

Abe has performed as a member and soloist with the Cambridge Symphony Orchestra since 1994. He is currently a Board member and handles the Marketing and Publicity for the organization. In 2002, Abe came home to play in the Newton Symphony Orchestra. He has played in performances at Symphony Hall, Jordan Hall and Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. He is charter member of the Colleges of the Fenway Orchestra and founded the Fusion String Ensemble in 2007. Chamber music has been a major focus of Abe as he chaired the Cambridge Symphony Chamber Players from 2002-2010.

Abe has also appeared as a guest violinist for a local rock artist Lauren Bateman.

As an actor and producer, Abe has two full-length films to his credit. One feature gained a limited theatrical run in the summer of 2010 and premiered on cable television in April 2011. Both are in wide distribution on DVD.

By day, Abe is an Digital Executive at Boston Herald Media where he creates concepts and builds advertising campaigns around it. In his free time, Abe loves being with his son, Kyle and his wife, Ashley. His other hobbies include cooking, basketball and keeping up in a softball league.