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Alberto Parrini​, cello
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Anna Stoytcheva​, piano
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Performing a program of all-female composers
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ABOUT THE SPONSOR


SALIX PIANO TRIO

For fifty years, Mary Josephine Conrad Cresimore (Jo) has contributed to the City of Raleigh as a volunteer, leader and fundraiser for many local organizations.  A supporter of the arts and humanities, Jo has served the North Carolina Museum of Art for 50 years and been a leading member of the Raleigh Fine Arts Society for 48 years.  During the 1970s she led the effort to convince the Raleigh City Council to establish the Raleigh Arts Commission (the first such commission in the state) dedicated to enhancing the city through art.  Among her many fundraising roles, she helped organize the initial art auction to raise funds for what is now the Alliance of AIDS Services Carolina.  Jo is also recognized for her efforts in preserving Mordercai Historic City Park and as a Board of Trustees member of the North Carolina Symphony.  Her commitment to the arts and humanities led to an appointment by President Ronald Reagan to the National Council on the Humanities bringing national recognition to the City of Oaks.​​

Paremski & Bailey with honarary event chair Mary J.C. Cresimore

Sunday, December 6, 2026
2:00 p.m. 
​SECU Auditorium - NC Museum of Art
2110 Blue Ridge Rd. Raleigh, NC 27607

$31 ADULTS
$28 NCMA  MEMBERS
​$23 STUDENTS

Joanna Maurer, violin
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                     Joanna Maurer – violin
                     Alberto Parrini – cello
                  Anna Stoytcheva – piano

ABOUT THE ARTISTS
     Each member of Salix brings a distinguished musical voice to the ensemble. Maurer has been praised by The Washington Post for her “probing, fiercely intelligent playing,” Parrini by The New York Times for his “smooth, luxuriant tone,” and Stoytcheva by Cultural Voice of North Carolina for her radiant palette of color, dynamics, and tone. Together, they offer performances shaped by trust, elegance, passion, and the ease that comes from years of musical friendship. ​
   
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​ "...a must-hear musical event."
​                                The Washington Post
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     Since its founding as all three members were part of the American Chamber Players, the trio has appeared on the Bulgarian Concert Evenings in New York series, including its Opening Gala at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. Recent and upcoming engagements include the Wooster Chamber Music Series, Syracuse Friends of Chamber Music, Sanibel Music Festival, Duke University Chamber Arts Series, and Chamber Music Raleigh. 
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     The name Salix comes from salix babylonica, the weeping willow tree—a graceful and poetic image that reflects the ensemble’s lyrical spirit. For Chamber Music Raleigh’s Sights & Sounds on Sundays series at the North Carolina Museum of Art, the Salix Piano Trio brings an afternoon of warmth, refinement, and deeply personal chamber music-making.