Palaver Strings is a Grammy-nominated, musician-led string ensemble and nonprofit organization based in Portland, ME.

The Apple of their Eyes explores the African-American experience in classical music, through the eyes of Black composers. It begins with William Grant Still’s lush and lyrical Mother and Child, and continues with Perry’s understated Prelude for Piano, arranged for strings. At the heart of the program is Edmund Thornton Jenkins Romance and Reverie Phantasy for Violin and String Orchestra, restored, edited, and arranged by Tuffus Zimbabwe, featuring Palaver violinist Maïthéna Girault.

Suggested donation at the door: Adults $15; students/kids free.

Sponsored by the French family