For those unfamiliar with chamber music, here’s a pitch to pique your interest.
“ [It] is basically the rock band of the classical music world,” said Maia Jasper White, violinist and co-founder of Salastina.
The musician-led group, now in its 15th year, has been reviving the tradition of chamber music salons in L.A. and Orange counties, with the price of a ticket as little as $5.
Centuries ago, chamber musicians performed at the homes of wealthy patrons or well-to-do dilettantes. Today, Jasper White said Salastina preserves the intimacy of these smaller public performances — more than 20 each year — that are “unpretentious and very, very social.”…