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The Clearing Presents Violinist Klara Fenyo Bahcall

Violinist, Klara Fenyِ Bahcall, who has taught the Chamber Music for Strings class at The Clearing for the past 10 years, will perform a benefit concert in The Clearing Schoolhouse at 3 on Sunday, September 5.

The concert will celebrate The Clearing’s 75th Anniversary, and the 150th birthday of Clearing founder Jens Jensen. Bahcall will be accompanied by Eli Kalman, her colleague in the Music Department at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. Light refreshments will be served after the concert.

Bahcall plays concerts nationally and internationally and has given numerous solo and chamber music recitals. She has performed for the Green Lake Festival, the Wisconsin Public Radio Chazen Concert Series, and the Chicago Public Radio Monday Evening Concert Series. She has been the Concertmaster and a soloist with the Oshkosh Symphony Orchestra. She is currently the director of the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh String Festival and the founder/director of the UW-Oshkosh Summer String Music Camp.

All proceeds will be used for historic preservation projects at The Clearing, including restoration of the Player’s Green, a small, outdoor amphitheater in the woods built by Jensen in the 1930s.

Tickets for the benefit are $50 per person and may be purchased by calling The Clearing at 920.854.4088 or 877.854.3225 or visiting http://www.theclearing.org.