Community Calendar

In a free public talk, a preeminent microbiologist, Professor Ute Römling from Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden will discuss “Microbial biofilm formation -- about origin, multicellularity and clinical impact”. Römling is among the world experts in biofilms. In her public presentation, she will explain that most microbes live in communities known as biofilms. About 70 percent of human infections involve microbial biofilms. Some of the most problematic biofilms are formed on the surfaces of prosthetic devices, in chronic wounds and in the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients.

Epic Horizons will close out our 75th concert season, featuring guest violinist Aubree Oliverson, who will perform Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto. Oliverson is a young American violinist proving to be one of the most compelling artists of her generation. Praised for her evocative lyricism and joyful, genuine approach, Oliverson is acclaimed as a “masterful” soloist, with recent solo appearances including the Chamber Orchestra of New York at Carnegie Hall, the Utah Symphony, the Peace Orchestra Project, and the Ridgefield Symphony, featuring a pairing of the Barber and Esmail violin concertos.