Abstract
The Mendelssohn Project was directed by Merry Peckham, Associate Director of The Perlman Music Program and Chair of Chamber Music at The New England Conservatory of Music. Merry envisioned a virtual tribute to PMP’s cherished annual tradition of performing the Octet for welcoming audiences on the program’s Shelter Island campus and beyond.
Representing eleven countries and all 26 years of PMP, 143 students, alumni and faculty came together virtually to record an excerpt of the "Presto" movement from Felix Mendelssohn’s Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20.