SUNDAY 5/3: William & Mary Quartet at Franktown UMC

A concert featuring the Wren Masters from the College of William & Mary, an early music quartet playing renaissance and baroque music on period instruments, will be presented 3 p.m. Sunday, May 3, at Franktown United Methodist Church. Tickets are $20 at Rayfield’s Pharmacy. The event is sponsored by Northampton County Education Foundation.This is the first in a series of cultural enhancement and high quality arts opportunities the Foundation will be sponsoring on the Shore.   All proceeds will support scholarships, teacher grants, and special event activities in Northampton County Public Schools. Twenty-five tickets will be distributed to students involved with music programs at all four Northampton schools. Hailed by The Washington Post for their “crisp ensemble, mellowness, and admirable stylistic awareness,” the four members are performing-artist faculty of the College of William & Mary, playing harpsichord, baroque violin, viola da gamba / baroque cello, and recorder. Susan Via of the group said, “Our baroque group thoroughly enjoyed performing in the Cokesbury series several years ago.  We look forward to having another opportunity to bring baroque music to the Eastern Shore.”