A wonderful organization providing quality chamber music to the greater Stockton area. Since 1956, Stockton's Friends of Chamber Music of Stockton has been serving Stockton and the surrounding communities for more than a half a century. The organization was founded by Walter H. Perl in 1956 with support from local donations and a Ford Foundation grant for the promotion of chamber music. The initial Board of Directors was a small group of chamber music enthusiasts, primarily faculty of what was at the time the College of the Pacific. In 1986, the Board membership was increased and expanded to reflect community members with a broad range of backgrounds, geographical locations, and interests. The Executive Committee, Board Members, and Artist Selection Committee are all volunteers. Friends of Chamber Music has consistently maintained the highest musical standards, presenting such well-known groups as the Beaux Arts and Amadeus Trios, the Julliard, Guarnieri, Tokyo, and Kronos Quartets, as well as many other groups from the Americas, Europe, and Asia.
