In 1961 Rudolf Serkin invited him to the remarkable chamber music gathering in Vermont that he helped found at Marlboro College.
So one morning in April, Mr. Donohue could be found holding court at America's Small Business Summit, the chamber's annual gathering for small-business owners, who come to network and lobby their lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
At 12 he began traveling to the University of Georgia in Athens, where he lived and breathed piano — and chamber music in evening gatherings that ran into the wee hours — with Hugh Hodgson, until he was 19 and his mentor insisted he move to New York.
For tens of thousands of years we have told and retold stories around campfires and in royal chambers and religious gatherings, in genres ranging from song to poetry, from performance to film.
The Senators are currently gathering in the chamber.
Mr. Vedrine spoke to the gathering in the chamber of the Polish Parliament after opening remarks by the host, Foreign Minister Bronislaw Geremek.
Members were gathering in the chamber for their first vote of the day, a procedural move that will allow them to vote in an expedited fashion on the bill.
As the popcorn cooks, you should notice popped kernels rising out of the cooking chamber, spilling over the sides, and gathering at the bottom of the glass case below.
Art song, like chamber music, was intended for intimate gatherings — and the musicmaking can feel distant when performed in vast halls.
Opponents of same-sex marriage rallied in force on Monday, gathering outside the Senate chambers to sing and chant, as their leaders delivered petitions with 63,000 signatures of New Yorkers opposing the legalization of same-sex weddings.
