45 www.wrightsvillebeachmagazine.com WBM North Carolina and contribute to the cultural life here,” she says. “I felt there was a need to cultivate a dynamic sort of conversation about the value of classical music. I always think about how I can use music to give someone a deeper experience that is relative to his or her life.” Co-founding Chamber Music Wilmington in 1995, a nonprofit organization devoted to an enhanced appreciation and understanding of chamber music, has enabled McKenzie to seek out some of the nation’s finest chamber music musi-cians, along with international stars, and invite them to this region to per-form. In doing so, she has expanded her own opportunities for perform-ing as well, including a memorable Carnegie Hall concert in New York in 2011. Barbara McKenzie rehearses with flutist Nicholas Duchamp for their “Gaubert Vivant” concert at Carnegie Hall in 2011. PAT MARRIOTT
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