Enjoy the sounds of the Camarada Quartet, performing at 6:15 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 25 at the Rancho Bernardo Library. Part of the Classical Concert Series, sponsored by the Friends of the Rancho Bernardo Library, the concert is free and open to the public. Children age 7 and older may attend with a parent or guardian. Donations are appreciated. The Camarada Quartet is made up of Beth Ross-Buckley on flute, David Buckley on violin, Joanna Morrison Pernela on cello and Dana Burnett on piano.

San Diego is fortunate to have a few venues that are particularly favorable for performing chamber music. La Jolla’s Auditorium at TSRI and UC San Diego’s Conrad Prebys Concert Hall come immediately to mind.

Beth Ross-Buckley still remembers when she had the idea to start off her chamber music group Camarada, which is currently gearing up for its 23rd landmark season. “I used to live in the San Francisco Bay Area and played in probably 10 chamber groups,” says Ross-Buckley. “When I moved down to San Diego, there wasn’t very much chamber music happening.” Not until a chance trip to Vienna, Austria, did Ross-Buckley become inspired to start one of her own.

Beth Ross-Buckley, co-founder and co-artistic director of the chamber group Camarada, says "creativity, expression and serving thousands of people through the voice of music" drives her passion for the craft. (Howard Lipin / Union-Tribune) Beth Ross-Buckley is a flutist and co-founder and co-artistic director of Camarada, which has presented cozy chamber-music concerts in San Diego since 1994. Its 2017 fall season opens Oct. 1 at the Mingei International Museum in Balboa Park. It continues Nov. 4 at Bread & Salt with “Music, SHE Wrote,” featuring chamber music composed by women.

Enjoy the classical chamber music of Camarada at 6:15 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26 at the Rancho Bernardo Library, 17110 Bernardo Center Drive. This concert is free and open to the public, although donations are encouraged to cover the costs of the musicians. It is part of the library’s Chamber Music concert series, sponsored by the Rancho Bernardo Friends of the Library. Camarada is a classical chamber music ensemble founded 22 years ago by Beth Ross-Buckley, Ann Chase and Mary Barranger. While Chase and Barranger have since retired, Ross-Buckley, a flutist, still leads the ensemble. More than just traditional classical chamber music, Ross-Buckley said that Camarada performs “whatever speaks to us,” including tango, Celtic music, Baroque and more.

A packed house at the Mingei Museum in Balboa Park was treated to a flute duo billed as Flute Fusion featuring Holly Hofmann, inveterate jazz flautist and promoter, along with Beth Ross-Buckley, classical flautist and promoter. Both Holly and Beth have been long time music presenters in San Diego. Holly started at the Horton Grand and had a memorable gig for many years at the San Diego Museum of Art. Beth started a chamber music group called Camarada in 1994. This night they joined forces.