RALEIGH -- The idea of starting a new summer music festival in the Triangle -- or anywhere else, in this economy -- and anchoring it with a popular European chamber orchestra, then inviting high-caliber international and local guest performers seems a little far-fetched. But that's the scenario playing out with the Cross Currents Chamber Music Arts Festival, which got under way Thursday and runs through Saturday. Organizers -- that's basically Raleigh artist and writer Carrie Knowles -- made it happen through connections, hard work and pocket-change donations. The unlikely project has brought...
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