About The Camerata di Sant' Antonio

In 2002, Pastor Cassaroto Secundo and Italian Vice Consulate Lucia Caracci Cullens commissioned conductor Christopher Weber to create a professional music ensemble to promote the rich musical heritage of Italy and to magnify St. Anthony of Padua R.C. Church's prominence in the Buffalo community. Toward that end, Maestro Weber presented the inaugural concert of the Camerata di Sant' Antonio String Orchestra on the Feast of St. Anthony, June 13th, 2003.

Under Weber's baton, the Camerata di Sant Antonio has strengthened St. Anthony’s role as the focal point of Buffalo’s Italian community and also brought hundreds of non-Italians to Buffalo’s city center to partake in the tradition that is St. Anthony's. A community of Angeli has become loyal supporters of the Camerata, and now numbers over one hundred members. They've spread the word about Maestro Weber's distinctive programming and impassioned conducting style.

The musicians of the Camerata di Sant’ Antonio are seasoned performers from orchestras throughout the United States and around the world. Their concert season celebrates various feast days and traditions including Christmas and the Feast of Saint Lucy, Venetian Carnival, and the Feast of Saint Anthony. The ensemble is sometimes joined by the Camerata Chorus, and regularly hosts guest soloists and choruses.  Each concert is followed by a reception where the audience is encouraged to meet the musicians and to partake in homemade Italian cooking, native wines, traditional sweets, and spontaneous outbursts of Italian folksong.