Hosted by Brooklyn Youth Arts and Justice, this special afternoon concert will feature students and professionals collaborating to spotlight the works of female composers Amy Beach, Julia Perry, Grazyna Bacewicz, Florence Price, Clara Schumann, and Reena Esmail.

Program

• Serenity for Solo Clarinet (1972), Julia Perry

• Aquatic Park (2024, NY Premier), Ellen Fishman (b. 1961)

• Sonata in A for Clarinet and Piano, Alice Mary Smith

  • Medina-Zimmerman Duo

• Works by Amy Beach, Grazyna Bacewicz, Florence Price, Amanda Ira Aldridge, Estelle Ricketts'

  • BYAJ Student Soloists

• Piano Trio (Mvts III, IV), Reena Esmail (b. 1983)

  • Maestoso Trio

• Selections from Three Lieder, Op. 12, by Clara Schumann

  • Er ist gekommen in Sturm und Regen

  • Liebst du um Schonheit

  • Alexandra Selawsky, Soprano

• The Seal Man, by Rebecca Clarke

  • Alexandra Selawsky, Soprano

This event is free and open to the public with a suggested donation of $40 for adults and $15 for students. All proceeds will benefit the Food Pantry at St. Ann and the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church.

Experience an unforgettable afternoon of classical piano featuring the acclaimed pianist Emma Tahmizian.

Date: Sunday, March 16
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: Saugatuck Congregational Church, 245 Post Road East, Westport

This concert showcases performances of works by Scarlatti, Chopin, Liszt, Brahms, Debussy, Currier, and Yedidia.

More than just a performance, this event supports a vital cause—all proceeds benefit Homes with Hope in Westport, helping those facing food insecurity in our community.

Come for the music, stay for the mission. Let’s make a difference together through the power of music.

Admission is free with a suggested donation ($40/adult, $15/student); no tickets or RSVPs are necessary.

Presenting exciting works by Abéniz, Dyens, Ponce, Piazzolla, Chopin, Ravel, and Brahms performed by the esteemed faculty and friends of Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University:

- Jiji Kim, guitar

- Sang Jin Kim, viola

- Chi Ho Han, piano

- Kyung Sun Lee, violin

- Arthur Trælnes, violin

- Eric Kim, cello

- Sung-Mi Im, piano

All proceeds will go to Hoosier Hills Food Bank which serves six counties (Brown, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe, Orange, Owen) in south central Indiana. In addition to the concert, there will be a silent auction during the intermission.

This exceptional ensemble unites two longtime PCMS favorites—Grammy Award-winning violist Kim Kashkashian and former Mendelssohn Quartet cellist Marcy Rosen—with two fast-rising young artists: the “exquisite” (New York Classical Review) violinist Stephanie Zyzak and 2023 Avery Fisher Career Grant winner Evren Ozel. Fauré’s lyrical G Minor Piano Quartet highlights a program that also includes Haydn’s charming C Major Piano Trio, a work that boasts some of Haydn’s most virtuosic piano writing.

Haydn: Piano Trio in C Major, Hob. XV:27
Shostakovich: Viola Sonata, Op. 147
Fauré: Piano Quartet in G Minor, Op. 45

Follow this link to watch the livestreamed concert on YouTube.

On Tuesday, February 18, 2025 at 7:30 pm, renowned violinist Eric Keefe and fellow musicians from the Curtis Institute of Music will perform Dvořák’s virtuosic, folksy Terzetto in C Major, Op. 74;  Jessie Montgomery’s programmatic and nimble Musings; and Mozart’s radiant and sublime Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 581, “Stadler.”

The concert begins at 7:30 pm. A dessert-reception with the musicians precedes the concert.

Tickets (concert and reception) are $35 ($20 student) plus additional optional donation. All proceeds benefit the transformative work of The Sunday Love Project.

Repertoire to be performed:

Soir et Matin, Mel Bonis

Under a Veil of Stars, Kevin Lau (American premiere)

Piano Trio No. 2 in C Minor, Felix Mendelssohn.

Artists:

Alfonso Hernandez, piano

Madeleine Jansen, violin

Syneva Colle, cello

Admission is free. 100% of all donations will benefit the Flint Hills Breadbasket.

Program

• Sonata  No.1 for Cello and Piano opus 109, Gabriel Fauré

• Fantasy in C Major  for Violin and Piano D 934, Franz Schubert

• Quartet No. 2 “The Spaniard”, Judith Weir

• Five Pieces for String Quartet, Erwin Schulhoff

Artists

• Catherine Cho, violin

• Kevin Jansson, piano 

• Natasha Brofsky, cello

• Marija Stroke, piano

• Katarina Quartet : Jeanel Liang and Jérôme Chiasson, violins; Celia Morin, viola; Maya Enstad, cello 

Admission is free with a suggested donation ($40/adult, $15/student); no tickets or RSVPs are necessary. All proceeds will go to Broadway Community.

Come celebrate Black History Month with student members of Brooklyn Youth Arts and Justice as they present works by Florence Price, Estelle Ricketts, Amanda Ira Aldridge, and Scott Joplin.  Special thanks to Emile Blondel, Collaborative Pianist.

The concert is free with suggested donations of $10/students and $20/adults. All donations will go directly to support the Food Pantry at St. Ann and The Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Brooklyn Heights.

Join Us for the 2nd Annual “Music For Food” Chamber Music Concert!

When: Tuesday, January 28, 2025, at 7 PM
Where: BB&N Upper School - Chorale Room

Celebrate the power of music and community as 25 talented students across 7 ensembles come together to raise awareness about hunger and food insecurity.

With over 20% of Massachusetts households with children experiencing food insecurity in 2024, your support can make a difference. This year, we welcome both monetary donations and non-perishable food items, with all proceeds going directly to the CEOC Food Pantry in Cambridge.

Together, let’s create harmony in our community!

Please join us for the third Boston concert of Music for Food’s 15th season: The New World.

Repertoire to be performed:

• String Quartet No.10, Op. 51, Antonín Dvořák

  • Miriam Fried (violin), Paul Biss (violin), Nicholas Cords (viola), Yeesun Kim (cello)

• Trio for Violin, Cello, and Piano, Charles Ives

  • Lilit Hartunian (violin), David Russell (cello), Stephen Drury (piano)

• String Quintet No.3, Op. 97, Antonín Dvořák

  • Terra String Quartet: Harriet Langley (violin), Amelia Dietrich (violin), Chih-Ta Chen (viola), Kim Kashkashian (viola), Audrey Chen (cello)

Admission is free with a suggested donation ($40/adult, $15/student); no tickets or RSVPs are necessary. All proceeds will go to a local food pantry. The Boston core concerts this year support Women’s Lunch Place.

Franz Schubert created arguably the most sublime and soulful music of all time. Please join us for the next Music for Food concert on January 25th at 3 p.m. in Chatham University's James Laughlin Music Center for a lyrical and virtuosic "Schubertiade". Pianist Nanette Kaplan Solomon has assembled an all-star roster of performers including herself, sopranos Kelly Lynch and Colleen Gray, clarinetist Kira Bokanders, pianist Yeeha Chiu, violinist Alison Fujito, violinist Stephanie Tretick, cellist Paula Tuttle, and bassist Justin Bendel to perform some of the composer's most beloved works, including Shepherd on the Rock, the Trout Quintet, and delightful lieder and piano duets.

All proceeds will benefit the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank.

Come enjoy an afternoon of classical music while supporting a good cause help relieve food insecurity in the Bay Area.

Free admission. Donations will be collected at the event or you can donate directly at the button above.

Doors will open at 3:30PM. Seating is available on a first come first served basis.

Program:

Welcome

Pastor Kim Dorr-Tilley,

First Presbyterian Church of

Mountain View​​

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Pièce Romantique - P. Gaubert

Sonja Vasic, flute

Oshagan Merjanian, cello

Theresa Ronan, piano

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Sonata Op. 5 Nr. 2, Rondo - L. Beethoven

Oshagan Merjanian, cello

Dr. Axel Schmitt, piano

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Benefit Presentation

Dena Hase,

Donor Engagement Coordinator for

Second Harvest of Silicon Valley

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Prelude in G Major - J. S. Bach, arr. Mike Block

Oshagan Merjanian, cello

Dylan Nguyen, cello

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Two Songs (Gesänge), Op. 91 - J. Brahms

- No. 1: Gestillte Sehnsucht

(Longing at Rest)

- No. 2: Geistliches Wiegenlied

(Sacred Lullaby)

Isabella Göze, soprano

Oshagan Merjanian, cello

Theresa Ronan, piano

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Closing Remarks

Pastor Kim Dorr-Tilley,

First Presbyterian Church of

Mountain View​

Please join us for the second Boston concert of Music for Food’s 15th season: Birthing.

Repertoire to be performed:

• The Four Quarters, Thomas Ades

  • Parker Quartet: Daniel Chong (violin), Ken Hamao (violin), Jessica Bodner (viola), Kee-Hyun Kim (cello).

• Premier of composition for viola and piano, Aria Shi

  • Peter Jablokow (viola)

• String Quintet No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 87, Felix Mendelssohn

  • Ayano Ninomiya (violin), Hye Jin Kim (violin), Ara Gregorian (viola), Kim Kashkashian (viola), Marcy Rosen (cello).

Admission is free with a suggested donation ($40/adult, $15/student); no tickets or RSVPs are necessary. All proceeds will go to a local food pantry. The Boston core concerts this year support Women’s Lunch Place.

Join us at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music for an evening of chamber music. Experience Beethoven’s Eyeglasses Duo and Kodály’s Duo for Violin and Cello. After intermission, immerse yourself in Prokofiev’s Sonata for Two Violins, Viktor Ullmann’sString Quartet No. 3, and conclude with Shostakovich’s electrifying Two Pieces for String Octet. This concert presents the wonderful tradition of collaboration between UCLA strings faculty and students. Featuring violinists Ji Young An, Varty Manouelian, Adam Millstein, Movses Pogossian, violists Che Yen Chen and Damon Zavala, and cellists Ben Hong and Jeffrey Ho.

This performance is held in support of the food services of Ketchum Downtown YMCA, through Music for Food. This musician-led initiative harmonizes the power of the arts with the critical mission of combating hunger, underscoring our commitment to social responsibility and community engagement.

This special evening brings musicians and audience together for an artistically enriching experience in support of Sunday Love Project, whose mission focuses on helping those facing food security. In addition to moving performances, this enthralling concert features personal commentary, with a reception to follow.

Repertoire

• Haydn: String Quartet in F major, Op. 50, No. 5, " The Dream"

• Saariaho: Terra Memoria

• Janáček: String Quartet No. 2, "Intimate Letters"

Erinys Quartet: Elizabeth Stewart (violin), Joosep Reimaa (violin), Marija Raisanen (viola), Stergios Theodoridis (cello)

General admission: $35, Student Tickets: $20

The Juilliard cello studio of Natasha Brofsky and Juilliard collaborative pianists present Schubert’s Song Cycle “Winterreise” to benefit Broadway Community.

Program

Winterreise, (A Winter's Journey), D 911 Franz Schubert
Song Cycle arranged for cello and piano

Cellists: Kuan Yu Huang, Amanda Vosburgh, Hayden Idson, Irene Lee, Emil Olejnik, I Cheng Liu, Alice Lee, Colin Guan, Andrew Chun, Noa Mogle, Mary Brook Hartmann, Grace Mockus, Javier Hernandez, Miles Goosby, Jacqueline Hager, Brandon Leonard, Lila Holyoke
Pianists: Fengyi Wang, Jarod Yap, Jiwoo Yun, Mei Yin Grace Wong

Admission is free with a suggested donation ($40/adult, $15/student); no tickets or RSVPs are necessary. All proceeds will go to Broadway Community.

Utopia

A concert curated by Emilie-Anne Gendron (violin) of the Momenta Quartet, featuring guest artist Adrian Morejon (bassoon).

Program

Georg Philipp Telemann: selections from Fantasias for violin solo 

Eun Young Lee: Pax Aeterna for bassoon and string quartet (world premiere) 

George Enescu: Ménétrier “Folk Fiddler” for solo violin, from Impressions d’enfance, op. 28 

Charles Ives: String Quartet No. 2

About the Momenta Festival

Momenta Festival IX features four diverse chamber music programs, each curated by a member of the quartet. With programs that blend the old and new, the "intriguing programming" (The New York Times) and "striking originality" (I Care If You Listen) of the Momenta Festival have been acclaimed by critics and fans alike.

The ninth edition of the festival celebrates two anniversaries: 150 years of Charles Ives and 20 years of Momenta Quartet. Each night a work by Ives will be performed by the quartet and special guests.

Admission is free with a suggested donation ($40/adult, $15/student); no tickets or RSVPs are necessary. All proceeds will go to Broadway Community.

American Experiments

A concert curated by Michael Haas (cello) of the Momenta Quartet, featuring guest artist Dana Kelley (viola).

Program

Charles Ives: Chorale from String Quartet No. 1 

Ives: Scherzo from a Set of 3 Short Pieces 

Henry Cowell: String Quartet No. 4 “United” 

Timo Andres: Thrive on Routine 

Antonín Dvořák: String Quintet in E-flat major Op. 97 

About the Momenta Festival

Momenta Festival IX features four diverse chamber music programs, each curated by a member of the quartet. With programs that blend the old and new, the "intriguing programming" (The New York Times) and "striking originality" (I Care If You Listen) of the Momenta Festival have been acclaimed by critics and fans alike.

The ninth edition of the festival celebrates two anniversaries: 150 years of Charles Ives and 20 years of Momenta Quartet. Each night a work by Ives will be performed by the quartet and special guests.

Admission is free with a suggested donation ($40/adult, $15/student); no tickets or RSVPs are necessary. All proceeds will go to Broadway Community.

The first Boston concert of Music for Food’s 15th season —Roots and Reflections— will explore sacred, folk, and contemporary jewels from Germany, Armenia, and the United States.

Artists include Don Weilerstein (violin), Vivian Weilerstein (piano), Adam Newman (viola), Kim Kashkashian (viola), Edward Luengo (cello), and Roberto Granados (electric guitar).

Admission is free with a suggested donation ($40/adult, $15/student); no tickets or RSVPs are necessary. All proceeds will go to a local food pantry. The Boston core concerts this year support Women’s Lunch Place.

Festival Fellows quartets give the final performance of the 2024 Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival. In lieu of a ticket purchase, concertgoers should being a non-perishable food item to donate to Feeding Chittenden.

The Pogossian family and guest artist Artur Avanesov present stunning concert on June 15th in the Arno Babajanyan concert hall to benefit Armenian Progressive Youth, which provides food and household items to displaced families from Artsakh.

Violinist Lily Tsai, violist Jenn Chang, cellist Valerie Chen, and pianist Solon Gordon perform duos, trios, and quartets for violin, viola, cello, and piano at the Lilypad to benefit Food for Free, an organization that rescues and redistributes 2 million pounds of food a year in Cambridge!

PROGRAM
Schoenfield — Cafe Music
Prokofiev — Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 in f minor, Op. 80
Schumann — Piano Quartet in Eflat major, Op. 47

A brilliant quartet of musicians—violinist Robyn Julyan, violist Margaret Dyer, viola, cellist Trevor Minton, cello, and pianist Damien Krzyzek—perform three piano quartets in support of Metro Caring’s work. Admission is free with a suggested donation (+$30/adult; +$10/student), and 100% of proceeds benefit Metro Caring.

PROGRAM:

Mozart - Piano Quartet in E-flat

Caroline Shaw - Thousandth Orange

Dvořák - Piano Quartet #2 in E-flat

Join Catherine Kautsky’s piano studio for an evening of music by Mozart, Chopin, Debussy, and others, all performed in support of a Native American reservation food pantry. All checks should be made out to the pantry.

Join FSU faculty and students in a performance of vibrant chamber music by Schubert, Hsu, and Schumann to benefit the FSU Food for Thought Pantry. 100% of proceeds will go directly to the pantry.

The amazing Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival presents an evening of musc at Isham Farm in celebration of the festival's upcoming 20th summer season!

The concert features a performance by the FaMa Quartet which formed at GMCMF in 2021, who will present works by Mendelssohn, Ysaÿe and Debussy. Guests will also have an opportunity to learn about Green Mountain from its leaders, as well as the mission of the Williston Community Food Shelf. A light reception will be provided.

Attendees should bring a monetary (cash/check) or non-perishable food item donation in lieu of a ticket purchase. All proceeds benefit the Williston Community Food Shelf, which aims to provide high-quality food to those in need in their community, and to connect those community members and families with essential support services.