UNCSA Inspiration Baroque

A faculty and student collaborative performance from the Studios of Ida Bieler, Tadeu Coelho, and Brooks Whitehouse, featuring works spanning the Baroque era.

PROGRAM

Georg Philipp Telemann: Concerto for Four Violins

Antonio Vivaldi: Cello Concerto

Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4

BENEFICIARY

Crisis Control Ministries Food Bank

Free and open to the public. Suggested donation: $40 adults / $15 students. All proceeds benefit Crisis Control Ministries Food Bank.

Romantic Masterpieces, featuring Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio

Music for Food: Romantic Masterpieces, featuring Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio

Join us for an afternoon of chamber music celebrating the legacy of Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn. The program features Mendelssohn’s beloved Piano Trio, along with vocal selections performed by Colleen Grey, soprano. Musicians Alison Fujito (violin), Paula Tuttle (cello), Amy Simpson (piano), and Nanette Solomon (piano) bring these works to life in an engaging and intimate performance.

Part of the Music for Food series, this concert combines inspiring music with a mission to support the community, making it a meaningful afternoon of both artistry and impact.

Cash Donations Preferred 

Beethoven In Time: courageous music for a changing world 

Repertoire

• Beethoven Piano Trio in E-flat Major, Op. 1, No.1 

  Hyacinth Trio

  Vibha Janakiraman, violin

  Ben Deighton, cello

  Alex Nam, piano 

• Beethoven String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat major, Op. 130 with the Grosse Fugue, Op. 133

  Laurie Smukler and Christina Nam, violins

  Sam Rosenthal, viola

  Natasha Brofsky, cello

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 Broadway Community, helping the homeless and hungry.

Mimosa Ensemble & Stephanie Zyzak, violin

Repertoire

• George Walker: Lyric for Strings

• Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra in D minor, Soloist Stephanie Zyzak

• Erwin Schulhoff: Five Pieces for String Quartet arranged for string orchestra

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 Broadway Community, helping the homeless and hungry.

Presto Piano Studio

Students from Presto Piano Studio, under the direction of pianist and teacher Jimmy Liu, will perform at Chatham University’s Laughlin Music Center on Saturday, March 14, 2026 at 4:00 pm.

Presto Piano Studio includes students ages five through adult and focuses on both artistic excellence and a love of sharing music with the community. Studio performers have appeared at venues such as Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, Heinz Hall, Carnegie Music Hall, and even atop Mt. Washington. Students also volunteer regularly at retirement communities throughout Pittsburgh, including Forward Shady, Friendship Village, and The Willows.

Many students have earned top marks in ABRSM examinations, local piano competitions, and community performances. They are honored to take part in this Music for Food concert at Chatham University and to share their music in support of a meaningful cause.

For more information: prestopianostudio.com

Free and open to the public. Cash donations preferred.

Join us for a Music for Food Benefit Concert on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 5:00 PM at St. Mark’s United Methodist Church—an evening where great music helps provide meals for neighbors in need. Guitarists from Duo LINÜ and Petar Jankovic & Daniel Duarte share the stage with Palonegro (Latin jazz trio), in a vibrant program ranging from Philip Glass’s Mad Rush and Debussy’s Passepied to favorites like Chick Corea’s “Spain,” plus music by Ryuichi Sakamoto, Chucho Valdés, and more. Come for an unforgettable concert—and help turn music into meals.

Program

Philip Glass Mad Rush

Claude Debussy Suite Bergamasque:IV. Passepied

Ryichi Sakamoto Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence

Duo LINÜ

Gulli Björnsson, guitar

Jiji Kim, guitar

Vojislav Ivanovic Balkan Express

Eduardo Martin Suite Habana

Jorge Cardoso Milonga

Paulo Bellinati Bom Partido

Petar Jankovic, guitar

Daniel Duarte, guitar

Nat Simon/Buddy Bernier/Ahmad Jamal Poinciana

Chucho Valdés Mambo Influenciado

Pedro Flores/Edy Martínez Obsisión

Fruko y sus tesos El Preso

Sergio Ospina-Romero Palonegro-ing

Palonegro (Latin jazz)

Sergio Ospina-Romero, piano

Michael Wimer, percussion

Carson Hoberty, bass

Chick Corea Spain 

LINÜ

Palonegro

Petar Jankovic, guitar

Daniel Duarte, guitar

All proceeds will go to Hoosier Hills Food Bank which serves six counties (Brown, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe, Orange, Owen) in south central Indiana.

Kreutzer and Kreisler

An afternoon of powerful and expressive chamber music featuring Beethoven's dramatic "Kreutzer" Sonata alongside lyrical and virtuosic works by Fritz Kreisler.

Roy Sonne, violin · Amy Simpson, piano

BENEFICIARY: Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank

Free and open to the public. Cash donations preferred.

New Beginnings: Kim Kashkashian faculty recital with Marc-André Hamelin

Admission is free with a suggested donation ($40/adult, $15/student); tickets are necessary, reserve here. All proceeds will support Women’s Lunch Place.

Repertoire to be performed:

• Viola Celebration: Bartók, Bach, and more.

  • Kim Kashkashian, Sebastian Krunnies, Beth Guterman Chu, Wenting Kang, Sheila Browne, Stephen Wyrczynski, Yu-Chen Lu, Melissa Reardon, Jonathan Vinocour

• Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 147, Dmitri Shostakovich

  • Kim Kashkashian, viola

  • Marc-André Hamelin, piano

Intermission

• Tre Pezzi and Tre Alte Pezzi, György Kurtág

  • Kim Kashkashian, viola

  • Petra Berényi, cimbalom

• Piano Quartet No. 2, in G minor, Op. 45, Gabriel Fauré

  • Geneva Lewis, violin

  • Kim Kashkashian, viola

  • Marcy Rosen, cello

  • Marc-André Hamelin, piano

Music for Food in Orange County

Music for Food comes to Dana Point on February 15, 2026 at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church for an afternoon of bold, beautifully crafted chamber music in support of Family Assistance Ministries. Nourish yourself with music—nourish others with food.

Repertoire to be performed

Mozart Kegelstatt Trio, KV 498, for violin, viola and piano

Vivaldi Concerto in a minor for two violins

Shostakovich Violin Duets

J.S. Bach Double Concerto for two violins

Artists

Mirabell Trio

Julie Ayer, violin/viola

Er-Gene Kahng, violin

Dr. Karen Follingstad, piano

Admission is free with a suggested donation ($40/adult, $15/student); no tickets or RSVPs are necessary. All proceeds will support Family Assistance Ministries.

Schubert, Adolphe, and Ishizaki

Repertoire

• F. Schubert, String Trio in B flat Major, D471

  Anna Lim, violin

  Hannah Burnett, viola

  Clara Abel, cello

• Bruce Adolphe Einstein’s Light for violin and piano 

  Anna Lim, violin

  Marija Stroke, piano

• Hannah Ishizaki On Learning for cello, piano and electronics (world premiere) 

  Natasha Brofsky, cello 

  Chaeyoung Park, piano

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 Broadway Community, helping the homeless and hungry.

3rd Annual Music for Food Chamber Music Concert

Light in Winter

Please join us to celebrate the light of music in winter! Our concert focuses on Bruce Adolphe’s “Einstein’s Light” and Robert Schumann’s beloved Piano Quartet. Bruce Adolphe will talk about his composition for violin and piano, which was written in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Einstein’s theory of general relativity and is inspired by the great physicist’s life and love of music.

Artists

Anna Lim, violin

Hannah Burnett, viola

Joshua Halpern, cello

Marija Stroke, piano

Admission is free; no tickets or RSVPs are necessary. Please give generously according to what you can. 100% of donations go to Arm in Arm's food pantry.

The Sacred: POSTPONED due to weather.

Due to the inclement weather forecast for Sunday, we have decided to postpone The Sacred, originally scheduled for January 25 at New England Conservatory.

We will be in touch soon with a new date. Thank you for your understanding, and for your support of Music for Food and Women’s Lunch Place.

Repertoire to be performed:

The Seven Last Words of the Unarmed, Joel Thompson

• NEC Chamber Singers

• Erica Washburn, Director

• Selected short pieces, Jean Sibelius

  • Don Weilerstein, violin

  • Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, piano

• Selected pieces from Játékok and Signs, Games, and Messages, György Kurtág

  • Kim Kashkashian, viola

  • Cameron Stowe and Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, piano

Intermission

• String Quartet No. 15 in D minor, K. 421/417b, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  • Miriam Fried and Paul Biss, violin

  • Nicholas Cords, viola

  • Yeesun Kim, cello

Winter Encore

NJ/NY students from Camp Encore/Coda (Sweden, ME) will collaborate with performers from Westminster Conservatory's Honors Music Program in a concert showcasing their winter repertoire.  Please join us for a variety of instrumental and vocal selections as we fight food insecurity in Princeton.

100% of suggested donations ($40/Adults; $25/Students) will benefit The Princeton Mobile Food Pantry.

Happy Birthday, Mozart!

A joyful afternoon of Mozart chamber music performed by an acclaimed lineup of Pittsburgh musicians: pianists Yeeha Chiu and Pauline Rovkah; sopranos Lilly Abreu and Stacey Davern; contralto Daphne Alderson; clarinetist Kira Bokalders; and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra members violist Stephanie Tretick and violinist Dennis O'Boyle.

BENEFICIARY: Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank

Free and open to the public. Cash donations preferred.

Dreams

Community School of Music and Art faculty join to present a chamber program featuring mesmerizing voices and songs about dreams of longing for companion, country, nature and God. Starting with French Romanticism, the program ends in 20th Century America with Leonard Bernstein’s Dream With Me and two songs by one of America’s great female composers, Amy Beach. Join soprano Isabella Goze, flutist Sonja Vasic, violinist Yoorhi Choi, cellist Oshagan Merjanian, and pianist Theresa Ronan for unique chamber arrangements which will captivate your ears with rich, lush sonorities.

Repertoire to be performed:
Debussy - Syrinx
Mendelssohn - Scherzo from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Beeftink - Birds

Faure - Apres Un Reve
Bernstein - Dream With Me (Soprano, Cello, Piano)
Sinatra - Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars

Offertory: Bach - Allemande from Suite No. 1 in G Major

Charles Lefebvre - Ballade for Flute, Cello and Piano op. 37
Laura Netzle - Serenade for Piano Trio op. 50

Amy Beach - Op. 100
No. 1 - A Mirage
No. 2 - Stella Viatoris

Isabella Goze, soprano
Sonja Vasic, flute
Yoorhi Choi, violin
Oshagan Merjanian, cello
Theresa Ronan, piano

Gather with the Griffon

Take a break from your day and Gather with the Griffon—a refreshing series of midday mini-concerts that nourish both mind and spirit. These intimate performances blend inspiring music with engaging conversation in a relaxed, welcoming setting. Performed by Roy Meyer and Alex Norris (violins), Oryann Tsaig (viola), and Jesse Nummelin (cello), each program invites you to pause, listen, and connect.

Presented as part of the Music for Food initiative, this event transforms the power of performance into tangible help for those in need—supporting local food pantries and families facing food insecurity. We invite you to bring a nonperishable food item or make a donation to the First Presbyterian food pantry, helping fight hunger right here in our community.

Generously supported by local arts champions, these concerts are made possible by the Wisconsin Arts Board, National Endowment for the Arts, Kopseker Trust of the Greater Green Bay Community Foundation, and Doctors in Recital.

All proceeds benefit Presbyterian Food Pantry of Green Bay.

Melodic Silhouettes

BGSU’s Early Music Ensemble presents Melodic Silhouettes, an evening of baroque gems by Henry Purcell, Francesco Geminiani, Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, and more, directed by Caroline Eva Chin.

Join us on Wednesday, November 19 at 7:30 PM in the BGSU Planetarium for a free concert in partnership with Music for Food, supporting the BG Brown Bag Food Project as we head into the holiday season.

Come enjoy luminous music under the stars and help nourish neighbors in need.

Songs and Improvisations

Admission is free with a suggested donation ($40/adult, $15/student); no tickets or RSVPs are necessary. All proceeds will support Women’s Lunch Place.

Repertoire to be performed:

• Selected Duets, Luciano Berio

  • Nathan Cole, violin

  • Kim Kashkashian, viola

• Songs and Improvisations

  • Dominique Eade, voice

  • Tim Ray, piano

Intermission

• Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 47, Robert Schumann

  • Stephanie Zyzak, violin

  • Kim Kashkashian, viola

  • Marcy Rosen, cello

  • Max Levinson, piano

Rythmique Music School Music for Food Concert

Join the students and faculty of Rythmique Music School to raise proceeds for Crossroads Urban Center.

No tickets or RSVPs necessary- please bring a donation for Crossroads Urban Center!

Cello Extravaganza: A Tribute to Pablo Casals

Repertoire

• Music of Bach, Monteverdi, Vivaldi and Beethoven played by cellists from the Brofsky studio at Juilliard.

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 Broadway Community, helping the homeless and hungry.

Gather with the Griffon

Take a break from your day and Gather with the Griffon—a refreshing series of midday mini-concerts that nourish both mind and spirit. These intimate performances blend inspiring music with engaging conversation in a relaxed, welcoming setting. Performed by Roy Meyer and Alex Norris (violins), Oryann Tsaig (viola), and Jesse Nummelin (cello), each program invites you to pause, listen, and connect.

Presented as part of the Music for Food initiative, this event transforms the power of performance into tangible help for those in need—supporting local food pantries and families facing food insecurity. We invite you to bring a nonperishable food item or make a donation to the Bay View Lutheran food pantry, helping fight hunger right here in our community.

Generously supported by local arts champions, these concerts are made possible by the Wisconsin Arts Board, National Endowment for the Arts, Little Eddie Big Cup, Kopseker Trust of the Greater Green Bay Community Foundation, and United Way of Door County.

All proceeds benefit Bay View Food Pantry and Community Fridge.

Join Music for Food and Trio Suspiro in an evening of music to support Second Harvest of Silicon Valley!

On Friday, November 7th at 7:30PM, Trio Suspiro (violinist Lily Tsai, cellist Stephanie Tsai, and pianist Ben-han Sung) will perform a benefit concert at St. Mark's in Palo Alto in collaboration with Music for Food and Second Harvest to help fight hunger in our local communities.

Lily and Stephanie grew up in Palo Alto and have played music together since childhood—performing at school (JLS and Gunn High School), competing together as a string duo, and participating in local orchestras like SFSYO. Stephanie and Ben-han met at Stanford, leading to a strong friendship and musical bond that brought all three together to form Trio Suspiro in 2024 when the two sisters returned home. They formed this partnership with Music for Food to give back to their home communities, and to bring an evening of harmony—both in music and on purpose—to you!

Entry to the concert is free, and while donations are optional, a suggested contribution of $10 would be greatly appreciated. Every bit of support helps these organizations continue their invaluable work in our local community.

Quartets for Metro Caring

Denver musicians will perform quartets for piano and strings by Mozart and Suk to benefit Metro Caring.

Repertoire

Piano Quartet in G minor, KV 478, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Quartet in A minor, Op. 1, Josef Suk

Performers

Robyn Julyan, violin
Margaret Dyer Harris, viola
Trevor Minton, cello
Damien Krzyzek, piano

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

Jasper Quartet with Julietta Curenton, flute

PCMS delights in highlighting the Jasper Quartet, one of today’s preeminent American string quartets which also happens to call Philadelphia home. Hailed as being “expressively assured and beautifully balanced” (Gramophone), the ensemble is joined for this concert by Julietta Curenton, a flutist known for her “bold and dramatically characterized playing” (Dallas Morning News) and a “tone that draws in one’s ear with sounds and ideas that simply cannot be resisted” (Philadelphia Inquirer).

The proceeds from this concert will support Broad Street Love.

Britten: Three Divertimenti
GL Frank: Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout
Stubblefield: Music, Op. 27 World Premiere/PCMS Commission
Wallen: All the Blues I See US Premiere

Running time: 1 hour and 45 minutes (including intermission)

A Wicked Good Concert for a Wicked Good Cause!

On Saturday, October 25 from 5pm to 6pm, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Newton will host the incredible Labyrinth Choir, a professional, mixed vocal ensemble of 22 musicians for "A Wicked Good Concert for a Wicked Good Cause!" Come enjoy songs from "Wicked," "Ghostbusters," "The Adamms Family,' and more! Come in costume or come as you are! 

The concert is free with a suggested donation of $40.

All donations will go directly to support the good work of the Centre Street Food Pantry in Newton.

Afterwards, stay for some cozy soup and conversation with friends, new and old! 

Music for Food Benefit Concert

The October 14th musical evening features an array of distinguished faculty and students from the Curtis Institute of Music. The program includes Jessie Montgomery’s programmatic and nimble, Strum for String Quintet; Győrgy Kurtág’s Signs, Games and Messages for solo viola (showcasing eight Curtis viola artists); and Brahms’s iconic Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34.

Admission is free with a suggested donation ($35 adult & $10 students); no tickets required, registration offered.

​Momenta Quartet presents​

Momenta Festival X

Mozart and Modernism: curated by Michael Haas, cello with guest artist: Pascal Archer, clarinet

PROGRAM
​Stefan Wolpe: Twelve Pieces for string quartet
Dominic Wills: Indris for string trio *US premiere
Stefan Wolpe: String Quartet
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Quintet

Momenta Festival X 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.

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 Broadway Community, helping the homeless and hungry.

​Momenta Quartet presents​

Momenta Festival X

Searching: curated by Emilie-Anne Gendron, violin

​PROGRAM
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Motet for four voices
John Cage: String Quartet in Four Parts
Noel Hiyamizu: Human Error! / Dance for solo violin
Maurice Ravel: String Quartet in F Major

Momenta Festival X 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.

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 Broadway Community, helping the homeless and hungry.

Please join us for the first Boston concert of Music for Food’s 16th season: Ancient Heroes.

Admission is free with a suggested donation ($40/adult, $15/student); no tickets or RSVPs are necessary. All proceeds will support Women’s Lunch Place.

Repertoire to be performed:

• The Vibrant Rhythm of Ancient Heroes

  • Shuishan Yu, Guqin

• Sequenza I, Luciano Berio

  • Paula Robison, flute

• Selections from “The Mother”, Carl Nielsen

  • Paula Robison, flute

  • Krysten Keches, harp

  • Kim Kashkashian, viola

• L'enfance du Christ, Op 25: Trio des Jeunes Ismaëlites, Hector Berlioz

  • Paula Robison, flute

  • Anna Kevelson, flute

  • Krysten Keches, harp

Intermission

• Piano Trio in D major, Op.70 No.1, Ludwig van Beethoven

  • Trio Eris

    • KJ McDonald, violin

    • Annie SeEun Hyung, cello

    • Andrew Jun Chen, piano