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.

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.

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.

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.

MFF Pittsburgh rounds out their season at Chatham Univeristy with a warm concert featuring pianists Tina Faigen, Walter Morales, Yeeha Chiu, Mark Carver, and flautist Edward Schultz. All donations (cash and checks made out to Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank) will go directly to the pantry .

Join us at Chatham University for an afternoon of Romantic Piano Masterpieces by Robert Schumann, featuring pianist David Allen Wehr. This program presents three of Schumann’s most beloved works, exuberant, virtuosic, and tuneful, all written in his twenties. “Papillons” was inspired by the writings of the French author Jean Paul, the “David’s-League Dances” are consumed with the composer’s new-found passion for Clara Wieck, and the Symphonic Etudes are a monument to his obsession with developing piano technique to the highest possible levels of difficulty. 

David Allen Wehr is Dean of the Mary Pappert School of Music at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, where he holds the Jack W. Geltz Distinguished Piano Chair.

Admission is by donation. Cash and checks (made out to the food bank) will be welcomed at the concert. All proceeds will benefit the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank.

MFF Pittsburgh kicks off a wonderful season by celebrating Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on his birthday, featuring guest artists Yeeha Chiu, piano, Lilly Abreu, soprano, Daphne Alderson, contralto, Chatham faculty Stacey Davern, soprano, Paula Tuttle, cello, Pauline Rovkah, piano and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra member, violinist Alison Fujito. All donations (cash and checks made out to Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank) will go directly to the pantry .