The Arcis Saxophone Quartet, named after Munich's iconic Arcis Street, has emerged as one of the most vibrant and active classical ensembles globally. Whether on the highest pass in Ecuador, in the middle of the Saudi Arabian desert, on the … Read More
Celebrate the spring season and International Women's Day with music of Beethoven, Amy Beach, Biber, and more. Violinist Hyunjung Choi, a native of Seoul, is music faculty at Sungshin Women's University, Kangwon University, and Chungnam National University in South Korea. … Read More
Quartet Aido will perform a house concert in the Bluff Heights neighborhood of Long Beach. This is an intimate recital and reservations are required since seating is limited. The street address will be given to all who reserve. Quartet Aido … Read More
Taking inspiration from the 1941 story by Jorge Luis Borges said to foreshadow the quantum mechanics theory of a multiverse, virtuosic instrumental compositions of Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Henry Purcell, and Johann Heinrich Schmelzer form a labyrinth of musical routes where figuration … Read More
Program Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644–1706) Passacaglia for solo violin (1676) Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major, Op. 24, “Spring” Lionel Newman (1916–1989) Arranged for solo piano by Edward David Zeliff Adventures in Paradise … Read More
Consummate keyboardist Mark Robson is equally at home with Early Music played on the harpsichord and organ to the great Romantic repertoire and contemporary piano works. As a collaborative artist with singers and instrumentalists, he commands the respect of his … Read More
Taking inspiration from the 1941 story by Jorge Luis Borges said to foreshadow the quantum mechanics theory of a multiverse, virtuosic instrumental compositions of Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Henry Purcell, and Johann Heinrich Schmelzer form a labyrinth of musical routes where figuration … Read More
If your soul could use a cathartic chakric cleanse, do not miss this hair-raising, spine-tingling, psyche-throttling musical rollercoaster. Dmitri Shostakovich’s Piano Trio No. 2 and String Quartet No. 8 are his best-known and most electrifyingly recognizable chamber works. More than … Read More
The Library’s Quartet in Residence, the Fiato Quartet, brings us music from the original masters of the string quartet genre. First on the program is The Joke from the father of the string quartet, Franz Joseph Haydn—you won’t want to … Read More
The West Coast Wind Quintet was formed in 2012, and is a group of five passionate and talented young musicians who are dedicated to performing and promoting wind quintet music. They are committed to expanding the quintet repertoire by working … Read More
Faculty Artist Recital Helen Goode-Castro, clarinet
Praised for their warm sound and powerful stage presence, the Esmé Quartet was formed in 2016 at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz in Cologne, Germany by four musicians who were already friends and shared common interests and passions in … Read More