Sunday Music Series

Program: Music by Rameau; Scarlatti; Robert & Clara Schumann; and Tessa Lark

Artist Biography: A “jaw-dropping pianist who steals the show…with effortless finesse” (Washington Post), Amy Yang balances a rich life as soloist, chamber musician, pedagogue and administrator. In April, 2023, she joined forces with the Curtis Symphony Orchestra under Osmo Vänskä playing Schumann’s Piano Concerto at Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center. Additionally, she gave the world premiere of Richard Danielpour’s “Four Portraits” for solo piano at the Curtis Institute of Music, where she is the Associate Dean of Piano Studies and Artistic Initiatives.

Jacqueline Kerrod, harp; Taylor Ho Bynum, cornet; Ken Filiano, double bass

Program: Three improvisors (Jacqueline Kerrod (harp), Taylor Ho Bynum (cornet), and Ken Filiano (double bass)) come together to create something completely spontaneous and unique in time and space. The audience is invited to join them on a journey of exploration, curiosity, listening and communication through music.

David Shifrin, clarinet; Yalin Chi, piano

Program: A musical reunion between David Shifrin and Yalin Chi, featuring stalwarts of the clarinet repertory by Brahms, Poulenc, and Debussy.

Duo Calisto: Jules Biber, cello; Danielle Buonaiuto, voice

Program: Duo Calisto explores contemporary repertoire for soprano and cello, highlighting compositions by women, non-binary and LGBTQ+ composers, including composers Jessie Montgomery, Heather Gilligan, and arrangements by the duo. Pianist Yalin Chi joins for works by Ned Rorem, Francis Poulenc, and Claude Debussy.

Euntaek Kim, piano

Program: A polaroid piano journey into nature and pathos, with incantations of all that is beautiful and supernatural — including the world premiere of Euntaek Kim’s Sonata for Piano, whose subject is inspired by the beauty and the history of Cold Spring, NY, and Prokofiev’s Sonatas No. 2 and No. 8.

Artist Biography: Hailed by The New York Times as “nimble” and “colorful,” the American pianist and conductor Euntaek (ET) Kim is receiving worldwide recognition for his unique and ambitious work.

Oren Fader, Guitar

Music by Bach, Dowland, Milan, Bogdanovic, Albeniz

Rolf Schulte, violin; James Winn, piano

From Pulcinella to the Girl with the Flaxen Hair: music by Stravinsky, Ravel, and Debussy.

Jessica Meyer, viola and loop station 

Jessica Meyer performs original compositions for viola, voice, and loop pedals.

Elm Chamber Ensemble – Joel Pitchon, violin; Anthony Berner, violin/viola; Volcy Pelletier, cello; Yu-mei Wei, piano

Piano quartets by Wolgang Amadeus Mozart and Robert Schumann

Joseph Lin, violin/viola

Music by Johann Sebastian Bach

Aaron Wunsch, piano

Franz Schubert’s Four Impromptus D. 935 interwoven with compositions by Florence Price, William Grant Still, Margaret Bonds, and James A. Lee III

Trio Raconteur – Amy Schroeder, violin; Felix Umansky, cello; Yalin Chi, piano

Piano trios by Ludwig van Beethoven and Maurice Ravel

Helena Baillie, violin/viola; Martina Baillie, piano

Summertime in England: British music from the baroque to the present

New Amsterdam Singers Chamber Chorus – Clara Longstreth, Music Director

Selections from Scott Joplin’s opera Treemonisha, Kurt Weill’s The Threepenny Opera, Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods, along with other spirituals, carols, and songs.

Michael Davidman, pianist

Virtuosic piano works by Franz Liszt and Sigfrid Karg-Elert

Soo Bae, cello; Mia Chung, piano; Charles Neidich, clarinet

Music by Louise Farrenc; Shulamit Ran; Guillaume Connesson; Johannes Brahms