Tuesday, November 25, 2025

of FANCIES & DELIGHTS (#105)

Marc A. Scorca Hall, National Opera Center

330 7th Avenue, 7th Floor

New York, New York

Carl Kanter — Three Piano Pieces † 

Victor Xie — Movements for Clarinet † 

David Picton — Oboe Trio Fantasy ‡ 

Alla Borzova — Five Romances on Poems by Ivan Bunin ‡ 

Margarita Zelenaia — Mussorgsky and Beyond 

Anton Rovner — Contemplation ‡ 

Barrett Kalellis — Homage to J.J.Q. §

Premieres: † World, ‡ New York, § U.S.

soprano, Alla Borzova, oboe, Virginia ChangChien, flute, Amir Farsi & Anthony Trionfo, violin, Katie Thomas, cello, Peter Sachon, clarinet, Katia Waxman, piano, Markus Kaitila & Craig Ketter



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Thursday, January 22, 2026, 7:00 PM

MELODIES & PSALMS (#106)

Tenri Cultural Institute

43-A West 13th Street

New York, New York

Anton Rovner — Esquisses § 

David Mecionis — Three Old-Fashioned Morsels † 

Madelyn Byrne — Shifting C's † 

Dana Dimitri Richardson — Four Psalms † 

Christopher Kaufman — In Memoriam: Wendy Maraniss 

Jakub Polaczyk — Withers 

Nataliya Medvedovskaya — Melodies of Healing † 

Timothy L. Miller — Three Miniatures for Woodwind Trio †

Premieres: † World, § U.S.

soprano, Jacqueline Milena Mulligan, members of Sylvan Winds: flute, Isabel Lepanto Gleicher, clarinet, Nuno Antunes, bassoon, Gina Cuffari, piano, Simon Mulligan, Craig Ketter & Nataliya Medvedovskaya

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Thursday, February 26, 2026, 7:00 PM

JUST LISTEN (#107)

DiMenna Center for the Performing Arts, Benzaquen Hall

450 West 37th Street

New York, New York

Alexa Canales — Maybe Someday ‡

Christopher Kaufman — Solo Variations for Viola

Tamara Cashour — God Bless the Child †

Gayther Myers — Child Poets of Terezin †

Jakub Polaczyk — Cosas que pudieron ser §

Kevin McCarter (In Memoriam) — Quiet Moments

Robert Carl — Just Listen ‡

• Winner of the 18th John Eaton Memorial Competition

Premieres: † World, ‡ New York, § U.S.

soprano, Asako Tamura, violin, Andrea Schultz, viola, Kal Sugatski, Laura Thompson, cello, Michael Finckel, piano, Craig Ketter, Jakub Polaczyk, Kathleen Supové

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Friday, April 24 2026, 7:00 PM

SONGS & SERENADES (#108)

Tenri Cultural Institute

43-A West 13th Street

New York, New York

Eric Heilner — Canzoni dal cuore di Napoli

David See — Serenade

Anthony Izzo — Sax Quartet

Jakub Polaczyk — (TBA)

Robert S. Cohen — Wackadoodles

Richard Brooks — Serenade

Raoul Pleskow — Trio 1977

Kurt C. Nelson — (TBA)

Margarita Zelenaia — Dream



The Ever Trio, Cobalt Quartet, soprano, Dominika Zamara, violin, Jinan Laurentia Woo, piano, Craig Ketter, Margarita Zelenaia

Tuesday, May 26, 2026, 7:00 PM

EMERGENCE (#109)

Marc A. Scorca Hall, National Opera Center

330 7th Avenue, 7th Floor

New York, New York

Hubert Howe — String Quartet

Paul Aljian — Emergence

Roger Blanc — (TBA)

Peter Kelsh — Quartet for Oboe & String Trio

Emiko Hayashi — String Trio

Timothy L. Miller — String Quartet No. 4 “Le vestigia dell’estate"

David Mecionis — String Quartet



The Selene Quartet, oboe Virginia ChangChien, viola Laura Thompson