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

Margarita Zelenia — Dream

Christopher Kaufman — Solo Variations for Viola

Alexa Canales — Maybe Someday

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

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

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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)



The Ever Trio, Cobalt Quartet, soprano Dominika Zamara, piano Craig Ketter

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