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.

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



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Thursday, January 22, 2026

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.

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

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Thursday, February 26, 2026

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.

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

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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 — Tre Padri d'Italia for soprano and piano

Robert S. Cohen — Wackadoodles

Richard Brooks — Serenade

Robert Carl — Duke Meets Mort

Margarita Zelenaia — Dream



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

Tuesday, May 26, 2026, 7:30 PM

EMERGENCE (#109)

Church of Saint Mary the Virgin

145 West 46th Street

New York, New York

Hubert Howe — String Quartet

Paul Aljian — Emergence

Roger Blanc — Isthmus

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, Virginia ChangChien, oboe, Laura Thompson, viola

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