2025-2026 SEASON 23
Tuesday, November 25, 2025, 7:00 PM
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 †
Alla Borzova — Five Romances on Poems by Ivan Bunin ‡
Victor Xie — Movements for Clarinet †
David Picton — Oboe Trio Fantasy ‡
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
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
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
Further details to be announced soon.
Friday, April 24 2026, 7:00 PM
SONGS & SERENADES (#109)
Tenri Cultural Institute
43-A West 13th Street
New York, New York
Eric Heilner — Songs from the Heart of Naples
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 (#110)
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






