Spectrum Chamber Music Society
2023-2024 Concert Dates
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October 23 at 7:30pm - Spectrum East
4 FOR ALL – An Evening of Quartets
Monday, October 23, 2023, at 7:30pm
All Peoples Church Unitarian Universalist
1959 Sandy Lane, Fort Worth, Texas 76122
Free Admission—Donations Accepted
From the Impressionistic charm of Claude Debussy to the unbridled joy of Gioachino Rossini to the technical fireworks of Giuseppe Verdi, our season opener is all about the quartet. It’s going to be quite an exciting journey!
PROGRAM
Claude Debussy: String Quartet No. 1 in G Minor
Nikayla Kim and Albert Yamamoto, violins
Dan Sigale, viola
Jenny Kwak, cello
Gioachino Rossini: Wind Quartet No. 6 in F Major
Gabriel Fridkis, flute
Ivan Petruzziello, clarinet
Cara Owens, bassoon
Gerry Wood, horn
Verdi: String Quartet in E Minor
Jennifer Betz and Molly Baer, violins
Dmitry Kustanovich, viola
Allan Steele, cello
October 30 at 7:00pm - Spectrum Downtown
LOOPING BACK
Monday October 30, 2023 at 7:00pm
Leonard Memorial Chapel
First United Methodist Church of Fort Worth
800 W 5th Street, Fort Worth, TX 76102
Take a musical trip back in time with Spectrum. as we perform music spanning almost 100 years.
We will start this program with Estonian composer Arvo Pärt’s hypnotic duet, Spiegel im Spiegel, originally written for violin and piano, but at some point performed by just about every instrument with piano—this time on the viola.
Next we’ll travel almost 50 years into the past to hear Ralph Vaughan Williams’ virtuosic Oboe Concerto, featuring FWSO Principal Oboe Jennifer Lucio, in a sneak preview of her performance of the piece with the orchestra next March.
We will eventually land at the end of the 19th Century with Claude Debussy’s beloved masterpiece, his String Quartet in G Minor (in a repeat performance from the October 23 concert).
PROGRAM
Arvo Pärt: Spiegel im Spiegel (1978)
Dan Sigale, viola Peggy Graff, piano
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Concerto for Oboe and String Orchestra (arr. piano) (1944)
Jennifer Lucio, oboe
Michael Bukhman, piano
Claude Debussy: String Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 10 (1893)
Nikayla Kim and Albert Yamamoto, violin
Dan Sigale, viola
Jenny Kwak, cello
February 12 at 7:30pm – Spectrum East
PIANO PLUS…
An Evening of Chamber Music
Featuring Jon Lee, 1st Prize Winner
2022 Cliburn International Amateur Piano Competition
All Peoples Church Unitarian Universalist
1959 Sandy Lane, Fort Worth, Texas 76122
FREE ADMISSION (FREEWILL DONATIONS APPRECIATED)
We’re so excited to be joined by Cliburn-award-winning pianist Jon Lee for this evening of chamber music. The program begins with a bit of a nod to Valentine’s Day: a beautifully romantic movement of a new piano quartet currently being composed by Yanlin Liu, a composer working on his Doctorate in composition at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. The program continues with Mozart’s charming Trio for clarinet, viola and piano known as the “Kegelstatt” Trio. The second part of the program is devoted to Robert Schumann’s passionate Trio No. 1 for violin, cello and piano. So that’s technically TWO romantic pieces in honor of Valentine’s Day.
There will be a free post-concert reception to visit with Jon and the other artists, hosted by All Peoples Church.
YANLIN LIU—2nd Movement from the Quartet in C Minor for Violin, Viola, Cello and Piano (2024)
Qiong Hulsey, violin
Sorin Guttman, viola
Keira Fullerton, cello
Jon Lee, piano
W.A. MOZART—“Kegelstatt” Trio in E Flat, K. 498 for Clarinet, Viola and Piano
Ivan Petruzziello, clarinet
Dan Sigale, viola
Jon Lee, piano
ROBERT SCHUMANN—Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 63 for violin, cello and piano
Qiong Hulsey, violin
Allan Steele, cello
Jon Lee, piano
March 4 at 7:00pm – Spectrum Downtown
ECLECTIC ENERGY
MONDAY MARCH 4, 2024 at 7:00pm
SPECTRUM DOWNTOWN WINTER CONCERT
Leonard Memorial Chapel
First United Methodist Church of Fort Worth
800 W 5th Street, Fort Worth, TX 76102
FREE ADMISSION (FREE-WILL DONATIONS APPRECIATED)
Three very different styles of music, each very cool in their own way. Join us as we present fantastic pieces by both the well-known (Franz Schubert), and the should-be-better-known (Jean-Marie LeClair and Dave Anderson).
JEAN-MARIE LECLAIR—SONATA FOR TWO VIOLAS, OP. 6
D.J. Cheek and Anna Kolotylina, violas
DAVE ANDERSON—QUINTET FOR OBOE, CLARINET, VIOLIN, VIOLA AND BASS (1996)
Tamer Edlebi, oboe
Ann Hung, clarinet
Samantha Bennett, violin
Ola Holowka, viola
William Clay, bass
FRANZ SCHUBERT—PIANO TRIO NO. 1 IN B-FLAT MAJOR, D. 898
Swang Lin, violin
Keira Fullerton, cello
Shields-Collins Bray, piano
April 8 at 7:30pm – Spectrum East
TONAL ECLIPSE
MONDAY APRIL 8, 2024 at 7:30pm
SPECTRUM EAST SPRING CONCERT
All Peoples Church Unitarian Universalist
1959 Sandy Lane, Fort Worth, Texas 76122
Free Admission—Donations Accepted
After checking out the rare and exciting total lunar eclipse in the afternoon, join us in the evening for rare and exciting music, including a performance of the First Prize winner of our 2024 Spectrum Chamber Music Composition Award (we will announce the winner very soon). Also on the program, a Celtic-style octet and…wait for it…more exciting tangos! (We really like tangos.)
IT WILL BE A TONAL ECLIPSE OF THE ARTS! (Yeah, we said it!)
May 20 at 7:00pm – Spectrum Downtown (Gala)
SPECIAL EVENT!
AMERICAN PORTRAITS
MONDAY MAY 20, 2024 at 7:00pm
A SPECIAL FUNDRAISING EVENT FOR SPECTRUM CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY
Wesley Hall
First United Methodist Church of Fort Worth
800 W 5th Street, Fort Worth, TX 76102
ADMISSION: $30 FOR CONCERT ONLY/$75 FOR CONCERT AND RECEPTION
SPONSORSHIP LEVELS AVAILABLE
This year’s season-ending fundraising event is extra special because it marks the return of Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Music Director Emeritus of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra!! He will lead FWSO Concertmaster Michael Shih and the rest of the ensemble in a program of popular American classical music, including George Gershwin’s delightful Promenade, “Walking the Dog” and Samuel Barber’s stunning Adagio for Strings, as well as Aaron Copland’s Suite from the ballet, Appalachian Spring, in its original instrumentation for thirteen instruments.
After the concert, those who purchase the full ticket package will go outside to the church’s beautiful garden courtyard for a special reception with the musicians and the maestro. What a great way to end our 37th season!!!