Recital with Ilya Yakushev, piano

An emotional and timely recital celebrating an emergence from despair to joy. The program opens with Andrea Casarrubios’ SEVEN (2020), commissioned by Mesa and written as tribute to the essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, followed by Elizabeth Start’s Echoes in Life (2015), a ruminative exploration of bi-culturality which combines Native American influenced melodic elements […]

Teaching talented black and latinx high school cellists

Performances and masterclass

The greatest works of Beethoven by candlelight at the Mondrian Hotel rooftop in NYC 6:30 & 9:30 PM shows

Drawing inspiration from the most promising voices of today, Sphinx Virtuosi seeks to lift the many voices within its communities. Despite the physical isolation imposed by the pandemic, the chamber orchestra’s members are unified through a shared commitment to social impact through expression.  This performance will be a quintet presenting works by Dvorak, Taylor Perkinson, […]

The greatest works of Beethoven by candlelight on the rooftop of the Mondrian Hotel in NYC

Excerpts from Michael Gordon’s Travel Guide to Nicaragua for solo cello and chamber choir. The Crossing is a professional chamber choir conducted by Donald Nally and dedicated to new music. It is committed to working with creative teams to make and record new, substantial works for choir that explore and expand ways of writing for choir, singing […]

Beginner’s Ear presents a duo recital by Ruben Rengel, violin and Tommy Mesa, cello

The Mesa-Yakushev Duo brings masterworks to the community of Kendal on Hudson in Sleepy Hollow, New York.

The Sphinx Virtuosi is one of the nation’s most dynamic professional chamber orchestras, comprised of 18 top Black and Latinx classical soloists.  This touring season’s program will feature Tommy Mesa playing Jessie Montgomery’s new cello concerto and the music of Valerie Coleman, Florence Price, Xavier Foley, Samuel Coleridge Taylor, and Ginastera.