Joining forces with the Euclid Quartet, Bela Horvath, Cong Wu, Amelia Dietrich and Bruno Pena. Mendelssohn Octet

A quintet of Sphinx Virtuosi travel to Akron, Ohio to perform Barber, Perkinson, Casarrubios (SEVEN for solo cello), and Foley.

Sponsored by Kansas University School of Music Brahms - Piano Quartet in G minor Schumann - Piano Quartet Becenti - Divertimento No. 4 Bornfield - As it Happened

"Mark O'Connor Duo" with Maggie O’Connor: American Classics identifies the cornerstones of repertoire, style and wonderful diversity of A New American School of String Playing. Mining a huge body of repertoire that has made its impact on American music, the selected tunes and arrangements by Mr. O'Connor represent stylistic importance, pedagogical value and have timeless appeal. The program offers a broad and […]

Beethoven. String Quintet in C minor, Op. 104

Kolbel - Trio in D Major

Brahms - String Quintet No. 2 in G, Op. 111

Shows at 2:00 PM and 7:30 PM

Benjamin Beilman, violin

Ariel Horowitz, violin

Devin Moore, viola

Paul Laraia, viola

Vadim Lando, clarinet

Karl Kramer, horn

The world premiere of Andrea Casarrubios’s Mirage for solo cello and orchestra with Maestro Jacob Joyce.  Thomas  will also join Maestro Jack Everly  in the second half with the Theme from Schindler’s List.

Rachmaninoff - Sonata in G minor Claude Bolling - Suite for cello and jazz piano trio Piazzolla - Oblivion Ilya Yakushev, piano

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