Upcoming Events


Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra & Dallas Black Dance Theater: Stravinsky’s “Petrushka”
Jan
5
to Jan 7

Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra & Dallas Black Dance Theater: Stravinsky’s “Petrushka”

Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and Dallas Black Dance Theater collaborate to perform Stravinsky’s “Petrushka.” The orchestra will also perform W.A. Mozart’s Symphony No. 40.

Performances take place on Friday, January 5th at 7:30PM, Saturday, January 6th, at 7:30PM, and Sunday, January 7th, at 2PM.

For more information regarding ticketing, please visit https://fwsymphony.org/concerts-tickets/23-24-season.

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Louis Moreau Institute for Contemporary Music
Mar
12
to Mar 18

Louis Moreau Institute for Contemporary Music

Bree participates as an Institute Artist for the Louis Moreau Institute in New Orleans in 2023 and 2024, performing contemporary works in collaboration with artists Wesley Ducote (piano), Virginia McDowell (oboe), Neta Rudich (violin) and Amy Tan (viola). The Louis Moreau Institute is a non-profit arts organization formed, in part, to honor composer Louis Moreau Gottschalk, and whose aims include introducing contemporary classical works to audiences within the vibrant, diverse arts scene of New Orleans. The 2023 festival will include works by Mario Davidovsky, Anton Webern, Ursula Mamlok, David Froom, Donald Martino, Aaron Copland, Luciano Berio, Beat Furer, and Karen Tanaka. For more information regard LMI, visit http://www.louismoreauinstitute.org/.

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Tulsa Symphony Patti Johnson Wilson Classics Series: Dvorak Symphony No. 7
Nov
19

Tulsa Symphony Patti Johnson Wilson Classics Series: Dvorak Symphony No. 7

Bree performs with Tulsa Symphony for their Patti Johnson Wilson Classics Series. The program includes:

Bedřich Smetana – Dance of the Comedians from The Bartered Bride
Chen Gang and He Zhanhao – Butterfly Lovers’ Concerto
Antonín Dvořák – Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70

For information regarding tickets, visit https://www.tulsasymphony.org/sensational/.

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OSU Faculty Recital: Bree Ahern, cello, & Hyejin Cho, piano
Oct
16

OSU Faculty Recital: Bree Ahern, cello, & Hyejin Cho, piano

Bree presents a faculty recital in collaboration with Dr. Hyejin Cho in the McKnight Recital Hall at the OSU Greenwood School of Music on October 16th from 5-6PM. Their program will include Leoš Janáček’s Pohádka, Robert Schumann’s Op. 94 Romances, and Francis Poulenc’s Cello Sonata. Tickets may be purchased at www.mcknightcenter.org and are $12 for general admission, $10 for seniors, and $7 for students. The livestream and recording may be viewed at www.insideosu.com/shows.

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Faculty Recital: Erin Kendall Murphy, Flute
Oct
3

Faculty Recital: Erin Kendall Murphy, Flute

Dr. Erin Kendall Murphy, currently the Assistant Professor of Flute at Oklahoma State University, will present a faculty recital featuring the chamber works of American composer Vivian Fine. Bree will collaborate with Dr. Murphy and fellow OSU faculty members on Canticles From the Other Side of the River.

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Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music
Jul
24
to Aug 7

Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music

Bree joins the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music’s orchestra roster for their 60th anniversary season.

Season Announcement

Friday, July 29, 2022, 8pm – The End of Rain

         Jessie MontgomerySoul Force (WCP)

         Gabriela Lena FrankContested Eden (WP | Festival Commission)

         Scott OrdwayThe End of Rain (multimedia; Roomful of Teeth, vocal ensemble) (WP | Festival Commission)

Saturday, July 30, 2022, 7pm – Let Me See the Sun

         Iván Enrique RodríguezA Metaphor for Power (WCP)

         Stacy GarropThe Battle for the Ballot (WCP | Festival Commission) (Texts from seven suffragists; Narrator TBA)

         Paola PrestiniLet Me See the Sun (Lara Downes, piano)

         John HarbisonThe Great Gatsby Suite (WCP)

Sunday, July 31, 2022, 7pm – Roomful of Teeth in Concert

Featuring Grammy Award-winners Roomful of Teeth

Saturday, August 6, 2022, 7pm – Moonlight

         Andrea ReinkemeyerWater Sings Fire

         Kevin Puts: Second Oboe Concerto: Moonlight (Katherine Needleman, oboe) (WCP)

         Sarah Kirkland SniderHiraeth (with film by Mark DeChiazza) (WCP)

Sunday, August 7, 2022, 7pm – Violins of Hope

         Jake HeggieINTONATIONS: Songs from the Violins of Hope
Texts by Gene Scheer (Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano; Benjamin Beilman, violin; Thais Chernyavsky, youth violin) (Orchestral WP | Festival Commission-orchestral version)

         Christopher Rouse: Symphony No. 6 (WCP)

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Kinetic Ensemble: Concerto Reimagined
May
22

Kinetic Ensemble: Concerto Reimagined

Kinetic closes its season with a concerto-filled program — but not the kind you think! Featuring a world premiere by Anthony Brandt (Rice University professor & artistic director, Musiqa), and a rarely performed Concerto for Strings by the Hollywood film scorer, Miklós Rózsa. For more information, visit www.kineticensemble.org/2021-2022.

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Monarch Chamber Players & WindSync at the Czech Center Museum
May
4

Monarch Chamber Players & WindSync at the Czech Center Museum

Monarch Chamber Players and WindSync perform at the Czech Center Museum Houston, with Antonín Dvořák’s Serenade for Winds and Strings at the centerpiece of the program. This concert is free to attend, with donations benefitting the performers and the Czech Center. Due to limited seating, attendees are encouraged to RSVP to reserve a spot. To RSVP, click here.

The program wil include:

“Off Pist” for Clarinet and Cello by Svante Henryson

7 Duets for Bass and Cello by Dave Anderson (excerpts)

“Deep River” for Oboe and Bassoon by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Les Confidences D'un Joueur de Clarinette by Charles Koechlin

Quintet in E-Flat Major, Op. 4/103 by Ludwig van Beethoven

Serenade for Wind Instruments, Op. 44 by Antonín Dvořák

Performers:

Monarch Chamber Players

Rebecca Tobin (clarinet), Katie Hart (oboe), Jordan Brokken (bassoon), Maxwell Paulus and Russell Rybicki (French horn), Bree Ahern (cello), and Dave Connor (bass)

WindSync

Emily Tsai (oboe), Anni Hochhalter (horn), Kara LaMoure (bassoon), Julian Hernandez (clarinet) and Garrett Hudson (flute).

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Onstage Offstage Music Festival
May
1

Onstage Offstage Music Festival

Monarch Chamber Players joins WindSync for their 2022 Onstage Offstage Chamber Music Festival in Smither Park, performing a variety of duos and trios for clarinet, cello, oboe, bassoon, and percussion, before teaming up with the woodwind quintet to perform Dvořák’s iconic Serenade for Winds and Strings. This event will also feature youth musicians from Houston Youth Symphony’s Coda program. All attendees are encouraged to bring a chair or a blanket to sit on. Refreshments will be available to sell. To RSVP to this free event, visit https://fb.me/e/1D2wvrAmk.

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Monarch Chamber Players & WindSync at Peggy Shiffick Park
Apr
30

Monarch Chamber Players & WindSync at Peggy Shiffick Park

Monarch Chamber Players joins forces with WindSync for an evening of chamber music at Peggy Shiffick Park in Montrose on April 30th, 2022, from 5:30-6:30pm. Monarch Chamber Players will present a variety of duos and trios for clarinet, cello, oboe, bassoon, and percussion before joining with WindSync to perform Antonín Dvořák’s iconic Serenade for Winds and Strings. Due to the outdoor nature of this event, attendees are encouraged to bring a chair or a blanket to sit on. For more information, visit www.monarchchamberplayers.com/events.

This concert is funded in part by the City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance.

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Onstage Offstage Chamber Music Festival
Apr
29

Onstage Offstage Chamber Music Festival

Monarch Chamber Players teams up with woodwind quintet WindSync for a Texas-themed concert in collaboration with Houston Youth Symphony’s Coda program. Musicians from beginner to professional levels will share the stage at Hobby Center’s Zilkha Hall, performing arrangements by HYS Coda music director Jackson Guillen and native Texan composer Mason Byrne. This family-friendly event is free and open to the public. For more details, visit https://fb.me/e/1EVJamZmK on WindSync’s Facebook page.

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LiveWire with Musqia & Noble Motion Dance at the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Arts
Apr
9
to Apr 10

LiveWire with Musqia & Noble Motion Dance at the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Arts

Musiqa and Noble Motion Dance reprise “LiveWire,” an interdisciplinary collaboration between musicians, dancers, and scientists, at the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Arts as part of the “2022 International Workshop on the Neural and Social Bases of Creative Movement.” The performance and workshop will center around the intersections that can be found between creative movement, music, and the brain. Dancers from Noble Motion Dance will wear EEG skull caps while dancing to a performance of composer Anthony Brandt’s String Quartet No. 3. For more information on the event, visit https://yourbrainanddance.egr.uh.edu/schedule.

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Aperio: Still Life with Avalanche
Apr
1

Aperio: Still Life with Avalanche

Bree joins Aperio for “Still Life with Avalanche” at MATCH Theater on April 1st, a program combining punk rock, heavy metal, and classical chamber music genres in works composed by D.J. Sparr, Missy Mazzoli, Sarah Kirkland Snider, and Anthony Joseph Lanman. For information regarding ticketing, please visit https://www.aperioamericas.org/still-life-with-avalanche-1.

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Monarch Chamber Players at Ervan Chew Dog Park
Mar
25

Monarch Chamber Players at Ervan Chew Dog Park

Monarch Chamber Players performs a free porch concert at Ervan Chew Dog Park, presenting works by Joseph Haydn, Alberto Ginastera, and Dave Anderson, in addition to arrangements of popular tunes. Come enjoy this eclectic pairing of music for flute, oboe, cello and bass. The event is free to attend, with donations accepted on site to support the performers. Audience members are encouraged to bring a chair or blanket to sit on.

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"She Wrote" with Kinetic Ensemble at Archway Gallery
Feb
20

"She Wrote" with Kinetic Ensemble at Archway Gallery

Bree has curated “She Wrote” for Kinetic Ensemble, an interdisciplinary program at Archway Gallery marrying art, literature, chamber music, and the works of female artists. The performance centers around the artwork of local artist Maryam Lavaf, which will be paired with poetry by Mary Oliver and works for string quartet and soprano by Sarah Kirkland Snider, Libby Larsen, Rebecca Clarke, and Robert Schumann that explore the intersections and interactions between humans and the natural world.

Program:

“O Virtus Sapientiae” by Hildegard von Bingen, arr. by Sarah Kirkland Snider

“She Wrote: String Quartet” by Libby Larsen

“Daybreak” by Rebecca Clarke

String Quartet in A Major, Op. 41 No. 3 by Robert Schumann

For more information regarding ticketing, visit www.kineticensemble.org/events.

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