Upcoming Events

Mount Vernon Music: Sounds of Spirit - Songs of the Land and the Soul
Feb
21

Mount Vernon Music: Sounds of Spirit - Songs of the Land and the Soul

Bree joins Mount Vernon Music for a series of chamber music performances - January 3rd at Wilshire Baptist Church in Dallas, TX, January 4th at Mount Vernon Music Hall in Mount Vernon, TX, and February 21 for the Greenville Chamber Music Society in Greenville, TX .

From Mount Vernon Music:

Dvořák listened to Harry Burleigh and declared that the Black spiritual provided the basis of the American classical music heritage. What if America had followed his advice?


Antonin Dvořák: Selections from String Quartet in F Major “American”

Stephen Lias Songs of a Sourdough to verses by Robert Service 

Jessica Meyer Where You Love From with poetry by Rumi, for violin, viola, cello, percussion and narrator

            Intermission

Harry Burleigh: Selections from Spirituals for baritone and piano 

Menahem Wiesenberg Quintet for Percussion and String Quartet

Leon Turner, baritone; Benjamin Loeb, piano; Mark Miller and Andres Bravo, violins; Ute Miller, viola; Bree Ahern, cello; Drew Lang, percussion

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Electric Dreams with Rossini Club
Mar
12
to Mar 15

Electric Dreams with Rossini Club

From Rossini Club:

Dialogue between innovation and tradition have always been an integral aspect of art, music most especially included — it’s hard to believe, at times, that the development and improvement of our instruments themselves is an ongoing process that stretches back for hundreds of years. But what does this look like when electronics meet an acoustic genre? And how does a composer respond to new sounds? Come for a curated concert featuring music of composers Saariaho, Tanaka and Lang in contrast and conversation with Brahm’s beloved clarinet trio.

Kaija Saariaho, Oi kuu | Brahms, Trio for Clarinet, Cello & Piano Op. 114 | Karen Tanaka, Techno-Etudes | Bernhard Lang, Monadologie XXVII (Brahms Variations)

March 9-15, 2026 — St. Paul’s Episcopal Church — Nantucket, Massachusetts

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Kinetic Ensemble: Dark Matter at the Cullen Theater
Mar
21

Kinetic Ensemble: Dark Matter at the Cullen Theater

From Kinetic Ensemble:


As winners of Performing Arts Houston’s 2025/2026 New/Now award, we are thrilled to present the world premiere of Dark Matter, a concerto for flute and strings by composer Jaylin Vinson, on a shared program with fellow winners Mezclada Dance Company led by Joel Aguilera and Kay Prince. Vinson’s new work features flutist Tyler Martin, and takes inspiration from the speculative worlds of Octavia Butler, who redefined the boundaries of science fiction and, in so doing, offered expansive visions of Black futures.

As 2026 marks twenty years since Butler’s passing, this new work celebrates the ongoing legacy of the Black imagination in speculative and science fiction. "Dark Matter" unfolds across five movements, each exploring a different kind of space — from the grounded to the galactic, the digital to the mental interior. The work employs sonic storytelling as a modality of the continued exploration of Black futures, building new mythologies and folklore through sound.

For tickets, please visit https://www.kineticensemble.org/events-20252026-dark-matter.

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Kinetic Ensemble: The Stranger's Case at MATCH Theater
Mar
28

Kinetic Ensemble: The Stranger's Case at MATCH Theater

From Kinetic Ensemble:


We are thrilled to partner with Musiqa to present the world premiere of Canadian-American composer Karim Al-Zand’s The Strangers’ Case. The GRAMMY® award-winning, Lebanese-American tenor Karim Sulayman joins the ensemble for this song cycle for tenor and string orchestra that gathers poems and other turn-of-the-century accounts by immigrants to the United States, and situates them among texts from canonically venerated authors including Shakespeare and Dickinson.

The Strangers’ Case will be preceded by the incidental music to Igor Stravinsky’s ballet Apollon Musagète, which he wrote contemporaneously with many of Al-Zand’s texts. Both the composer and his longtime collaborator, choreographer George Balanchine, have cited Apollon as a turning point in their careers: the pair themselves later immigrated to the United States, where their professional partnership continued to flourish.

For tickets, please visit: https://www.kineticensemble.org/events-20252026-the-strangers-case

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Kinetic Ensemble and Miguel Zénon: Yo Soy La Tradición
Jan
10

Kinetic Ensemble and Miguel Zénon: Yo Soy La Tradición

From Kinetic Ensemble:


The GRAMMY® winning saxophonist and composer, Guggenheim and MacArthur Fellow Miguel Zenón returns to Houston for a special performance at the Hobby Center presented by Kinetic Ensemble and Aperio, Music of the Americas. In this one-night only event, Zenón joins Houston’s own Billboard Chart-topping Kinetic Ensemble for the premiere of a new version of Yo Soy La Tradición, a suite of eight songs for saxophone and string orchestra based upon his 2018 album of the same name. This evening-length work has been described as an “imaginative and heartfelt tour” of Zenón’s native Puerto Rico, which he originally recorded just two days after Hurricane Maria made its landfall on the island.

Each of the eight pieces showcases a different cultural tradition, ranging from Germán Rosario’s songwriting in the Jibaro tradition, which Zenón sets as a fugue, to the religious tradition of “La Promesa,” represented by a harmonic meditation of three, simultaneously-improvising cellists. As a whole, this captivating work “blurs lines between jazz, classical and Puerto Rican folk music.”

For tickets, please visit https://www.kineticensemble.org/events-20252026-yo-soy-la-tradicion.

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Mount Vernon Music: Sounds of Spirit - Songs of the Land and the Soul
Jan
4

Mount Vernon Music: Sounds of Spirit - Songs of the Land and the Soul

Bree joins Mount Vernon Music for a series of chamber music performances - January 3rd at Wilshire Baptist Church in Dallas, TX, January 4th at Mount Vernon Music Hall in Mount Vernon, TX, and February 21 for the Greenville Chamber Music Society in Greenville, TX .

From Mount Vernon Music:

Dvořák listened to Harry Burleigh and declared that the Black spiritual provided the basis of the American classical music heritage. What if America had followed his advice?


Antonin Dvořák: Selections from String Quartet in F Major “American”

Stephen Lias Songs of a Sourdough to verses by Robert Service 

Jessica Meyer Where You Love From with poetry by Rumi, for violin, viola, cello, percussion and narrator

            Intermission

Harry Burleigh: Selections from Spirituals for baritone and piano 

Menahem Wiesenberg Quintet for Percussion and String Quartet

Leon Turner, baritone; Benjamin Loeb, piano; Mark Miller and Andres Bravo, violins; Ute Miller, viola; Bree Ahern, cello; Drew Lang, percussion

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Mount Vernon Music: Sounds of Spirit - Songs of the Land and the Soul
Jan
3

Mount Vernon Music: Sounds of Spirit - Songs of the Land and the Soul

Bree joins Mount Vernon Music for a series of chamber music performances - January 3rd at Wilshire Baptist Church in Dallas, TX, January 4th at Mount Vernon Music Hall in Mount Vernon, TX, and February 21 for the Greenville Chamber Music Society in Greenville, TX .

From Mount Vernon Music:

Dvořák listened to Harry Burleigh and declared that the Black spiritual provided the basis of the American classical music heritage. What if America had followed his advice?


Antonin Dvořák: Selections from String Quartet in F Major “American”

Stephen Lias Songs of a Sourdough to verses by Robert Service 

Jessica Meyer Where You Love From with poetry by Rumi, for violin, viola, cello, percussion and narrator

            Intermission

Harry Burleigh: Selections from Spirituals for baritone and piano 

Menahem Wiesenberg Quintet for Percussion and String Quartet

Leon Turner, baritone; Benjamin Loeb, piano; Mark Miller and Andres Bravo, violins; Ute Miller, viola; Bree Ahern, cello; Drew Lang, percussion

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Opus Nova Music: Four Seasons
Dec
8

Opus Nova Music: Four Seasons

From Opus Nova:

A Baroque masterpiece, Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons has for centuries inspired musicians, including modern composers who use aesthetics and ideas from the original to express their own, individualistic versions. Experience a unique performance that blends Astor Piazzolla’s tango-flavored version, Max Richter’s minimalistic reimagining, and Vivaldi’s original work. Brand new transitions, written by composer Alexander Timofeev, will help bind these versions together and unify these distinct compositions.”

Performers include Ke Mai (violin), Molly Baer (violin), DJ Cheek (viola), Mikhail Berestnev (piano), Stas Chernyshev (clarinet) and Ann Hung (clarinet).

For information regarding tickets, please visit https://www.opusnova.net/four-seasons-salon.html.

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Fall Cello Studio Recital
Nov
17

Fall Cello Studio Recital

Bree’s cello students will perform in a fall studio recital in collaboration with violin and viola students from Kindred Suzuki Studio, accompanied by Keji Sanchez on piano. Friends, family members, and community members are welcome to attend. The recital will take place at Fort Worth Presbyterian Church from 6:30-7:30PM.

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& Juliet at Bass Performance Hall
Nov
12
to Nov 16

& Juliet at Bass Performance Hall

Bree joins the Broadway tour of & Juliet for its run at Bass Performance Hall in downtown Fort Worth.

“Created by the Emmy®-winning writer from Schitt’s Creek, this hilarious new musical flips the script on the greatest love story ever told. & JULIET asks: what would happen next if Juliet didn’t end it all over Romeo? Get whisked away on a fabulous journey as she ditches her famous ending for a fresh beginning and a second chance at life and love—her way.”

Performance take place on the following dates and times:

November 12th at 7:30PM

November 13th at 1:30PM and 7:30PM

November 14th at 7:30PM

November 15th at 1:30PM and 7:30PM

November 16th at 1:30PM and 7:30PM

Tickets can be purchased at https://www.basshall.com/juliet.

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Spectrum Chamber Music Society: Danish String Quartet
Nov
11

Spectrum Chamber Music Society: Danish String Quartet

Bree performs selections from Danish String Quartet’s Last Leaf and Woodworks albums on Spectrum Chamber Music Society’s 2025-2026 season, at the Steinway Gallery in downtown Fort Worth. For information regarding tickets, please visit: https://spectrummusicfw.com/concert-details.php?id=concert-8.

Molly Baer, violin

Samantha Bennett, violin

Rachel Daniels, viola

Bree Ahern, cello

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Spectrum Chamber Music Society: Danish String Quartet
Nov
10

Spectrum Chamber Music Society: Danish String Quartet

Bree performs selections from Danish String Quartet’s Last Leaf and Woodworks album on Spectrum Chamber Music Society’s 2025-2026 season, at All People’s Unitarian Church. For information regarding tickets, please visit: https://spectrummusicfw.com/concert-details.php?id=concert-8.

Molly Baer, violin

Samantha Bennett, violin

Rachel Daniels, viola

Bree Ahern, cello

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Candlelight Concerts at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden: Queen vs The Beatles & Rings & Dragons
Oct
23

Candlelight Concerts at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden: Queen vs The Beatles & Rings & Dragons

The Cowtown Quartet performs “Rings and Dragons” from Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones, and a Queen & Beatles program as part of Fever’s Candlelight Series at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. Performances take place from 6:30-7:30pm and 8:45-9:45pm. Tickets can be purchased at https://feverup.com/en/fort-worth/candlelight.

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Kinetic Ensemble: Notes Unspoken at MATCH Theater
Sep
26

Kinetic Ensemble: Notes Unspoken at MATCH Theater

Kinetic Ensemble continues its momentum into its second decade as one of Houston’s most exciting chamber ensembles, with thoughtfully curated, innovative, and artistically excellent performances. At the center of this season-opening concert program is Benjamin Britten’s Double Concerto for Violin and Viola (1932), which features Kinetic founder and Artistic Director Natalie Lin Douglas (pictured above center) and core violist Sebastian Stefanović (pictured above right) as soloists.

Accompanying the Double Concerto will be the premiere of a new string arrangement of Unstrung by Rice graduate Alex Berko (pictured above left), which pays homage to the bluegrass traditions of Kentucky; Michael Torke's December, which evokes the "cozy cheer" the composer felt on his paper route in the early days of Milwaukee winter; and American composer Libby Larsen’s String Symphony (1999), a lush and expansive work that pays homage to strings and explores the notion of an “American English” musical vernacular.

Our vision for this program as a whole is one that captures the inventiveness, virtuosity, and the expressive capability of the string orchestra as a powerful symphonic body.

For information regarding tickets, please visit https://www.kineticensemble.org/events-20252026-notes-unspoken.

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