Upcoming Events
Rossini Club: Meet & Greet
From Rossini Club:
Our annual Meet & Greet invites audiences to explore the music of the season through its history, context, and inner workings. This year, we’ll share and discuss our season highlights from Olivier Messiaen, Robert Schumann, and excerpts from our 2026 production, Voices of Ecstasy.
Come curious as we’ll be taking questions and diving into conversation with our guest artists in an open & engaging setting.
This event is free and open to the public.
Rossini Club: Voices of Ecstasy
From Rossini Club:
With Voices of Ecstasy, we invite you to join our protagonist on her journey of exploring the many facets of ecstatic expression. Seeking to discover the limits of emotional intensity, she experiences states of euphoria, spiritual awakening, and a descent into desolation.
This theatrical production will feature soprano Christine Honein and violinist Emelyn Bashour, with support from cellist Bree Ahern and pianist Welsey Ducote, and will be directed by Benjamin Boskoff.
The Rossini Club is committed to creating welcoming, immersive performances that foreground both artistic excellence and human connection. We pair rarely heard works with beloved masterpieces, crafting programs that are evocative, thought-provoking, and deeply resonant—celebrating the vitality of the arts within our community.
As part of our 2026 season, we honor the preeminent Hungarian composer György Kurtág on the occasion of his 100th birthday. Voices of Ecstasy features selections from his groundbreaking work Kafka Fragments for soprano and violin, and explore other classical works for this unusual but expressive pairing of instruments, including music by J.S. Bach, Gustav Holst, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, and Barbara Strozzi.
This event is a pay-what-you-can donation.
Rossini Club: 2026 Showcase
From Rossini Club:
Join us for a special evening of solo performances from our incredible cast of musicians. This concert offers a unique opportunity to get to know our artists on a more personal level, and to witness the magic that happens when they step into the spotlight and show off a bit. After the performance, stick around to chat with us about the festival, this season’s exciting lineup, and discover more about who we are and what fuels our passion for music. It’s the perfect chance to connect, celebrate the artistry that makes the Rossini Club so special, and share in the joy of live performance.
Nilo Alcala, Dabda | Nadia Boulanger, Trois Pièces | Mozart, “King” Arias | György Kurtág, Tre Pezzi & Tre Altri Pezzi | Rebecca Clarke, Piano Trio
This event is free and open to the public.
Rossini Club: Voices of Ecstasy
From Rossini Club:
With Voices of Ecstasy, we invite you to join our protagonist on her journey of exploring the many facets of ecstatic expression. Seeking to discover the limits of emotional intensity, she experiences states of euphoria, spiritual awakening, and a descent into desolation.
This theatrical production will feature soprano Christine Honein and violinist Emelyn Bashour, with support from cellist Bree Ahern and pianist Welsey Ducote, and will be directed by Benjamin Boskoff.
The Rossini Club is committed to creating welcoming, immersive performances that foreground both artistic excellence and human connection. We pair rarely heard works with beloved masterpieces, crafting programs that are evocative, thought-provoking, and deeply resonant—celebrating the vitality of the arts within our community.
As part of our 2026 season, we honor the preeminent Hungarian composer György Kurtág on the occasion of his 100th birthday. Voices of Ecstasy features selections from his groundbreaking work Kafka Fragments for soprano and violin, and explore other classical works for this unusual but expressive pairing of instruments, including music by J.S. Bach, Gustav Holst, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, and Barbara Strozzi.
This event is a pay-what-you-can donation.
Rossini Club: Steel & Silence
From Rossini Club:
Music of the northmost reaches of the world has often been noted for its starkness, reflecting the simple beauty of snow or the vast wilderness of Scandinavia. In this concert, we pair two Soviet-era works of opposing generations — the cheeky fairytale Cello Sonata of Sergei Prokofiev, and a Trio for clarinet, violin and piano from the much younger Galina Ustvolskaya, a student of Dmitri Shostakovich who was described as “the woman with the hammer” by Dutch critic Elmer Schönberger. Danish composer Carl Nielsen rounds out the evening with his beloved Wind Quintet: a lush romantic work, punctuated by the quirky flair of this trickster composer, and dedicated to his closest friends.
György Kurtág, Schatten | Prokofiev, Cello Sonata, Op. 119 | Galina Ustvolskaya, Trio for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano | Carl Nielsen, Wind Quintet
This event is a pay-what-you-can donation.
Rossini Club: Quartet for the End of Time
From Rossini Club:
January 15, 1941: Stalag VIII prisoner of war camp, deep in modern day Poland. The inmates huddle together, guarded by German officers, awaiting the first performance of Olivier Messiaen’s Quatuor pour le Fin du Temps. The composer was inspired by the Book of Revelations during his internment in the middle of the Second World War to write the quartet, drawing on his deep Catholic faith to create a work that summons both the ecstasy and abyss found in the telling of the end of days. Two companion pieces by Reena Esmail and György Kurtág begin the performance, works which reflect on the eternity of music, reverence for Messiaen’s singular artistic voice.
György Kurtág, Humble regard sur Olivier Messiaen | Reena Esmail, Tasveer | Messiaen, Quartet for the End of Time
This event is a pay-what-you-can donation.
Dallas Candlelight Quartet: Michael Jackson & 90s Unplugged
Bree joins the Dallas Candlelight Quartet for Michael Jackson and 90s Unplugged programs at the Frontiers of Flight Museum, with shows starting at 6:30PM and 8:45PM. For tickets, visit Fever’s website here.
Dallas Candlelight Quartet: Studio Ghibli & Juan Gabriel
Bree joins the Dallas Candlelight Quartet for programs featuring the music of Joe Hisaishi and Juan Gabriel. Concerts starting at 6:30PM and 8:45PM. For tickets, visit Fever’s website here.
Candlelight Concerts at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden: British Rock Legends & Coldplay x Imagine Dragons
The Cowtown Quartet performs British Rock Legends and Coldplay x Imagine Dragons programs at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden, with shows at 6:30PM and 8:45PM. For tickets, visit Fever’s website here.
Candlelight Concerts at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden: 90s Hip Hop & Hans Zimmer
The Cowtown Quartet performs Hans Zimmer and 90s Hip Hop programs for the Candlelight Concert series at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. Shows take place at 6:30PM and 8:45PM. For tickets, visit Fever’s website here.
Candlelight Concerts at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden: Juan Gabriel & Drake
The Cowtown Quartet performs Drake and Juan Gabriel programs for the Candlelight Concert series at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. Shows take place at 6:30PM and 8:45PM. Tickets can be purchased here.
Candlelight Concerts at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden: Halloween Classics
The Cowtown Quartet performs a Halloween inspired program for the Candlelight Concert series at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. Shows take place at 6:30PM and 8:45PM. Tickets can be purchased here.
Fort Worth Candlelight Quartet at The T&P: Michael Jackson and Coldplay x Imagine Dragons
The Cowtown Quartet performs Michael Jackson and Coldplay x Imagine Dragon programs at The T&P as part of Fever’s Candlelight Concert Series. Shows take place at 6:30PM and 8:45PM. Tickets may be purchased here.
Candlelight Concerts at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden: Hans Zimmer and Coldplay x Imagine Dragons
The Cowtown Quartet performs Hans Zimmer and Coldplay x Imagine Dragons programs as part of the ongoing Candlelight Concerts at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. Shows take place at 6:30PM and 8:45PM. Tickets may be purchased here.
Fort Worth Candlelight Quartet at The T&P: Christmas Classics
The Fort Worth Candlelight Quartet performs Christmas Classics at The T&P as part of Fever’s Candlelight Concert Series. Shows take place at 6:30PM and 8:45PM. Tickets may be purchased here.
Fort Worth Candlelight Quartet at The T&P: Christmas Classics
The Fort Worth Candlelight Quartet performs Christmas Classics at The T&P as part of Fever’s Candlelight Concert Series. Shows take place at 6:30PM and 8:45PM. Tickets may be purchased here.
Dallas Candlelight Quartet: Hans Zimmer
Bree joins the Dallas Candlelight Quartet for a Hans Zimmer program at 8PM at First Presbyterian Church. For tickets, visit here.
Candlelight Concerts at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden: Juan Gabriel & Coldplay x Imagine Dragons
The Cowtown Quartet performs Juan Gabriel and Coldplay x Imagine Dragon programs for the ongoing Candlelight Concert series at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. Shows take place at 6:30PM and 8:45PM. For tickets, visit here.
Nantucket Dance Festival
The Rossini Club performs alongside dancers as part of the Nantucket Dance Festival, from July 6-12th, on Nantucket Island, MA. For performance information, please visit https://www.nantucketdancefestival.org/events-2026.
Candlelight Concerts at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden
The Cowtown Quartet performs “Hans Zimmer” and “British Rock Legend” programs at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden as part of its ongoing Candlelight Concert series. Performances take place at 6:30PM and 8:45PM. Tickets may be purchased at https://feverup.com/en/fort-worth/candlelight.
PianoTexas International Festival with Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Bree joins Fort Worth Symphony’s cello section for the 2026 PianoTexas International Festival at Texas Christian University’s Van Cliburn Hall. Information regarding tickets may be found here.
Dallas Candlelight Concerts: 90s Hip Hop and Queen/ABBA
Bree joins the Dallas Candlelight Quartet for 90s Hip Hop and Queen/ABBA shows at the Irving Arts Center. For ticketing, please visit https://feverup.com/en/dallas/candlelight.
"Roses of Golestan" with Rossini Club at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL
The Marly Music Series Presents the Rossini Club | Roses of Golestan
Golestan (translated as “Rose Garden”) is many things in Iranian culture: A province, a historic place in Tehran, and one of the most important works of Persian literature. Join the musicians of the Rossini Club in this concert inspired by Ali Banisadr: The Alchemist as they explore the artist’s all-encompassing work in musical facets. Themes of conflict, beauty, synesthesia, and cultural fusion serve as landmarks as they journey through this musical rose garden featuring works by Messiaen, Sorabji, Ravaei, and others.
Sunday, May 31, 2026
1:00 PM–3:00 PM
Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg
Marly Room
$20 for MFA Members; $40 for Not-Yet-Members
Olivier Messiaen: Trois Mélodies, soprano & piano
K.S. Sorabji: Roses du Soir, soprano & piano
Kian Ravaei: Gulistan for soprano, cello, & piano
Leanne Kirchoff: “I Have No Medical Training,” soprano & cello
Augusta Read Thomas: Rumi Settings, violin & cello
Rebecca Clarke: Piano Trio
Christine Honein, soprano. Emelyn Bashour, violin. Bree Ahern, cello. Wesley Ducote, piano.
Dallas Candlelight Quartet: Drake & Taylor Swift at The Joule
Bree joins the Dallas Candlelight Quartet for Drake & Taylor Swift programs at 6:30PM and 8:45PM at The Joule. For information regarding ticketing, please visit www.feverup.com/dallas.
Dallas Chamber Symphony: Brahms, Debussy, & Chausson
Bree joins Dallas Chamber Symphony at Moody Performace Hall for a program featuring Johannes Brahms’ Symphony No. 4, Ernest Chausson’s Poème, and Claude Debussy’s Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun. For information regarding tickets, please visit https://dcsymphony.org/concert-season/.
Candlelight Concerts at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden: 90s Hip Hop & Queen and the Beatles
The Cowtown Quartet performs a 90s Hip Hop and Queen and the Beatles program as part of the Candlelight Concert series at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. Shows take place at 5:30PM and 7:45PM. Tickets can be purchased at https://feverup.com/en/fort-worth/candlelight.
Dallas Candlelight: Drake & Taylor Swift
Bree joins the Dallas Candlelight Quartet for Drake and Taylor Swift Shows at The Joule in downtown Dallas. For ticketing, please visit https://feverup.com/en/dallas/candlelight.
Dallas Candlelight: Bad Bunny & 90s Hip Hop
Bree joins the Dallas Candlelight Quartet for Bad Bunny & 90s Hip Hop Programs at the Irving Arts Center. For ticketing information, visit https://feverup.com/en/dallas/candlelight.
"Microfictions" with Kinetic Ensemble
From Kinetic:
“Join Kinetic Ensemble for our final performance of the season, with free craft coffee pairings from Little Dreamer Cafe. Ours is a community of adventurous listeners, of groundbreaking composers and collaborators, of eager young artists, and, most importantly, of friends. Through our concerts, commissions, educational workshops, and recordings, we create spaces where artists and listeners alike can learn from and inspire one another.”
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Imogen Holst: String Quintet (~13’)
Harriet Steinke: Too Bright to See (9’)
Caroline Shaw: Microfictions (20’)
Emily Richardson and Miranda Hollingsworth, violins. Tonya Burton, viola. Bree Ahern, cello. Austin Lewellen, bass.
Candlelight Concerts at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden: Neo-Soul and 90s Hip Hop
The Cowtown Quartet performs a Neo-Soul and 90s Hip Hop program as part of the ongoing Candlelight Concert series at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. Shows take place at 6:30PM and 8:45PM respectively. Tickets can be purchased at https://feverup.com/en/fort-worth/candlelight.
Candlelight Concerts at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden: Hans Zimmer & Juan Gabriel Shows
The Cowtown Quartet performs Hans Zimmer and Juan Gabriel programs at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. Shows take place at 6:30PM and 8:45PM respectively. Tickets can be purchased at https://feverup.com/en/fort-worth/candlelight.
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
Louis Moreau Institute: “King of the Sun”
Bree will join the Louis Moreau Institute for the second concert of their 12th season at the New Marigny Theater in New Orleans, Louisiana, performing with violinist Christopher Herz, violist Stephen “Adam” Savage, and pianist and Artistic Director Wesley Ducote.
From Louis Moreau Institute:
“The festival’s second and final concert, on Sunday, March 22nd at the New Marigny Theatre (2301 Marais St, New Orleans, LA 70117) will feature works inspired by visual artworks. The centerpiece of this performance will be Steven Hartke's King of the Sun, inspired in part by Dutch interior, by the Spanish-Catalan painter Joan Miró, itself based on a picture postcard of a painting by the 17th century Dutch genre painter Jan Steen. Complementing Hartke's piano quartet will be works by Karim Al-Zand, Sarah Gibson, and Augusta Read Thomas.”
For information regarding tickets, please visit http://www.louismoreauinstitute.org/2026-season-12.html.
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
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
Dallas Chamber Symphony: Schoenberg, Beethoven, & Brahms
From Dallas Chamber Symphony:
“Under the direction of Richard McKay, the Dallas Chamber Symphony begins with Adam Schoenberg’s shimmering Canto for chamber orchestra. Prize-winning pianist Yi-Chen Feng then brings youthful vitality to Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto. The program closes with Schubert’s Symphony No. 5, a graceful, melody-rich work that captures the composer’s warmth and charm..”
For information regarding tickets, please visit https://dcsymphony.org/concert-season/.
Candlelight Concerts at the Cathedral of Hope
Bree joins the Dallas Candlelight Quartet for Vivaldi’s Four Seasons as part of Fever’s Candlelight Concert series at the Cathedral of Hope. Tickets may be purchased at https://feverup.com/en/dallas/candlelight.
Candlelight Concerts at the Cathedral of Hope
Bree will join the Dallas Candlelight Quartet for a 90s Hip Hop program at the Cathedral of Hope as part of Fever’s Candlelight Concert Series. Shows take place at 6:30PM and 8:45PM. Tickets may be purchased at https://feverup.com/en/dallas/candlelight.
Candlelight Concerts at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden
The Cowtown Quartet performs a Queen/Beatles and 90s Hip Hop program at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden as part of Fever’s Candlelight Concert Series. Shows take place at 6:30PM and 8:45PM. Tickets may be purchased at https://feverup.com/en/fort-worth/candlelight.
Candlelight Concerts at the Katy Depot
The Listeso String Quartet performs Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and a Queen program for Fever’s Candlelight Concert series at The Katy Depot in Sherman-Denison. Concerts take place from 6:30-7:30PM and 8:30-9:30PM. Tickets can be purchased at https://feverup.com/en/sherman-denison-tx-us/candlelight.
Candlelight Concerts at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden
The Cowtown Quartet performs a Coldplay/Imagine Dragons and Queen/Beatles program at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden as part of Fever’s Candlelight Concert Series. Shows take place at 6:30PM and 8:45PM. Tickets may be purchased at https://feverup.com/en/fort-worth/candlelight.
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.
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
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
Candlelight Concerts at The T&P: Holiday Special
The Cowtown Quartet performs a holiday themed program at The T&P in downtown Fort Worth as part of Fever’s Candlelight Concert Series. Shows take place at 6:30PM and 8:45PM. Tickets may be purchased at https://feverup.com/en/fort-worth/candlelight.
Candlelight Concerts at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden: Holiday Special
The Cowtown Quartet performs a holiday themed program at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden as part of Fever’s Candlelight Concert Series. Shows take place at 6:30PM and 8:45PM. Tickets may be purchased at https://feverup.com/en/fort-worth/candlelight.