Black Violin is an American hip hop duo from Fort Lauderdale, Florida comprising two classically trained string instrumentalists, Kevin Sylvester and Wilner Baptiste, who go by the stage names Kev Marcus and Wil B. Kev Marcus plays the violin, and Wil B. plays the viola. (Wikipedia)

Come experience the Six Solo Sonatas by the great Belgian violinist/composer Eugène Ysaÿe on the landmark of their composition exactly 100 years ago. Learn about the composer and the six dedicatees, all celebrated violinists of the period—le style moderne! Students from the class of Professor Salness will provide context to the diverse historic personalities as they perform this mercurial repertoire, exploring its unique harmonic language, innovative instrumental techniques and magical expressive qualities that have propelled this class project—one requiring courage and stylish elan appropriate to the debonair violinists who inspired them.

Praised for its authentic, soulful, and orchestral sound,  The String Queens (TSQ) is a dynamic trio that creates stimulating musical experiences that inspire diverse audiences to love, hope, feel, and imagine! With an array of repertoire spanning from the Baroque era to the Jazz Age to today’s Billboard Hot 100 Chart, TSQ performs versatile programs that take listeners on a rousing musical journey through time and a multitude of musical genres.

Musicians Nick Kendall and Charles Yang, who both double on violin and vocals, alongside Ranaan Meyer, who accompanies on voice and double bass, are better known as Time for Three, an Emmy and Grammy-Award winning chamber pop trio with a foot in the classical world and the other squarely in the field of contemporary folk. Renowned for bravura concerts at spaces including Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center and The Royal Albert Hall, the ensemble have worked closely with a diverse and famous roster of artists and composers, including Ben Folds, Branford Marsalis, Joshua Bell, Chris Brubeck and Pulitzer Prize winners Jennifer Higdon and William Bolcom.

This Americana-friendly combo are equally at home performing movie soundtracks, playing new classics by composer Kevin Puts for the acclaimed Deutsche Grammophon label, releasing catchy indie rock cuts like their breakout radio hit "Vertigo”, or presenting Home for the Holidays, a winter wonderland of holiday favorite arrangements including The Christmas Song, Edelweiss, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas and a special Hanukkah mash-up!

Violinist Rachel Barton Pine inspires audiences worldwide with artistic excellence, boundless energy, unforgettable interpretations, and passion for philanthropy. Through her Rachel Barton Pine Foundation, she has championed, commissioned, and created educational materials to support the performance and study of music by Black composers, creating The String Student’s Library of Music by Black Composers. Accompanied by Matthew Hagle on piano, Pine performs an expanse of violin repertoire treasures at the Terrace Theater. Hear Sonata in G Major by Dvořák, the Bridgetower Sonata by Beethoven (premiered by George Bridgetower, a Black violinist and contemporary of Beethoven’s), and works by Black composers including Blues Dialogues by Dolores White, Incident on Larpenteur Avenue by Billy Childs, and Here’s One and Suite for Violin and Piano by William Grant Still.

Jennifer Koh and Missy Mazzoli join forces for an elegant—yet challenging—performance. Collaborating for over a decade, the violin-piano duo presents a mesmerizing evening of Mazzoli’s works.

The University of Maryland Symphony Orchestra opens its 2023–24 season with an exciting program showcasing true americana in music. Featuring works by prominent American composers Samuel Barber, Amy Beach and Leonard Bernstein, this program demonstrates the thrill of American music.

Samuel Barber’s Violin Concerto exemplifies the composer’s melodic richness and expressive depth, with each movement exploring distinct moods and themes while maintaining a cohesive musical narrative. This piece will feature the 2023 UMSO Concerto Competition Winner, Kumiko Sakamoto, on violin.

Leonard Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from West Side Story provides audiences a glimpse of the bustling upper west side of Manhattan in the 1950s, and tells the story of two gangs and the star-crossed love that is entwined in their rivalry.

Delightfully lighthearted, the light waltz of Amy Beach’s Bal Masqué draws inspiration from the festive atmosphere of a masquerade ball. The gentle lilt and flirtatious melodies of this single-movement orchestral work capture the essence and allure of the ballroom.

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Black Violin is an American hip hop duo from Fort Lauderdale, Florida comprising two classically trained string instrumentalists, Kevin Sylvester and Wilner Baptiste, who go by the stage names Kev Marcus and Wil B. Kev Marcus plays the violin, and Wil B. plays the viola.

Black Violin is an American hip hop duo from Fort Lauderdale, Florida comprising two classically trained string instrumentalists, Kevin Sylvester and Wilner Baptiste, who go by the stage names Kev Marcus and Wil B. Kev Marcus plays the violin, and Wil B. plays the viola. (Wikipedia)

Known internationally for her prowess as both a soloist and chamber musician, violinist Stephanie Chase has had an illustrious career that has brought her to the stage with over 170 orchestras across the globe, including solo performances with the New York, London and Hong Kong Philharmonics and the Chicago, San Francisco, Atlanta, Baltimore and London Symphony Orchestras. Join us as Chase and pianist Sara Davis Buechner present a recital of classical and romantic works, including pieces by Mozart, Strauss and Rachmaninoff.

Program:

Wolfgang Mozart: Sonata in D Major, K. 306
Richard Strauss: Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 18
Joaquin Turina: Selections from Sonata No. 2, Op. 82, "Espagnola"
Sergei Rachmaninoff (Trans. Stephanie Chase): Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19 - Andante
Fritz Kreisler: Liebesfreud (Love’s Joy)
Jean-Delphin Alard: 16 Morceaux de salon, Op.49 - Brindisi-valse

Performances: Jan 19-21

The haunting sound of Leonidas Kavakos’ 1734 “Willemotte” Stradivarius will be on full display in Shostakovich’s First Violin Concerto, a challenging showpiece raging with raw fury and dark humor. Don’t miss the Greek virtuoso’s much-anticipated return as Noseda conducts the sublime concerto along with Bruckner’s striking Symphony No. 6.

For over a decade, Lindsey Stirling has enchanted audiences across the globe by performing spellbinding magic with her electronic violin—dreaming up an exquisitely composed, boldly inventive sound entirely her own. On her new album Snow Waltz, the dancing pop-violin sensation shares her unique interpretation of holiday classics and original songs through immersive arrangements and mesmerizing melodies.

Hailed by The Washington Post for his “big, luscious tone [and] spot on intonation,” violinist Paul Huang returns to The Barns joined by the superlative Anne-Marie McDermott at the piano. The program, which spans the 18th through the 20th century and includes compositions from Mozart to John Corigliano, is sure to have something for everyone!

As we celebrate Arts and Humanities Month across America, we bring you  artist and educator Majid Khaliq. Whether it is through teaching music to youth or composing his next album, this nationally-renowned jazz violinist creates and educates daily. With his quartet, you will be entertained through original compositions, avant-garde arrangements, and the musical improvisations between violin, piano, drums, and bass. Tell a friend and buy your tickets now.

All ages
Tickets: $20/person 

Regina Carter’s projects – including Reverse Thread, Southern Comfort, and Simply Ella – have always been very personal stories, journeys of self-discovery and identity achieved by researching and understanding family and subjects that have impacted her family. In her newest project, GONE IN A PHRASE OF AIR, Regina explores areas across America where hundreds of thousands of its citizens, most often African Americans, immigrants, and the disadvantaged, witnessed their homes, businesses, and churches being demolished, all in the name of urban renewal.

GONE IN A PHRASE OF AIR celebrates these vanished communities and some of the music associated with them. It will reach a broad range of listeners and strike a responsive chord. Listeners who have ties to similar communities will enjoy the message and the music, and others new to these stories will discover the vibrancy and spirit of these lost places.

Gone in A Phrase of Air Concert: Regina Carter, violin; Xavier Davis, Piano; Chris Lightcap, bass; Alvester Garnett, drums; Carla Cook, vocals

The GONE IN A PHRASE OF AIR concert will include original music as well as music of that time, poetry, and spoken word, and the concert experience will include visual art elements as well, followed by a post-concert discussion.

Musician. Entrepreneur. Philanthropist. Humanitarian. Damien Escobar bears many titles and puts no limits on what more he can achieve, making him one of the most prolific figures hailing from Jamaica, Queens. The Emmy-winning, NAACP Image Award nominee, possesses a nearly two-decade-spanning resume that includes billboard chart-topping albums, sold-out global tours, collaborations with music legends, and more — an inspirational success story that started with Escobar playing his violin on NYC subways. Proving his hustle, drive, passion and unquestionable talent, are the pillars that hold up his ever-expanding brand.

Black Violin is an American hip hop duo from Fort Lauderdale, Florida comprising two classically trained string instrumentalists, Kevin Sylvester and Wilner Baptiste, who go by the stage names Kev Marcus and Wil B. Kev Marcus plays the violin, and Wil B. plays the viola. (Wikipedia)

Performances: Sep 30 @7pm, Oct 1 @11:30am, Oct 2 @8pm

Gianandrea Noseda leads a program spotlighting three-time Grammy Award-winning violinist Hilary Hahn performing Brahms’ Violin Concerto. Then, experience the sweeping, spiritual Third Symphony by Florence Price—the first Black woman to have her music performed by a major American orchestra.

Performances: Sep 30 @7pm, Oct 1 @11:30am, Oct 2 @8pm

Gianandrea Noseda leads a program spotlighting three-time Grammy Award-winning violinist Hilary Hahn performing Brahms’ Violin Concerto. Then, experience the sweeping, spiritual Third Symphony by Florence Price—the first Black woman to have her music performed by a major American orchestra.

Performances: Sep 30 @7pm, Oct 1 @11:30am, Oct 2 @8pm

Gianandrea Noseda leads a program spotlighting three-time Grammy Award-winning violinist Hilary Hahn performing Brahms’ Violin Concerto. Then, experience the sweeping, spiritual Third Symphony by Florence Price—the first Black woman to have her music performed by a major American orchestra.

Concertmaster of the Calgary Symphony since 2013, Diana Cohen leads an active career as a soloist, chamber musician and arts administrator. She is the founding member of Trio Terzetto and executive and co-artistic director of the ChamberFest Cleveland festival. Cohen and Roman Rabinovich will perform a program of beloved violin and piano sonatas.

Concertmaster of the Calgary Symphony since 2013, Diana Cohen leads an active career as a soloist, chamber musician and arts administrator. She is the founding member of Trio Terzetto and executive and co-artistic director of the ChamberFest Cleveland festival. She leads a masterclass in advance of her 8PM performance.

The youngest-ever winner of the International Tchaikovsky Competition, Akiko Suwanai joins  Noseda for Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto, a work that radiates Russian spirit. Thursday and Saturday’s program concludes with Stravinsky’s Symphony in Three Movements and Friday’s performance concludes with Dvořák’s “New World Symphony,” two pieces that evoke the Russian and Czech composers’ enthusiastic immersion into American culture.

Hailing from the traditions of the Maihar - Seni Gharana, Raaginder and Nilan bring forth a modern touch to Indian Classical music. The story of these two second generation Americans of the Indian Diaspora is told through a musical conversation between Raaginder's violin and Nilan's tabla.

Piotr Gajewski conducts the National Philharmonic in this tribute to Black Composers in Classical Music featuring compositions by Wynton Marsalis, Florence Price, George Walker and William Grant Still. Joining the National Philharmonic is Melissa White, violinist, Sphinx Competition winner and founding member of the Harlem Quartet. Come hear why The Cincinnati Enquirer says that Melissa White is “bringing a new attitude to classical music, one that is fresh, bracing and intelligent.”

Violinist Randall Goosby debuts with an impressive program, including Debussy's exquisite violin sonata, and a suite by William Grant Still inspired by the Harlem Renaissance.

Blockbuster soloists Itzhak Perlman and Evgeny Kissin unite for an evening of chamber music on a grand scale. The eminence of the performers is matched by the prominence of the repertoire, including timeless favorites of the violin repertoire by Mozart, Beethoven, and Brahms.