Chamber Music Society of St. Cloud

Musical Chairs 2023
2023-03-31 19:00 - 21:30 (America/Chicago) | St. John’s Episcopal Church, 1111 Cooper Avenue South, St. Cloud, MN, 56301, United States
St. John’s Episcopal Church – 1111 Cooper Avenue South, St. CloudCome to the 28th annual fundraising party to benefit the Chamber Music Society of St. CloudFriday, MARCH 31, 2023 – 7:00 p.m.
An intimate evening of chamber music performed by the HARLEM QUARTET joined by prominent local musicians
Desserts, wine, coffee & tea A silent auction of selected works by area artists as well as a multitude of other highly desirable items Tickets: $45 / $75* / $150* available in advance * Patrons at the $75 and $150 level will be acknowledged in the evening’s program with an RSVP by March 27. Your support of this event helps guarantee that top-quality live chamber music will remain accessible to all in Central Minnesota. To purchase tickets:

purchase online here (Online ticket sales end 5 p.m. March 31.)
call 320-292-4645
send a check to the Chamber Music Society, PO Box 205, St. Cloud, MN 56302
tickets available at the door the evening of the event

THANK YOU!

Ann DuHamel, piano
2023-01-21 19:30 - 21:30 | SCSU Ruth Gant Recital Hall, 620 3rd Avenue South, St. Cloud, MN, 56303, United States
Ann DuHamel performs works selected from her current project Prayers for a Feverish Planet: New Music about Climate Change. Watch the concert recording – available now through March 12.

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Concert Sponsors: Mary Lou & Jerry Lenz
Pianist Ann DuHamel’s performances have been praised as poetic and “… a delight for the ears and the soul” (Encuentro Universitario Internacional de Saxofón, Mexico City). Hailed as a “forward thinking classical pianist” (Midwest Record) for her debut album Rückblick: New Piano Music Inspired by Brahms (Furious Artisans, 2020), she actively champions contemporary composers, recently commissioning works by Marc Chan, Flannery Cunningham, Jocelyn Hagen, Edie Hill, and Tyler Kline, among others.
Ann has performed and presented in 16 countries on 4 continents, including Sala Verdi in Milan, Italy; the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland; and Trinity College in Oxford, England. In demand as a collaborative pianist, Ann has performed chamber music with members of the Minnesota Orchestra and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, as well as with Martha Councell-Vargas, flute; Preston Duncan, saxophone; and Clara Osowski, mezzo-soprano. Her performance at Carnegie Weill Recital Hall with ensemble: Périphérie was lauded by the New York Concert Review as “outstanding,” praising the group of “superb musicians” who “played with power and assurance.”
Ann’s latest project, “Prayers for a Feverish Planet,” features 60 new works for piano and piano/electronics about climate change. Ann is Associate Professor of Music at the University of Minnesota Morris, and serves as Immediate Past President of Minnesota Music Teachers Association. She earned the Doctorate of Musical Arts degree at the University of Iowa under the tutelage of Ksenia Nosikova.
This project is made possible in part by a University of Minnesota Grant in Aid of Research, Artistry and Scholarship Award. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board and the Central MN Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund and in part by a grant from the Central MN Arts Board with funds appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature from its general fund.

Family concert: Ann DuHamel, piano
2023-01-21 14:00 - 15:00 | St. Cloud Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 3226 Maine Prairie Road, St. Cloud, Minnesota, 56301, United States
Hear works selected from her latest project, “Prayers for a Feverish Planet,” in response to the climate crisis. After a call to composers across the globe, she created a collection of 60+ new pieces for piano.
Her family concert program includes excerpts of works by Anél Van de Venter, Chris Williams, Ian Dicke, Frank Horvat & Minato Sakamoto, & For the Love of Bees by Anna Rubin, with poet Athena Kildegaard, narrator.
Bring the whole family to this one-hour informal program.Masks recommended.Admission is free!
Family Concert Sponsor: St. Cloud Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
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Pianist Ann DuHamel’s performances have been praised as poetic and “… a delight for the ears and the soul” (Encuentro Universitario Internacional de Saxofón, Mexico City). Hailed as a “forward thinking classical pianist” (Midwest Record) for her debut album Rückblick: New Piano Music Inspired by Brahms (Furious Artisans, 2020), she actively champions contemporary composers, recently commissioning works by Marc Chan, Flannery Cunningham, Jocelyn Hagen, Edie Hill, and Tyler Kline, among others.
Ann has performed and presented in 16 countries on 4 continents, including Sala Verdi in Milan, Italy; the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland; and Trinity College in Oxford, England. In demand as a collaborative pianist, Ann’s performed chamber music with members of the Minnesota Orchestra and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, as well as with Martha Councell-Vargas, flute; Preston Duncan, saxophone; and Clara Osowski, mezzo-soprano. Her performance at Carnegie Weill Recital Hall with ensemble: Périphérie was lauded by the New York Concert Review as “outstanding,” praising the group of “superb musicians” who “played with power and assurance.”
Ann’s latest project, “Prayers for a Feverish Planet,” features 60 new works for piano and piano/electronics about climate change. Ann is Associate Professor of Music at the University of Minnesota Morris, and serves as Immediate Past President of Minnesota Music Teachers Association. She earned the Doctorate of Musical Arts degree at the University of Iowa under the tutelage of Ksenia Nosikova.
This project is made possible in part by a University of Minnesota Grant in Aid of Research, Artistry and Scholarship Award. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board and the Central MN Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund and in part by a grant from the Central MN Arts Board with funds appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature from its general fund.

Balge-Park-Ross Trio
2022-11-06 16:00 | SCSU Ruth Gant Recital Hall, 620 3rd Avenue South, St. Cloud, MN, 56303, United States
We are delighted to bring back pianist Bethel Balge again this season to join Minnesota Orchestra members first associate concertmaster violinist Susie Park and principal cellist Tony Ross. Their program is filled with a wide range of passion, from the 19th century emotional dialogue intrinsic to Johannes Brahms to the 20th century drama of Samuel Barber and Jesse Montgomery.We hope you’ll join us!
Check out Michael Barone’s pre-concert chat with Bethel and Tony! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UO6zFnKwt_o
Samuel Barber: Cello SonataJesse Montgomery: Rhapsody No. 1Johannes Brahms: Piano Trio in C Major, No. 2, Op. 87
Concert Sponsors: Jennifer Galovich & Tom Sibley
This activity is made possible, in part, by a grant from the Central Minnesota Arts Board with funds appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature from its general fund. This organization is funded, in part, by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Central MN Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

Pacifica Quartet
2022-09-18 19:30 | First Presbyterian Church, 340 5th Avenue South, Saint Cloud, 56301
a concert to honor the memory of Susan Dubin
First Presbyterian Church340 5th Avenue South, St. Cloud
Program:Florence Price: String Quartet No. 1 in G majorProkofiev: Quartet No. 2 in F major, Op. 92Beethoven: String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132
Concert sponsor: Julie Aronson Dehnel
Susan Dubin

We invite you to this special concert to honor the memory of Susan Dubin,our founding Executive Director, by one of her favorite ensembles.Susan led the Chamber Music Society for more than three decadesbefore retiring in 2013.
About the Pacifica QuartetWith a career spanning nearly three decades, the multiple Grammy Award-winning Pacifica Quartet has achieved international recognition as one of the finest chamber ensembles performing today. The Quartet is known for its virtuosity, exuberant performance style, and often-daring repertory choices. Named faculty string quartet-in-residence at the Indian University Jacobs School of Music in 2012, the Quartet was previously quartet-in-residence at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and most recently received its second Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance for Contemporary Voices (2020), featuring the works of three Pulitzer Prize-winning women. The Quartet also leads the Center for Advanced Quartet Studies at the Aspen Music Festival and School.
Formed in 1994, the Pacifica Quartet quickly won chamber music’s top competitions, including the 1998 Naumburg Chamber Music Award. In 2002 the ensemble was honored with Chamber Music America’s Cleveland Quartet Award and the appointment to Lincoln Center’s The Bowers Program (formerly CMS Two), and in 2006 was awarded a prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant. With its powerful energy and captivating, cohesive sound, the Pacifica has established itself as the embodiment of the senior American quartet sound. www.Pacificaquartet.com

This activity is made possible in part, by a grant from the Central MN Arts Board with funds appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature from its general fund.

For the well-being of all and following current CDC guidelines, we strongly recommend our audience members wear a mask while in the concert hall or lobby. Updates as needed will be posted to the home page of our website.
