BALOURDET STRING QUARTET
Tuesday, July 1, 2025 | 6:45 PM Preconcert Talk
7:30 PM Balourdet String Quartet | Elley-Long Music Center
String Quartet in G Major, Op. 76, No. 1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
String Quartet in F Major, Op. 135
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor, "From My Life"
Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884)
Angela Bae & Justin DeFilippis, violins
Benjamin Zannoni, viola; Russell Houston, cello
STILL POINT
Friday, July 4, 2025
7:30 PM Artist Faculty Concert | Elley-Long Music Center
La Oración del Torero, Op. 34
Joaquín Turina (1882-1949)
Shannon Thomas & Corinne Stillwell, violins
Nardo Poy, viola
Caleb van der Swaagh, cello
Piano Quintet (2024)
Andrea Casarrubios (b. 1988)
Carolyn Stuart & Carolyn Huebl, violins
Sheila Browne, viola
Brooks Whitehouse, cello
Jung-A Bang, piano
Sextet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 36
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Elizabeth Chang & Julia Glenn, violins
Timothy Deighton & Daniel Sweaney, violas
Alison Wells & Rhonda Rider, cello
LIMINAL SPACES
Tuesday, July 8, 2025 | 6:45 PM Prelude Concert
7:30 PM Artist Faculty Concert | Elley-Long Music Center
Mirage: The Dancing Sun
Sofia Gubaidulina (1931-2025)
Caleb van der Swaagh, Emily Taubl, Alice Yoo, Brooks Whitehouse
Alison Wells, Sophie Lyman,* Alex Croxton, Spencer Adler,* cellos
Piano Quartet in D Minor, Op. 25
Dora Pejačević (1885-1923)
James Stern, violin; Timothy Deighton, viola
Emily Taubl, cello; Jung-A Bang, piano
String Quintet in E-Flat Major, Op. 97
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
Sandy Yamamoto & Carolyn Stuart, violins
Lembi Veskimets & Daniel Sweaney, violas
Thomas Mesa, cello
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
Friday, July 11, 2025 | 6:45 PM Prelude Concert
7:30 PM Artist Faculty Concert | Elley-Long Music Center
impossible inventions (2024)
Paul Novak (b. 1998)
Winner of GMCMF String Quartet Call for Scores First Prize
Nick Hammel* & Alexander Goldberg,* violins
Noémie Chemali,* viola
Spencer Adler,* cello
Piano Quintet in E-Flat Major, Op. 47
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Julia Glenn, violin; Lembi Veskimets, viola
Caleb van der Swaagh, cello; Hiromi Fukuda, piano
Octet in E-Flat Major, Op. 20
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Sandy Yamamoto, Nick Hammel,* Mei Liu,* Shannon Thomas, violins
Ann Marie Brink & Susan Dubois, violas
Alice Yoo & Spencer Adler,* cellos
MILESTONES
Tuesday, July 15, 2025 | 6:45 PM Pre-Concert talk by Evan A. MacCarthy & Alexander Goldberg
7:30 PM Artist Faculty Concert | Elley-Long Music Center
Duetti per due violini
Luciano Berio (1925-2003)
Elizabeth Chang, Lynn Chang, Ellen dePasquale, Francesca dePasquale
Alexander Goldberg,* Nick Hammel,* Carolyn Huebl, Kevin Lawrence
Mei Liu,* Tsubasa Muramatsu,* James Stern, Carolyn Stuart
Corinne Stillwell, Sandy Yamamoto
String Trio in C Minor, Op. 9, No. 3
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Francesca dePasquale, violin
Sheila Browne, viola
Thomas Mesa, cello
Piano Trio No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 67
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Kevin Lawrence, violin
Brooks Whitehouse, cello
Brian Suits, piano
LIGHT/SHADOW
Friday, July 18, 2025 | 6:45 PM Prelude Concert
7:30 PM Artist Faculty Concert | Elley-Long Music Center
Cuartet de Cuerdas No. 6: Carnavalesco
Jorge Amado (b. 1997)
Winner of GMCMF String Quartet Call for Scores Second Prize
Mei Liu* & Tsubasa Muramatsu,* violins
Aiden Jeng,* viola
Sophie Lyman,* cello
String Quintet in C Major, Op. 29
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
James Stern & Alexander Goldberg,* violins
Ann Marie Brink & Nardo Poy, violas
Sophie Lyman,* cello
Piano Quintet No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 26
Ernő Dohnányi (1877-1960)
Corinne Stillwell & Ellen dePasquale, violins
Aiden Jeng,* viola
Rhonda Rider, cello
Nelson Padgett, piano
PACIFICA STRING QUARTET
Tuesday, July 22, 2025 | 6:45 PM Prelude Concert
7:30 PM Artist Faculty Concert | Elley-Long Music Center
Post-Concert Q&A
String Quartet in B Minor, Op. 11
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
String Quartet No. 4 in C Major, Sz. 91
Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
String Quartet in F Major, Op. 96, "American"
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
Simin Ganatra & Austin Hartman, violins
Mark Holloway, viola
Brandon Vamos, cello
TRANSIENCE
Friday, July 25, 2025 | 6:45 PM Prelude Concert
7:30 PM Artist Faculty Concert | Elley-Long Music Center
Butterfly (commissioned work, premiere)
Nicky Sohn (b. 1992)
Elizabeth Chang & Francesca dePasquale, violins
Nardo Poy, viola; Caleb van der Swaagh, cello
Commissioned by Fran and Bob Pepperman Taylor for the 2025 GMCMF Festival
Piano Trio
Maurice Ravel (1875-1890)
Carolyn Huebl, violin
Brooks Whitehouse, cello
Hiromi Fukuda, piano
Piano Quintet in F Minor
César Franck (1822-1890)
Kevin Lawrence & Tsubasa Muramatsu,* violins
Jordan Bak, viola; Emily Taubl, cello
Mariko Kaneda, piano