We return to the Contemporary Art Museum with composer and multi-faceted performer Syrhea Conaway to perform in person for the first time SILVER LININGS, which we premiered virtually in early 2021, along with brand new music by her to finish up a project that spans the tumultuous past two years. Balancing the program is the legendary lucious Clarinet Quintet by Johannes Brahms, a work he came out of retirement to compose.

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Learn more about Syrhea Conaway and this program in this interview on KTRS with Ray Hartmann and Dana Hotle.

Free. Reservations required.
Public health protocols of CAM will be followed.
Bar open for purchased beverages.
Venue accessibility info.

Presented as part of the St. Louis Sound exhibit we showcase chamber music connected to St. Louis! American legend, William Grant Still has a fun connection to St. Louis, and you can hear reflections of musical culture of St. Louis in his work for woodwind quintet. Valerie Coleman celebrates St. Louis native Josephine Baker in her evocative, jazzy suite.

Five Miniatures for Woodwind Quintet William Grant Still
Homeland for solo flute Allison Loggins-Hull
Suite d'après Corrette for wind trio. Darius Milhaud
Portraits of Josephine Valerie Coleman

Make a night out of it with Thursday Nights at the Museum tours and activities as part of this free event.

Free
Public health protocols of the Missouri History Museum will be followed.
Facility accessibility info here.

This has been moved to a recorded virtual event. (Updated 2/22/22). Videos will be posted to YouTube after March 26. We look forward to returning to a live performance next season.

As the Ensemble in Residence for the Community Music School’s Young Composers Competition we will be presenting the winning compositions. This is our third year presenting these works, and we are blown away every time!

We return to the serenity of the Tree of Life Chapel to share thirty minutes of contemplative music with you.

Masks required.
Public health protocols of Kirkwood Presbyterian will be used.
ADA compliant. Venue website here.

A key figure in the history of Christianity, Islam and Judaism illuminated through music culturally connected to the three largest “Abrahamic Faiths”.

Valerie Coleman Maombi Asante (a prayer of thanks)
Mohammed Fairouz The Named Angels (selections)
Ernst Bloch Prayer
Kenji Bunch Three Settings of American Hymns for 2 violins 
Gideon Klein String Trio

Up stairs in the Club Room. Elevator available. ADA restrooms on all levels. Venue website here.

Great local beer available for purchase in the venue before and after the concert. Dine before or after the concert downstairs in the dinning room.

All audience members, volunteers and performers will be asked to show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test: either a negative RT-PCR taken within 72 hours before the performance or a negative antigen test within 24 hours of the performance.

• Masking requested.

• Current St. Louis City public health mandates will be adhered to.

HIDDEN: Secrets kept, charms revealed 

What lies beneath the surface may surprise you. In this program we explore composers and music that reveal layers of complexity and skill that may not be apparent without deeper listening. Jean Emil Cras studied composition with the great French masters of the 20th century, although he spent most of his time on a ship, inventing navigation devices. Dohnanyi stood his ground against accusations from all sides in Hungary during the Holocaust, his secrets revealed only after he is buried in Florida decades later. Allison Loggins-Hull reveals new layers of possibility for how music can be created in her work for solo flute.

Ernst von Dohnányi Serenade in C for String Trio 
Allison Loggins-Hull Homeland
Jean Emil Cras Quintet for harp, flute, string Trio

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Public heath protocols of World Chess Hall of Fame will be followed.

HIDDEN: Secrets kept, charms revealed 

What lies beneath the surface may surprise you. In this program we explore composers and music that reveal layers of complexity and skill that may not be apparent without deeper listening. Jean Emil Cras studied composition with the great French masters of the 20th century, although he spent most of his time on a ship, inventing navigation devices. Dohnányi stood his ground against accusations from all sides in Hungary during the Holocaust, his secrets revealed only after he is buried in Florida decades later. Allison Loggins-Hull reveals new layers of possibility for how music can be created in her work for solo flute.

Scroll down for definitions of musical terms in movement titles.

Ernst von Dohnányi(1877-1960)
Serenade in C for String Trio (1902)

I. Marcia
II. Romanza
III. Scherzo
IV. Tema con variazioni
V. Rondo (Finale)

Allison Loggins-Hull (b. 1982)
Homeland (2018)

Jean Emil Cras (1879-1932)
Quintet for harp, flute, string Trio (1928)

I.Assez animé
II.Animé
III.Assez lent sans traîner
IV.Très animé

Jennifer Gartley, flute
Jane Price, violin
Laura Reycraft, viola
Valentina Takova, cello
Megan Stout, harp

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Musical terms:

Ernst von Dohnányi
Serenade in C for String Trio 

Marcia - March - a bold opening to a large piece.
Romanza - Romance - typically slow
Scherzo - Italian for “joke” - typically very fast and in “three’ feel
Tema con variazioni - Theme and Variation
Rondo (Finale) - Rondo is a form where the melody is repeated with new material between it each time. ABACABA is a typical Rondo form, although there are many versions. Often fast and used at the end of a large work.

Serenades traditionally have more than the standard four movements, this one has five, but they can also have six. This one adds a theme and variation to the standard four movement structure of fast/slow/dance related/fastest.

Jean Emil Cras
Quintet for harp, flute, string Trio

Assez animé - sufficiently fast/lively
Animé - lively/fast
Assez lent sans traîner - slowly without dragging
Très animé - very fast

This is a typical four movement layout for a large work with the fast/dance related/slow/very fast structure.

CONFLUENCE: IMAGINATION MEETS INNOVATION

This program is inspired by our city and the geography that has influenced this region of the world. The "Mighty Mississippi" and the “Big Muddy” Missouri rivers join in a confluence just to the north of modern day St. Louis, creating a historic meeting and trading community sharing cultures and ideas. Celebrating this spirit, the music in this program melds equally rich ideas coming together to shape a new sound.

William Grant Still combines sounds from Africa with the European classical tradition to create music uniquely American in Ennanga. St. Louis composer Kim Portnoy playfully manipulates the tunefulness of musical theater into a traditional violin sonata in From an Imaginary Musical. Martinů, decades earlier, successfully blends jazz with his Bohemian roots in Chamber Music No. 1. Missouri native, Shelley Washington brings us all closer to home in her string quartet, Middleground.

William Grant Still Ennanga
Kim Portnoy From an Imaginary Musical
Intermission
Shelley Washington Middleground
Bohuslav Martinů Chamber Music No 1

Kyle Lombard, violin
Jane Price, violin
Laura Reycraft, viola
Marta Simidtchieva, cello
Dana Hotle, clarinet
Megan Stout, harp
Johanna Ballou, piano

Tickets sold through Washington University.

$20 General
$15 Wash U fac/staff
$15 Live Stream Option
Wash U students free with ID
Edison Box Office - 314-935-6543

All attendees are required to show proof of vaccination or negative COVID test, complete the health screening within 4 hours of their arrival to campus and be prepared to show the "Cleared for Campus" result to the event staff upon entry. All attendees must wear a mask at all times while indoors.

Gateway Greening Demonstration Garden
Gates @ 4:30
Garden tours @ 4:45 and 5:15
Music @ 5:30

Bring a chair or blanket and a picnic basket. Some seating available at picnic tables. Please wear a mask

Free. Donations accepted.

3841 Bell Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63108
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Chamber Project St. Louis and Gateway Greening invite you to a garden concert of classical chamber music exploring our CONNECTION to the past, the present and to each other. 

Chamber Project’s unique thematic approach to diverse and inclusive programming invites the listener deep into a connected experience with the music, the musicians and themselves through connecting the stories of the music of the past to the music of today. 

Umoja, Valerie Coleman
String Quartet in G, Florence Price
Chanson de la Nature pour la Clarinette, Jenni Brandon*
Danse Orphique, Luca Pasquini
Clarinet Quintet (selection), W.A. Mozart

Kyle Lombard, violin
Jane Price, violin
Laura Reycraft, viola
Marta Simiditchieva, cello
Dana Hotle, clarinet

*Movements for Chanson De la Nature Pour La Clarinette.
Inspired by the lyrical and pastoral quality of the French language and imagery from Jean De La Fontain’s retelling of Aesop’s fables, each short movement brings to life a story.

1. Les Oiseaux (The Birds)
2. Le Poisson (The Fish)
3. Le Papillion (The Butterfly)
4. Le Lièvre et la Tortue (The Hare and The Tortoise)
5. L’Ètoile (The Star)
6. Dansez! (Dance!)
7. Le Serpent (The Snake)