Friday, March 22, 2019 — 5:30pm Celebrating Bach’s Birthday: Music of Bach and Buxtehude Program: Johann Sebastian Bach — Prelude and Fugue in D, BWV 532 Dieterich Buxtehude — Praeludium in D BuxWV 139 J.S. Bach — Prelude and Fugue in G, BWV 541 J.S. Bach — Toccata and Fugue in d minor, BWV 565 […]

Friday, March 15, 2019 — 5:30pm Music of Love and Nature Mezzo-Soprano Kehar Koslowsky is an accomplished choral and solo artist. A native of Saratoga Springs, NY, she received her Bachelor’s in Vocal Performance from the University of Maryland, College Park. She has performed extensively in the Washington DC area with the Washington Bach Consort, Woodley Ensemble, […]

Friday, February 22, 2019 — 5:30pm Peter and the Wolf by Sergey Prokofiev Program: Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67  (1936) by Sergey Prokofiev (1891-1953) piano transcription by composer Marina Magazinnik received her Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Ph.D. degrees from the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, where she studied piano with Jacob Milstein and chamber music with Konstantin […]

Friday, February 15, 2019 — 5:30pm Music of Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven Program TBA David Phillips’ interpretations of composers as varied as Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert have garnered him wide acclaim and invitations to appear with notable institutions such as The Armenian Philharmonic, The San Antonio Symphony and The Dubrovnik Symphony.  He has performed under […]

Friday, February 8, 2019 — 5:30pm Scandinavian Medieval Ballads and Beyond Program: Väinämöinen – Verses from the Finnish epic Kalevala The songs of the Kalevala have lived in oral tradition for centuries, maybe as far back as the Bronze Age. Elias Lönnrot wandered around Finland in the 19th century and collected a large number of […]

Friday, February 1, 2019 — 5:30pm Music of Schubert and Brahms Program: Sonata for violin and piano Op. 162/D. 574, by Franz Schubert Allegro moderato    Scherzo: Presto, Trio, Presto Andantino    Allegro vivace Adagio from Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Opus 108, by Johannes Brahms Ellen Chávez de Leitner has performed with many orchestras, chamber […]

Friday, November 30, 2018 — 5:30pm Music of McKay, Parnell, Ewazen, Street, Albeniz, Grigg, Ferran, Garland and Breur Program: For Quartet: Invasion of Clown by Dosia McKay Persiflage by Alistair Parnell Rhapsody by Eric Ewazen When A Knight Won His Spurs by Karen Street Trios Pieces by I. Albeniz For Quintet, Sax Quartet and Piano […]

Friday, November 23, 2018 — 5:30pm Music of Poulenc L’Histoire de Babar le petit elephant (1940-1945) – Francis Poulenc Berceuse Valse March Polka Nocturne David Solem was born and raised in Washington D.C. David has Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from The Peabody Conservatory of Music where he studied organ, harpsichord, and piano. He […]

Friday, November 16, 2018 — 5:30pm Music of Dukas, Dvorak, Ponchielli, J. S. Bach, Nelhbel, Henderson, Ewald, and Strauss

Fisk Festival @ First presents Nathan Laube in concert Friday, November 9, 2018 – 5:30pm Music of Rameau, Noordt, Hampton, Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, and Widor on the C.B. Fisk, Opus 133 (pdf of concert program) In addition to serving as Assistant Professor of Organ on the faculty of the Eastman School of Music, and his new position as […]