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SEASON 15
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​HAMILTON
First Unitarian Church - 170 Dundurn St South, Hamilton ON


Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 3pm
Pastoral Piano Quartets!

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CLAUDE DEBUSSY Sonate pour Violoncelle et Piano
MARJAN MOZETICH Baroque Diversion for Solo Viola (selections and secret extra diversions)
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK Piano Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 23​
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Min-Jeong Koh, violin
Caitlin Boyle, viola
Daniel Hamin Go, cello
Angela Park, piano

Concert sponsor: François Verschaeve



(Original date: Saturday, March 22, 2025 at 3pm)
POSTPONED DUE TO ILLNESS
NEW DATE: Please scroll down to September 20, 2025 for details!
Refunds for all tickets already purchased have been processed through Universe. Please allow for some time for the charge to return to your method of payment. If you have any issues, please feel free to email us at [email protected].

88 Keys!

W.A. MOZART Fantasia in D minor, K. 397
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23
CLARA SCHUMANN Romance Op. 21 No. 1
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FRANZ LISZT Liebestraume No. 3
DARREN SIGESMUND Regeneration (2023)
​KEVIN LAU The Dreamer (2017)
                      The Seeker (2018)
                    The Brave (2024)
CLAUDE DEBUSSY L'isle joyeuse 
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK Slavonic Dances, selections for piano duo
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Angela Park, piano
Young Artist: Cherilyn Yan, piano

Concert sponsor: Josée du Fretay
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Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 3pm
Flute, Viola, and Harp Delight!

Tickets ONLINE ONLY here: www.universe.com/fluteviolaharp

THEODORE DUBOIS Terzettino for Flute, Viola, and Harp
ANTON HOFFMEISTER Duo Concertante in F Major, Op. 12, No. 3 for Flute and Viola
DERRICK SKYE Crossing for Flute, Viola, and Harp
RON ROYER Romance and Impromptu for Flute and Harp *world premiere*
MAURICE RAVEL Sonatine for Flute, Viola, and Harp (arr. Salzedo/Childs)

Erica Goodman, harp
Suzanne Shulman, flute
Caitlin Boyle, viola


Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 3pm
Sextet Extravaganza XIII

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Yolanda Bruno & Csaba Koczo, violins
Caitlin Boyle & Theresa Rudolph, violas
Rachel Desoer & Rachel Mercer, cellos

INDIA GAILEY Naga (for solo cello, featuring Rachel Mercer)
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK Terzetto for 2 violins and viola, Op. 74 in C major 
SALLY BEAMISH The Wise Maid (for solo cello, featuring Rachel Desoer)
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK String Sextet, Op. 48 in A major

Concert sponsor: Daphne Payne


Saturday, June 7, 2025 at 3pm
The Poetic Voice!
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Tickets ONLINE ONLY: www.universe.com/thepoeticvoice

JOHANNES BRAHMS Zweig Gesäng 
IAN CUSSON Five Songs on the Poems of Gwendolyn MacEwen
​JOSEPH CANTELOUBE Selections from Chants d'Auvergne

Marion Newman - Nege'ga, mezzo soprano
Caitlin Boyle, viola
Angela Park, piano


NEW DATE:   Saturday, September 20, 2025 at 3pm
88 Keys!

(Rescheduled from the original date -Mar 22, 2025)

Tickets ONLINE ONLY:  www.universe.com/88keyspiano

W.A. MOZART Fantasia in D minor, K. 397
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23
CLARA SCHUMANN Romance Op. 21 No. 1
​                                                              Scherzo No. 2 in C minor, Op. 14
FRANZ LISZT Liebestraume No. 3
DARREN SIGESMUND Regeneration (2023)
​KEVIN LAU The Dreamer (2017)
                      The Seeker (2018)
                    The Brave (2024)
CLAUDE DEBUSSY L'isle joyeuse 
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK Slavonic Dances, selections for piano duo
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Angela Park, piano
Young Artist: Cherilyn Yan, piano

Concert sponsor: Josée du Fretay



ORLEANS
Orleans United Church - 1111 Orleans Blvd, Orleans ON
For tickets ($20), please contact [email protected] or Ron Hunt at 613-298-1626 / [email protected]

POSTPONED due to weather
NEW DATE:
Sunday, April 27, 2025 at 7pm
Clarinet quintet party!

Hear two masterpieces of the clarinet quintet literature!

SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Clarinet Quintet, Op. 10
JOHANNES BRAHMS Clarinet Quintet, Op. 115

Kimball Sykes, clarinet
Yosuke Kawasaki & Jessy Je Young Kim, violins
Tovin Allers, viola
Rachel Mercer, cello

Sunday, July 6, 2025 at 7pm
Cello quartet party!
Celebrate the cello with music from across the ages for 1, 2 and 4 celli!

CELLO QUARTET
Desiree Abbey
Julia MacLaine
Rachel Mercer
Raphael Weinroth-Browne

Young artist: Ruohan Ni

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Suite No. 1 Prelude
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH/ arr. LAZLO VARGA Chaconne in d minor
JANE ANTONIA CORNISH Three Nocturnes, III.
RAPHAEL WEINROTH-BROWNE Triumvirate
TOM FLAHERTY A Cellist's Variations on "Home on the Range" 
MATTHIAS BARTOLOMEY Priekestolen (2018)
ASTOR PIAZZOLLA/ arr. NICK HALSEY Libertango
GEORGE GERSHWIN/WERNER THOMAS-MIFUNE Fragment

Thank you to the Ontario Arts Council for support of Season 15! 

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