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!

REBEKAH CUMMINGS Our Strength, Our Song for Violin and Cello
ANTONIN DVORAK Piano Quartet No. 2 in E flat Major, Op. 87​

Saturday, March 22, 2025 at 3pm
88 Keys!

ROBERT SCHUMANN Sonata No. 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 11
CLARA SCHUMANN Scherzo No. 2 in C minor, Op. 14
KAREN SUNABACKA Hiding for solo piano (1999)
DARREN SIGESMUND Regeneration (2023)
CLAUDE DEBUSSY L'isle joyeuse 
ANTONIN DVORAK Dvorak Slavonic Dances, selections for piano duo
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Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 3pm
Flute, Viola, and Harp Delight!

THEODORE DUBOIS Terzettino for Flute, Viola, and Harp
DERRICK SKYE Crossings for Flute, Viola, and Harp
ARNOLD BAX Trio for Viola, Flute, and Harp "Elegiac"
RON ROYER Romance and Impromptu for Flute and Harp
MAURICE RAVEL Sonatine for Flute, Viola, and Harp


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

Saturday, June 7, 2025 at 3pm
The Poetic Voice!

More info soon!

ORLEANS
Orleans United Church - 1111 Orleans Blvd, Orleans ON
Ticket info coming in September!

Saturday, October 12, 2024 at 7.30pm
Cello quartet party!

Celebrate the cello with music from across the ages for 1, 2, 3 and 4 celli!

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

Sunday, February 16, 2025 at 3.30pm
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

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

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String Extravaganza X: Tribute to Yehonatan Berick
​November 7, 2021

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