WindSync | College & University
Windsync’s College & University programs offer many opportunities for students, from participation in Artistic workshops to Engagement and entrepreneurship workshops and seminars.
WindSync | Peter and the Wolf
Students can meet WindSync in an educational, family-friendly show that brings classical music to life with an unforgettable cast of characters. Complete with costumes and choreography, this engaging performance introduces the five wind instruments of the orchestra and concludes with an exciting retelling of Peter and the Wolf by Sergei Prokofiev.
Turning Points: WindSync + Piano
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Rhapsody in Blue, WindSync offers a wind sextet program connecting George Gershwin and W. A. Mozart, two composers whose experiments pairing piano with winds indelibly changed their careers.
Shanghai Quartet | Lunar New Year Program
The Shanghai Quartet who are based in China at The Tianjin Juilliard School and who now come to North America for tour periods twice each season are going to be offering a special program celebrating the Lunar New Year between January 24-February 2, 2025.
The Parker Quartet with Vijay Iyer
The Parker Quartet collaborates with leading pianist, composer, and scholar Vijay Iyer. They first worked together as colleagues at Harvard University before taking their collaboration on the road to the Big Ears Festival last season.
Parker Quartet | Anthony Cheung commission with Fleur Barron
The Parker Quartet and mezzo-soprano Fleur Barron will be working with composer Anthony Cheung on a commission for string quartet and mezzo-soprano which will be an 18- 20 min piece around the theme of Asian representation.
Gabriel Kahane | Sandbox Percussion
Sandbox Percussion is the newest addition to my musical community. We’ve admired each other from afar for a while, and they have a particular—and, to me, appealing—interest in moving the percussion quartet beyond the spectacle of highly “gridded” music.
Photo credit: Noah Stern Weber
Gabriel Kahane & Pekka Kuusisto | Council
After nearly a decade of musical friendship, it seems only fitting that the iconic Finnish musician Pekka Kuusisto and cult American singer-songwriter Gabriel Kahane have formalized their collaboration under the moniker ‘Council.’ Now, they present an evening of intimate and sonically varied songs & chamber music, written during several writing retreats in Northern Karelia and Portland, Oregon.
Photo credit: Sam Gehrke
Gabriel Kahane | Roomful of Teeth
Roomful of Teeth and I have been orbiting each other for the better part of a decade, but it wasn’t until this winter that they asked if I would write a new work for them.
Sphinx Virtuosi | Community Engagement Activities
The Sphinx Virtuosi is one of the nation's most dynamic professional chamber orchestras. Comprised of 18 of the nation's top Black and Latinx classical soloists, these alumni of the internationally renowned Sphinx Competition come together each season as cultural ambassadors to reach new audiences. The mission of the Sphinx Organization is transform lives through the power of diversity in the arts. With that goal in mind, the Virtuosi are fiercely committed to engaging with communities during the tour.
Parker Quartet | Beethoven Project
The 2022-23 season marked the Parker Quartet’s 20th anniversary. To celebrate, the Parkers embarked on The Beethoven Project, a multifaceted project centering around performances of the complete Beethoven quartet cycle, and includes newly commissioned encores for each of the Beethoven cycle concerts. Bringing in fresh and diverse voices of today and continuing the lineage of creation that Beethoven himself was so much a part of.
Pacifica Quartet & Karen Slack | James Lee III: A Double Standard
The Pacifica Quartet and soprano Karen Slack are offering a new song cycle by James Lee III commissioned by Carnegie Hall, Chamber Music Detroit, and the Shriver Hall Concert Series. “A Double Standard” is based on the poem of the same name by the prolific Baltimore poet Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, who was a free black woman from Baltimore in the 19th century.
Pacifica Quartet | James Lee III New Work for Children’s Choir and String Quartet
The Pacifica Quartet teams up with James Lee III on a new 10-minute work for children’s choir and string quartet. James is going to be centering the work around the theme of hunger and food insecurity with text coming from a poem called “Pitch In” by Sylvia Dianne Beverly.
Anthony McGill & Kimberly Clark
Anthony and comedian Kimberly Clark will be touring with a dynamic performance mixing comedy, conversation, and music. A self-proclaimed band kid and amateur clarinetist, Kimberly connected with the classical music world last year when she included a segment about Gustav Dudamel as part of her Netflix special.
Sphinx Virtuosi | Songs for Our Times
Sphinx Virtuosi’s Debut Album
Out Digitally on Deutsche Grammophon
This debut album represents the rich history of the Sphinx Organization and the vibrant future of classical music by centering the artistry of extraordinary composers and artistic visionaries of color.
Pacifica Quartet | The American Anniversary Collection
In 2026, America celebrates its semiquincentennial (250th) anniversary, an important historic milestone that provides a unique opportunity to explore different facets of the American experience while highlighting America’s significant domestic and international achievements, remember the grief caused by national tragedy and injustice, and inspire its citizens to look ahead to create “a more perfect Union” for future generations.
Pacifica Quartet | The Korngold Collection
The Korngold Collection is a concert and recording project celebrating the Pacifica Quartet's 30th anniversary (1994-2024). This offering presents the complete string quartets of Erich Wolfgang Korngold, taking listeners on a unique musical journey through his development as a composer, from his earliest years in Vienna as a burgeoning teenage prodigy to his assured and mature style in Hollywood as a distinguished film composer.
Pacifica Quartet & Sharon Isbin | Songs and Dances “From the New World”
After first teaming up at the Aspen Music Festival, the Pacifica Quartet and iconic guitarist Sharon Isbin – who has been called “one of the best guitarists in the world” (Boston Globe) – have been thrilling audiences ever since. Following their success on the road, these Grammy Award-winning artists recorded the Souvenirs of Italy for Cedille Records in 2019, featuring works by Turina, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Vivaldi, and Boccherini.
Quatuor Danel | Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, & Weinberg Cycles
The Quatuor Danel regularly performs the three great 20th-century Russian string quartet cycles: the quartets and sextet of Tchaikovsky, the fifteen quartets by Shostakovich, and the seventeen by Shostakovich’s friend Mieczysław Weinberg (1919–1996).
Ying Quartet | PUSH Physical Theatre
The Grammy Award-winning Ying Quartet and PUSH Physical Theatre recently teamed up to perform back-to-back sold-out performances combining music, movement, dance, acrobatics, and more.