Composer

The program tonight, framed by works of Robert Schumann whose anniversary we are celebrating, will employ the sound of the clarinet as an instrument typical of folk music. The clarinet will also be heard in Marko Tajčević’s Seven Balkan Dances, which will take the audience to the distant Balkans.

Schumann. Juon. Tajčević

The Professed House, Prague

In pursuit of their degrees at SFCM, each student presents a recital that represents their artistry and craft. Student Recitals feature repertoire curated by students with guidance from their faculty instructor. 

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Kevin Lin, clarinet - Second Year Master's Recital

San Francisco Conservatory of Music

Carl Orff’s singular and powerful work, bringing to life texts from the 11th and 12th centuries, comes to the stage with soloists Ashley Fabian, Joseph Tancredi, and Octavio Moreno plus the full might of the TSO Chorus. Gabriela Ortiz’s Kauyumari, which plays tribute to the blue deer, a spiritual guide of the Huichol people of Mexico, is followed by Robert Muczynski’s Symphonic Memoir, premiered by the TSO in 1979 and the latest in the TSO’s exploration of this Tucson-based composer.

Carmina Burana

Linda Ronstadt Music Hall

Chamber 2 – Shrine Ballroom

Shrine Social Club

Shepherd School woodwind students perform captivating chamber music.

Chamber Music for Winds

Alice Pratt Brown Hall

If you are a fan of the clarinet, this evening is absolutely unavoidable. Weber's early romantic, expressive clarinet quintet in B-flat major is distinguished by its beautiful and emotional clarinet melody, which soars high above the accompanying strings and creates a direct connection to the innermost core of the heart. The work demonstrates Weber's skill in utilizing the tonal versatility of the clarinet, from the warmly lyrical to the virtuosic and dancing. The lively dialogue between clarinet and strings provides a lively and classical chamber musical interaction. The quartet was written for Weber's friend, the clarinet virtuoso Heinrich Baermann, who as a touring musician needed chamber music 'showpieces' to play in the cities where an orchestra could not be assembled to accompany clarinet concerts. And as such, the string quartet here is a mini-solo concerto – fully as dramatic and full of tension and pathos as any orchestral work, and with all the 'showmanship' and melodic sweetness that Weber as an opera composer had no trouble inventing .

Pro Musica - Muczynski & Weber

Odense Concert Hall

Eclectic Series: Beethoven, A. Peskanov, Chopin, Muczynski, Rachmaninov

Bargemusic

Faculty Chamber Music Series Concert III: Chamber & Solo Repertoire

Western Illinois University

In pursuit of their degrees at SFCM, each student presents a recital that represents their artistry and craft. Student Recitals feature repertoire curated by students with guidance from their faculty instructor.

Hyejung Baik, flute - Professional Studies Certificate Recital

Eclectic Series: Mozart, Alexander Peskanov, Schumann, Muczynski, Poulenc / Lu Ann Peskanov and Alexander Peskanov

Carlos Kalmar and the Grant Park Orchestra return to the Jay Pritzker Pavilion with the feverish Symphony No. 4 by Robert Schumann. Also, Festival Concertmaster Jeremy Black steps up as soloist in the fiery Violin Concerto No. 3 by Camille Saint-Saëns. The concert opens with music by a composer from Chicago's vibrant Polish community, Robert Muczynski.

Opening Night - Schumann Symphony No. 4

Millennium Park

Huijae (Esther) Lee is a South Korean pianist from Cheongju who has won numerous competitions in Korea, including the Young Soloists Competition and the Min Classical Music Competition in 2018. In 2021, she won second prize at the 22nd Korean Chamber Orchestra Competition, and she received an honorable mention in the Krannert Debut Artist Competition in 2022. In addition, Lee was named the Illinois State MTNA Young Artist Piano Performance Competition winner and also selected as an alternate for the MTNA East Central Division Competition. Most recently, she has been named the Krannert Debut Artist for 2023 and also received an honorable mention in the University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition.

Krannert Center Debut Artist: Esther Lee, Piano

Krannert Center for the Performing Arts

Pacific Trio

Los Angeles Harbor College

Pacific Unitarian Church

The Graber-Graham-Rose Trio or G-G-R Trio, was formed in 2013 and made its debut performance at Trinity Chamber Concerts in Berkeley. Since then, the group has performed at Old First Church and NoonTime Concert in San Francisco, Throckmorton Theatre in Mill Valley, Four Seasons Arts Cameo Concerts, and other venues. Because works of major composers for this instrumentation are limited, G-G-R Trio also explores arrangements and works by lesser known composers, including Mikhail Glinka, Marko Tajevi, Paul Juon and Gunter Raphael.

G-G-R Trio

St. John’s Presbyterian Church

Mozart Jupiter

The 2025–26 Classic Series comes to a stirring finale with music of America. Maestro Gomez’s discovery of music by Robert Mucyznski, the late head of composition at the University of Arizona, continues with his Symphony (1953) receiving its first-ever performance. It is paired with Copland’s vibrant, muscular Symphony No. 3 and Joan Tower’s Sixth Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman.

Composer

Robert Muczynski

Events

Upcoming events

Oct 2, 2024 - Apr 14, 2026

Chamber Music for Winds · The Shepherd School of Music

10 - 12 Apr, 2026

Copland’s Fanfare for America · Tucson Symphony Orchestra

6 - 7 Jun, 2026

4th Chamber Concert · Landestheater Coburg

Past events

Oct 20, 2025

Schumann. Juon. Tajčević · Prague Philharmonia

Apr 13, 2025

Kevin Lin, clarinet - Second Year Master's Recital · San Francisco Conservatory of Music

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