Boston Conservatory students play chamber music works from all periods.


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Chamber Music Concert

Boston Conservatory at Berklee

Boston Conservatory students play chamber music works from all periods.

In December, April, and May, New England Conservatory fills the air with the sounds of piano trios, string quartets, and more, both day and night. Performers include NEC's faculty of chamber music superstars, and the students coached by these great artists.

Chamber Music Gala

New England Conservatory

In their engaging, thoughtful, and approachable concerts, they invite listeners to experience the familiar and the unfamiliar, often pairing folk songs from around the world with contemporary chamber and classical selections and pop culture treats from film and anime.

Stringfest: Rasa String Quartet

Salvation Army Kroc Center

Since that pivotal moment, the Quartet has consistently built upon their success, undertaking ambitious projects such as recording the complete cycle of Beethoven’s quartets and earning a Grammy Award nomination for their exemplary interpretation of Schumann’s quartets. For their Series program, the Quartet will perform Schumann’s Quartet No. 1 alongside Tchaikovsky’s moving first string quartet, and Dvořák’s 1893 “American” quartet, written in an Iowa Czech immigrant community.  

Dover Quartet

New England Conservatory of Music

Boston Symphony Chamber Players

Drawing on her ability to summon finesse and purity as readily as warmth and power, Midori builds her program around Poulenc’s Sonata for Piano and Violin, dedicated to the memory of Spanish poet Federico García Lorca. Inspired by the poet’s comparisons of countrywide weeping in Civil War-era Spain to the sound of “an immense violin,” Midori expresses a musical tale of loss and bereavement. 

Midori, violin & Özgür Aydin, piano

Groton Hill Music Center

The ensemble’s dynamic is further enriched in this performance by celebrated bassist and composer Xavier Foley. Recognized as an Avery Fisher Career Grantee in 2018, as was the Quartet, Foley joins the group for quintet works by Jessie Montgomery, Antonín Dvořák, and his own Good Times (2022). Called “a dazzling player who hears borders between styles as limitations best ignored” by the Philadelphia Inquirer, Foley stands at the forefront of a new generation of boundary-blurring creators. 

Calidore String Quartet with Xavier Foley, bass 

Connections is NEC's latest chamber music series, bringing together - on stage - faculty and students from both the College and the Preparatory School. Each program also focuses on a theme, with the aim of illuminating the connections between different works of music.

Connections Chamber Music 3

Young musicians from Boston String Academy get an amazing opportunity when the Borromeo String Quartet returns to Celebrity Series to coach and perform alongside them in this Stringfest performance.

Stringfest: Borromeo String Quartet

Immerse yourself in an evening of classical music innovation with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra's Chamber Series event, "VANGUARD: FARRENC’S NONET." This captivating concert series is set to enchant audiences on two consecutive nights, starting on Saturday, April 5, 2025, at 7:30 pm at The Wallis in Beverly Hills, and continuing on Sunday, April 6, 2025, at 7:30 pm at The Huntington's Rothenberg Hall in San Marino.

Under the artistic direction of Margaret Batjer, the Director of Chamber Music, this program is a celebration of women composers who have made significant contributions to chamber music. The evening will feature a selection of masterful works, including Clara Schumann's "Three Romances," Caroline Shaw's "Plan & Elevation," Nokuthula Ngwenyama's "Down," Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel's "String Quartet in E-flat major," and culminating with Louise Farrenc's magnum opus, "Nonet, Op. 38."

This event promises to be a feast of pièces de résistance, showcasing the hidden treasures of chamber music through the virtuosic string quartets by Shaw and Mendelssohn-Hensel, an innovative trio by Ngwenyama, and the timeless and heartfelt response of Clara Schumann to her spouse’s "Three Romances." Each piece has been thoughtfully curated by Margaret Batjer, offering a program of lauded contributions to chamber music by women composers.

Tickets are available for both venues, with options to purchase single tickets for Saturday, April 5, through The Wallis, and for Sunday, April 6, through The Huntington. Attendees are also encouraged to explore the 2024/25 Season subscription for more exquisite musical experiences.

Don't miss this opportunity to experience the brilliance of classical music's past and present, performed by the talented soloists and ensemble of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. Join us for "VANGUARD: FARRENC’S NONET" and be part of a memorable night that celebrates the legacy and future of chamber music.

Vanguard: Farrenc's Nonet

The Walls Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts

Huntington Theatre

The NEC Chamber Orchestra was created to provide the students with an opportunity to apply the principals of chamber music in a small orchestral setting.  The participants are chosen by audition at the beginning of the academic year and remain together throughout. As the ensemble rehearses and performs without a conductor, leadership responsibilities are rotated for every work performed. This affords the students an opportunity to develop communication skills, take responsibility for musical decisions and broaden their aural and score reading capabilities. Participation in the program also allows them to explore a wide range of the incredibly rich chamber orchestra literature.

NEC Chamber Orchestra 4

Connections Chamber Music 4

Amor Temporalia: Music of Bertali, Schmelzer, Valentini and others.

Acronym

Music of Keiser, Handel, Bach and Telemann.

Ensemble Castor with Sherezade Panthaki, soprano

Murder, Mayhem, Melancholy, and Madness: Music of Johnson, Dowland, William Lawes, Tomkins and Purcell.

Pacific Musicworks with Danielle Reutter-Harrah, soprano

Inspired by the Sistine Chapel: Music of Morales, Palestrina and Allegri.

The Tallis Scholars

Emmanuel Church Boston

Caritas abundant in omnia / Love abounds in everything: Music of Hildegard von Bingen and Leonel Power.

Trio Medieval with Catalina Vicens, organetto

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Chamber music events in Boston, MA

Chamber Music Concert

Boston Conservatory at Berklee

Chamber Music Concert

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