Every ticket is FREE for our 2026-27 Opening Night at Carnegie Hall! Whether you are a lifelong classical music aficionado or attending your first concert, we welcome you to the extraordinary musical experience of Orpheus Chamber Orchestra in Carnegie Hall.

It’s a family affair when brothers Lucas and Arthur Jussen make their Orpheus debut, intertwined in effervescent phrases first played by Mozart and his sister. Schumann’s Piano Trio, a creative leap fueled by his intimate collaboration with his wife, Clara, radiates passion and power. Brian Raphael Nabors, the son of a church musician, brings a lifetime of immersion in America’s soulful traditions to this Orpheus commission.

A one-night-only celebration of the profound legacy of Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon, Over My Head, I Hear Freedom In the Air brings together live music and personal testimonies, to honor one of America's most singular creative and intellectual voices, curated by her daughter and collaborator Toshi Reagon. Performer, composer, historian, and founder of the a cappella ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rock, Dr. Reagon spent more than five decades at the intersection of art and activism. A child of Southwest Georgia, Dr. Reagon came of age singing in the Civil Rights Movement, first as a member of the SNCC Freedom Singers in the 1960s. A leading authority in African-American cultural history and a Presidential Medal honoree, Dr. Reagon produced more than two dozen albums and co-composed three operas with Toshi Reagon: including Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower. The evening features appearances by artists and activists including Angela Davis, Lizz Wright, Alexis Pauline Gumbs and The Original SNCC Freedom Singers; presented in collaboration with Wise Reagon Arts.

Wonder invites us to experience the unexpected from rhythmic energy and bold invention to reflections on memory and legacy.

Exponential Ensemble: Wonder

Friday, October 9, 2026
Broadway Presbyterian Church
601 W. 114th Street, NYC

Come at 6:30pm for a complimentary glass of wine before the concert!

Program

Marc Mellits – Titan
Eleanor Alberga – Remember
Johannes Brahms – Clarinet Quintet Op. 115

All proceeds from this concert will be donated toMusic for Food, a nonprofit organization that brings musicians and audiences together to fight food insecurity through live performances.

A reception will follow the concert.

MusicON has connected composers and musicians from the U.S., Canada, China, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, UK, Switzerland, France, Italy, Poland, Finland, Turkey, Denmark, Netherland, Australia, Dominica and Brazil.

Join WHCO in beginning our 2026–27 season of exploring Resilience with Breaking Barriers, a program that celebrates bold artistic voices who challenged the expectations of their time.

Repertoire:

• Igor Stravinsky: Dumbarton Oaks

• Andrea Casarrubios: Herencia

• Louise Farrenc: Symphony No. 3

This concert will be approximately 1hr, no intermission. Reception with the musicians to follow.

Breaking Barriers begins with Dumbarton Oaks, Igor Stravinsky’s witty and elegant chamber concerto inspired by Johann Sebastian Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos. Herencia (“Heritage”) by Andrea Casarrubios is a deeply personal reflection on memory, identity, and cultural roots. Drawing inspiration from the composer’s Spanish heritage, the work weaves lyrical melodies and evocative textures into a poignant musical tribute to the traditions and stories that span generations. We conclude our program with Louise Farrenc’s Symphony No. 3. Completed in 1847, it is widely regarded as the crowning achievement of her orchestral output. Blending Classical balance with Romantic intensity, the work showcases a command of orchestral color, dramatic structure, and lyrical invention that affirms her place among the leading symphonic composers of her era.

Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players at Washington Friends of Music

First Congregational Church, Washington, CT

The Arazzo Music Festival is thrilled to announce a new community partnership with the historic Union Baptist Church in Mystic, CT. This performance marks the first collaboration between our organizations, bringing a world-class chamber music experience to one of the region’s most beautiful and resonant landmarks.

"Love, Fire, and Fantasy" explores the depth of human emotion through a journey of dramatic contrasts. The evening begins with the iconic melodies of Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet Suite for viola and piano, capturing the longing and theatricality of Shakespeare’s tragedy. The energy then ignites with Jonathan Dove’s Piano Quintet, a contemporary masterpiece known for its propulsive, "fiery" rhythms and shimmering, glass-like textures.

The concert reaches its peak with Robert Schumann’s Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44. As the work that pioneered the piano quintet as we know it today, it remains a pillar of the repertoire—balancing heroic grandeur with the intimate, soulful lyricism characteristic of the Romantic era. Join us for this inaugural event as we celebrate the power of music and the beginning of a vibrant new partnership in the heart of Mystic.

Folk Inspirations — Violin, Clarinet, and Piano Join Pegasus’s principals — Ariel Horowitz, violin, and Yasmina Spiegelberg, clarinet — together with founder and artistic director Karén Hakobyan, piano, for a vibrant program celebrating folk traditions through the voices of 20th-century masters. Audiences will journey from Bartók’s vivid re-imagining of Romanian dances to Khachaturian’s and Arutiunian's joyful Armenian spirit, from Lutosławski’s bold modern reflections to de Falla’s fiery Spanish flair, and to Schoenfield’s lively Freylakh Trio — a dazzling celebration of Klezmer music.
This is the second session in a 3-part concert series presented by Pegasus: The Orchestra and DOROT.

St. John’s Lutheran Church

Allentown, PA

New Voices: A Journey of Armenian Music 

7:30pm: Merkin Hall at Kaufmann Music Center 

This dynamite program traces a wide arc of chamber music, beginning with the wit, clarity, and conversational elegance of Joseph Haydn’s Piano Trio in E major, Hob. XV:28, and moving through a series of bold, contemporary works that reimagine how sound, rhythm, and ensemble interaction can unfold. Misato Mochizuki’s Brains explores motion and transformation through quick shifts in texture and rhythm, while Caroline Shaw’s Limestone and Felt plays with contrast—hard and soft, resonant and muted—inviting close listening and intimacy. Julius Eastman’s Joy Boy brings an urgent, driving intensity built on repetition and momentum, challenging performers and listeners alike to stay fully present. After intermission, Andy Akiho’s The Prospects of a Misplaced Year closes the evening with propulsive rhythms and reflective moments, capturing a sense of uncertainty, resilience, and forward motion. Together, these works reveal chamber music as a living, evolving conversation—one that honors tradition while embracing experimentation and new voices. 

– Haydn: Piano Trio in E Major, Hob. XV: 28

– Misato Mochizuki: Brains (2016/17) 

– Caroline Shaw: Limestone and Felt (2012) 

–intermission– 

– Andy Akiho: The prospects of a misplaced year

*The concert is 2 hours in length, with a 10 minute intermission

Get ready for a one-of-a-kind interactive performance! Musical Madlibs is an interdisciplinary partnership production between Creative Stage Collective and Concert Artists Guild, blending live classical music, improvisational storytelling, and audience participation into a magical, playful experience for all ages.

Stunning performances by Ariel Horowitz (Concert Artists Guild Competition winner whose work has been heard at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center), Mitch Lyon (cellist and Teaching Artist Faculty member with the New York Philharmonic), and Carter Johnson (international prizewinning pianist and finalist in the 2025 Van Cliburn International Competition) ignite spontaneous, playful storytelling that unfolds in real time.

Cate Smit — an accomplished actor with credits spanning Off-Broadway, television and feature films — narrates the emerging story as performers from Creative Stage Collective's multigenerational troupe bring it to life.

At its heart, Musical Madlibs is a celebration of children’s imaginative ideas and creative collaboration. Audiences aged 5 and up are invited to participate, imagine, and co-create—experiencing the thrill of storytelling and music coming together in unexpected and delightful ways.

Don’t just attend — play, imagine, and make music with us!

Compagnia V (Debut Concert)
Friday, April 10, 2026

7:00 pm

Marc A. Scorca Hall

Schubert Cello Quintet

Ariel Horowitz, Violin
Jennifer Ahn, Violin
Hannah Burnett, Viola
Iona Batchelder, Cello
Samuel DeCaprio, Cello

Joye in Aiken
Festival Finale, St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church
Friday, Mar 13, 2026 at 7:30 PM (ET)

Frisson features some of today’s brightest stars of classical music and, in just a few seasons, has become one of the most popular chamber ensembles in America. The group brings together emerging young artists and distinguished professionals, many of whom have appeared at renowned festivals including Marlboro, Verbier, Spoleto, and Mostly Mozart, as well as in performances at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall. Several members have participated in Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble Connect program, with alumni now serving as principal players in leading ensembles such as the Cleveland Orchestra and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.

Orchestra Q is a bold new chamber orchestra redefining what it means to experience classical music. Based in Queens, NYC, we unite some of the city’s most extraordinary musicians to create immersive, genre-bending performances. Without a conductor, we collaborate as equals - breathing new life into timeless works while championing the voices of living composers. More than just a performing ensemble, we are an artistic movement, breaking boundaries between tradition and innovation, musician and audience. 

Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church

Carnegie Hall’s Well-Being Concerts combine world-class musical performances with elements of self-care and mindfulness, animated by evidence that music helps people heal and thrive. Each concert creates an immersive, nurturing space in which audiences and performers share in the soul-nourishing benefits of music, create shared experiences, and explore tools for well-being that last long after the performance. Be part of an unforgettable musical event, and discover some of today’s greatest artists in a powerful new setting.

Toshi Reagon is a multi-talented and versatile singer, composer, musician, curator, and producer with a profound ear for sonic Americana. Her expansive career includes residences at Carnegie Hall, the Paris Opera House, and multiple festivals and venues nationally and internationally. A highly collaborative artist, she has worked with many musicians, choreographers, film and theater makers, including Meshell Ndegeocello, Alsarah, Lizz Wright, Urban Bush Women, Dorrance Dance, Ananya Chatterjea, Nona Hendryx, Carl Hancock Rux, Rhiannon Giddens, Robert Wilson, her band BIGLovely and many more.

Toshi co-composed music for two Peabody Award-winning films. She is a 2015 Ford Foundation Art of Change Fellow, a 2018 United States Artist Fellow, an Andrew W. Melon Creative Futures Fellow Carolina Performing Arts. She is currently a Met Museum Civic Practice Fellow and a Bowdoin College Joseph McKeen Visiting Fellow. In 2021, Toshi received the APAP Award for Merit in the Performing Arts and was a recipient of the Herb Alpert Award in Music.

In 2022 Toshi received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Emerson College. In 2011 she founded the Community based festival Word*Rock*& Sword. In 2018 she created the production company Wise Reagon Arts which produces the opera Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower Created by Toshi Reagon and Bernice Johnson Reagon w/ Music and Lyrics by Toshi Reagon and Bernice Johnson Reagon. The opera has been presented on 4 continents and has been seen by over 40,000 audience members.

Ongoing projects include Songs of the Living Community Choir, Sacred Revolution (A Song Cycle), The Bernice Johnson Reagon Songbook. LongWaterSong- Marine Mammal Meditations w/ Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Octavia’s Parables Podcast w/ adrienne maree brown and Alexis Pauline Gumbs. Toshi continues produce, present and collaborate with artist and practitioners of all kinds. She continues to tour as a solo artist and with her band Toshi Reagon and BIGLovely. Her music can be found on Bandcamp and Soundcloud.