New York City Ballet: Double Cello Concerto
FOUR CHOREOGRAPHERS SHAPING THE LANDSCAPE OF DANCE TODAY
The ballets of four dancemakers working at the vanguard of the art form come together for an evening of fresh and fierce footwork. The program features world premieres from Toronto-born Jennifer Archibald, a choreographer “revolutionizing ballet,” per BalletX Artistic Director Christine Cox, and Alysa Pires, whose Standard Deviation marked the first company commission for a Canadian woman. Interspersed are Justin Peck’s fleet-footed interpretation of the commedia dell’arte classic Pulcinella Variations with diverting costumes by Tsumori Chisato, and Kyle Abraham’s tender epic Love Letter (on shuffle) from 2022, set to music by James Blake and costumed by designer Giles Deacon.
CMS Kids: Building Blocks of Music
CMS Kids offers relaxed, interactive concerts for children and their families. These informal performances welcome all young listeners, including those with sensory sensitivities.
Every CMS Kids event offers a Relaxed Performance, fostering an inclusive concert experience free from judgment. This performance is less formal and more supportive of sensory, communication, movement, and learning needs. Learn more about what to expect here. Kids explore chamber music through movement and play, then enjoy an up-close session with musicians and an instrument petting zoo.
Come and join us for a joyful, sensory-friendly musical adventure that sparks curiosity and invites everyone to make believe together!
CMS: Chamber Music Beginnings Unit 1
Registrations for this program are closed for this season.
Chamber Music Beginnings offers 3rd–5th grade students an immersive introduction to the world of chamber music. Aligned with the National Core Arts Standards and the NYC Blueprint for Teaching and Learning Music, our program provides a unique opportunity for young learners to explore the world of Chamber Music. The educationally designed concerts cater to the developmental and musical needs of each participant, exposing them to a wide range of repertoire. Through this engaging experience, students deepen their appreciation for music and enhance their understanding of fundamental musical concepts.
Chamber Music Beginnings is structured into three units throughout the year, ensuring a comprehensive learning journey centered on deep analysis of various chamber ensembles.
Program Overview
The program includes a comprehensive teacher resource guide with engaging activities, audio recordings, and worksheets, allowing schools to integrate the curriculum at their own pace while supporting student learning.
Unit One–Fall
In-School Visit: A Chamber Music Society Teaching Artist visits your classroom to introduce key musical concepts and engage students in interactive learning.
Field Trip Concert: Students attend a live chamber music performance at one of the following venues:
Merkin Hall (Manhattan)
Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture (Bronx)
Helicon: Keepsake Quartets
SYMPOSIUM 156
KEEPSAKE QUARTETS
November 15, 2026
November 16, 2026
ARTISTS
REPERTOIRE
Felix Mendelssohn — String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 13
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — String Quartet No. 3 in E-flat Minor, Op. 30
Philharmonic Society of Orange County presents RUCKUS & Emi Ferguson
Taking Bach out of the museum and infusing his music with equal parts tradition, funk, whimsy, and fun, Emi Ferguson and Ruckus take you on a wild romp through some of Bach’s most playful and transcendent works. With ever evolving arrangements of Bach’s Flute Sonatas and Keyboard Preludes, orchestrated for baroque flute and the forces of Ruckus that include theorbos, baroque guitars, baroque bassoon, cello, viola da gamba, harpsichord, organ, bass, and even banjo.
Ruckus, the super-powered baroque rhythm section, explodes Bach’s single bass line into a rainbow of textures and colors, continually shifting like light over the landscape as Ferguson’s flute lines dance above. Contrasting the three flute sonatas on the album are new arrangements of a variety of Bach’s keyboard preludes, with selections ranging from the beloved Well Tempered Clavier to alternate movements from keyboard suites that are rarely performed.
VIVALDI & SOLLIMA Cello Concerti with Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra
Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra’s 60th anniversary season:
VIVALDI: Cello Concerto in A minor, RV. 419
VIVALDI: Double Cello Concerto in G minor, RV 531
SOLLIMA: Violoncelles Vibrez for Two Celli and String Orchestra
Coleman Itzkoff, cello
Scott Krijnen, conductor
Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra
Palo Alto, CA
Source:: https://www.pacomusic.org/home
Spectrum: The Music of Michael Hersch
PROGRAM III – SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2026, 7:30 PM
Douleur me bat for soprano and string quartet – Josquin des Prez. – arr. Hersch
the weather and landscape are on our side for unaccompanied violin – Michael Hersch
The Vanishing Pavilions for piano (excerpts) – Michael Hersch
Susanne un jour for soprano and string quartet – Orlande de Lassus – arr. Hersch
Sonata No. 2 for Unaccompanied Cello – Michael Hersch
New York City Ballet: Fall Fashion Gala
AN EVENING OF CONTEMPORARY CHOREOGRAPHY & COUTURE
Visionary voices from the worlds of choreography and couture converse during the company’s annual Fall Fashion Gala. Celebrated for her work’s singular blend of classical and hip-hop styles, choreographer Jennifer Archibald, founder and artistic director of the Arch Dance Company, takes on her first commission for the company in collaboration with designer Robert Wun, while Alysa Pires returns with her second piece for NYCB, created in partnership with Viktor&Rolf, following 2023’s jazz-inflected Standard Deviation. Between these works, Resident Choreographer Justin Peck will premiere a new pas de deux with costumes by Simone Rocha for this festive occasion.
2026 Klein Benefit: Recital with Gabrielle Despres
Celebrate 41 years of young artists with us!
You're invited to our soirée on September 26, 2026 with music from cellist ColemanItzkoff (2016 Klein 2nd Place) and violinist Gabrielle Després (2020 Klein 1st Place)
We'll have our returning silent auction and fund-a-need, as well as a time to honor our 2026 Arts Champion, John Wineglass.
Space is limited, so reserve your tickets today.
Isabella Stewart Gardiner Museum: Recital with Rachell Wong and David Belkovski
Postponed from January because of the blizzard, Twelfth Night make their awaited Boston debut. Violinist Rachell Ellen Wong is the only Baroque violinist to be awarded an Avery Fisher Career Grant. She is a beautiful musician, and one of the finest period-instrument performers around.
Zarabanda Variations at National Sawdust
a thrillingly original dive into colonial history" (The Guardian). This concert celebrates the release of The Zarabanda Variations, a combined album and chapbook exploring the historical and present syncretism of Baroque music in 12 original songs, dances, and poems. A group of musicians convened by violinist/composer Keir GoGwilt, and in collaboration with acclaimed poet Edgar Garcia, bend the historical rhythms, rhymes and resonances of the Baroque. These artists traverse the colonial histories of the zarabanda dance in this unique multimedia collage of contemporary folkloric and improvised traditions, poetry, and new compositions.
Documentary Screening & Performance: The Final Bow
Introducing the first-ever Yahoo x Nonfiction Hotlist Film Festival, a short documentary film showcase open to the public. Watch all 20 films for free all weekend at the Dream Live Performing Arts Center. Then join us on Sunday for a special screening event featuring filmmaker Q&As and a performance from country musician Joshua Ray Walker, the subject of the film Thank You for Listening.
TIME:SPANS with AMOC
Salvatore Sciarrino
Stupori, 2018
for baritone, flute, violin and percussion
featuring Ty Bouque, baritone soloist
Michael Hersch
Carrion-Miles to Purgatory: thirteen pieces after texts of Robert Lowell, 2014*
for violin and cello
LaJolla Summerfest
Bach Brandenburgs Part I & II
Bach’s exhilarating Brandenburg Concertos—bursting with color, virtuosity, and fearless invention—take center stage across two vibrant programs that celebrate the joy of collaboration. Alongside these Baroque landmarks, music by our Composer-in-Residence Paul Wiancko and our Ensemble-in-Residence Imani Winds brings fresh energy to the conversation, proving that the spirit of innovation Bach embodied is still very much alive.
TAKEOVER at theJAI with Paul Wiancko
Cellist-composer Paul Wiancko—a member of the legendary Kronos Quartet—curates a concert that puts creativity front and center. Part salon, part sonic lab, this intimate set with festival artists brings you up close to the energy of a musician actively making history now.
Lakes Area Music Festival 2026
GALA: PAS DE DEUX
Friday, July 31, 8 p.m.
BRAHMS & THE SCHUMANNS
Sunday, August 2, 3 p.m.
JOHANNES BRAHMS: Hungarian Dances
CLARA SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto in A minor
ROBERT SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 2
LOVERS IN THE NIGHT
Wednesday, August 5, 7:30 p.m.
Thalea String Quartet
MANUEL DE FALLA: 7 Canciones populares españolas (7 Popular Spanish Songs)
JOAQUÍN TURINA: Escena andaluza (Andalusian Scene)
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG: Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night)
YellowBarn 2026: Faculty
A return to YellowBarn, one of the foundational musical communities of my life, to coach and perform alongside this year’s fellows music by Claude Vivier and Gyorgy Ligeti
Christopher Cerrone Double Concerto with LA Chamber Orchestra
RADIANCE + REVERIE
MARTÍN + MARWOOD + MOZART
SATURDAY, MAY 16, 2026 | 7:30 PM | ZIPPER HALL
SUNDAY, MAY 17, 2026 | 4 PM | THE WALLIS
Jaime Martín Music Director
Anthony Marwood Violin
Coleman Itzkoff Cello
This program lives in the glow of Classical clarity and modern invention. Music Director Jaime Martín leads LACO through Mozart’s luminous Haffner Symphony, whose pristine structures and joyful grace epitomize Classical brilliance. The concert also features the world premiere of Christopher Cerrone’s new Double Concerto, a boldly inventive work performed by violinist Anthony Marwood and cellist Coleman Itzkoff, offering a fresh voice in contemporary concerto writing. Finally, Tchaikovsky’s enchanting Mozartiana transforms Mozart’s style through romantic, late-19th-century colors—melding reverence with imaginative reinterpretation. A radiant celebration bridging tradition and innovation.
Music Director Jaime Martín’s concert appearances this season are underwritten by a generous gift from the Audre Slater Foundation made in honor of Barbara Herman.
Twelfth Night Ensemble: Elemental (Early Music Seattle)
Influenced by the sounds of today, and with a vision for the future, the New York–based Twelfth Night Ensemble was formed “with the firm belief that art is best explored as a meeting place of the past, present, and future.” Timeless works by Handel, Vivaldi, Marais, J. S. Bach, and Destouches offer an illuminating vantage point and thoroughly rewarding musical experience in this unique exploration of humanity’s relationship to nature.
Premiered in 2024 at Carnegie Hall!
Procession at National Arts Centre of Canada
Partners and choreographers Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber are taking the dance world by storm. Known for their “uniquely expressive language of movements, which range from the bright and angular to the jaunty and syncopated....” (LA Weekly), Smith and Schraiber’s intensely emotional works serve a double dose of ingenuity.
To open its 2025-2026 season, The National Ballet of Canada has commissioned the pair to create a new full-length production. Procession explores the ritual of moving together in formation and celebrates the power of performance. Featuring a newly arranged Baroque-inspired score infused with a modern touch, Procession is a bold and captivating commission that reflects the company’s spirit of creativity under the leadership of Hope Muir, Joan and Jerry Lozinski Artistic Director.
Ruckus at The Frick Collection
Countertenor Reginald Mobley joins early-music ensemble Ruckus, flutist Emi Ferguson, and violinist Rachel Ellen Wong, in a program dedicated to the music of Ignatius Sancho (b. 1729)—composer, writer, and the first known Black Briton to vote in a parliamentary election. Sancho’s songs and courtly dances, drawn from his published collections, offer a window into the vibrant social and artistic life of 18th-century London. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Gainsborough: The Fashion of Portraiture, this performance celebrates Sancho’s legacy as a composer, man of letters, and key figure in the cultural landscape of his time.
Klein Presents: Gabrielle Després & Coleman Itzkoff
Klein Competition laureates violinist Gabrielle Després (1st Prize 2020) and cellist Coleman Itzkoff (2nd Prize 2016) present an intimate concert for the singular acoustic pairing of violin and cello. Their program moves between arrangements of baroque music and works from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, placing older and newer sounds side by side. The evening offers a close-up listening experience that highlights the warmth, flexibility, and expressive range of this unique duo.
Enhancing the music will be a pan-Mediterranean meal prepared by former Klein Competition Executive Director Fred Spitz. Focused on the bounty of Spring and Fred's eclectic and delicious wine and non-alcoholic beverage offerings, the menu will delight vegetarians, vegans and carnivores alike.
Address to be shared upon purchase of tickets. $150/person - 100% of proceeds benefit the Klein Competition.
6-7pm: Appetizers/Drinks
7-8pm: Concert
8pm: Dinner
Attendance to this special event is limited to 30; buy your tickets now!
AMOC* Up Close: On the Hinge of Modernity
AMOC* Up Close
On the Hinge of Modernity
Thursday, April 2, 2026 at 7:30pm
David Rubenstein Atrium, Lincoln Center
New York, NY
FREE – General admission, first-come first-served
Fast Track tickets available on Monday, March 30th at 12pm EST
Hot on the heels of the acclaimed Run AMOC* Festival, presented as part of Lincoln Center’s 2025 Summer for the City, the visionary interdisciplinary ensemble returns for a series of fearless and free performances at the David Rubenstein Atrium. The closing program, curated by The Juilliard School professor and Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient Emi Ferguson, spotlights the works of two pioneering Italian composers, Dario Castello (1602–1631) and Luciano Berio (1925–2003). Before dying at 29 to the bubonic plague, Castello was integral to the revitalization of early Baroque music, transforming the Renaissance canzona into the sonata. Berio, beginning with the groundbreaking Sequenzas (1958 to 2002), reimagined the very foundations of performance, form, and sound for the 20th century. Heard together, these trailblazers offer proof of how “new” music continually reinvents tradition. This evening’s Castello and Berio showcase will feature Ferguson on flute, Matthew Aucoin (AMOC* co-founder and MacArthur Fellow) on piano and percussion, and a formidable string trio of AMOC* core ensemble members that includes violinist/violist Miranda Cuckson, violinist Keir GoGwilt, and cellist Coleman Itzkoff.
https://runningamoc.org/event/hinge-of-modernity-lincoln-center/
AMOC* Up Close: Meadow, Wildflowers
AMOC* Up Close
Meadow, Wildflowers
Thursday, March 19, 2026 at 7:30pm
David Rubenstein Atrium, Lincoln Center
New York, NY
FREE – General admission, first-come first-served
Fast Track tickets available on Monday, March 16th at 12pm EST
The New York Times called the American Modern Opera Company’s Summer for the City 2025 season “a milestone” both for the performers and for Lincoln Center. This spring, AMOC* returns to Lincoln Center for a series of one-night-only presentations of new and foundational compositions. The March program spotlights a formidable chamber music collective constructed of AMOC* core ensemble members including violinist/violist Miranda Cuckson, violinist Keir GoGwilt, and cellist Coleman Itzkoff. Together, they will play “Wildflowers,” a new and intricate miniature duet for violins by Juri Seo, and “Meadow,” composer Linda Catlin Smith‘s gently wandering, gradually unfolding string trio. The program closes with a rendition of selected movements from “Limin’,” the Canadian composer/pianist Stewart Goodyear‘s suite for violin and keys that draws inspiration from American and Caribbean scenes and dances. “Limin'” will feature Cuckson and a special guest appearance from Goodyear on piano.
https://runningamoc.org/event/meadow-wildflowers-lincoln-center/
AMOC* Up Close: Balliett and Aucoin
AMOC* Up Close
Balliett and Aucoin: Two New Song Cycles
Saturday, February 28, 2026 at 7:30pm
David Rubenstein Atrium, Lincoln Center
New York, NY
FREE – General admission, first-come first-served
Fast Track tickets available on Monday, February 23rd at 12pm EST
Following a season of sold-out events at last year’s Summer for the City, AMOC* returns to Lincoln Center for an Up Close series of one-night-only contemporary compositions at the David Rubenstein Atrium. The opening program presents the premieres of The Inner Core, from AMOC* co-founder and MacArthur Fellow Matthew Aucoin, and Camino Songs, by composer-instrumentalist-poet Doug Balliett. Aucoin’s Inner Core song cycle features the composer on piano, accompanied by acclaimed baritone vocalist William Socolof (Boston Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic). Together, the duo limn the arc of an imagined romantic relationship from adolescence through the couple’s parting in early adulthood. Balliett’s Camino Songs was conceived while on pilgrimage to the Galician municipality of Santiago de Compostela. Supported with projections of the composer’s original photography, Camino Songs is a journey of self-reflection, local Spanish lore, and deep devotion.
https://runningamoc.org/event/balliett-aucoin-lincoln-center/
Wigmore Hall with Anthony Marwood
Tchaikovsky Piano Trio
Anthony Marwood VIOLIN; Coleman Itzkoff CELLO; Aleksandar Madžar PIANO
Lamberhurst Music Festival
Marwood, Madzar, Itzkoff Trio- Friday February 20th at 7.30 pm
Anthony Marwood has been a leading international violinist for over 30 years. He was a founding member of the famous Florestan Trio and was made an MBE in the 2018 Honours list. He is joined by the illustrious Alexandar Madzar on piano and renowned Coleman Itzkoff on cello. Click image for more.
Gardner Museum: Recital with Rachell Ellen Wong & David Belkovski
Works
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber Sonata V in F major, C. 140 (1685)
Arcangelo Corelli Sonata in D minor, Op. 5, No. 12, “La Folia” (1700)
Giuseppe Tartini Sonata in G minor, Bg.5, "The Devil's Trill": III. Andante, arranged for solo violin, (1713)
J.S. Bach Sonata No. 2 in A major for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1015 (1717–1723)
Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer La Marche des Scythes (1746)
Francesco Maria Veracini Sonata in D minor, Op. 2 No. 12, "Sonate accademiche" (1744)
Jean-Marie Leclair Sonata in D major, Op. 9, No. 3, "Tombeau" (1743)
Carnegie Hall: Recital with Rachell Ellen Wong & David Belkovski
Welcome the return of violinist Rachell Ellen Wong, the sole Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient in Baroque music; and David Belkovski, a phenomenal talent on multiple early and modern keyboards, including the harpsichord. As artistic directors of Twelfth Night, their stirring performance in spring 2024 had the audience on its feet. Together, they perform a wide-ranging program of violin sonatas and more, joined by outstanding cellist Coleman Itzkoff.
Broken Theater in Copenhagen
Look forward to Broken Theater's performance in the Rhythmic Hall. International choreographer Bobbi Jene Smith visits Aarhus for the first time with her workshop-like performance, where intimate feelings and the boundaries of the stage are staged through dance, text and music.
The piece features an ensemble performance with twelve dancers, including Bobbi Jene Smith herself. You are drawn into a story about a dance theatre company rehearsing and into questions about where the institution and the individual meet or drift apart. Feelings of longing, humour, passion and division unfold, presented with physical intensity and presence.