Upcoming Concerts & Events with Apple Hill

2026-27 Concerts & Events

The internationally acclaimed Apple Hill String Quartet performs all over New England this fall. From Beethoven to Studio Ghibli! Concerts will include a work by award-winning Swedish composer Andrea Tarrodi, a world premiere by Broadway artist Cenovia Cummins (whose music can be heard in the hit Nora Ephron film Julie & Julia), a nod to the popular Studio Ghibli film music of Joe Hisaishi arranged by AHSQ violinist Jesse MacDonald, Ludwig van Beethoven’s timeless classic String Quartet in A Major Op. 18 No. 5, and Ernest Bloch’s haunting Piano Quintet No. 1 with pianist Sally Pinkas. You won’t want to miss a single measure of music! Tell your friends!

Apple Hill String Quartet performing in NH. Photo by Peter Roos.

Saturday, October 10, 6 pm
Orchard Chapel, 143 Exeter Rd.
Hampton Falls, NH

Andrea Tarrodi: String Quartet No. 3 Light Scattering

Cenovia Cummins: Quartet, an AHSQ commission

Film Music of Joe Hisaishi, arranged by Jesse MacDonald

Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet Op. 18 No. 5 in A Major

Sunday, October 11, 4 pm
The Drake, 44 North Pleasant St.
Amherst, MA

Including music of Tarrodi, Cummins, Hisaishi, and Beethoven

Friday, October 16, 7 pm
Westmoreland United Church, 9 S. Village Common
Westmoreland, NH

Andrea Tarrodi: String Quartet No. 3 Light Scattering

Cenovia Cummins: Quartet, an AHSQ commission

Film Music of Joe Hisaishi, arranged by Jesse MacDonald

Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet Op. 18 No. 5 in A Major

Saturday, October 17, 4 pm
Upper Valley Music Center, 8 South Park St.
Lebanon, NH

Andrea Tarrodi: String Quartet No. 3 Light Scattering

Cenovia Cummins: Quartet, an AHSQ commission

Film Music of Joe Hisaishi, arranged by Jesse MacDonald

Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet Op. 18 No. 5 in A Major

Sally Pinkas, Piano

Saturday, November 7, 7:30 pm
Bass Hall, 19 Grove St.
Peterborough, NH

With guest pianist, Sally Pinkas.

Cenovia Cummins: Quartet, an AHSQ commission

Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet Op. 18 No. 5 in A Major

Ernest Bloch: Piano Quintet No. 1

Ticket info will be available here soon.

Friday, November 13 and Saturday, November 14
Collaboration with Flying Gravity Circus
Wilton, NH

Ticket info will be available here soon.

Sunday, November 15, 4 pm
The Yoga of Sound at Aloha of Keene, 83 Court St.
Keene, NH

More info will be available later this fall.

Friday, November 20, time TBA
The Concord Community Music School
Concord, NH

Andrea Tarrodi: String Quartet No. 3 Light Scattering

Cenovia Cummins: Quartet, an AHSQ commission

Film Music of Joe Hisaishi, arranged by Jesse MacDonald

Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet Op. 18 No. 5 in A Major

Ticket info will be available here soon.

And looking ahead–save the dates and stay tuned for more!

Saturday, January 30
Nova Arts, Emerald St.
Keene, NH

Thursday, February 4
Northfield Mount Hermon
Mount Hermon, MA

Tuesday, February 9
The HOP at Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH

With pianist Sally Pinkas

Saturday, March 6 and Sunday, March 7
Sunday Chatter
Santa Fe and Albuquerque, NM

Friday, April 9
The Chapel at St. Paul’s School
Concord, NH

Sunday, April 11, 2:30 pm
The Chapel at St. Bart’s Church
New York City, NY

Tuesday Summer Concert Series

The Tuesday Summer Concert Series features the Apple Hill String Quartet and Summer Chamber Music Workshop faculty artists performing in the Louise Shonk Kelly Concert Barn on the Apple Hill campus in Nelson, NH. All concerts start at 7:30pm and are preceded by a buffet dinner at 6pm on the lawn (advance reservations are required by 5pm the day before, or bring your own picnic) and listenUP!, a free pre-concert talk at 6:45pm. Outdoor concert seating is always FREE!

Concerts at Apple Hill are wheelchair accessible. Should you have any special needs, please contact us at 603-847-3371 or via email prior to your visit and we will do our best to address your needs.

Day of concert, please call Gail at 603.847.3371 to ensure the availability of seats before making reservations.

The 2027 Tuesday Summer Concert Series will be announced here in the spring.