Pop-Up Dinner back by popular demand!
Monday, April 15, 6 pm
Apple Hill
410 Apple Hill Rd, Nelson, NH 03457
On Monday, April 15, at 6:00pm, Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music is hosting our next Pop-Up Dinner, a tasty opportunity to gather on Apple Hill’s beautiful Nelson campus in the off-season and featuring farm to table cuisine. Guests will enjoy a delectable four-course dinner of locally sourced ingredients by Chef Samantha Rule as they sit in our cozy, renovated Winter Room. The evening will also include a short performance by the Apple Hill String Quartet.
All proceeds from ticket sales will go to support scholarships for local New Hampshire students to attend Apple Hill’s summer workshop in 2024.
Photo by Peter Roos
Sunday, April 21, 2:30 pm
Chapel at St. Bart’s Cathedral
325 Park Ave, New York, NY 10022
The Apple Hill String Quartet performs music of LGBTQIA composers, including Jennifer Higdon, Yaz Lancaster, Arthur Russell, the Pet Shop Boys, and Samuel Barber. The quartet will be joined by guest cellist, Edvard Pogossian.
Tickets: $25
TicketsPhoto: Apple Hill String Quartet with Edvard Pogossian, cello
Saturday, April 27, 7 pm
Nova Arts
48 Emerald St, Keene, NH 03431
The Apple Hill String Quartet performs music of LGBTQIA composers, including Jennifer Higdon, Yaz Lancaster, Arthur Russell, the Pet Shop Boys, and Samuel Barber. The quartet will be joined by guest cellist, Edvard Pogossian.
TicketsGraphic Courtesy of Nova Arts
Sunday, October 22, 4-5:30pm
Aloha Keene Presents:
The Yoga of Sound with Apple Hill
83 Court St, Keene, NH 03431
Enjoy light stretching, music featuring the Apple Hill String Quartet, conversation, and refreshments. All donations to benefit the Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music.
Learn more about Aloha Keene.
Saturday, November 4, 7:30 pm
The Monadnock Center for History and Culture
19 Grove St, Peterborough, NH 03458
The Apple Hill String Quartet presents an exciting program including Philip Glass’s Quartet No. 3 “Mishima”; String Quartet No. 1 by the Polish-Lithuanian composer Grazyna Bacewicz; “Silent Rain” by Arika Morningstar, a student in the Native American Composers Apprenticeship Project (NACAP); and Frank Bridge’s lush Piano Quintet. The Apple Hill String Quartet will be joined by guest artists Sally Pinkas on piano and cellist Jacob MacKay.
Tickets: $20-25
Photo: Apple Hill String Quartet with Jacob MacKay, cello
Saturday, November 11, 10:30 a.m.
Center for Contemporary Arts (CCA) in Santa Fe, NM
1050 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe, NM 87505
Sunday, November 12, 10:30 a.m.
Chatter
912 3rd Street, Albuquerque, NM
Including music of Philip Glass, a new composition by a student in the Native American Composers Apprenticeship Project (NACAP), Raven Chacon, and Cesar Franck. The Apple Hill String Quartet will be joined by guest artists Judith Gordon on piano and cellist Jacob MacKay.
Photo: Chatter
Wednesday, November 15, 7 pm
Rockport Music
Shalin Liu Performance Hall
37 Main St, Rockport, MA 01966
This is a free concert. Reservations encouraged!
Including music of Philip Glass, Grazyna Bacewicz, a new composition by a student in the Native American Composers Apprenticeship Project (NACAP), and Raven Chacon. The Apple Hill String Quartet will be joined by guest cellist Jacob MacKay.
Please note: This concert is cancelled, to be rescheduled for next season.
Photo: Shalin Liu Performance Hall
Saturday, January 20, 4 pm
The Colonial Theatre
95 Main St, Keene, NH
The Apple Hill String Quartet performs music of Franz Joseph Haydn, Shelley Washington, and Ahmed Adnan Saygun with guest cellist Chelsea Bernstein.
Tickets (available through The Colonial Theatre): $39
TicketsPhoto: Apple Hill String Quartet with Chelsea Bernstein, cello
Monday, February 5, 2:30 pm
The Shoe Factory, Nicosia
Master Class for student musicians in the Cyprus Youth Symphony Orchestra
Wednesday, February 7, 8:30 pm
The Shoe Factory, Pharos Arts Foundation
Ermou 304, Nicosia 1017, Cyprus
Music of F.J. Haydn, Shelley Washington, Thomas Oboe Lee, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, and Kinan Azmeh. With guest musicians Chelsea Bernstein, cello, and George Georgiou, clarinet.
Friday, February 9, 3 pm
Arkhe Center, Arabahmet Kültür Evi, Lefkoşa
Masterclass
Saturday, February 10, 8pm
Arkhe Center, Arabahmet Kültür Evi, Lefkoşa
Music of F.J. Haydn, Shelley Washington, Johannes Brahms, and Ahmed Adnan Saygun. With guest musicians Chelsea Bernstein and Püren Eda Gözer, celli, and Sinem Sadrazam, viola.
Friday, March 8, 7:30 pm
Diversity in Classical Music Symposium
Redfern Arts Center, Keene State College
90 Wyman Way, Keene, NH 03431
The Apple Hill String Quartet will be performing and teaching as part of a one-day Diversity in Classical Music Symposium hosted by Keene State College Redfern Arts Center and the Music Department on March 8th, 2024 (International Women’s Day). This event focuses on the music of African-American and Female composers through lecture recitals, master classes, seminars, and performances. The Symposium takes place from 9AM-5PM with an evening concert at 7:30PM in the Redfern Arts Center Alumni Recital Hall.
The Evening Gala Recital will include the Apple Hill String Quartet performing music of Florence Price and William Grant Still with guest cellist Lizzy Cook and pianist Christina Wright-Ivanova.
For more information about the concert and symposium, click here.
Tickets: $12-7
Photo: Christina Wright-Ivanova, piano
Thank you everyone who joined us for the 2023 Tuesday Summer Concert Series! We’ll have information about Summer 2024 late next spring.
The Tuesday Summer Concert Series features the Apple Hill String Quartet and Summer Chamber Music Workshop faculty artists performing in the Louise Shonk Kelley 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 special needs, please contact us at 603-847-3371 or music@applehill.org 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.
To underwrite a concert, please contact Javier Caballero at Javier@applehill.org.
To access our 2023 digital Program Book, click here.