Upcoming Events with Apple Hill

Spring Concerts

In April, the Apple Hill String Quartet presents an eclectic, exciting program of classical works from Brahms to Mexican and American composers. The performance begins with Sonoralia by Emmanuel Arias y Luna, a piece that will have you humming and dancing in your seat. Next, Silvestre Revueltas also incorporated Mexican folk tunes and rhythms in his music, but the sound world of his String Quartet No. 1 couldn’t be more different from Arias y Luna. You’ll want to experience this amazing pairing. The concert then travels ahead to the 21^st century with American composer Tanner Porter’s Switchback. Tanner writes of her piece: “the title refers to the zigzagging roads that take a traveler bit by bit up a mountainside, and the plateaus that allow for continuously changing views of the scenery below.” The Quartet concludes with the king of imposter syndrome, Johannes Brahms. If only he could have known that his dramatic and lush String Quartet in C Minor would be a perennial favorite with performers and audiences alike.

Saturday, April 8, 8 pm
Nova Arts
48 Emerald St., Keene, NH

Wednesday, April 12, 7:30 pm
Dartmouth College
Location TBA, Hanover, NH

The April 12 concert is part of the Apple Hill String Quartet’s year-long residency with the Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth.

Sunday, April 16, 6 pm
The Music Hall Lounge
131 Congress St., Portsmouth, NH

Tuesday, April 11
Panel discussion with the Apple Hill String Quartet
Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth 

This event is part of the Apple Hill String Quartet’s year-long residency with the Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth. Exact time and location TBA.

Tuesday, April 18, 6pm
Pop-Up Dinner

Back by popular demand! Apple Hill is hosting our next festive 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 Judy Mortner 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 2023.

We expect to sell out once again! For more details and to purchase tickets, click here.

Saturday, May 6
Rollins Chapel, Dartmouth College

A collaboration concert with the Dartmouth Wind Ensemble featuring music by Mexican composers. This concert is part of the Apple Hill String Quartet’s year-long residency with the Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth. Time TBA.

Sunday, May 7, 2 pm
The Music Mansion
88 Meeting St., Providence, RI

The Apple Hill String Quartet is delighted to perform at the historic Chaminade Club in Providence, RI. Featuring music of Silvestre Revueltas and Johannes Brahms, this concert takes place at the beautiful Music Mansion, and is free and open to the public.

Stay tuned for more about tickets, repertoire, and other information!

Earlier this season:

Sunday, October 16, 2pm
Monadnock Region Concert Series
Congregation Ahavas Achim, 84 Hastings Ave, Keene, NH 03431

Featuring the Apple Hill String Quartet with Sally Pinkas, piano, performing:

Bongani Ndodana-Breen: Safika: Three Tales of African Migration for Piano Quintet
Reena Esmail: String Quartet (Ragamala)
Cesar Franck: Piano Quintet in F Minor

Tickets:  $30 general admission; $15 student tickets. Tickets are available online in advance and at the door. Stay tuned for further announcements.

COVID-19 policies: Masks are strongly recommended

Friday, October 28, 7pm
St. Paul’s School, antechamber of the Main Chapel
325 Pleasant St, Concord, NH 03301

Featuring the Apple Hill String Quartet performing:

Sato Matsui: Amaterasu and Susanoo
Reena Esmail: String Quartet (Ragamala)
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 95

Tickets: Free and open to the public, no reservations required.

Tuesday, November 8, 7:30pm
Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth (The Hop) Residency
Spaulding Auditorium at The Hop

Featuring the Apple Hill String Quartet with Sally Pinkas, piano, performing:

Bongani Ndodana-Breen: Safika: Three Tales of African Migration for Piano Quintet
Reena Esmail: String Quartet (Ragamala)
Cesar Franck: Piano Quintet in F Minor

Thursday, November 10, 7pm
Free Community Concert
West Claremont Center for Music and the Arts
Union Episcopal Church
Claremont, NH

Free community concert as part of Apple Hill’s residency with the Hop at Dartmouth College

Featuring the Apple Hill String Quartet with Sally Pinkas, piano, performing:

Bongani Ndodana-Breen: Safika: Three Tales of African Migration for Piano Quintet
Reena Esmail: String Quartet (Ragamala)
Cesar Franck: Piano Quintet in F Minor

Giving Tuesday Special Online Concert
Tuesday, November 29, 7:30pm

Join us for a special Giving Tuesday online concert. This short program will feature highlights from this past summer including performances by the Apple Hill String Quartet, summer faculty, and workshop participant Jalayne Mitchell!

Tuesday, December 6, 6pm
Pop-Up Dinner at Apple Hill

Join us on Tuesday, December 6th as we team up with Chef Judy Mortner for a delectable, locally sourced four-course dinner with a short performance by the Apple Hill String Quartet.

Proceeds from ticket sales will support scholarships for local New Hampshire students to attend Apple Hill’s summer workshop in 2023. Seating is limited and advanced reservations are required.

This fundraiser is sponsored in part by the Savings Bank of Walpole and NH Trust.

Saturday, January 21, 4 pm
The Colonial Theatre in Keene

Featuring the Apple Hill String Quartet performing:

The Ceremony That Never Was, a premiere by Dana Lyn (commissioned by the Hopkins Center at Dartmouth College)
Double Weaving for String Quartet by Raven Chacon
Maurice Ravel’s String Quartet in F Major

Thursday, January 26, 5pm
Gilman Auditorium at the Hood Museum, Dartmouth College
6 E Wheelock St, Hanover, NH
Performance & Conversation with the Composer

At this Hop residency event, the Apple Hill String Quartet will perform Dana Lyn’s new work, The Ceremony That Never Was, a Hop commission, with the paintings she was inspired by on view for the audience. AHSQ violinist Elise will then moderate a discussion with Dana and the Quartet about her new piece and entrepreneurship + the arts.

Friday, January 27, 7:30 pm
Church of Christ at Dartmouth College
40 College St, Hanover, NH

Featuring the Apple Hill String Quartet performing:

The Ceremony That Never Was, a premiere by Dana Lyn (commissioned by the Hopkins Center at Dartmouth College)
Double Weaving for String Quartet by Raven Chacon
Maurice Ravel’s String Quartet in F Major

Sunday, January 29, 2pm
Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum
18 Highlawn Road, Warner, NH, 03278

Featuring the Apple Hill String Quartet performing Double Weaving for String Quartet by Navajo composer Raven Chacon as well as works by Apple Hill alumna Dana Lyn, Aleksandra Vrebalov, and Maurice Ravel.

Doors open at 1pm to allow concert-goers to view the museum installations.

Tickets: $15 general admission, 12 and under free.

Sunday, March 12, 2 pm
A Collaboration Concert with the Newport String Project
Ochre Court, Salve Regina University, Newport, RI

The Apple Hill String Quartet joins the Newport String Quartet for a free community concert in the stunning setting of Ochre Court at Salve Regina University in Newport, RI. The event will feature works for strings that incorporate traditional and folk music influences from South America, India, and England by Clarice Assad, Reena Esmail, and Dana Lyn. The centerpiece of the program brings the Apple Hill and Newport string quartets together for a performance of Dana Lyn’s Suite of English Folksongs.

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 Kelley Concert Barn on the Apple Hill campus in Nelson, NH. Concerts are preceded by a dinner on the lawn and listenUP!, a pre-concert talk.

Thank you to everyone who joined us in 2022!