Minor R. Estrada, Pajarillo
Paquito D’Rivera, Contradanza y Vals Venezolano
Leyla Zamora, bassoon
Mikael Darmanie, piano
Gabriela Lena Frank, Suenos di Chambi
Jessie Montgomery, Rhapsody No. 1
Rebecca Fischer, violin
Mikael Darmanie, piano
Johannes Brahms, Sextet No. 1 in B-flat Major, Op. 18
Elise Kuder and Mandy Wolman, violin
Mike Kelley and Jesse Holstein, viola
Rupert Thompson and Nina Lee, cello
Apple Hill’s Young Artist Fellowship Program brings together pre-professional instrumentalists for a rigorous and exciting 14-day chamber music experience. The program includes intensive study with Apple Hill’s Director Leonard Matczynski and the Apple Hill String Quartet. This year’s groups, from the Hartt School and University of Michigan, will perform string quartets by Schubert, Schulhoff, and Prokofiev.
Rebecca Clarke, Prelude, Allegro, and Pastorale
Rane Moore, clarinet
Mike Kelley, viola
Johannes Brahms, Trio for horn, violin, and piano in E-flat Major, Op. 40
Amr Selim, horn
Elise Kuder, violin
Seba Ali, piano
Joaquin Turina, Piano Quartet in A minor, Op. 67
Ivan Stefanovic, violin
Chris Jenkins, viola
Troy Stuart, cello
Myriam Teie, piano
The Cohen Center serves as the co-curricular arm of the College’s distinctive program in Holocaust and Genocide Studies, providing educational outreach in the community, support to schools and community organizations, and resources and programs for the campus and friends in the region
Pavel Haas, Four songs based on Chinese Poetry (arr. by Mike Kelley)
Jazimina MacNeil, mezzo-soprano
Elise Kuder and Amy Schroeder, violin
Mike Kelley, viola
Rupert Thompson, cello
Mieczyslaw Weinberg, Piano Quintet, Op. 18
Elise Kuder and Amy Schroeder, violin
Mike Kelley, viola
Rupert Thompson, cello
Sally Pinkas, piano
JS Bach, Sonata for flute and piano in E-flat Major, BWV 1031
Vanessa Holroyd, flute
Sally Pinkas, piano
Silvestre Revueltas, Three pieces for Violin and Piano
Saúl Bitrán, violin
Sally Pinkas, piano
Arnold Schoenberg, Verklarte Nacht, Op. 4
Elise Kuder and Amy Schroeder, violin
Mike Kelley and Hannah Ross, viola
Greg Hesselink and Felix Umansky, cello
Works by Michele Mangani, Rebecca Clarke, and Robert Schumann
Tigran Mansurian, Die Tänzerin
Vache Sharafyan, Night-Garden Music (world premiere arrangement)
Movses Pogossian, violin
Beste Tiknaz, viola
Thomas Ades, Catch
Eric Thomas, clarinet
Salley Koo, violin
Tony Rymer, cello
Marc Ryser, piano
Dmitri Shostakovich, From the 24 Preludes & Fugues for piano, Op. 87D (arr. Mike Kelley)
Elise Kuder, violin
Mike Kelley, viola
Rupert Thompson, cello
Help us celebrate and support Apple Hill with good food and beautiful music as Apple Hill features mezzo-soprano Jazimina MacNeil; resident artists Elise Kuder, Mike Kelley, and Rupert Thompson; summer faculty Ealaín McMullin and Jesse Holstein; EmmaLee Holmes-Hicks, violin; alumnus Ray Dineen, viola; and Zan Berry, cello, in the Apple Hill premiere of Mike Kelley’s Five Animal Stories for String Octet.
Alan Ridout, Ferdinand for speaker and violin
Jesse Holstein, violin
John Steinmetz, narrator
Layale Chaker, Gemella
Kinan Azmeh, Scattered Sketchbook
Layale Chaker, violin
Kinan Azmeh, clarinet
César Franck, Piano Quintet in F minor, FWV 7
Heather Braun-Bakken and Ealaín McMullin, violin
Yoni Gertner, viola
Rupert Thompson, cello
Jean Schneider, piano
Dessert and Dancing, Hoffman Auditorium
Everyone
Free and open to the public: Five Sunday evenings at 7:30 pm, in the Hoffman Auditorium, hosted by Apple Hill Director Lenny Matczynski.
Sunday, June 16
Yoga for Musicians, with writer and yoga instructor Sharon O’Brien
Sunday, June 30
The Aesthetics of African-American Classical Music: From Gospel to Henry Louis Gates, presented by faculty violist Chris Jenkins
Sunday, July 14
Music and the Brain: A Scientific Perspective on Music Performance with musicians Anna Kasdan and Ivan Tan
Sunday, July 28
Alexander Technique for Musicians, with violist Lisa Sailer
Sunday, August 11
Physical Theatre for Musicians, with actor, director, and Apple Hill alumna Eva Steinmetz
JUNE 19–Featuring the Session 1 Faculty
Sergei Prokofiev, Sonata for flute and piano in D Major, Op. 94
Vanessa Holroyd, flute; Marc Ryser, piano
Dmitri Shostakovich, Five pieces (arranged for cello, bass, piano by Jeff Louie)
Emily Taubl, cello; Mary Javian, string bass; Marc Ryser, piano
Johannes Brahms, String Sextet in G Major, Op. 36
The Apple Hill String Quartet: Elise Kuder and Colleen Jennings, violin; Michael Kelley, viola; Rupert Thompson, cello. With Jesse Holstein, viola; Nina Lee, cello.
JUNE 26–Featuring Young Artist Fellowship Musicians
Apple Hill’s Young Artist Fellowship Program brings together pre-professional instrumentalists for a rigorous and exciting 14-day chamber music experience. The program includes intensive study with Apple Hill’s Director Leonard Matczynski and the Apple Hill String Quartet. They will perform String Quartets by Charles Koechlin and Hugo Wolff and the Brahms B Major Piano Trio.
JULY 3–Featuring the Session 2 Faculty
John Steinmetz, Sonata for bassoon and piano
Adrian Morejon, bassoon; Lura Johnson, piano
John Adams, Shaker Loops, for seven strings
Matt Albert, Colleen Jennings, Elliott Markow, violin
Sam Bergman, viola; Greg Hesselink and Iris Jortner, cello
Carolyn Davis Fryer, string bass
JULY 10–A Recital by Jazimina MacNeil, mezzo-soprano
Heart and Home: Tunes and Tales from the Monadnock Region, with Marji Gere, violin, and Dan Sedgwick, piano, performing duos by Vaughan-Williams, arrangements of English Folk Songs by Benjamin Britten, and gems from our own backyard with Gordon Peery and Miriam Sharrock.
JULY 17–Featuring the Session 3 Faculty
Robert Schumann, Three Romances for clarinet and piano, Op. 94
Rane Moore, clarinet; Mikael Darmanie, piano
J.S. Bach, Two-part Inventions
Amy Schroeder, violin; Felix Umansky, cello
Erwin Schulhoff, Sextet for Two Violins, Two Violas, and Two Cellos
Elise Kuder and Ealain McMullin, violin
Mike Kelley and Beste Tiknaz, viola
Jan Müller-Szeraws and Chelsea Bernstein, cello
JULY 24–A recital featuring the Fidelio Trio: Darragh Morgan, violin; Adi Tal, cello; and Mary Dullea, piano
In works by Bolcom, Faure, and Schubert.
With support from Culture Ireland.
JULY 31–Featuring the Session 4 Faculty
Johan Halvorsen, Passacaglia and Sarabande in G major, Op. 20/2 (after Handel)
Ivan Stefanovic, violin; Chris Jenkins, viola
Paquito D’Rivera, Preludio y Merengue
Rohan Gregory, violin; Javier Caballero, cello; Myriam Teie, piano
Johannes Brahms, Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115
The Apple Hill String Quartet: Elise Kuder and Colleen Jennings, violin;
Mike Kelley, viola; Rupert Thompson, cello
Eric Thomas, clarinet
AUGUST 7–The Summer Gala
Help us celebrate our 48th year with good food and beautiful music as Apple Hill features resident artists the Apple Hill String Quartet along with Tony Rymer, cello, and Max Zeugner, string bass, in the New England premiere of John Harbison’s Presences, and with Jesse Holstein, viola, in Mozart’s D Major string quintet.
AUGUST 14–Featuring the Session 5 Faculty
Ludwig van Beethoven, Trio for violin, viola, and cello in C minor, Op. 9/3
Movses Pogossian, violin; Yoni Gertner, viola; Pei Lu, cello
Franz Schubert, Allegro for piano four hands in A minor, D. 947 (Op. posth. 144)
Yi-heng Yang and Jean Schneider, piano
AUGUST 21–Final Concert of the Summer Season featuring the Dirt Road Ensemble, Leonard Matczynski, Director
In works by G.F. Handel, J.S. Bach,
and Heitor Villa-Lobos, Ciranda Das Sete Notas, Ziv Wainer Bobrowicz, bassoon solo
Dessert and Dancing, Hoffman Auditorium
Everyone
Free and open to the public: Five Sunday evenings at 7:30 pm, in the Hoffman Auditorium, hosted by Apple Hill Director Lenny Matczynski.
Sunday, June 17
Additional/alternative career choices for musicians with Vanessa Holroyd, Mary Javian, and Jesse Holstein
Sunday, July 1
Alexander Technique for musicians with Lisa Sailer
Sunday, July 15
Yoga for musicians with Sharon O’Brien
Sunday, July 29
Open rehearsal with the Apple Hill String Quartet
Sunday, August 12
A History of Playing for Peace with Betty Hauck, Arthur Cohen, and Harriet Feinberg
Pre-concert dinner, 6:00 – 6:45 pm
Pre-concert dinner for subscribers: $10.00 per person
Pre-concert dinner for single-concert buyers: $15.00 per person
listenUP! – Weekly on Tuesday summer concert nights, 6/21 through 8/23: 6:45 – 7:15 pm – Take your music-listening to the next level in this pre-concert series by Director Lenny Matczynski and featured faculty.
Concert at 7:30pm
Open rehearsals and coachings – Free and open to the public – 5 Sunday evenings at 7:30 pm, in the Hoffman Auditorium, hosted by Apple Hill Director, Lenny Matczynski. Come and experience the essence of how we make music.
Sunday, June 19 Open rehearsal: The Apple Hill String Quartet rehearsing Prokofiev Quartet #2
Sunday, July 3 Open rehearsal: Bill Douglas Woodwind Quartet
Sunday, July 17 Open coaching: The Videri String Quartet with Lenny Matczynski, coach
Sunday, July 31 Open session: Becoming the Whole Hearted Musician, with Dana Fonteneau
Sunday, August 14 Open session: Improvisation workshop with Taylor Morris, violin
JUNE 21 – Featuring the Session 1 Faculty
Johannes Brahms, Trio in A minor, Op. 114
Kinan Azmeh, clarinet; Scott Kluksdahl, cello; Jeff Louie, piano
Bohuslav Martinu, Three Madrigals, H. 313
Jesse Holstein, violin; Matt Dane, viola
Sergei Prokofiev, String Quartet No. 2 in F Major, Op. 92
The Apple Hill String Quartet:
Elise Kuder and Colleen Jennings, violin; Michael Kelley, viola; Rupert Thompson, cello
JUNE 28 Young Artist Fellowship Concert
Apple Hill’s Young Artist Fellowship Program brings together advanced young instrumentalists for a rigorous and exciting 14-day chamber music and teaching experience. The program includes intensive study with Apple Hill’s Director Leonard Matczynski and the Apple Hill String Quartet.
Claude Debussy, Sonata for cello and piano in D minor
Colyer Durovich, cello; Miles Walter, piano
Maurice Ravel, Bolero (arr. by James Barralet)
Tomaso Albinoni, Adagio (arr. by W. Thomas-Mifune)
Xavier Wilson, Carlos Vargas, Jorge Giron, Jacob Oranday, cello
Johannes Brahms, Sonata No. 2 in F Major for cello and piano, Op. 99
Colyer Durovich, cello; Miles Walter, piano
JULY 5 – Featuring the Session 2 Faculty
Bela Bartok, Duos for Two Violins, Sz. 98
Gabriela Diaz and Elise Kuder, violin
Bill Douglas, Woodwind Quartet
Vanessa Holroyd, flute; Pamela Epple, oboe; Leyla Zamora, bassoon; Myriam Teie, piano
Anton Bruckner, String Quintet in F Major
Elise Kuder and Ealain McMullin, violin; Michael Kelley and Sam Bergman, viola; Katie Schlaikjer, cello
JULY 12 – A Duo Piano recital by the Pinkas-Hirsch Duo
Sally Pinkas and Evan Hirsch
Immerse yourself in the expressive possibilities of the piano with this virtuosic duo and married couple.
Program:
W. A. Mozart, Andante mit Variationen, KV 501(1786)
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Six Pieces, Op. 11 (1894)
Franz Schubert, Rondo in A Major, Op. 107 D. 951 (1828)
Samuel Barber, Souvenirs, Op. 28 (1954)
JULY 19 – Featuring the Session 3 Faculty
Darius Milhaud, Suite for violin, clarinet, and piano, Op. 157b
Eric Thomas, clarinet; Ralph Morrison, violin; Maura Glennon, piano
Ludwig van Beethoven, Trio in D Major, Op. 70 No. 1 (Ghost)
Ralph Allen, violin; Iris Jortner, cello; Jean Schneider, piano
Pavel Haas, String Quartet No. 2, From the Monkey Mountains
The Apple Hill String Quartet:
Elise Kuder and Colleen Jennings, violin; Michael Kelley, viola; Rupert Thompson, cello; with Christopher Swist, percussion
JULY 26 –Gala Fundraiser! An evening celebrating Apple Hill alumni, benefitting the Scholarship Fund
Help us celebrate our 46th year with good food and beautiful music as Apple Hill features cellists Tony Rymer and Javier Caballero, and the Apple Hill String Quartet
August 2 – Featuring the Session 4 Faculty
W. A. Mozart, Piano Trio in G Major, K. 496
Varty Manouelian, violin; Javier Caballero, cello; Lura Johnson, piano
Arno Babajanyan, Sonata for violin and piano
Movses Pogossian, violin; Daniel Sedgwick, piano
Amy Beach, Quintet for piano and strings, Op. 67
Tina Lee Hadari and Colleen Jennings, violin; Daniel Dona, viola; Pei Lu, cello; Lura Johnson, piano
AUGUST 9 A recital by Yi-heng Yang, piano and Max Zeugner, string bass
Long-time summer faculty (and husband and wife) team up to perform the following program:
Pergolesi, Sinfonia for Bass and Piano
Chopin, Etude Op. 25 no. 7 (Koussevitsky)
Pattitucci, Long Story for Solo Bass
Bach, Toccata in G BWV916 for Solo Piano
Grieg, Lyric Pieces for Solo Piano: Notturno Book 5, Op.54 no. 4, Brooklett Book 7 Op. 62 no. 4
Schubert, Two Songs: Fruhlingsglaube D. 686, Thranenregen from Die Schone Mullerin D795
Hindemith, Sonata for Bass and Piano
Arvo Part, Spiegel im Spiegel for Bass and Piano
AUGUST 16 – Featuring the Session 5 Faculty
Maurice Ravel, Sonata for violin and cello in C Major
Cornelia Schwartz, violin; Brooks Whitehouse, cello
Mike Kelley, The Smashing Song
Frank Kelley, narrator; Rane Moore, clarinet; Ivan Tan, piano
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Piano Quintet in C minor
Ivan Stefanovic, violin; Beste Tiknaz, viola; Rupert Thompson, cello, Mary Javian, string bass; Vladimir Odinokikh, piano
AUGUST 23 – Final Summer Concert, featuring the Dirt Road Ensemble, Leonard Matczynski, conductor, with Colleen Jennings, Taylor Morris, and Dana Lyn, violins; Kyle Sanna, guitar; and Gordon Peery and the Nelson Contradance Band
Works by Grieg, Elgar, and Traditional Folk Dance Music
Dessert and Contra Dancing, Hoffman Auditorium
Everyone
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Open rehearsals and coachings
Free and open to the public. Five Sunday evenings at 7:30 pm, hosted by Apple Hill Director, Lenny Matczynski. Come and experience the essence of how we make music.
Sunday, June 21 Open Coaching: Director Leonard Matczynski and the Fellowship String Quartet
Sunday, July 5 Open Rehearsal: The Apple Hill String Quartet rehearsing Saygun Quartet #1
Sunday, July 19 Open Rehearsal: Session III faculty rehearsing Schumann Piano Quartet
Sunday, August 2 Open Session: Becoming the WholeHearted Musician, with Dana Fonteneau
Sunday, August 16 Open Session: Improvisation workshop with Taylor Morris, violin
JUNE 23 – Featuring the Session 1 Faculty
Underwritten by: Dita and Bob Englund and Friends
Béla Bartók, Choral Pieces (arr. for three violins)
Colleen Jennings, Rohan Gregory, Jesse Holstein
Robert Schumann, Märchenerzählungen (Fairy Tales), Op. 132
Eric Thomas, clarinet
Lila Brown, viola
Lura Johnson, piano
Ludwig van Beethoven, String Trio in G Major, Op. 9 #1
Elise Kuder, violin
Mike Kelley, viola
Nina Lee, cello
JUNE 30 Young Artist Fellowship Concert
June 30 Concert underwritten by C&S Wholesale Grocers
Apple Hill’s Young Artist Fellowship Program brings together advanced young instrumentalists for a rigorous and exciting 14-day chamber music and teaching experience. The program includes intensive study with Apple Hill’s Director Leonard Matczynski and the Apple Hill String Quartet.
Franz Joseph Haydn, String Quartet in C Major, Op. 20 #2
The Videri String Quartet: Lizzie Jones and Michael Hustedde, violin; Roselie Samter, viola; Jeremiah-Everard Barcus, cello
Franz Schubert, String Quartet in G minor, D. 173
Fellowship Quartet: Zachariah Addison and Cassidy Moore, violin; Carolyn Cunningham, viola; Oliver Weston, cello
Video Game Music arranged for string quartet
Videri String Quartet
JULY 7 – Featuring the Session 2 Faculty
Underwritten by: Lenny and Will Matczynski
François Couperin, Pièces en concert
Miriam Roycroft, cello
Myriam Avalos-Teie, piano
W.A. Mozart, Quintet in C minor, K. 406
Marilyn Coyne, oboe
Cenovia Cummins, violin
Kate Vincent and Beste Tiknaz, viola
Javier Caballero, cello
Ahmed Saygun, String Quartet #1, Op. 27
The Apple Hill String Quartet:
Elise Kuder and Colleen Jennings, violin
Michael Kelley, viola
Rupert Thompson, cello
JULY 14 – A recital by Pei Lu, cello and Jean Schneider, piano
Works by Schumann, Hindemith, and Rachmaninoff
JULY 21 – Featuring the Session 3 Faculty
In Memory of Steve Rosenthal
G.F. Handel, Trio Sonata in B minor, Op. 2 #1
Vanessa Holroyd, flute
Ealaín McMullin, violin
Troy Stuart, cello
Jean Schneider, piano
World Premiere by Michael Kelley and Bevin Kelley
Elise Kuder, violin
Mike Kelley, viola
Bevin Kelley, live electronics
Robert Schumann, Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 47
Heather Braun, violin
Randy Hiller, viola
Troy Stuart, cello
Jean Schneider, piano
JULY 28 –Gala Fundraiser! An evening celebrating Apple Hill to benefit the Scholarship Fund
Underwritten by: Northwestern Mutual, True North Networks, RBC Wealth Management, and WS Badger Company, Inc.
Help us celebrate our 45th year with good food and beautiful music as Apple Hill receives the prestigious CMAcclaim award from Chamber Music America’s CEO Margaret Lioi.
August 4 – Featuring the Session 4 Faculty
Johannes Brahms, Trio in A minor, Op. 114
Rane Moore, clarinet
Greg Hesselink, cello
Sally Pinkas, piano
François Poulenc, Sonata for two violins (originally for 2 clarinets)
Movses Pogossian and Varty Manouelian, violin
Benjamin Britten, String Quartet #2 in C Major, Op. 36
The Apple Hill String Quartet:
Elise Kuder and Colleen Jennings, violin
Michael Kelley, viola
Rupert Thompson, cello
AUGUST 11 Young Artist Fellowship Concert
Underwritten by: Peter and Elisabeth Roos
Apple Hill’s Young Artist Fellowship Program brings together advanced young instrumentalists for a rigorous and exciting 14-day chamber music and teaching experience. The program includes intensive study with Apple Hill’s Director Leonard Matczynski and the Apple Hill String Quartet.
W. A. Mozart, String Quartet #19 in C Major (Dissonance), K. 465
Mieczyslaw Weinberg, Aria
Meredith Hiller and Winston Yu, violin
Ed Wharton, viola
Colyer Durovich, cello
Mieczyslaw Weinberg, Capriccio
Robert Schumann, String Quartet in A Major, Op. 41 #3
Josh Addison and Abby Swidler, violin
Elizabeth Stefan, viola
Laura Messina, cello
AUGUST 18 – Featuring the Session 5 Faculty
Robert Schumann, Sonata #1 in A minor, Op. 105
Ivan Stefanovic, violin
Jeff Louie, piano
J.S. Bach, Arias from the cantatas
Frank Kelley, tenor
Sarah Kim, violin
John Steinmetz, bassoon
Rupert Thompson, cello
Jeff Louie, harpsichord
Franz Schubert, Quintet in A Major (Trout), D. 667
Salley Koo, violin
Daniel Doña, viola
Katie Schlaikjer, cello
Max Zeugner, string bass
Yi-heng Yang, piano
AUGUST 25 – Final Summer Concert
Featuring the Dirt Road Ensemble, Leonard Matczynski, conductor; and to celebrate the life of civil rights activist Jonathan Daniels, we will end the summer with gospel music.
Underwritten by: Apple Hill Board of Trustees and the Friends of Apple Hill
Franz Joseph Haydn, String Quartet in C Major, Op. 50 #2
Kareem Roustom, A Voice Exclaiming
The Dirt Road Ensemble, Leonard Matczynski, conductor
Gospel Music
Dessert and Dance, Hoffman Auditorium
Everyone