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SUMMARY:Chamber Music Reading
DESCRIPTION:Chamber Music Reading\nMonthly on Sundays\, 10 AM – 12 PM\nMarch 22\, April 19\, May 17\, June 14\, July 12\, August 23\nOpen chamber music reading for string players! \nThis event is open to everyone – students\, professionals\, hobbyists\, teens\, adults – anyone who would like to sight-read chamber music\, meet other local musicians\, and have fun. \nPlenty of sheet music will be available\, and attendees are welcome to bring their own. \nPay what you can! Donations are greatly appreciated.
URL:https://thegranitechurch.org/event/chamber-music-reading-spring2026/2026-08-23/
LOCATION:The Granite Church\, 5 N. Main Street\, Redding\, CT\, 06896\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classical,Music
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SUMMARY:Each Melodious Measure
DESCRIPTION:Quantum Collective Presents “Each Melodious Measure”\nSunday\, September 27\, 3 PM (Doors 2 PM)\nTickets $45 \nFeaturing: \n\nMarc Chan\, composer/pianist\nGunnar Sahlin\, cello\nSuzanne Sahlin\, viola\nBenjamin Steinhardt\, piano\n\nAmerica: the land of the tunesmith\, the Tin Panhandler\, the cacophonous rabble-rouser and the gentle hymnodist. From urban din to the quiet majesty of rivers\, come listen to and celebrate the diversity that makes American music American\, in music past and present. \nMEET THE ARTISTS \nMarc Chan\, Pianist and Composer \nDescribed by the New York Times as a “gifted pianist and composer\,” Marc Chan\, a native of Singapore and resident of Stamford\, CT\, is also a lyricist and librettist. His music can be heard on Mode Records\, Furious Artisans and OgreOgress. Marc’s My Wounded Head 3 has been described as an “entrancing piano opus… It’s never less than mesmerizing” (San Francisco Chronicle). His Dr. Brahms’s Book of Rags was awarded the American Prize in 2021\, and was featured on Classical WSMR and Columbia University’s WKCR-FM. Marc’s music has been performed at Carnegie Hall\, Le Poisson Rouge\, the Stone\, the Tank\, and at the Smithsonian. As composer and lyricist\, Marc has worked with the New York Public Library\, New Dramatists\, Prospect Musical Theatre\, the Astoria Performing Arts Center\, Skylight Music Theatre (Milwaukee)\, the Brooklyn Children’s Theatre\, and Nautilus Theatre (MN). He has collaborated with playwrights Lyra Nan\, Gil Varod\, Barbara Hammond\, Mia Chung\, Adam North\, and Sam Wessels. Marc has a doctorate from the Manhattan School of Music and is a member of the Dramatist’s Guild\, the New Dramatists Composer-Librettist Studio and the BMI Advanced Musical Theatre Workshop. He is currently on the piano and composition faculty at Concordia Conservatory. www.marcchanmusic.com \nGunnar Sahlin\, Cellist \nAfter 3 years of study at the Academy of Music in Prague\, Gunnar joined the Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra in 1975. As a member of that orchestra\, Gunnar toured all over Europe and in the US\, playing with world-famous soloists and conductors. The orchestra appears at the annual Nobel Prize Ceremonies at the Stockholm Concert Hall. In 2002\, Gunnar became the Principal Cellist of Norwalk Symphony Orchestra. He has worked with many contemporary composers and premiered works by Alan Cohen\, Constance Walton\, Joe Russo\, Gwyneth Walker\, Marc Chan and Albert Markov. In 2003\, he became conductor of the Fairfield County Symphony Society\, which is an amateur string ensemble\, open to all\, and meets every Tuesday night in Norwalk. They often work with various professional soloists. Gunnar performs with his wife Suzanne as “Duetto Viello\,” playing old as well as new works written especially for them. In the summer of 2018\, they both went on tour in Japan with the Chamber Music Institute of Darien. Gunnar teaches at Project Music and Concordia Conservatory in Stamford\, CT. \nSuzanne Corey-Sahlin\, Violist \nSuzanne is Principal Violist of the Ridgefield Symphony and Norwalk Symphony\, where she has performed as soloist. She also performs with the Greenwich Symphony. Suzanne has studied with Albert Markov\, Jesse Levine\, Robert Glazer\, Steve Larson and two years with the Manhattan String Quartet at Music Mountain. She was part of a touring ensemble\, the Rondo Chamber Orchestra\, where she performed with Mr. Markov and his son Alex Markov in Carnegie Hall and along the East Coast. She was also a member of the Tourmaline String Quartet for 8 years. This quartet performed extensively throughout Fairfield County and New York areas with appearances at Vassar\, Marist\, Bard\, Marymount Fordham University\, where she was a faculty member\, St. Stephen’s Church and Keeler Tavern Museum in Ridgefield. For seven years she was the conductor of the String Ensemble of the Western CT Youth Orchestra. Suzanne is a member of the highly acclaimed Ridgefield Symphony Quartet. \nBenjamin Steinhardt\, Pianist \nBenjamin has appeared in recital and chamber performances at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall\, Merkin Hall\, and Greenwich Music House. His work as a musical director has been featured at Queens Theatre\, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival\, the New York Musical Theatre Festival\, Bravo Television\, and prominent New York cabaret venues including Birdland\, Studio 54\, and The Metropolitan Room. Benjamin completed his studies at the Manhattan School of Music\, The Boston Conservatory at Berklee\, and Mannes School of Music. He currently serves as Program Director of The Well-Balanced Pianist\, which offers wellness seminars for professional and amateur pianists\, founded by Dr. Teresa Dybvig. Benjamin is Treasurer of the Connecticut State Music Teachers Association\, and co-administrator of The Art of Piano Pedagogy\, Facebook’s largest professional community for piano teachers\, with more than 25\,000 members. www.benjaminsteinhardt.com \nAmerica: A Portrait in Sound – The Granite’s Fall 2026 Sunday Chamber Music Series
URL:https://thegranitechurch.org/event/each-melodious-measure/
LOCATION:The Granite Church\, 5 N. Main Street\, Redding\, CT\, 06896\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classical,Music
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SUMMARY:The Songs of America
DESCRIPTION:The Songs of America\nSunday\, October 18\, 3 PM (Doors 2 PM)\nTickets: $45 \nFeaturing: \n\nEric Mahl\nSarah Joyce Cooper\nAnd Friends\n\nThis program dives deep into the very roots of what we have come to know as the “American sound\,” through song. From Africa to the British Isles\, to Mezzo-America\, from Spirituals to Rock and Roll\, from Appalachia to Danbury\, we will explore the rich traditions of music from all over space and time that have come together to create the unique and kaleidoscopic world of American music that permeates the very air we breathe. \nThe program will include traditional renditions of folk songs from around the world featuring the works of Samuel Barber\, Charles Ives- even Claude Debussy and many more. Join us for an enlightening and entertaining afternoon of The Songs of America. \nMEET THE ARTISTS \nEric Mahl \nKnown for his clarity\, contagious energy\, and passion\, Mr. Mahl has solidified his place as one of the most exciting conductors of his generation. Currently\, he is the Music Director with the Ridgefield Symphony\, Opera Acadia\, Northport Symphony Orchestra\, and the Western Connecticut Youth Orchestra\, as well as conductor at the Charles Ives Music Festival. \nEqually at home in Symphonic concerts\, Opera productions\, Pops concerts\, popular music and more\, Eric is coming off a remarkable season that has further solidified his place as a force in the conducting world. He looks back on a season of critically acclaimed Opera productions\, collaborations with multiple Grammy winning artists\, a slew of premiers\, a number of sold out performances including of Beethoven’s 9th. He’s looking forward to a 2026-2027 that includes unique and innovative programming that explored the rich\, diverse tapestry of American Music\, a return to Carnegie Hall\, multiple Opera engagements\, further collaboration with world-class artists\, and so much more. \nMr. Mahl received his Bachelor of Music Degree from Ithaca College\, and continued his studies at Universite de Montreal and the State University of New York at Fredonia. He has studied with some of the foremost conducting pedagogues in the country including Marin Alsop\, James Ross\, Harold Farberman\, and Larry Rachleff and has participated in workshops in the United States\, Canada and Europe. Mr. Mahl plays trumpet and piano\, and in his very limited free time continues to play in orchestral and chamber music programs. When not on the podium\, his passions extend to fitness\, tennis\, and spending time in nature. \nSarah Joyce Cooper \nSarah Joyce Cooper is an award winning soprano known for her “passionate power” (Parterre Box) and “meltingly beautiful” (Opera News) singing. Recent highlights include her debut with Seattle Opera as Minnie Tate in the world premiere of Tazewell Thompson’s Jubilee; Carnegie Hall appearances as the soprano soloist in Mozart’s Requiem and Vesperae solennes de confessore with the New England Symphonic Ensemble; and the title role in James Kallembach’s American Jezebel:The Trial of Anne Hutchinson\, a world premiere performance commissioned by Harvard University that tells the story of theologian\, midwife\, and co-founder of Rhode Island\, Anne Hutchinson. Performances for the 2025-26 season include a return to Rochester Oratorio Society as the soloist in the highly anticipated Rochester premiere of Will Todd’s Mass in Blue\, her debut with the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra as the soloist in Mahler’s Fourth Symphony\, an appearance with the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra as a soloist in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony\, and a soloist appearance in the world premiere performance of Mark Hayes’s Psalmos at Carnegie Hall. She looks forward to reprising the role of Violetta in La Traviata this summer with Opera Acadia and making her role debut as Nedda this fall with Opera Western Reserve in Pagliacci. \nAs a competition winner\, Ms. Cooper has received awards from the George London Foundation\, the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions\, the American Prize\, the Talents of the World Competition\, the Coeur d’Alene Symphony Competition\, and the Montpelier Classical Recital Competition. She was also nominated for a study grant from the Sarah Tucker Foundation. Most recently\, she was awarded a 2024 Emerging Artist Award from the St. Botolph Club in Boston. \nAs a pre-med\, Ms. Cooper completed her Bachelor’s Degree in French at Princeton University. She first began to develop the foundation for her “mastery of French style” (Opera News) while conducting research for her undergraduate thesis on sacred themes in the mélodies\, romances\, and cantiques of Gabriel Fauré. She earned her Master of Music Degree in Vocal Performance and Pedagogy from Westminster Choir College\, where she received the Gwynn Moose Cornell Endowed Award\, given to the student who shows the most promise for a career in vocal performance. \nAmerica: A Portrait in Sound – The Granite’s Fall 2026 Sunday Chamber Music Series
URL:https://thegranitechurch.org/event/the-songs-of-america/
LOCATION:The Granite Church\, 5 N. Main Street\, Redding\, CT\, 06896\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classical,Music
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SUMMARY:America/Beautiful
DESCRIPTION:America/Beautiful\nFeaturing Min Kwon\, Pianist\nSunday\, November 8\, 3 PM (Doors 2 PM)\nTickets $45 \nAmerica/Beautiful is a project by pianist and arts advocate Min Kwon\, in which she has commissioned 76 of today’s leading composers to each compose a variation on “America the Beautiful”. Kwon’s hope is to paint a sonic picture of her adopted country in all of its sprawling complexity\, and ultimately try to find the beauty at the core of the American experiment and its credo of e pluribus unum (out of many\, one). \n“Min Kwon’s America/Beautiful is a visionary project that speaks to the power of music to bring people together across differences. The project’s scale\, imagination\, and urgency are deeply human and profoundly of our time.”\n– Michelle Witt\, Executive & Artistic Director\, Meany Center for the Arts \nExcerpts from Artist’s Statement: Why Then and Why Now\nThe project has completely captured me. It is now an all-consuming labor of love. Its mission: \n\nTo celebrate the cultural melting pot that is our country\nTo unite as many voices as possible for one purpose\, one project\, one question: What is America? Is it beautiful\, was it ever\, or will it ever be?\nTo better listen and to better understand the voices of others.\n\nWhy then\, when many feel that America is not beautiful\, do I keep persisting on this project? Because\, despite its ever sprawling complexity\, I believe America is beautiful. It is the country my parents chose to come\, to give my sister and me a better education so we could make music that has meaning\, share music that matters. \nI believe in the transformative power of music. When you listen to this thought-provoking\, soul-stirring\, culturally rich\, and staggeringly varied collection of new music\, you will agree\, too. All seventy-six composers who contributed to the project reflected thoughtfully on our country. They entrusted me to speak through their voices\, a responsibility I don’t take lightly. It moves me deeply. So I keep at it. I believe I can reach more people and invite them to join the call for action—whether by being in the audience or by sharing the platform. \nDoes “America The Beautiful” only exist in its lyrics? Can each of these new variations help to open your ears\, spark curiosity\, and foster shared hope? I believe that all Americans can work to make America beautiful. It may take my entire lifetime—and then some—but I want to try\, with My America/Beautiful. \nMEET THE ARTIST \nMin Kwon \nKorean-born American pianist Min Kwon excels in a versatile career that encompasses concerti\, solo recitals\, and chamber music appearances\, while in high demand around the world as pedagogue\, arts advocate\, and administrator. She has held professional engagements in over 60 countries on seven continents and all 50 U.S. states. \nProfessor of Piano at Mason Gross School of the Arts\, Rutgers University since 2002\, Dr. Kwon is also the founder and director of the Center for Musical Excellence (CME)\, a non-profit dedicated to mentoring and supporting gifted young musicians. To date\, CME has awarded 12 international performing arts grants\, each up to $10\,000\, and currently features 20 young artists on the 2019 CME Young Artists Roster. CME’s alumni/ae list includes more than 100 young artists from 22 countries. As Artistic Director of Music Made Here\, a concert series inaugurated in 2018\, and CME in Harding Homes\, Kwon brings world class talent to intimate venues. She has also served as Co-Director of Vienna ConcertoFest\, a two-week festival that provides extraordinary opportunities for young artists to appear as soloists with the Viennese International Orchestra in prestigious venues in Austria. \nAs soloist\, Min Kwon has performed extensively in Europe\, North and South America\, and Asia\, with such orchestras as Philadelphia\, North Carolina\, Atlanta\, New Jersey\, and Fort Worth\, Aspen Festival Orchestra\, Orquesta Estaudo Mexico\, Orquesta Sinfónica Venezuela\, Wiener Residenz Orchester\, Bacau Philharmonic\, as well as all major orchestras in Korea on several nationally televised concerts. Since her Avery Fisher (now David Geffen) Hall\, Lincoln Center debut in 1992 with the Juilliard Orchestra\, she has appeared with many of New York’s leading ensembles\, including New York Classical Players\, Manhattan Chamber Orchestra\, and the New York Sinfonietta. Among the distinguished conductors with whom she has collaborated are James Conlon\, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski\, Alan Gilbert\, Vaktang Jordania\, Gerhardt Zimmerman\, and Xian Zhang. \nMin Kwon holds Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music degrees from The Juilliard School and a Bachelor of Music degree from The Curtis Institute of Music\, completing post-doctoral studies in Salzburg. From 2015-2018\, she served on the Juilliard Council as the first and only alumnus/a to be invited. She counts among her teachers and mentors Eleanor Sokoloff\, Martin Canin\, Leon Fleisher\, Hans Leygraf\, Dorothy DeLay\, Jerome Lowenthal\, and Leif Ove Andsnes. Kwon is a Steinway Artist. \n\nAmerica: A Portrait in Sound – The Granite’s Fall 2026 Sunday Chamber Music Series
URL:https://thegranitechurch.org/event/america-beautiful/
LOCATION:The Granite Church\, 5 N. Main Street\, Redding\, CT\, 06896\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classical,Music
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SUMMARY:Write It Down Or Improvise?
DESCRIPTION:Write It Down Or Improvise?\nJazz Meets Classical\nSunday\, December 6\, 2 PM (Doors 1 PM)\nTickets: $45 \nFeaturing: \n\nLana Auerbach\, violin\nMiriam Liske Doorandish\, cello\nAndrew Levine\, piano\nDavid Morgan\, piano\n\nThe impact of jazz on American Classical and Theater music is deep and rich\, and in this meeting of two trios- one jazz\, one classical- we will explore how jazz has entered the classical world through a host of composers who are comfortable crossing boundaries. \nMEET THE ARTISTS \nLana Auerbach\, Violin \nLana Auerbach is a versatile violinist\, fiddler\, and educator based in Newtown\, Connecticut\, whose career spans classical concert stages\, chamber series\, and roots music traditions across the Northeast. A graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory (BM) and Bard College’s The Orchestra Now (MM)\, she serves as concertmaster of the Woodstock Symphony Orchestra\, performs with ensembles like the Hudson Valley and Syracuse Orchestras\, and leads her ensemble\, the Solstice Piano Trio. \nAs a fiddle player\, Lana performs with her string band Bugs on a Log and leads a community Old Time Jam in Redding\, CT. Also a dedicated educator specializing in the Suzuki Method at the Newtown Suzuki School\, she brings music to young audiences through Harmonious Tales—a creative series pairing storytelling with live bluegrass\, folk\, and chamber music arrangements. \nMiriam Liske Doorandish\, Cello \nRaised in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains\, Iranian-American cellist Miriam Liske-Doorandish is motivated by a love of collaboration that finds her equally at home in traditional chamber music settings and traditional fiddling sessions. At age 2\, Miriam politely demanded her first instrument and began lessons with her mother\, Lisa Liske. An eclectic performer\, she has pursued contemporary\, historical\, and traditional classical performance during her studies at the Royal College of Music\, Oberlin Conservatory\, and the Yale School of Music. As cellist of the exploratory ensemble Trio Ondata\, Miriam is a recipient of the 2022 Fischoff Competition silver medal and the gold and audience prizes at the 2023 Yellow Springs Chamber Competition. \nNoted for her “wonderful warmth and flexibility” and her “fresh and incisive style”\, Miriam regularly performs at festivals and chamber series across the Northeast. A dedicated educator\, she has also been recognized for her arts leadership in recent years\, receiving support from The Secular Society and Oberlin’s Flint Initiative Grant. Miriam is currently based in New Haven\, CT\, where she plays with Trio Ondata\, The Havenwood Quartet\, and maintains an independent cello studio. \nAndrew Levine\, Piano \nAndrew Levine\, The Granite’s Resident Artist for classical music\, has enjoyed a multifaceted career in the performing arts\, working as a musician\, arts administrator\, educator\, and producer. \nAndrew served as managing director of The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture\, and as the executive director of The York Theatre Company. Currently\, he is an adjunct faculty member at Western Connecticut State University\, where he teaches theater management\, and The Hartt School at the University of Hartford\, where he is an on-staff coach in the musical theater division. \nAt The Granite\, Andrew curates\, produces\, and performs concerts and activities within the classical music\, cabaret\, and musical theater worlds. \nDavid Morgan\, Piano \n \nDavid Morgan is a musician for life. For him\, it’s music 24/7. After a childhood of playing in rock bands\, competing in classical piano competitions\, putting on solo Keith Emerson keyboard shows\, and producing demos on his 4-track cassette recorder\, he knew a life of music was the only soulful and logical choice. When he was 19\, he moved to New Orleans to study with jazz legends Ellis Marsalis and Harold Battiste at The University of New Orleans. \nSince migrating to the East Coast in 1992\, he has had a rich career of touring\, recording\, producing\, writing\, and teaching. He has recorded and toured the world with his jazz trio\, renowned vocalist Neshama Carlebach\, Peter Himmelman and actress/songstress Jane Lynch\, to name a few. His original music can be heard regularly on CBS and NBC sports telecasts and cable TV shows like Pawn Stars\, Catfish\, Counting Cars and American Restoration. This past June he was the musical director for the benefit concert\, Trevor Live\, in New York City. \nMusic Education has become a very important part of Morgan’s career.  His rock band training program\, The Music Shed is in its 9th season. He developed this program to give middle and high school musicians the opportunity to get extensive coaching in rock\, jazz\, and blues music in a weekly small group setting. Lately\, Morgan has been producing and recording his students’ original music and plans to release a Music Shed Artists Vol.1 album in early 2018. He regularly performs and records with his quartet\, Portal\, a Connecticut band of brothers featuring Greg Wall\, Matt Moadel\, and Rich Zurkowski. \nAmerica: A Portrait in Sound – The Granite’s Fall 2026 Sunday Chamber Music Series
URL:https://thegranitechurch.org/event/write-it-down-or-improvise/
LOCATION:The Granite Church\, 5 N. Main Street\, Redding\, CT\, 06896\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classical,Music
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