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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-spring2026/2026-06-14/
LOCATION:The Granite Church\, 5 N. Main Street\, Redding\, CT\, 06896\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classical,Music
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SUMMARY:Love’s Arc: Desire & Heartbreak in English Baroque Song
DESCRIPTION:Love’s Arc: Desire & Heartbreak in English Baroque Song\nSunday\, May 17 at 3 PM (Doors at 2 PM)\nTickets: $45 \nCome enjoy the beauty of English Baroque song this May. Soprano Sarah Hawkey and lutenist Kevin Payne present Love’s Arc: Desire and Heartbreak in English Baroque Song\, an intimate afternoon of music by beloved English Baroque composers Henry Purcell\, John Dowland\, and their contemporaries. Tracing love\, passion\, heartbreak\, and grief\, these centuries-old songs feel vividly alive today—inviting listeners to time-travel and experience the enduring emotional resonance of love across centuries. \nAbout the Artists\nSarah Hawkey \nSoprano Sarah Hawkey is known for her ability to make early music feel intimate and alive for today’s audiences. She has performed with the New York Philharmonic and LA Opera\, with appearances at the Salzburg Festival\, the Verbier Festival\, Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival\, the Boston Early Music Festival\, Bard Summerscape\, and in numerous performances at Carnegie Hall. Her work has been featured in The New York Times\, on NPR and WNYC\, and on PBS Great Performances. \nA baroque specialist\, Sarah focuses on 17th- and 18th-century repertoire\, with particular emphasis on the music of Barbara Strozzi\, alongside works by J.S. Bach\, Handel\, and Vivaldi. She is currently preparing her debut solo album devoted entirely to Strozzi’s works. \nSarah also loves performing new classical music and appeared in the original cast of p r i s m\, a world-premiere opera produced by Beth Morrison Projects in collaboration with LA Opera and the PROTOTYPE Festival\, for which composer Ellen Reid was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Music. \nSarah is the founder of Blossom Voice Studio in Weston\, CT\, and has led educational programs and workshops at The Juilliard School\, Princeton University\, and William Paterson University. \nKevin Payne \nLutenist Kevin Payne is active as a recitalist\, accompanist\, and continuo player. Recent ensemble work includes performances with Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra\, Seattle Symphony\, Twelfth Night\, Blue Heron\, Handel and Haydn Society\, and Bach Collegium San Diego. Festival appearances include Caramoor\, Tanglewood\, Spoleto\, and Newport Classical. Performance venues include Carnegie Hall\, Alice Tully Hall\, the Kennedy Center in Washington\, D.C.\, the National Concert Hall in Taipei\, Taiwan\, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam\, and the Festspielhaus in Baden-Baden\, Germany. His playing has been broadcast on a number of nationally syndicated radio programs\, including Sunday Baroque and Performance Today. \nWSHU is a Community Partner for The Granite’s Spring 2026 Classical Music Sundays
URL:https://thegranitechurch.org/event/loves-arc-desire-heartbreak-in-english-baroque-song/
LOCATION:The Granite Church\, 5 N. Main Street\, Redding\, CT\, 06896\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classical,Music
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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-spring2026/2026-05-17/
LOCATION:The Granite Church\, 5 N. Main Street\, Redding\, CT\, 06896\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classical,Music
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260426T170000
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SUMMARY:The Way It Is
DESCRIPTION:The Way It Is: Five Stories and Their Musical Companions\nSunday\, April 26 at 3 PM (Doors open at 2 PM)\nBetween Us: Sunday Chamber Music Series\nTickets: $45 \nFeaturing: \n\nStorytelling by Andrew Levine\nMusic by Jim Bauer\, Ernest Bloch\, Andrew Levine\, Franz Liszt\, and Richard Rodgers\nPerformances by An-Lin Bardin\, cello\, Jeanine Pardey\, vocalist\, and a few surprise guests\n\nWilliam Stafford’s poem\, The Way It Is\, speaks of a thread present in each of our lives\, a thread that Stafford implores us to hold on to so we don’t get lost. Andrew will tell five stories drawn from his musical journey that speak to finding\, holding on to\, and sometimes losing the thread. Each story has a musical companion\, weaving through various genres and styles. \nABOUT THE ARTISTS\nAndrew Levine\, Actor/Piano\nAndrew has enjoyed a multifaceted career in the performing arts\, working as a musician\, arts administrator\, educator\, and producer. Andrew served as managing director of The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture\, a project of the Archdiocese of New York\, and as the executive director of The York Theatre Company\, an off-Broadway theater that produces musical theater works. \nAndrew is a member of the advanced cohort at the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop. Recent theater compositions include The Old Man and the Sea with Jessica Carmona (BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop)\, Spinning\, with MaryAnn Frank (Long Wharf Theatre\, 2019)\, Dora Dreams of Fire with MaryAnn Frank (Prospect Theatre\, 2020). \nAndrew is currently 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. Additionally\, Andrew is currently serving as executive producer for a new musical called Parcel from America\, which will play The Everyman Theatre in Cork\, Ireland\, in October 2026. \nAn-Lin Bardin\, Cello\nDescribed as “stunning” by the New York Times\, cellist An-Lin Bardin currently teaches cello and chamber music at Sarah Lawrence College. She is the cellist for the Bardin-Niskala Duo\, an acclaimed cello-piano duo that seeks to encourage empathy and compassion in society by exploring identity through the lens of music. Additionally\, she co-directs the Winterhaven Chamber Music Retreat\, a chamber music festival for amateur adult string and piano players in NH. \nBardin is a laureate of several prestigious international quartet competitions\, including the Paolo Borciani Quartet Competition in Reggio Emilia\, Italy\, the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition\, the Plowman Chamber Music Competition\, the Yellow Springs Chamber Music Competition\, Chesapeake Chamber Music Competition\, and the International Chamber Music Ensemble Competitions in the United States\, from her time as the cellist for the Vinca Quartet. She has performed extensively throughout Europe and the US\, including Carnegie’s Perlman and Weill Halls\, Aspen\, and Vilar Performing Arts Center. Bardin’s performances have been broadcast on Deutschlandradio and WNYC. \nShe has served as the Artist-in-Residence for the Perlman Music Program in Sarasota\, Florida\, and was a recipient of a DAAD scholarship (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst)\, a fellowship that enabled her to study with the Vogler String Quartet in Stuttgart\, Germany. Bardin also studied extensively with Gunter Pichler and Valentin Erben of the Alban Berg Quartet\, Walter Levine of the LaSalle Quartet\, under the auspices of the ProQuartet Odyssée Program in Paris\, France. Through the Carnegie Hall Chamber Music Workshops\, she has worked with the Emerson String Quartet\, and she was a graduate assistant to the Takacs Quartet at the University of Colorado at Boulder. \nA strong proponent of music education\, Bardin is a founding member of Music Haven\, an intensive mentorship program serving youth in New Haven\, Connecticut. Raised in California by two nuclear physicists\, Bardin began her cello studies at the age of eight with Irene Sharp. She holds a B.S. from Yale University in Geology and Geophysics\, and an M.M. from the Yale School of Music\, where she studied with Aldo Parisot and was a member of the Grammy-Award-winning Yale Cellos. \nJeanine Pardey\, Actor/Vocalist\nJeanine’s performing experience spans concert and oratorio\, opera\, musical theatre and cabaret. Musical theatre experience includes Mrs. Nordstrom in A Little Night Music at CW Post Tilles Center\, She Loves Me at the Opera Ensemble of New York (conducted by Jonathan Tunick)\, Anna Held in Tintypes\, Elsa in The Sound of Music\, and a featured performer in Fascinating Gershwin (semi-national tour). \nConcert credits include CAMI Hall\, The Walter Reade Theatre\, Wave Hill\, Trinity Church\, and the Bruno Walter Auditorium in New York\, as well as a season in Europe performing with the International Institute for Chamber Music. Her operatic roles include Cleopatra in Giulio Cesare\, Gretel in Hansel and Gretel\, Baby Doe in The Ballade of Baby Doe\, and Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro\, with the Brooklyn Opera Ensemble and the Opera Ensemble of New York. \nHer work in higher education began in 2001 as a Professor at the Savannah College of Art and Design\, developing a new musical theatre program and ultimately becoming Chair of the Media and Performing Arts Department. She has held faculty and/or administrative positions at Molloy College\, Manhattanville College\, and Adelphi University. Summers have been spent in Colorado\, teaching musical theatre and voice at the prestigious Perry-Mansfield Performing Arts School in Steamboat Springs. Jeanine has performed in their New Noises Festival\, working on new play development with such musical theatre luminaries as Stephen Schwartz\, Peter Flynn\, Cheryl Coons\, Stephen Weiner and Glenn Slater\, as well as playwright Dana Yeaton. \nJeanine has performed in cabaret with pianist/arranger and husband Andrew Levine and served as vocal coach for several cabaret artists\, including Mary Ann Franks’s acclaimed Spinning. She is currently a Teaching Artist and Co-Coordinator of the Musical Theatre Department in the Theatre Division of The Hartt School – University of Hartford\, and a proud member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing. She is adept at teaching all vocal styles and continues to develop professionally both as an artist and educator\, performing and attending various workshops and master classes year-round. \nWSHU is a Community Partner for The Granite’s Spring 2026 Classical Music Sundays
URL:https://thegranitechurch.org/event/the-way-it-is/
LOCATION:The Granite Church\, 5 N. Main Street\, Redding\, CT\, 06896\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classical,Music
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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-spring2026/2026-04-19/
LOCATION:The Granite Church\, 5 N. Main Street\, Redding\, CT\, 06896\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classical,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260412T150000
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SUMMARY:A Bird Came Down The Walk
DESCRIPTION:A Bird Came Down the Walk: Weaving Poetry and Music Together\nSunday\, April 12 at 3 PM (Doors open at 2 PM)\nBetween Us: Sunday Chamber Music Series\nTickets: $45 \nFeaturing: \n\nShane Barker\, Viola\nMichael Maronich\, Piano\nCharles Frederick Secrease\, Actor\nJeanine Pardey\, Actor\n\nIn honor of National Poetry Month\, violist Shane Barker has fashioned a program that pairs two art forms: Poetry and Music. Audiences will hear spoken aloud the words of Emily Dickinson\, Alfred de Musset and William Shakespeare\, and in the intimate listening space that is The Granite\, hear the musical companion to each literary work: music of Töru Takemitsu\, Rebecca Clarke and Sergei Prokofiev. \nABOUT THE ARTISTS\nShane Barker\, Viola\nViolist Shane Barker enjoys a rich and varied career as soloist\, chamber musician\, freelance orchestral player and as violin and viola teacher. He has performed across most of the United States\, Canada and Europe\, including performances at Carnegie Hall\, Lincoln Center\, the Kimmel Center\, and the Philharmonie in Paris. \nA strong proponent of the viola as a solo instrument\, he has premiered over twenty-five solo pieces by established and emerging composers\, including Jeremy Gill\, Andrea Clearfield\, Andrew Ardizzoia\, Florence Maunders\, and Joseph Hallman. Shane believes that classical music is for everyone and has organized community outreach concerts in women’s and children’s shelters\, retirement centers\, museums and the veterans association\, including curating a multi-disciplinary concert series at the Nurture Nature Center in Easton PA. \nAs a teacher\, he has held faculty positions at Lafayette and Muhlenberg colleges\, Temple Music Prep\, Moravian Academy\, the Newark School of the Arts and currently serves on the faculty of the Greenwich Education Association. Shane holds degrees from Temple University and the North Carolina School of the Arts where his main teachers were Karen Ritscher\, Evelyn Jacobs-Luise and Sheila Browne\, to whom he served as teaching assistant. Shane plays on a viola by Sergio Peresson. \nMichael Maronich\, Piano\nPianist Michael Maronich has been praised for his “intelligent readings” and “interpretive sensitivity” (Rorianne Schrade\, New York Concert Review)\, as well as his “power and uncanny lyricism” (Kitty Montgomery\, Kingston Daily Freeman). \nA Connecticut native\, Michael began his piano studies at age seven and\, in 2001\, became the youngest first prize winner in the history of the Renée B. Fisher Competition. Amongst his other achievements\, Michael has been a top prizewinner at the Great Neck Young Artists Competition and the Carlson Horn Competition. In 2004\, Michael won the Manhattan School of Music Pre-College Concerto Competition and performed Liszt’s First Piano Concerto with the Manhattan School of Music Philharmonic Orchestra. As winner of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra competition\, Michael also performed the Liszt Concerto with the Hartford Symphony. In 2005\, Michael won second prize in the Jacob Flier International Competition. He has performed throughout the tri-state area\, as well as internationally in Russia\, Italy\, Spain\, Estonia\, Czech Republic\, and China. \nMichael is the organist and choir director of Christ Church Parish in Redding\, having previously served as director of music at the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection in Queens\, New York. Michael is on staff at Sarah Lawrence College as a collaborative pianist and vocal coach. Also active as a pedagogue\, he is on the faculty of the Rudolf Steiner School\, Wilton Music Studios\, and Rockland Conservatory\, and has also taught at the Burgos International Music Festival in Burgos\, Spain. \nMichael earned his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Rutgers University\, studying with John Perry and Daniel Epstein. He completed his Master of Music and Bachelor of Music degrees at Manhattan School of Music under the tutelage of Phillip Kawin. \nCharles Frederick Secrease\, Actor\nA native of Western Massachusetts\, Charles began performing publicly at the age of six\, though not as an actor. The youngest in a family of musicians\, his first love was the piano\, which has continued to this day. \nHaving studied classical performance through undergrad\, and continuing at the Shanghai Conservatory and Juilliard\, Charles has enjoyed over thirty years with one foot firmly planted in the world of classical music. His other foot\, however\, began to wander in a different direction when\, at the age of 10\, he experienced a family friend’s performance as Fagin in a summer stock production of the musical “Oliver”. Captivated by the actor’s complete transformation into the rapscallious character\, Charles knew this was something he had to explore. \nIn the years since and alongside his continued professional life in music\, Charles has studied\, worked and performed with numerous teachers\, directors and companies across Europe\, Asia\, Africa and of course\, the U.S. Finding a particular love of the Shakespearean theater\, Charles has performed numerous roles including Marc Antony\, Macbeth\, Cymbeline\, Orsino\, Angelo\, Oberon\, MacDuff and Othello. \nJeanine Pardey\, Actor/Vocalist\nJeanine’s performing experience spans concert and oratorio\, opera\, musical theatre and cabaret. Musical theatre experience includes Mrs. Nordstrom in A Little Night Music at CW Post Tilles Center\, She Loves Me at the Opera Ensemble of New York (conducted by Jonathan Tunick)\, Anna Held in Tintypes\, Elsa in The Sound of Music\, and a featured performer in Fascinating Gershwin (semi-national tour). \nConcert credits include CAMI Hall\, The Walter Reade Theatre\, Wave Hill\, Trinity Church\, and the Bruno Walter Auditorium in New York\, as well as a season in Europe performing with the International Institute for Chamber Music. Her operatic roles include Cleopatra in Giulio Cesare\, Gretel in Hansel and Gretel\, Baby Doe in The Ballade of Baby Doe\, and Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro\, with the Brooklyn Opera Ensemble and the Opera Ensemble of New York. \nHer work in higher education began in 2001 as a Professor at the Savannah College of Art and Design\, developing a new musical theatre program and ultimately becoming Chair of the Media and Performing Arts Department. She has held faculty and/or administrative positions at Molloy College\, Manhattanville College\, and Adelphi University. Summers have been spent in Colorado\, teaching musical theatre and voice at the prestigious Perry-Mansfield Performing Arts School in Steamboat Springs. Jeanine has performed in their New Noises Festival\, working on new play development with such musical theatre luminaries as Stephen Schwartz\, Peter Flynn\, Cheryl Coons\, Stephen Weiner and Glenn Slater\, as well as playwright Dana Yeaton. \nJeanine has performed in cabaret with pianist/arranger and husband Andrew Levine and served as vocal coach for several cabaret artists\, including Mary Ann Franks’s acclaimed Spinning. She is currently a Teaching Artist and Co-Coordinator of the Musical Theatre Department in the Theatre Division of The Hartt School – University of Hartford\, and a proud member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing. She is adept at teaching all vocal styles and continues to develop professionally both as an artist and educator\, performing and attending various workshops and master classes year-round. \nWSHU is a Community Partner for The Granite’s Spring 2026 Classical Music Sundays
URL:https://thegranitechurch.org/event/a-bird-came-down-the-walk/
LOCATION:The Granite Church\, 5 N. Main Street\, Redding\, CT\, 06896\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classical,Music
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SUMMARY:Orion Piano Quartet: Resonance
DESCRIPTION:Orion Piano Quartet: Resonance\nSunday\, March 29\, 3 – 5 PM (Doors open at 2 PM)\nClassical Music Sundays\nTickets: $45\, Kids 12 and under are free \nFeaturing: \n\nIrina Nuzova\, Piano\nBeryl Diamond Chacon\, Violin\nAlexander McLaughlin\, Viola\nAn-Lin Bardin\, Cello\n\nMusic of Mozart\, Dvorak\, and Gianono\nThis program will delve into groundbreaking Piano Quartets – one from each Century. They will start with the Mozart Piano Quartet in Gm\, move on to the Romanticism of the Dvorak Piano Quartet in Eb\, and then perform a 21st C Classical Rock n’ Roll Piano Quartet written for Beryl and the Orion Piano Quartet by composer Joe Gianono. \nJoin us to experience the internationally reknowned pianist Irina Nuzova\, violinist Beryl Diamond Chacon\, Yale master violist Alexander McLaughlin and lyrical cellist An-Lin Barden performing the world of Classical Piano Quartet. \nABOUT THE ARTISTS\nIrina Nuzova\nConcert Pianist Irina Nuzova maintains a busy performance schedule year-round in the U.S. and Europe. Her performances include concerts at the Phillips Collection and the National Gallery in Washington DC\, the Gardner Museum in Boston\, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York\, the Schubert Club in St. Paul\, as well as numerous concerts in Italy\, Brazil\, the Czech Republic\, and Germany. \nA passionate teacher\, Moscow-born Nuzova has given Master Classes at the Music Institute of Chicago\, the Schwob School of Music in GA\, the Colburn Conservatory in LA and the Purcell School of Music in London\, UK\, among many others. \nMs. Nuzova currently teaches at The Special Music School in NY. She previously taught on Faculty at the Hartt School of Music. During the Summer months\, Ms. Nuzova teaches and performs at the Olympus Musicus Festival in Prague\, the EUROARTS festival in Poland\, and both the Clazz International Festival and the Perugia Music Festivals in Italy. \nMs. Nuzova is a co-founder\, with concert violinist Dmitry Berlinsky\, of the Juventus Pro Musica\, a program that presents chamber music concerts for young professionals. \nBeryl Diamond Chacon\nBeryl Diamond Chacon\, Violin\, is passionate about making music that speaks to all generations. As a young Juilliard grad\, Beryl broke boundaries by breaking down programming and presenting in non-formal listening spaces. She created the Guggenheim WorldBeat Jazz Series\, as well as the Met Museum ‘s weekend series of Music on the Balcony\, with over 2000 performances with her Piano Quintet. \nTraveling worldwide\, Beryl has brought her music making to St Bart’s\, being presented to and playing for the Queen at Hampton Court\, creating light Night Music at Lincoln Center’s Mid Summers Series\, appearing onstage on Broadway as Violin Soloist with the Royal Shakespeare Company\, as well as recording for legends Tony Bennett\, Carly Simon and Billy Joel and backing up Ray Charles and Frank Sinatra. \nChamber Music projects include recording Joe Gianono’s The Orion\, a Piano Quartet which was written for Beryl and her group\, Beryllium. In June 2025\, Beryl created a hip hop Acoustic version of Rap songs (mentioned in Vogue) as well as performing with her Pop Rock group\, Beryllium. As a guest performing artist at the most recent Charles Ives Music Festival\, Beryl performed Piano and String works of young\, emerging composers. \nAlex McLaughlin\nViolist Alex McLaughlin enjoys the many facets of performing\, from traveling to Edinburgh Castle with the Strawberry Hill Fiddlers to serving as the Principal Violist with the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra (ECSO)\, as well as joyfully sharing the world of music with young listeners. \nAlex graduated from both the Eastman School of Music\, where he received the Robert L Oppelt award\, and the Yale School of Music\, where he was a featured artist in the Oneppo Chamber Series. \nAlex has concertized in several festivals in the United States\, including the Spoleto Festival\, the Bowdoin International Music Festival\, the Weekend of Chamber Music\, and the Endless Mountain Music Festival. \nIn addition to the ECSO\, where he recently performed as the Viola Soloist in Mozart’s Sinfonie Concertante\, Alex performs with the New Haven Symphony Orchestra\, Norwalk Symphony Orchestra\, the Greenwich Symphony Orchestra\, and the Woodstock Symphony Orchestra. \nAlex has had the honor of working with many masters of the Viola in his career\, including Emily Schaad\, Carol Rodland\, Ettore Causa\, Jeffrey Irvine\, Masumi Per Rostad\, and Kim Kashkashian. He currently performs on a 1970 viola by Otto Erdesz. \nAn-Lin Bardin\nAn-Lin Bardin\, Cello. Described as “stunning” by the New York Times\, cellist An-Lin Bardin currently teaches cello and chamber music at Sarah Lawrence College. She is the cellist for the Bardin-Niskala Duo\, an acclaimed cello-piano duo that seeks to encourage empathy and compassion in society by exploring identity through the lens of music. Additionally\, she co-directs the Winterhaven Chamber Music Retreat\, a chamber music festival for amateur adult string and piano players in NH. \nBardin is a laureate of several prestigious international quartet competitions\, including the Paolo Borciani Quartet Competition in Reggio Emilia\, Italy\, the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition\, the Plowman Chamber Music Competition\, the Yellow Springs Chamber Music Competition\, Chesapeake Chamber Music Competition\, and the International Chamber Music Ensemble Competitions in the United States\, from her time as the cellist for the Vinca Quartet. She has performed extensively throughout Europe and the US\, including Carnegie’s Perlman and Weill Halls\, Aspen\, and Vilar Performing Arts Center. Bardin’s performances have been broadcast on Deutschlandradio and WNYC. \nShe has served as the Artist-in-Residence for the Perlman Music Program in Sarasota\, Florida\, and was a recipient of a DAAD scholarship (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst)\, a fellowship that enabled her to study with the Vogler String Quartet in Stuttgart\, Germany. Bardin also studied extensively with Gunter Pichler and Valentin Erben of the Alban Berg Quartet\, Walter Levine of the LaSalle Quartet\, under the auspices of the ProQuartet Odyssée Program in Paris\, France. Through the Carnegie Hall Chamber Music Workshops\, she has worked with the Emerson String Quartet\, and she was graduate assistant to the Takacs Quartet at the University of Colorado at Boulder. \nA strong proponent of music education\, Bardin is a founding member of Music Haven\, an intensive mentorship program serving youth in New Haven\, Connecticut. Raised in California by two nuclear physicists\, Bardin began her cello studies at the age of eight with Irene Sharp. She holds a B.S. from Yale University in Geology and Geophysics\, and an M.M. from the Yale School of Music\, where she studied with Aldo Parisot and was a member of the Grammy-Award-winning Yale Cellos. \nWSHU is a Community Partner for The Granite’s Spring 2026 Classical Music Sundays
URL:https://thegranitechurch.org/event/orion-piano-quartet-resonance/
LOCATION:The Granite Church\, 5 N. Main Street\, Redding\, CT\, 06896\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classical,Music
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260322T120000
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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-spring2026/2026-03-22/
LOCATION:The Granite Church\, 5 N. Main Street\, Redding\, CT\, 06896\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classical,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260308T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260308T170000
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SUMMARY:Bardin-Niskala Duo
DESCRIPTION:Bardin-Niskala Duo: Celebrating Identity Through Music\nSunday\, March 8\, 3-5 PM (Doors open at 2 PM.)\nClassical Music Sundays\nTickets: $35 \nUsing both video and an immersive musical performance\, the Bardin-Niskala Duo will expertly weave together personal stories and music to evoke a powerful emotional experience. \nTheir upcoming performance at The Granite will feature three premieres by emerging immigrant composers\, combining music with their stories of struggle and triumph. There will be a Q&A after the performance. \nThis is a project about individual yet universal human journeys that make the U.S. the place it is today. With the upcoming 250th anniversary of the United States\, we have a momentous opportunity to celebrate this historic event\, while also cherishing it as a time for reflection\, considering all the stories that have shaped our home. \n \nTHE BARDIN-NISKALA DUO \nThe Bardin-Niskala Duo (cello and piano) is a nonprofit ensemble that uses music to explore notions of identity\, belonging\, and community to fight racism\, promote cultural awareness\, and celebrate humanity. The Duo commissions ALAANA (African\, Latinx\, Asian\, Arab\, and Native American) and other underrepresented composers to write pieces that are based on folksongs and children’s songs of their particular cultures and countries. \nThrough these commissions and the performances of these works\, the Duo promotes these composers and opens dialogue with and amongst audience members on the notions of homeland\, community\, and belonging\, on the complexity and uniqueness of various cultures\, and on the challenges of navigating life in this country as a bi-cultural\, multi-cultural\, or minority person. Each commissioned work is preceded by a personal video message from the composer\, where they discuss their own journey towards identity and a sense of belonging\, their community\, and the historical or personal significance of the folk or children’s song they chose as an inspiration for their work. \nFormed in early 2021\, the Duo has performed across the United States from Mississippi to Minnesota and Hawai’i to New York. They have presented at regional and national conferences and have been awarded four residencies at the Avaloch Farm Music Institute. Their performances are offered in concert halls\, schools\, universities\, and community centers\, and range from traditional concerts to more informal performances mingled with open dialogue between the Duo and audience members. Active educators\, the Bardin-Niskala Duo works with students of all ages in master classes and workshops and also co-directs the Winterhaven Chamber Music Retreat\, an adult amateur chamber music festival held in January in New Hampshire. \n \nABOUT THE ARTISTS \nAn-Lin Bardin\, Cello \nDescribed as “stunning\,” by the New York Times\, cellist An-Lin Bardin currently freelances and teaches both music and math in the greater NYC area. As the cellist of the Vinca Quartet\, she performed extensively throughout Europe and the US\, including Carnegie’s Weill Hall\, Aspen\, and Vilar Performing Arts Center. Bardin’s performances have been broadcast on Deutschlandradio and WNYC. \nShe is a laureate of several international quartet competitions\, including the Paolo Borciani Quartet Competitions in Reggio Emilia\, Italy\, and the Fischoff\, the Plowman\, the Yellow Springs\, Chesapeake\, and the International Chamber Music Ensemble Competitions in the United States. A recipient of a DAAD fellowship which enabled her to work with the Vogler String Quartet in Stuttgart\, Germany\, Bardin also studied extensively with Gunter Pichler and Valentin Erben of the Alban Berg Quartet\, Walter Levine\, Heime Mueller\, and the Artemis String Quartet under the auspices of the ProQuartet program in Paris\, France\, and with the Emerson String Quartet through the Carnegie Hall Chamber Music Workshops. She was a graduate assistant to the Takacs Quartet at the University of Colorado at Boulder for two years as part of the graduate quartet residency program. \nA strong proponent of music education\, Bardin was a founding member of Music Haven\, an intensive mentorship program serving youth from low-income neighborhoods in New Haven\, Connecticut. She also founded two ongoing music educational programs in rural Washington State through the Gorgeous Sounds Residency Program. Raised in California by two nuclear physicists\, Bardin began her cello studies at the age of eight with Irene Sharp. She holds a B.S. from Yale University in Geology and Geophysics\, and an M.M. from the Yale School of Music\, where she studied with Aldo Parisot and was a member of the Grammy-Award-winning Yale Cellos. \nNaomi Niskala\, Piano \nA soloist and chamber musician who has appeared in Europe\, North America\, Russia\, Israel\, Thailand\, and Japan\, pianist Naomi Niskala’s performances have been broadcast on BBC Radio\, Deutschlandradio\, RTV Germany\, and NPR’s Performance Today. \nNiskala performs regularly with Spectrum Concerts Berlin\, one of Germany’s leading chamber organizations\, and has also recorded two discs with them. Recent performance highlights include the San Francisco Symphony Chamber Series at Davies Symphony Hall\, soloist with the St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic of Russia\, and solo and chamber performances with Spectrum Concerts Berlin in the Philharmonie Kammermusiksaal of Berlin\, Carnegie’s Weill Hall\, in Thailand\, and in Kosovo. Her release of the only complete recordings of American composer Robert Helps’s solo piano works on two discs with Albany Records in 2007 was met with high acclaim\, and she has also recorded piano chamber works of Robert Helps and Ursula Mamlok with Spectrum Concerts Berlin for two discs on Naxos\, as well as the world premiere of Mamlok’s 2015 quintet “Breezes” for Bridge Records. Niskala is featured in the 2013 German rbb television documentary entitled “Sehnsucht Musik” (Searching for Music)\, documenting the work of four members of Spectrum Concerts Berlin towards improving the harsh conditions for young musicians at a music school located in Prizren\, Kosovo. \nBorn to Japanese/Finnish-American parents\, she began studying piano at the age of three\, raised in Rochester\, New York\, and then later in Tokyo\, Japan. Niskala holds degrees from the Yale School of Music\, Stony Brook University\, and the New England Conservatory of Music\, where she studied with Claude Frank\, Gilbert Kalish\, and Patricia Zander. She also worked with pianists Leon Fleisher\, Menahem Pressler\, Peter Serkin\, and Maria Louisa Faini\, and violinists Louis Krasner and Eugene Lehner. Niskala is currently Professor of Music at Susquehanna University in Pennsylvania\, where she teaches piano and theory\, and leads a summer chamber music exchange program to Japan. She also teaches at the Interlochen Arts Camp (MI) during the summer. \nWSHU is a Community Partner for The Granite’s Spring 2026 Classical Music Sundays
URL:https://thegranitechurch.org/event/bardin-niskala-duo/
LOCATION:The Granite Church\, 5 N. Main Street\, Redding\, CT\, 06896\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classical,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260227T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260227T220000
DTSTAMP:20260620T013054
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SUMMARY:On the Trail
DESCRIPTION:On the Trail\nFriday\, February 27 at 7:00 PM (Doors open at 6:30 PM)\nTickets: $25 \nOn the Trail is a modern acoustic band that explores everything from bluegrass to contemporary pop\, from stunning instrumentals to beautiful traditional songs. A special collaboration between On the Trail and a classical string quartet will bring together the classical and bluegrass communities\, featuring bluegrass\, country\, western swing\, and American-inspired classical music. \nThis program\, originally performed in collaboration with the New Haven Symphony\, will be used as inspiration for other symphonies and quartets interested in closing the gap between vernacular\, commercial American styles and American classical music. \n \nOn the Trail was founded through their mutual love of bluegrass and the Punch Brothers band. They have already gained recognition and praise for their exploration and strong execution of challenging music and their new original music. \nIn 2024\, On the Trail performed throughout the northeast\, including the Podunk Bluegrass Festival\, the Ossipee Valley Music Festival\, the Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Festival\, and Bluegrass in Heaven in Lake George\, NY. In 2022\, On the Trail had the honor of winning the Thomas Point Beach Band Competition after participating in 2021’s Telefunken Battle of the Bands at the Podunk Bluegrass Festival. They were also selected as an Emerging Artist at Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival in 2023. \nOn The Trail features Austin Scelzo (fiddle and vocals)\, Tom Polizzi (mandolin and vocals)\, Charlie Widmer (guitar and vocals)\, and Matt Curley (upright bass and vocals). Their debut self-titled EP\, On the Trail\, is also available for streaming on all platforms. \nVisit onthetrailbluegrass.com to learn more.
URL:https://thegranitechurch.org/event/on-the-trail-feb27/
LOCATION:The Granite Church\, 5 N. Main Street\, Redding\, CT\, 06896\, United States
CATEGORIES:Bluegrass,Classical,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260201T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260201T170000
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SUMMARY:Solstice Piano Trio
DESCRIPTION:Solstice Piano Trio\nSunday\, February 1\, 3 – 5 PM (Doors open at 2 PM)\nClassical Music Sundays\nTickets: $20 in advance\, $25 at the door \nThe Solstice Trio is looking forward to sharing a program that brings listeners into the heart of the Romantic era\, celebrating the profound musical and personal connection between Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms. This concert features two masterpieces of the piano trio repertoire: Clara Schumann’s Piano Trio in G minor\, Op. 17\, and Johannes Brahms’s Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major\, Op. 8. \nThrough both performance and brief discussion\, the Solstice Trio will illuminate the intricate ties of influence\, respect\, and affection that link Schumann and Brahms\, exploring how their personal stories are woven into the fabric of these expressive and brilliant chamber works. \nABOUT THE ARTISTS \nThe Solstice Trio is an accomplished piano trio featuring violinist Lana Auerbach\, cellist Adam Willson\, and pianist Charlotte Hill. Known for their vibrant and collaborative energy\, the trio is passionate about connecting with audiences through shared intimate musical experiences. \nThe three members met while studying at Oberlin Conservatory and have since cultivated impressive careers as performers and educators. Violinist Lana Auerbach\, based in Newtown\, Connecticut\, is a recent graduate of Bard College’s “The Orchestra Now” Orchestral Masters program and a frequent participant in international chamber music festivals. Cellist Adam Willson\, a member of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra and Vermont Symphony Orchestra\, has performed solo\, chamber\, and orchestral works in concert halls across the U.S. Pianist Charlotte Hill is a multifaceted artist and educator\, currently pursuing her Doctorate at Stony Brook University. An avid chamber musician\, she co-runs Music at Port Milford\, a celebrated summer chamber music festival and academy. \nThe Solstice Trio takes its name from a tradition born of the members’ commitment to direct\, personal musical interaction. Every year on the summer solstice\, the trio gathers to host a house concert for friends and community members. This yearly event has defined their mission to break down barriers between audience and performer\, fostering communal\, shared experiences of music.
URL:https://thegranitechurch.org/event/solstice-piano-trio/
LOCATION:The Granite Church\, 5 N. Main Street\, Redding\, CT\, 06896\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classical,Music
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