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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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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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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
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