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  Norfolk Fellows’ Performance Series
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Catch a rising star as the Festival presents its Norfolk Fellows’ Performance Series — performances by Fellows of the Yale Summer School of Music. These casual concerts are in the Music Shed and are free of charge.

Throughout the years Norfolk audiences have heard hundreds of emerging artists who have gone on to successful professional careers. Norfolk alumni perform with the most illustrious musical organizations in the world: the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony, the Saint Lawrence, Muir, Miró, Ying, Brentano, Shanghai and Maia string quartets; the Claremont and Eroica Trios; and new music ensembles such as eighth blackbird. SŌ PERCUSSION, Syoko Aki, Claude Frank, Pamela Frank, Frederica von Stade and Richard Stoltzman are all former students of Norfolk.

Whether you are an aficionado or a chamber music novice you will enjoy the wonderful performances and casual environment these programs offer. Families with children are most welcome.

Repertoire and ensembles are chosen weekly. Program details will be posted as they become available.

Performance dates:
Thursday, July 9, 7:30 pm Saturday, July 11, 10:30 am
Thursday, July 16, 7:30 pm Saturday, July 18, 10:30 am
Thursday, July 23, 7:30 pm Saturday, July 25, 10:30 am
Thursday, July 30, 7:30 pm Saturday, August 1, 10:30 am
Tuesday, August 4, 7:30 pm Thursday, August 6, 7:30 pm
  Saturday, August 8, 10:30 am
Tuesday, August 11, 7:30 pm Thursday, August 13, 7:30 pm
  Saturday, August 15, 10:30 am

Programs:
Thursday, July 9, 7:30 pm
Michael Tilson Thomas Street Song Obsidian Brass
(Nina Dvora, Kyle Dobbeck, Jamin Morden, Erik Saras, Mary Tyler)
Malcolm Arnold Three Shanties Cinque
(Mary Kerr, Andrew Parker, Ran Kampel, Laura Miller, Elizabeth Fleming)
Josef Haydn
String Quartet Op. 76, No. 1
Jasper String Quartet
(J Freivogel, Sae Niwa, Sam Quintal, Rachel Freivogel)
Saturday, July 11, 10:30 am
György Ligeti Six Bagatelles New England Winds
(Mindy Heinsohn, Merideth Hite, Luisa Rosina, Liz Schurgin, Ryan Stewart
Josef Haydn String Quartet Op. 76, No. 1 (Finale) Linden Quartet
(Sarah McElravy, Catherine Cosbey, Eric Wong, Felix Umansky)
Josef Haydn String Quartet Op. 77, No. 1 Spork Quartet
Josef Haydn
String Quartet Op. 77, No. 2 (Movement 1) Esterházy Quartet

Programs:
Thursday, July 16, 7:30 pm
Josef Haydn String Quartet in F, Op. 77 No. 2 Esterhazy Quartet
(Liesl Schoenberger, Yu-Ting Huang, Sara Rossi, Kevin Downs)
Franz Schubert String Quartet in d minor, D. 810, "Death and the Maiden" Chimeng Quartet
(Yang Li, Luosha Fang, Shuangshuang Liu, Jia Cao)
Francis Poulenc Sextet for Piano and Winds
Hyun Ju Jang & New England Winds
(Mindy Heinsohn, Merideth Hite, Luisa Rosina, Ryan Stewart, Liz Schurgin)
and Hyun Ju Jang
Saturday, July 18, 10:30 am
Johannes Brahms Trio for Horn, Violin, and Piano in E-flat Major, Op. 40 M. Elizabeth Fleming, Liesl Schoenberger, Ying Ying Su
Alvin Etler Brass Quintet
Obsidian Brass
(Nina Dvora, Kyle Dobbeck, Jamin Morden, Erik Saras, Mary Tyler)
Johannes Brahms Piano Quartet in c minor, Op. 60
Yu-Ting Huang, Sara Rossi, Kevin Downs, Kai-Yin Huang
 

Programs:
Thursday, July 23, 7:30 pm
Alvin Etler Quintet for Brass Instruments Obsidian Brass
(Nina Dvora, Kyle Dobbeck, Jamin Morden, Erik Saras, Mary Tyler)
Carl Nielsen Woodwind Quintet
New England Winds
(Mindy Heinsohn, Merideth Hite, Luisa Rosina, Ryan Stewart, Liz Schurgin)
Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 18, No. 6
Sporque Quartet
(Dawn Wohn, Mikyung Kim, Kelsey Schmidt, Laura Usiskin)
Saturday, July 25, 10:30 am
Jean Françaix
Wind Quintet No. 1 Cinque
(Mary Kerr, Andrew Parker, Ran Kampel, Elizabeth Fleming, Laura Miller)
Angel Lam Eight Thousand Women Ghosts Dawn Wohn, Laura Usiskin, Kai-Yin Huang
Béla Bartók
String Quartet No. 3
Linden Quartet
(Sarah McElravy, Catherine Cosbey, Eric Wong, Felix Umansky)
Programs:
Thursday, July 30, 7:30 pm
Bruce Adolphe
Triskelion Obsidian Brass
(Nina Dvora, Kyle Dobbeck, Jamin Morden, Erik Saras, Mary Tyler)
Ludwig
van Beethoven
String Quartet in C Major, Op. 59, No. 3
Chimeng Quartet
(Yang Li, Luosha Fang, Shuangshuang Liu, Jia Cao)
Robert Schumann
String Quartet in A, Op. 41, No. 3
Esterhazy Quartet
(Liesl Schoenberger, Yu-Ting Huang, Sara Rossi, Kevin Downs)
Saturday, August 1, 10:30 am
Jordan Kuspa
Piano Trio Mikyung Kim, Kevin Downs, Hyun Ju Jang
James MacMillan Untold New England Winds
(Mindy Heinsohn, Merideth Hite, Luisa Rosina, Ryan Stewart, Liz Schurgin)
Antonin Dvoøák
Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81 Linden Quartet
(Sarah McElravy, Catherine Cosbey, Eric Wong, Felix Umansky)

Programs:
Tuesday, August 4, 7:30 pm
Dmitri Shostakovich String Quartet No. 3 in F Major, Op. 73 Sporque Quartet
(Dawn Wohn, Mikyung Kim, Kelsey Schmidt, Laura Usiskin)
Henri Tomasi 5 danses profanes et sacrèes (Mary Kerr, Andrew Parker, Ran Kampel, Elizabeth Fleming, Laura Miller)
Ernest Dohnányi
Piano Quintet No. 2 in e-flat minor, Op. 26
Yingying Su & Chimeng Quartet
(Yang Li, Luosha Fang, Shuangshuang Liu, Jia Cao)
Thursday, August 6, 7:30 pm
Josef Haydn String Quartet in D Major, Op. 20, No. 4 Linden Quartet
(Sarah McElravy, Catherine Cosbey, Eric Wong, Felix Umansky)
Robert Muczynski Fantasy Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano Luisa Rosina, Laura Usiskin, Hyun Ju Jang
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-flat, K. 452 Merideth Hite, Luisa Rosina, Ryan Stewart, Liz Schurgin, Kai-Yin Huang
Saturday, August 8, 10:30 am
Maurice Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin
New England Winds
(Mindy Heinsohn, Merideth Hite, Luisa Rosina, Ryan Stewart, Liz Schurgin)
David Sampson Morning Music Obsidian Brass
(Nina Dvora, Kyle Dobbeck, Jamin Morden, Erik Saras, Mary Tyler)
Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet Op. 59, No. 2 Linden Quartet
(Sarah McElravy, Catherine Cosbey, Eric Wong, Felix Umansky)
Tuesday, August 11, 7:30 pm
Carl Maria von Weber Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano in g minor
Mary Kerr, Susan Yun, Hyun Ju Jang
Franz Josef Haydn Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano in D Major, H. 15, No. 16 Mindy Heinsohn, Susan Yun, Kai-Yin Huang
Paul Hindemith Kleine Kammermusik
Cinque
(Mary Kerr, Andrew Parker, Ran Kampel, Laura Miller, Elizabeth Fleming)
Thursday, August 13, 7:30 pm
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto in g minor, BWV 1041 Obsidian Brass
(Nina Dvora, Kyle Dobbeck, Jamin Morden, Erik Saras, Mary Tyler)
Samuel Barber Summer Music New England Winds
(Mindy Heinsohn, Merideth Hite, Luisa Rosina, Ryan Stewart, Liz Schurgin)
Johannes Brahms String Quartet in a minor, Op. 51, No. 2
Sporque Quartet
(Dawn Wohn, Mikyung Kim, Kelsey Schmidt, Laura Usiskin)
Saturday, August 13, 7:30 pm
Johannes Brahms Clarinet Quintet in b minor, Op. 115 Ran Kempel & Sporque Quartet
(Dawn Wohn, Mikyung Kim, Kelsey Schmidt, Laura Usiskin)
Charles Martin Loeffler Two Rhapsodies for Oboe, Viola and Piano Meredith Hite, Kelsey Schmidt, Kai-Yin Huang
Ludwig van Beethoven Quintet in E-flat for Piano and Winds, Op. 16 Andew Parker, Ran Kampel, Elizabeth Fleming, Laura Miller, Yingying Su
Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet in a minor, Op. 132, "Esterhazy Quartet" Esterhazy Quartet
(Liesl Schoenberger, Yu-Ting Huang, Sara Rossi, Kevin Downs)
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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