Upcoming Concerts
October 18, 2018 @ 7:30 pm
Venetian Romance, Roman Vigor: The Sebastians, Early Music at St. James, Lancaster, PA. (map)
October 20, 2018 @ 7:30 pm
Venice to Rome: The Sebastians, NYC Concert Series. (map)
October 25, 2018 @ 7:30 pm
Unraveling Beethoven Album Launch Concert with pianist Mimi Solomon. Moeser Auditorium at UNC Chapel Hill. (directions/parking/map)
October 27, 2018 @ 7:30 pm
Unraveling Beethoven Album Launch Concert with pianist Mimi Solomon. DiMenna Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY. (map)
October 30, 2018 @ 6:30 pm
The Sebastians, ensemble in residence at the Yale Collection of Musical Instruments Series, Yale University, New Haven, CT. (map)
November 3, 2018 @ 7:30 pm
France ~ Lully to Rameau: Early Music New York, Frederick Renz, director. (map)
November 17, 2018 @ 7:30 pm
A. Scarlatti ~ Il Primo Omicidio: Yale Voxtet with guest conductor Nicholas McGegan. (map & info)
Noveber 28, 2018 @ 5 pm
Schubertiade at the UNC Institute for Arts and Humanities. (map)
December 19 and 20, 2018 @ 7:30 pm
Messiah with TENET and The Sebastians. Church of St. Vincent Ferrer, NY. (map)
January 29, 2019 @ 7:30 pm
The Magic of Mozart: UNC Chapel Hill Chamber Music Faculty. Moeser Auditorium. (directions/parking/map)
February 3, 2019 @ 2 pm
Leipzig Locals: Mallarme Chamber Players with Kathie Stewart, Jaap ter Linden, and Elaine Funaro. (details and location)
February 9, 2019 @ 8 pm
A French Picture Gallery: Ars Antiqua, with Leon Schelhase and Mark Kramer. (info)
February 15, 2019
Unraveling Beethoven with pianist Mimi Solomon. Hampden-Sydney Music Series. (details and location)
February 23, 2019 @ 7:30 pm
Bach: The Complete Violin and Continuo with Jeffrey Grossman.The Sebastians, NYC Concert Series. (map)
March 2, 2019 @ 7:30 pm
Germany ~ Bach Progeny: Early Music New York, Frederick Renz, director. (map)
March 10, 2019 @ 3 pm
Bo Newsome & Friends. The Cedars, Chapel Hill, NC.
March 28 and 29, 2019 @ 7 pm
Bach’s St. Matthew Passion with TENET and The Sebastians, NYC Concert Series. (map)
April 7, 2019 @ 1:30 pm
Bach’s St. Matthew Passion with The Sebasitians and the Harmonium Choral Society. (details)
May 5, 2019 @ 7:30 pm
Italy ~ Corelli to Vivaldi: Early Music New York, Frederick Renz, director. (map)
May 7, 2019 @ 7:30 pm
The Art of the Violin: The Sebastians, NYC Concert Series. (map)
Past 2018-19 Concerts
September 16, 2018
The Sebastians with harpist Bridget Kibbey, Stamford, NY.
September 27, 2018 @ 7:30 pm
3-in-the Key: Mozart, Garner, and Franck with pianist Mimi Solomon. Music at the Meadows, Chapel Hill, NC.
2017-18 Season
August 24, 2017 @ 7:30 pm
Ciompi Quartet Presents at Duke Gardens: Mozart, Biber, Schubert with Fred Raimi, Max Raimi, and Mimi Solomon
August 28-September 3, 2017
Chanterelle Trio in residence at Oxford, ENG: Transorming C19 HIP
September 9-14, 2017
in residence at Ensemble-Akademie Freiburg, GER
October 1, 2017 @ 7:30 pm
Rameau’s Thétis in Moeser Auditorium, UNC Chapel Hill
October 5, 2017 @ 7:30 pm
Unraveling Beethoven: Premieres of commissions by Robert Honstein and Allen Anderson in Moeser Auditorium, UNC Chapel Hill
October 14, 2017 @ 7:30 pm
The Sebastians: Via Amsterdam at First Church of Christ, Scientist, NYC
October 21, 2017 @ 7:30 pm
Early Music New York at First Church of Christ, Scientist, NYC
October 31, 2017
Guest masterclass at University of Michigan
November 4, 2017
The Sebastians, “Hearing Nationalism,” at Good Shepherd Faith Presbyterian, NYC
November 5, 2017 @ 4 pm
The Sebastians, “Hearing Nationalsim,” at the Yale Collection of Musical Instruments, New Haven, CT
November 9, 2017 @ 7:30 pm
Violins of Hope: Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht at Judea Reform Temple, Durham, NC
Mallarmé Chamber Players
November 15, 2017 @ 7:30 pm
“Unraveling Beethoven” with pianist Mimi Solomon at Carol Woods, Chapel Hill, NC
November 25, 2018 @ 8 pm
The Sebastians “Salzburg to Vienna,” Doctorow Center for the Arts, Hunter, NY
Dec 6, 2017 @ 7:30 pm
Sibelius Concerto with the UNC Symphony Orchestra, Tonu Kalam, conductor
in Memorial Hall, UNC Chapel Hill
Dec 10, 2017 @ 4 pm
The Sebastians and Friends in Collinsville, CT
January 12, 2018 @ 8 pm
Bach Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord, Duke University, Nelson Music Room
January 22, 2018 @ 3 pm
Chanterelle Trio at The Cedars, Chapel Hill, NC
February 9-10, 2018
Unraveling Beethoven recording project, Mount Vernon, NY
February 16, 2018 @ 8 pm
The Sebastians in Hartford, CT on Parkville Classicals
February 23-24, 2018 @ 8 pm
The Sebastians at Ann Arbor Academy of Early Music, Ann Arbor, MI
March 3, 2018 @ 7:30 pm
Early Music New York, Haydn in Esterhazy, First Church of Christ, Scientist, NYC
March 10, 2018
Kneisel Hall Benefit, University Club, NYC
March 18, 2018 @ 5 pm
Korunní Chapel, Korunní 60, Praha-Praha 2
Unraveling Beethoven with Mimi Solomon: works of Beethoven, Honstein, Anderson, Ko
March 20, 2018 @ 10 am
Masterclass at NYU in Prague
March 21, 2018 @ 7 pm
The Sebastians at Simone Dinnerstein’s Neighborhood Classics, Brooklyn, NY
Mar 24, 2018 @ 8 pm
The Sebastians with TENET. Tenebrae: Pathway to Light, NYC
April 4, 2018 @ 4:15 pm
Unraveling Beethoven with Mimi Solomon
Yokohama International School, Yokohama, Japan
April 5, 2018 @ 6:30 pm
Unraveling Beethoven with Mimi Solomon
C’est si Bon Concert Hall, Tokyo, Japan
April 21, 2018 @ 8 pm
The Legacy of Brandenburg: Music from the Margrave’s Private Library
The Church of St. Mary The Virgin, Chappaqua, NY
April 26, 2018 @ 8 pm
The Quodlibet Ensemble with Ani Kavafian, Good Shephered Faith, NYC
May 5, 2018 @ 7:30 pm
Early Music New York, Monteverdi Echoes, First Church of Christ, Scientist, NYC
May 14-20, 2018
Luby Violin Symposium, UNC Chapel Hill, Laurie Smukler, guest artist
May 24, 2018 @ 7:30 pm
The Sebastians Season Finale, Bach Brandenburg Concerti and Orchestra Suites, NYC
June 8-9, 2018
Chelsea Music Festival, NYC
June 10-17, 2018
MYCO Summer Festival, Chapel Hill, NC
June 22-Aug 5, 2018
Kinhaven Music Festival, Weston, VT
August 20, 2018
UNC Music Department Convocation, Chapel Hill, NC
August 25, 2018
The Sebastians with TENET. Gretna Music Festilva, Mt. Gretna, PA
2016-17 Season
September 3, 2016 @ 7:30 pm
St. Paul’s German Lutheran Church, Chelsea, NYC
Brandenburg Concerti 2-6, The Sebastians
September 30, 2016 @ 8 pm
UNC Process Series, Kenan Music Building, Chapel Hill, NC
Unraveling Beethoven: Beyond the Canon
World Premieres of commissions by Tonia Ko and Jesse Jones, along with performances of Beethoven op. 96 and op. 12 no. 3 with Mimi Solomon, piano
October 1, 2016 @ 8 pm
UNC Process Series, Kenan Music Building, Chapel Hill, NC
Unraveling Beethoven: Beyond the Canon
World Premieres of commissions by Tonia Ko and Jesse Jones, along with performances of Beethoven op. 96 and op. 12 no. 3 with Mimi Solomon, piano
October 9, 2016 @ 3 pm
Person Recital Hall, UNC Chapel Hill
Martinu Trio with Lindsay Leach-Sparks, flute, and Mimi Solomon, piano
October 16, 2016 @ 3 pm
Kenan Rehearsal Hall, UNC Chapel Hill
Ginastera Pampeana No. 1 with Mimi Solomon, piano
October 18-22, 2016
Avaloch Residency with The Sebastians exploring the Six Sonatas and Partitas of JS Bach
October 29, 2016 @ 7:30 pm
Early Music New York, First Church of Christ, Scientist, Central Park West at 68th St.
Genius of England: Henry Purcell & Contemporaries
November 6, 2016 @ 7:30 pm
Kenan Music Building, Rehearsal Hall, UNC Chapel Hill
Newman Series, including Bach Coffee Cantata with Jeanne Fischer, soprano, Marc Callahan, baritone, Timothy Sparks, tenor, Lindsay Leach-Sparks, traverso, Brent Wissick, cello, and Elaine Funaro, harpsichord
November 13, 2016
Kenan Music Building, Rehearsal Hall, UNC Chapel Hill
Chamber Music of Haydn featuring the Baryton: Octets, Quintets, Trios, and Duos for the Esterhazy Court, co-sponsored by Mallarmé Chamber Players
Featuring Ken Slowik (Smithsonian guest) and Brent Wissick, barytons; Nicholas DiEugenio and Leah Peroutka, violins; Suzanne Rousso, viola; Stephanie Vial, cello; Robbie Link, bass; Will Thauer, oboe; Rebecca Troxler, flute; Celeste Holm, Rick Seraphinoff and Pamela Burleson, horn; in honor of distinguished Cornell University Haydn scholar, John Hsu
Guest Speaker: James Webster, Cornell University
November 20, 2016 @ 3 pm
Raleigh Art Museum, SECU Auditorium, East Building
Sights and Sounds on Sundays presented by Chamber Music Raleigh and NCMA
The Chanterelle Trio, Nicholas DiEugenio, violin, Hannah Collins, cello, Mimi Solomon, piano in works of Beethoven, Schumann, and Dvorak
December 9, 2016 @ 8 pm
Person Hall, UNC Chapel Hill
UNC Baroque Ensemble, with Brent Wissick (director) and Daniel S Lee, violin
December 11, 2016 @ 4 pm
First Congregational Church, Collinsville, CT
Music for a Joyous Season, with Daniel S Lee, violin, and Brent Wissick, cello
December 16, 2016 @ 7:30 pm
Music in the Stable, 770 Old Academy Rd., Fairfield, CT
The Sebastians: Bach Ciaconna, Vivaldi Four Seasons and commissioned work by Tawnie Olson
December 17, 2016 @ 7:30 pm
All Angels Episcopal Church, 251 W. 80th St., New York, NY
The Sebastians, Vivaldi Four Seasons and commissioned work by Tawnie Olson
January 8, 2017 @ 4 pm
First Unitarian Church, Ithaca, NY
Finger Lakes Chamber Ensemble, including Steven Stucky’s Piano Quintet
February 12, 2017 @ 3 pm
The Cedars, Chapel Hil, NC
Dreams and Dances with Mimi Solomon, piano
February 19, 2017 @ 7:30 pm
Moeser Auditorium in Hill Hall, UNC Chapel Hill
Newman Series Celebrating the 450th Birthday of Claudio Monteverdi
February 26, 2017 @ 3 pm
Moeser Auditorium in Hill Hall, UNC Chapel Hill
The Complete Violin Sonatas of Johannes Brahms, with Mimi Solomon, piano
March 4, 2017 @ 7:30 pm
Early Music New York, First Church of Christ, Scientist, Central Park West at 68th St.
Mozart Moniker: Wolfgang’s Counterparts
March 17, 2017 @ 8 pm
Emerald City Music, 415 Westlake, Seattle, WA
Bridget Kibbey, harp, with The Sebastians
March 18, 2017, 7:30 pm
Emerald City Music, Saint Michael’s Westside Church, Olympia, WA
Bridget Kibbey, harp, with The Sebastians
March 20, 2017, 1 pm
Bach at 1, St. Paul’s Chapel, Trinity Wall Street
New York Baroque Incorporated, Brandenburg 5, BWV 9, Buxtehude BuxWV54, Heinichen
March 23-26, 2017, 7 pm, 12 pm, 7 pm, 4:15 pm
St. Paul’s German Luther Church, Chelsea, NYC
Bach St. John Passion with TENET and The Sebastians
April 9, 2017, 7:30 pm
Moeser Auditorium at Hill Hall, UNC Chapel Hill
Piano Quintets of Schumann and Brahms
April 20, 2017, 7:30 pm
Quodlibet Ensemble in NYC
Featuring works by Handel, Britten, Muffat, Vivaldi, and Patrick Castillo (WORLD PREMIERE)!
Good Shepherd-Faith Presbyterian Church, New York, NY (map)
Tickets are $20 or pay what you can. www.ensembleq.com
April 24, 2017 7:30 pm
Cathedral of St. John The Divine, 1047 Amsterdam Ave at 112th St., NYC
Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Solo of J.S. Bach, The Sebastians
May 6, 2017, 7:30 pm
Early Music New York, First Church of Christ, Scientist, Central Park West at 68th St.
Bach Brotherhood: Johann Sebastian’s Peers
May 19, 2017, 7:30 pm
Capital City Concerts
Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society, Middlebury, VT
Brahms and Schoenberg Sextets with Laurie Smukler, violin, Joel Krosnick, cello, Gwen Krosnick, cello, Doris Lederer, viola, and Jesse Morrison, viola
May 20, 2017, 7:30 pm
Capital City Concerts
Unitarian Church of Montpelier, VT
Brahms and Schoenberg Sextets with Laurie Smukler, violin, Joel Krosnick, cello, Gwen Krosnick, cello, Doris Lederer, viola, and Jesse Morrison, viola
May 22-28, 2017
Richard Luby Violin Symposium at UNC Chapel Hill
10th Anniversary Festival, featuring guest artists Donald and Vivian Weilerstein in recital, Person Hall, UNC Chapel Hill, May 24, 2017 at 7:30 pm
June 9-10, 2017
New York Premiere of Tonia Ko’s Tribute (Axis II) with Mimi Solomon, piano
St. Paul’s German Lutheran Church, Chelsea, NYC, 7:30 pm both nights
June 14 and 16, 2017 @ 7:30 pm
MYCO Summer Festival Faculty Concerts, Chapel Hill, NC
with Joseph Lin, Raman Ramakrishnan, Melissa Reardon, Mimi Solomon
June 23 and 24, 2017 @ 7:30 pm
Kneisel Hall Continuum Concerts, Blue Hill, ME
Brahms and Schoenberg Sextets with Laurie Smukler, violin, Joel Krosnick, cello, Gwen Krosnick, cello, Doris Lederer, viola, and Jesse Morrison, viola
July 1, 2017 @ 7:30 pm
Kinhaven Music School and Festival, Weston, VT
Schumann op. 63 Trio with Mimi Solomon, Adam Grabois
July 8, 2017 @ 7:30 pm
Kinhaven Music School and Festival, Weston, VT
Tonia Ko Escape-Landscape for String Quartet, with Shannon Thomas, Ken Kwo, Adam Grabois
July 15, 2017 @ 7:30 pm
Kinhaven Music School and Festival, Weston, VT
Mendelssohn Octet, with Debbie Buck, Shannon Thomas, Tim Kantor, Aundrey Mitchell, Ken Kwo, Adam Grabois, Tomoko Fujita
July 22, 2017 @ 7:30 pm
Kinhaven Music School and Festival, Weston, VT
Ravel String Quartet, with Tim Kantor, Aundrey Mitchell, Adam Grabois
July 29, 2017 @ 7:30 pm
Kinhaven Music School and Festival, Weston, VT
Stravinsky Danses Concertantes
2015-16 Season
September 3, 2015 @ 7:30 pm
Person Recital Hall, UNC Chapel Hill
Works of Erlebach, Schmelzer, Rosenmuller, Muffat, and Buxtehude with Brent Wissick, viola da gamba, and Elaine Funaro, harpsichord
September 26, 2015 @ 7:30 pm
All Angels Church, NYC (map)
The Sebastians, featuring Daniel S. Lee, Nicholas DiEugenio, and Alexander Woods in music for three violins
October 4, 2015 @ 4 pm
Music in the Somerset Hills with The Sebastians and Antioch Choir
October 10, 2015 @ 8 pm
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, NYC
Early Music New York, Frederick Renz, Director
October 14-18, 2015
The Sebastians with Seraphic Fire in Miami, Coral Gables, Naples, Miami Beach and Ft. Lauderdale
October 24, 2015 @ 8 pm
Handel’s Israel in Egypt at the Norwalk Concert Hall in Norwalk, CT
October 25, 2015 @ 4 pm
The Sebastians at the Yale Collection of Musical Instruments
“Orfeo del Violino” featuring works of Corelli, Stradella, Fontana, Colista, Handel, and Vivaldi
November 8, 2015 @ 7:30 pm
Newman Concert Series at UNC Chapel Hill, Gerrard Hall
Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos 2, 4, and 5 with Nicholas DiEugenio, violin, Brooks de Wetter-Smith, flute, and UNC music faculty and students
November 15, 2015 @ 5 pm
Music in the Somerset Hills with The Sebastians and Antioch Choir
Bach’s Magnificat
November 21, 2015 @ 7:30 pm
All Angels Church, NYC
“Romance and Wrath” featuring The Sebastians with Awet Andemichael, soprano
December 13, 2015 @ 4 pm
Collinsville Congregational Church
Music for a Joyous Season with The Quodlibet Ensemble
December 18-20, 2015
The Sebastians with Seraphic Fire in Miami and Ft. Lauderdale
Handel’s Messiah
January 10, 2016 @ 4 pm
First Unitarian Church, Ithaca, NY
Finger Lakes Chamber Ensemble
Schumann Piano Quartet
January 16, 2016 @ 7:30 pm
All Angels Church, NYC, 80th and Broadway
The Sebastians, “Orfeo Del Violino”
January 23, 2016 @ 8 pm
Person Hall, UNC Chapel Hill
Newman Series Recital with Mimi Solomon, piano
Pop-Up Textures: Mozart, Janacek, Jones, Palmer
February 6, 2016 @ 8 pm
Synod Hall, Pittsburgh
The Sebastians, “Orfeo Del Violino”
February 12-14, 2016
The Sebastians with Seraphic Fire in Miami, Coral Gables, Naples, Miami Beach and Ft. Lauderdale
Mozart Requiem, completion by Gregory Spears
February 16, 2016 @ 7:30 pm
The Sebastians with Seraphic Fire
St. Paul’s Episcipal, Washington, DC
Mozart Requiem, completion by Gregory Spears
February 17, 2016 @ 7:30 pm
The Sebastians with Seraphic Fire
Trinity Wall St., New York
Mozart Requiem, completion by Gregory Spears
February 18, 2016 @7:30 pm
The Sebastians with Seraphic Fire
St. Clement’s Episcopal, Philadelphia
Mozart Requiem, completion by Gregory Spears
February 27, 2016 @ 7:30 pm
Historic Playmaker’s Theatre, UNC Chapel Hill
Handel’s Serse
February 28, 2016, @ 3 pm
Historic Playmaker’s Theatre, UNC Chapel Hill
Handel’s Serse
March 3, 2016 @ 7:30 pm
Good Shepherd-Faith Presbyterian, NYC
The Quodlibet Ensemble
March 5, 2016 @ 7:30 pm
First Church of Christ, Scientist, NYC
Early Music New York
March 12, 2016 @ 3 pm
Mallarme Chamber Music
Undressing Beethoven: Beyond the Canon
with Mimi Solomon, piano
featuring a new work by D.K. Garner
March 17, 2016 @ 7:30 pm
Holy Trinity Church, New York, 66th & Central Park West
The Sebastians
April 10, 2016 @ 7:30 pm
Gerrard Hall, UNC Chapel Hill
Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time
with Brent Wissick, cello, Donald Oehler, clarinet, and Thomas Otten, piano
April 17, 2016 @ 7:30 pm
Person Recital Hall, UNC Chapel Hill
with guest artist David Bowlin, violin
May 7, 2016 @ 7:30 pm
First Church of Christ, Scientist, NYC
Early Music New York
May 15-22, 2016
UNC Chapel Hill
Luby Violin Symposium, director
Faculty and Guest Artists include Fabian Lopez, Kevin Lawrence, Ara Gregorian, Aaron Berofsky, Hye-Jin Kim, Kevork Mardirossian, and Daniel S. Lee
May 28, 2016 @ 7:30 pm
All Angels’ Church, NYC, 80th & Broadway
The Sebastians
June 10, 2016 @ 7:30 pm
Chelsea Music Festival Gala Concert, Ken-David Masur and Melinda Lee Masur, directors
June 11, 2016 @ 7:30 pm
Chelsea Music Festival, NYC
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 with Ken-David Masur
June 13, 2016 @ 3 pm
Mallarme Youth Chamber Orchestra opening concert, Chapel Hill, NC
June 15, 2016 @ 7:30 pm
Mallarme Youth Chamber Orchestra faculty concert, Chapel Hill, NC
Haydn Gypsy Trio with Mimi Solomon, piano, and Grace Anderson, cello
June 17, 2016 @ 7:30 pm
Mallarme Youth Chamber Orchestra faculty concert, Chapel Hill, NC
Dvorak Piano Quintet with Eric Pritchard, violin, Yoram Youngerman and Atar Arad, violas, Fred Raimi, cello, and Mimi Solomon, piano
July 2, 2016 @ 7:30 pm
Kinhaven Faculty Concert, Weston, VT
Schumann Piano Quartet with Aundrey Mitchell, viola, Adam Grabois, cello, and Adrienne Kim, piano
July 9, 2016 @ 7:30 pm
Kinhaven Faculty Concert, Weston, VT
Beethoven String Quartet in F major, op. 135 with Tim Kantor, violin, Ken Kwo, viola, and Tomoko Fujita, cello
July 23, 2016 @ 7:30 pm
Kinhaven Faculty Concert, Weston, VT
Schoenberg Ode To Napoleon with Michael Friedmann, speaker, Deborah Buck, violin, Kek Kwo, viola, Tomoko Fujita, cello, and Mimi Solomon, piano
July 30, 2016 @ 7:30 pm
Kinhaven Faculty Concert, Weston, VT
Haydn String Quartet in D major, op. 76 no. 5, with Shannon Thomas, violin, Aundrey Mitchell, viola, and Tomoko Fujita, cello
August 23, 2016 @ 4 pm
UNC Chapel Hill Annual Convocation
Tonia Ko Plush Earth in Four Pieces (2014) with Mimi Solomon, piano
