Sunday September 7*
RCMG: Chiara String Quartet (Rebecca Fischer & Julie Yoon, violins, Jonah Sirota, viola, & Gregory Beaver, cello)
Program: Gabriela Lena Frank: Leyendas - An Andean Walkabout; Zhou Long: Song of the Ch'in; Osvaldo Golijov: Yiddishbbu; & Béla Bártok: String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor
Fletcher Opera Theater, Raleigh. 3:00 p.m.
Season Tickets $90, students $45; single tickets $25, students $9.
919/821-2030 or http://www.rcmg.org/
*Concert #3 of the September Prelude Chamber Music Festival of the Triangle. For other concerts in the festival, see listings for UNC's William S. Newman Artists Series and Durham's Chamber Arts Society.

Sunday September 14
MCP Sunday Afternoon Series: Penelope Jensen, soprano, Rebecca Troxler, flute, Claudia Warburg, violin, Fred Raimi, cello, & Jane Hawkins, piano
Program: In the Beginning* - Stravinsky: L’Histoire du Soldat; Ravel: Piano Trio; Songs by Ravel, Debussy, & Sauget, based on the poetry of Stèphen Mallarmé; Miriam Gideon: The Seasons of Time, for soprano, flute, cello, & piano/celeste; Debussy: Syrinx, for solo flute; & Britten: Cello Suite No. 3, Op 87
First Presbyterian Church, Durham. 3:00 p.m. Reception.
Season (3 concerts) $50; single tickets $18. 919/560-2788 or http://www.mallarmemusic.org/
*"A look back at Mallarmé’s beginning. All of these pieces were performed in our first season!"

Sunday September 21
RCMG: Aurora Musicalis (Brian Reagin & Rebekah Binford, violins, Elizabeth Beilman, cello, Jimmy Gilmore, clarinet, & Kari Miller, piano)
Program: Handel: Trio Sonata in C, HWV 403 ("Saul"); Ingolf Dahl: Concerto a Tre; & Schubert: Piano Trio in E-Flat, D.929
NC Museum of Art, Raleigh. 3:00 p.m. Pre-concert tour of program-related paintings at 2:00 p.m. For reservations, contact Gwen Hastings at 919/664-6819 or GHastings@ncmamail.dcr.state.nc.us.
Single tickets $10, NCMA members & students $8. 919/821-2030, 919/715-5923, http://www.rcmg.org/, or http://www.ncartmuseum.org/

Sunday September 26
Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle
Program: Fall gala: “A Little Night Music XI”
Whitehall at the Villa, Chapel Hill. 5:00 p.m.
$. 919/942-3179.

Sunday October 5 - Southern Pines
Chamber Music Series: Carolina Wind Quartet
Weymouth Center, 555 East Connecticut Avenue, Southern Pines. 3:00 p.m.
$15. 910/692-6261 or http://www.weymouthcenter.org/

Sunday October 12
RCMG: Lenoir Saxophone Ensemble (Robert George, soprano sax, David Kirby, alto sax, Alan Moore, tenor sax, & Mike Myers, baritone sax)
Program: "French Impressions: Observing the Origin of the Saxophone in France": Works by selected French composers t.b.a.
NC Museum of Art, Raleigh. 3:00 p.m. Pre-concert tour of program-related paintings at 2:00 p.m. For reservations, contact Gwen Hastings at 919/664-6819 or GHastings@ncmamail.dcr.state.nc.us.
Single tickets $10, NCMA members & students $8. 919/821-2030, 919/715-5923, http://www.rcmg.org/, or http://www.ncartmuseum.org/

Sunday October 12
Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle, Lorenzo Muti, conductor
Program: Italian music from the Baroque period to the 20th century
Carolina Theatre, Durham. 3:00 p.m.
$. Tickets 919/560-3030; information 919/990-3179 or http://www.chamberorchestraofthetriangle.org/

Sunday October 19
MCP Sunday Afternoon Series: Jacqueline Saed Wolborsky, violin, Suzanne Rousso, viola, Nathan Leyland, cello, Beth Tomlin, piano, Fred Jacobowitz, clarinet, & Rabbi Jennifer Solomon, mezzo-soprano
Program: Yom Ha'shoah - Holocaust Remembrance - A celebration of composers from the Holocaust - Gideon Klein: Trio, for violin, viola, & cello (NC premiere); Viktor Ullman: Piano Sonata No. 7 (NC premiere); Alexander Kulisiewicz: Songs t.b.a.; & additional works t.b.a.
Nelson Music Room, Duke University, Durham. 3:00 p.m. Reception.
$18. 919/560-2788 or http://www.mallarmemusic.org/

Sunday October 26
RCMG: Borromeo String Quartet (Nicholas Kitchen & Kristopher Tong, violins, Mai Motobuchi, viola, & Yeesun Kim, cello) with Wade Henderson, tenor
Program: Ives: String Quartet No. 1; J. Mark Scearce: String Quartet No. 2 ("Atlantis") (Southeast Regional Premiere); & Robert Schumann: String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 41/1
Fletcher Opera Theater, Raleigh. 3:00 p.m.
Single tickets $25, students $9. 919/821-2030 or http://www.rcmg.org/

Sunday November 9* At Home with Mallarmé: Jennifer Curtis, violin, Julia Maclaine, cello, & Ilya Poletaev, piano
Program: Boo! - A Halloween Concert - Bach: Sonata in C, for violin & piano; & Beethoven: "Ghost" Trio
Home of Florence & James Peacock, Chapel Hill. 3:00 p.m. Reception.
$15 with subscription to main series, otherwise $50. 919/560-2788 or http://www.mallarmemusic.org/
*Prev. announced for 11/2

Sunday November 9 - Southern Pines
Chamber Music Series: Brian Reagin, violin, & Anita Burroughs-Price, harp.
Weymouth Center, 555 East Connecticut Avenue, Southern Pines. 3:00 p.m.
$15. 910/692-6261 or http://www.weymouthcenter.org/

Sunday November 16
RCMG: The Ritz Chamber Players (Tai Murray & Kelly Hall-Tompkins, violins, Amadi Hummings, viola, Tahirah Whittington, cello, Terrence Wilson, piano, & Terrance Patterson, clarinet)
Program: Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op. 34; Mozart: Trio in E-flat K.498 ("Kegelstatt"); Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: String Quartet No.1 ("Based on Calvary!"); & Dvorák: Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81
Fletcher Opera Theater, Raleigh. 3:00 p.m.
Single tickets $25, students $9. 919/821-2030 or http://www.rcmg.org/

Sunday November 16
Robert Belinic, guitar, & Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle, Lorenzo Muti, conductor
Program: De Falla/Berio: [7] popular Spanish songs; Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; & Falla: El amor brujo (original version)
$. Tickets 919/560-3030; information 919/990-3179 or http://www.chamberorchestraofthetriangle.org/

Thursday December 4 - Southern Pines
Program: Carols at Weymouth
Weymouth Center, 555 East Connecticut Avenue, Southern Pines. 3:00 p.m.
$15. 910/692-6261 or http://www.weymouthcenter.org/

Sunday January 11 - Southern Pines
Chamber Music Series: Peter Kairoff, piano
Weymouth Center, 555 East Connecticut Avenue, Southern Pines. 3:00 p.m.
$15. 910/692-6261 or http://www.weymouthcenter.org/

Sunday January 18
Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle, Lorenzo Muti, conductor
Program: Clementi: Symphony, Op. 18; Haydn: Symphony No. 98; & Mozart: Symphony No. 36 (“Linz”)
$. Tickets 919/560-3030; information 919/990-3179 or http://www.chamberorchestraofthetriangle.org/

Sunday January 25
RCMG: Ciompi Quartet (Eric Pritchard & Hsiao-mei Ku, violins, Jonathan Bagg, viola, & Fred Raimi, cello) with Randall Love, piano
Program: "Form, Content, Aesthetic: The Long Shadow of Romanticism": Beethoven: Quartet in A Minor, Op. 132: Assai sostenuto-Allegro; Mendelssohn: Quartet in A Minor, Op. 13: Adagio-Allegro; Beethoven: Große Fuge, Op. 133; Bill Robinson: Variations on the Große Fuge for Piano Quintet; Beethoven: Quartet in C-Sharp minor, Op. 131: Adagio; & George Rochberg: String Quartet No. 4: Fuga, Adagio religioso, sereno
NC Museum of Art, Raleigh. 3:00 p.m. Pre-concert tour of program-related paintings at 2:00 p.m. For reservations, contact Gwen Hastings at 919/664-6819 or GHastings@ncmamail.dcr.state.nc.us.
Single tickets $10, NCMA members & students $8. 919/821-2030, 919/715-5923, http://www.rcmg.org/, or http://www.ncartmuseum.org/

Sunday January 25 - Southern Pines
Arts & Humanities Series: Mountain Marionettes
Weymouth Center, 555 East Connecticut Avenue, Southern Pines. 3:00 p.m.
$15. 910/692-6261 or http://www.weymouthcenter.org/

Sunday February 8
RCMG: José Meliton and Elena Martin, pianists
Program: Two Piano Music from Spain: Music by Granados, Soler, Falla, & Albeniz
NC Museum of Art, Raleigh. 3:00 p.m. Pre-concert tour of program-related paintings at 2:00 p.m. For reservations, contact Gwen Hastings at 919/664-6819 or GHastings@ncmamail.dcr.state.nc.us.
Single tickets $10, NCMA members & students $8. 919/821-2030, 919/715-5923, http://www.rcmg.org/, or http://www.ncartmuseum.org/

Sunday February 8
At Home with Mallarmé: Laura Gilbert, flute, Jonathan Bagg, viola, & Antigoni Goni, guitar
Program: Who’s afraid of New Music? - Scott Lindroth: New work, for flute, viola, & guitar (premiere); & music by Antonio Molina, Aleksandr Bogdanovich (NC premiere), Atanas Ourkouzounov, & Robert Beaser (NC premiere)
Private home in Durham t.b.a. 3:00 p.m. Reception.
$15 with subscription to main series, otherwise $50. 919/560-2788 or http://www.mallarmemusic.org/

Sunday February 15 - Southern Pines
Chamber Music Series: Jonathan Bagg, viola
Weymouth Center, 555 East Connecticut Avenue, Southern Pines. 3:00 p.m.
$15. 910/692-6261 or http://www.weymouthcenter.org/

Sunday March 1
RCMG: Guarneri String Quartet (in the ensemble's final concert season) (Arnold Steinhardt & John Dalley, violins, Michael Tree, viola, & Peter Wiley, cello)
Program: Haydn: String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 74/3 ("The Rider"); Kodály: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 10; & Ravel: String Quartet in F Major
Fletcher Opera Theater, Raleigh. 3:00 p.m.
Single tickets $25, students $9. 919/821-2030 or http://www.rcmg.org/

Sunday March 8 - Southern Pines
Chamber Music Series: Bonnie Thron, cello
Weymouth Center, 555 East Connecticut Avenue, Southern Pines. 3:00 p.m.
$15. 910/692-6261 or http://www.weymouthcenter.org/

Sunday March 15
Jing Qiao, violin, & Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle, Lorenzo Muti, conductor
Program: Nielsen: Violin Concerto; & Hindemith: Nobilissima Visione
$. Tickets 919/560-3030; information 919/990-3179 or http://www.chamberorchestraofthetriangle.org/
“First Prize Winner at the Young Strings Competition 2008”

Sunday March 22
MCP Sunday Afternoon Series: Jim Ketch, trumpet, t.b.a. french horn, Mike Kris, trombone, Steve Anderson, jazz piano, & NC Youth Tap Ensemble, Gene Meldler, director
Program: Tap Your Feet to a Brassy Beat! - jazzy tunes for brass, piano, and tap - Poulenc: Sonata, for trumpet, French horn, & trombone; & Takemitsu: Paths, for solo trumpet
PSI Theater, Durham Arts Council Building, Durham. 3:00 p.m. Reception.
$18. 919/560-2788 or http://www.mallarmemusic.org/

Sunday March 29
RCMG: Weilerstein Trio (Donald Weilerstein, violin, Alisa Weilerstein, cello, & Vivian Weilerstein, piano)
Program: Piano trios by Janácek & Schumann
Fletcher Opera Theater, Raleigh. 3:00 p.m.
Single tickets $25, students $9. 919/821-2030 or http://www.rcmg.org/

Sunday April 5 - Southern Pines
Chamber Music Series: The Hamann Sisters, duo pianists
Weymouth Center, 555 East Connecticut Avenue, Southern Pines. 3:00 p.m.
$15. 910/692-6261 or http://www.weymouthcenter.org/

Sunday April 26
RCMG: New@WFU (Jacqui Carrasco, violin, Louis Goldstein, piano, & John Beck, percussion)
Program: "Maverick & California-Born": John Cage: [6] Melodies for Violin and Piano; Steven Mackey: Sonata for Violin and Piano; & Lou Harrison: Varied Trio for Violin, Piano and Percussion
NC Museum of Art, Raleigh. 3:00 p.m. Pre-concert tour of program-related paintings at 2:00 p.m. For reservations, contact Gwen Hastings at 919/664-6819 or GHastings@ncmamail.dcr.state.nc.us.
Single tickets $10, NCMA members & students $8. 919/821-2030, 919/715-5923, http://www.rcmg.org/, or http://www.ncartmuseum.org/

Sunday May 3
MCP Gala: Debra Reuter-Pivetta, flute, Michael Czycewski, clarinet, Richard Luby, violin, Fred Raimi, cello, & Tom Warburton piano
Program: Wine Country Annual Gala - Gabriela Frank: Suenos de Chambi: Snapshots for an Andean Album, for flute & piano (NC premiere); Allen Anderson: Trio, for violin, cello, & piano; Benjamin Lees: Tapestry, for flute, clarinet, cello, & piano;
& Steve Reich: Vermont Counterpoint, for solo flute with tape (NC premiere)
Kirby Horton Hall, Sarah P. Duke Gardens, Durham. 3:00 p.m. Reception.
$70. 919/560-2788 or http://www.mallarmemusic.org/

Sunday May 17
Benjamin Beilman, violin, & Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle, Lorenzo Muti, conductor
Program: Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5; & Brahms: Serenade No. 1
$. Tickets 919/560-3030; information 919/990-3179 or http://www.chamberorchestraofthetriangle.org/
*“Second Prize Winner at the Young Strings Competition 2008