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Asheville | Baltimore | Boston/Cape Cod | Florida | Savannah
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the spirit of the holidays with this virtuosic concert that is a true ballet of twenty fingers on a single piano.
Join us for a very special concert featuring four singers and two pianists in this wonderful connection of Words and Music, which also happens to be the name of a vocal group based in the DC/Baltimore area dedicated to performing music for small vocal ensembles. This program features works for that ensemble, comprised of soprano Melissa Coombs, mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler, tenor Tae Min Cha, and baritone William Heim, and four-hand piano, comprised of pianists Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser. They will perform the beautiful and melodic Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms as well as three fun tributes to these beloved pieces by John Greer, John Corigliano, and PDQ Bach. Enjoy a very special program of exciting vocal chamber music.
Join us for another celebration of incredible women composers to belatedly celebrate Mother’s Day. We have been proud to perform numerous neglected women composers over the years and help give them their voice back into the classical repertoire. This year, we hope to feature a wonderfully Romantic Piano Trio by early 20th century Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic. We will also perform a very fun work by Dutch contemporary composer Heleen Verleur that includes the blues, tango, and other popular idioms. We will also highlight composer Amy Beach who composed many works for an important female violin virtuoso of the early 20th century, Maud Powell, who in turn made some fantastic transcriptions and arrangements of music for violin and piano. Finally, we will bring back a wonderful piece by African-American composer Undine Smith Moore based on Afro-American Spirituals. You will not want to miss these incredible works that need to be heard!
We will also include two Peabody students on these programs as part of our collaboration with the Peabody Prep Department.
On the Thursday program, 13 year-old violinist Vienne Longway performs works by de Beriot and Bacewicz.
On Sunday, 18 year-old violinist Rebekah Geller performs the first movement of the Beethoven G Major Sonata.
We welcome South African cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan into the AmiciMusic family with this powerful program featuring folk-inspired music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Schumann along with the amazing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major. Mendelssohn was one of the greatest child prodigies who helped bring Leipzig to the top of the musical world with his conducting and musical power. He also helped revive the music of J.S. Bach, which had gone out of favor during the Classical period. Sadly, Mendelssohn’s position as one of the top composers began to diminish after his death, largely through anti-semitic attacks by Wagner and others. When the Nazis rose up, his music was banned despite the fact that Mendelssohn had converted to Christianity in his lifetime. Only now are we putting Mendelssohn back where he belongs in the top tier of composers.
Join us for this special program to help celebrate Black History Month. This concert features some wonderful works for violin, cello, and piano by some neglected black composers, including some fun ragtime arrangements by Scott Joplin; two Suites of Spiritual arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore; and Blues-inspired pieces by Florence Price and William Grant Still. This is music filled with the pain and anguish of an oppressed people, but also powerful melodies, inspirational themes, and an exciting rhythmic drive. The wonderful Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello—are back to perform these sadly neglected, but very soulful works of music.
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Cellist Diego Carneiro from Ecuador returns for another thrilling program of works for cello and piano by some lesser known Latin-American composers. Maestro Carneiro brings a wealth of music from countries like Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela that are rarely performed in the United States. Carneiro has performed around the world and has been named as a Minister of Tourism for Ecuador for his efforts to bring that country’s music to the world. He is also the founder of a Youth Orchestra there that brings in Venezuelan refugees to perform and often goes into refugee camps to play and bring hope through music. You won’t want to miss these exciting concerts!
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Zoe Lilly (13 year old cellist) on November 3, Alexander Yang (12 year old cellist) on November 4 and Rebekah Geller (18 year old violinist) on November 5. Join us at either of the threew different venues below
Join us for this wonderful program of works for viola and piano by women composers, including Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pejacevic, Fernande Decruck, and Rebecca Clarke. Most of these women have been sadly neglected despite their lyrical and powerful music as male composers and musicians have left them out of the mainstream repertoire. Violist Anna Pelczer comes to us from Germany, where she is in high demand as a principal violist in various free-lance orchestras, to perform with pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. You will be blown away by her huge sound and emotional playing.
We are also excited to continue our wonderful collaboration with the Peabody Prep Dept and to introduce some of their incredible young students on our concerts. At each AmiciMusic concert in the Baltimore area, one youngster will play a short piece to showcase the fantastic young talent in this city. For this program, we will have Katherine Yang (11 year old violinist) on October 20 and Vienne Longway (12 year old violinist) on October 27. Join us at either of the two different venues below
Join us for this thrilling program of sadly neglected, but incredibly powerful, piano quartets by three amazing women composers, Luisa LeBeau, Dora Pecacevic, and Amanda Rontgen-Maier—our Iron Maidens! All three works are filled with passion, power, and lyricism, and deserve to be a permanent part of the repertoire. LeBeau was a 19th century German pianist, composer and music critic who shocked the classical world by winning an international composer competition in 1882 with her Cello Sonata Op. 17. She studied briefly with Clara Schumann and also started her own music training program for young women. This quartet was premiered to great acclaim at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1883. Dora Pecacevic was a member of an important Croatian Royal family whose father was Governor of Croatia and mother was a Baronness from Budapest in the early 20th century. She abandoned her aristocratic lifestyle and embarked on a musical career, studying in Dresden and Munich. Her Symphony in F Sharp Minor is considered to be the first modern symphony by any Croatian composer. She died from complications of childbirth at the age of 38. Finally, Amanda Rontgen-Maier was a Swedish composer and violinist at the end of the 19th century who studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She became friends with Grieg, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Her Piano Quartet, composed in 1891, was her final large piece before her early death of tuberculosis at the age of 41.
The wonderful siblings, Emmanuel (violin) and Frances (cello) Borowsky will be joined by Anna Pelczer, a fantastic violist now living in Germany, and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser on piano. You will not want to miss all this incredible and unknown music!
Join AmiciMusic for our wonderful holiday concert tradition! “FOUR-HAND HOLIDAY” is a fun program featuring jazzy arrangements of holiday classics like Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells, Christmas Carols, plus virtuoso versions of the “Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky and the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss.. The two Dans—Daniel Lau and Daniel Weiser—will get you in the