Terence Blanchard Sextet

Terence Blanchard Sextet

A Tale of God’s Will: A Requiem for Katrina

“Terence Blanchard’s sextet sounds more like a small classical-music ensemble than most jazz groups do: there is an exacting attention paid to prearranged dynamics.” – The New York Times

Alan Morrison and Friends

“Morrison’s playing is consummate and dazzling.” – Fanfare

Pre-Concert Talk at 2:15 pm

Shaham Plays Beethoven

Season Opening Celebration
Gil Shaham, violin
Akira Eguchi, piano

“In a world full of outstanding violinists, Shaham is one of the few identifiable by sound and style alone.” – Boston Globe 

Chanticleer

“These men are phenomenal: as fresh as a blade of grass, tightly focused and keenly expressive.” – The New York Times 

Pre-Concert talk hosted by Kurt Zeller at 2:15 pm

The Mendelssohn Octet: The Miró Quartet & Isidore String Quartet

“The Miró Quartet played with lithe tempos and lean textures, beautifully balancing cool refinement and intense expressivity.”
– The New York Times  

“The Isidore String Quartet is undaunted – and notable for both their accelerated rise and the innate quality of their musicianship.”
– Bachtrack  

Pre-Concert talk hosted by Kurt Zeller at 2:15 pm

Alisa Weilerstein, cello & Inon Barnatan, piano

“Barnatan delivers a breathtaking charisma that comes from gorgeously turned-out technique, a masterly sense of color, and an expressiveness that can question, weep, or shout joy from the rooftops.”
– Philadelphia Inquirer 

“Weilerstein’s cello is her id. She doesn’t give the impression that making music involves will at all. She and the cello seem simply to be one and the same.”
– Los Angeles Times 

Pre-Concert talk hosted by Kurt Zeller at 2:15 pm

Sons of Serendip

The New York Times  praised Sons of Serendip’s release, Christmas: Beyond the Lights, as “alive with detail but silky beyond reason.”

Angel Blue, sopano with Bryan Wagorn, piano

Blue’s plush, plaintive voice and remarkable stage face—radiant, transparent, and mobile—have the unique quality of elevating the characters she plays; the shallow ones receive depth, the severe gain softness, and the naïve take on intelligence.”
– Observer

Pre-concert talk at 2:15 pm hosted by Kurt Zeller

Alan Morrison & Friends

Join us for this special annual celebration as the incomparable Alan Morrison, renowned for his dynamic programming and artistry, gathers with musical friends, and curates a program as unique as his own artistic style. 

Pre-concert talk on stage at 2:15 pm hosted by Alan Morrison.

Danish String Quartet

“They could be grounded in their tone or mystical. They allowed time to stand still, and they could assume the pose of excitingly aggressive rockers. They did it all.”
– The Los Angeles Times

Alexander Malofeev

“From the opening notes, Malofeev, his head bent to the piano, seemed to summon the melody from the keys, as though they were divining rods to which he listened intently.”
– The Boston Globe

Lisa Fischer with Taylor Eigsti

“Lisa Fischer in concert is addictive. Every performance is so enriching, so exciting, so transcendent that you want more. With a remarkable vocal range and vocabulary, Fischer can sing soul, jazz, rock, gospel, pop, folk, and classical with equal facility and authority. She often mixes styles in the same song, sometimes in the same vocal line. Her approach tends to be intimate, artful and almost meditative, accompanied by her interpretive dancing, but she also can cut loose and funk with fierceness and rock with abandon.”
– The Minneapolis Star Tribune

John Holiday

Countertenor John Holiday performs works by Florence Price, George Gershwin, Simon & Garfunkel, and more. 

His voice has been praised as “a thing of astonishing beauty” (New Yorker), “arrestingly powerful, secure and dramatically high”
(Wall Street Journal), and “timeless” (Washington Post).

Pre-concert talk at 2:15 pm hosted by Kurt Zeller

Spivey Hall Children's Choir Program

The award-winning Spivey Hall Children’s Choir Program proudly presents its spring concert.