2017 Season
PCMF @ SPACE
Variations on Light
Monday, January 9, 2017 at 7:30 PM
SPACE Gallery | Portland
Andy Vores Dark Days (2016)*
Mark Berger Spell for Flute and String Trio (2009)
Amy Beach Theme and Variations for Flute and String Quartet
Andrew Norman Light Screens for Flute and String Trio (2002)
*world premiere
Mark Berger, viola • Sarah Brady, flute • Gabriela Diaz, violin • Jennifer Elowitch, violin • Joshua Gordon, cello
Salon Series
Being Music
Sunday, May 7, 2017 at 6 PM
Private Home | Portland
Samuel Barber Dover Beach, Op. 3
Charles Fussell Being Music (1993)
Leos Janáček String Quartet No. 1, "Kreutzer Sonata"
Arneis Quartet: Heather Braun, Rose Drucker, violins; Daniel Doña, viola; Agnes Kim, cello • David Kravitz, baritone
Special Event
Annual Spring Benefit
Sunday, June 11, 2017 at 5 PM
Private Home | Cumberland Foreside
Jennifer Elowitch, Lydia Forbes, violin
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Opening Night Celebration
Thursday, August 10, 2017 at 7:30 PM
Hannaford Hall, USM | Portland
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Horn Quintet in E-flat Major, K. 407
Jessica Meyer But Not Until (2014)
Ernő Dohnányi Sextet in C Major, Op. 37
Jennifer Elowitch, violin • Benjamin Fingland, clarinet • Trevor Handy, cello • Henry Kramer, piano • Anna Lim, violin • Jessica Meyer, viola • Patrick Pridemore, horn • Melissa Reardon, viola • Brant Taylor, cello
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Mendelssohn, Synchronisms & Elgar
Saturday, August 12, 2017 at 7:30 PM
Hannaford Hall, USM | Portland
Felix Mendelssohn String Quintet No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 87
Mario Davidovsky Synchronisms No. 12 (2006)
Edward Elgar Piano Quintet in A Minor, Op. 84
Gabriela Diaz, violin Jennifer Elowitch, violin • Benjamin Fingland, clarinet • Trevor Handy, cello • Henry Kramer, piano • Anna Lim, violin • Jessica Meyer, viola • Melissa Reardon, viola • Brant Taylor, cello
Community Connections
Family Concert: Feeling Groovy - The Many Moods of Music
Sunday, August 13, 2017 at 10 AM
Hannaford Hall, USM | Portland
Jennifer Elowitch, violin • Sunghae Anna Lim, violin • Jessica Meyer, viola • Trevor Handy, cello
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Phantasy Quintet and Brahms Trio
Thursday, August 17, 2017 at 7:30 PM
Hannaford Hall, USM | Portland
Ralph Vaughan Williams Phantasy Quintet
Brett Dean String Quartet No. 2, "And Once I Played Ophelia" (2013)
Johannes Brahms Trio in A Minor, Op. 114
Tony Arnold, soprano • Susannah Chapman, cello • Jennifer Elowitch, violin • Katherine Fong, violin • David McCaroll, violin Todd Palmer, clarinet • Harumi Rhodes, violin • Carol Rodland, viola • Dov Scheindlin, viola • Peter Stumpf, cello • Diane Walsh, piano
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Season Finale: Songs and Serenades
Saturday, August 19, 2017 at 7:30 PM
Hannaford Hall, USM | Portland
Alban Berg Seven Early Songs
David Bruce Gumboots (2008)
Antonín Dvořák Serenade for Strings in E Major, Op. 22
Tony Arnold, soprano • William Blossom, double bass • Susannah Chapman, cello • Jennifer Elowitch, violin • Katherine Fong, violin • Lydia Forbes, violin • Tracey Jasas-Hardel, violin • David McCaroll, violin • Kirsten Monke, viola • Todd Palmer, clarinet • Harumi Rhodes, violin • Carol Rodland, viola • Dov Scheindlin, viola • Peter Stumpf, cello • Diane Walsh, piano
Salon Series
Diane Walsh at Casa Crewe
Friday, September 8, 2017 at 7 PM
Private Home | Portland
Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata in F-sharp Major, Op. 78
Frederic Chopin Ballade No. 3 in A-flat Major, Op. 47
Robert Schumann “Träumerei” from Kinderszenen
Claude Debussy “Golliwog’s Cakewalk” from Children’s Corner
Debussy Images, Book I
William Bolcom Three Rags
Diane Walsh, piano
Salon Series
Mediterranean Muses
Thursday, September 17, 2017 at 7 PM
Private Home | Portland
Niccolò Paganini Sonata Concertata in A for Violin and Guitar, M.S. 2
Luigi Boccherini Quintet No. 4 in D Minor for Guitar and String Quartet
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Quintette for Guitar and String Quartet, Op. 143
Jose Lezcano Mojito, Guitar and String Quartet (2017)*
*world premiere
Mark Berger, viola • Heidi Braun-Hill, violin • Jennifer Elowitch, violin • José Manuel Lezcano, guitar • Rhonda Rider, cello
Salon Series
Music from the Heart:
Bach, Vivaldi and Dvořák
Saturday, November 11, 2017 at 7:30 PM
Congregation Bet Ha'am | South Portland
Antonín Dvořák Terzetto, Op. 74
J.S. Bach Cantata “Non sa che sia dolore,” BWV 209
Frank Martin Quatre Sonnets à Cassandre
Antonio Vivaldi “Laudamus Te” from Gloria
J.S. Bach “Wir eilen” from Jesu, der du meine Seele, BWV 78
Jonathan Bagg, viola • Robert Burkhart, cello • Ilana Davidson, soprano • Gabriela Diaz, violin • Jered Egan, double bass • Jennifer Elowitch, violin • Laura Gilbert, flute • Jazimina MacNeil, mezzo-soprano • Emely Phelps, keyboard