2023 Season

Maine Suzuki Association Masterclass

Saturday, March 25, 2023 at 10 AM

Hannaford Hall, USM | Portland

PCMF Artistic Director and Borromeo String Quartet violist Melissa Reardon gave a chamber music masterclass to students in partnership with the Maine Suzuki Association.

Borromeo String Quartet

Saturday, March 25, 2023 at 3 PM

Hannaford Hall, USM | Portland

Joseph Haydn String Quartet Op. 74, No. 2

Béla Bartók String Quartet No. 2

Claude Debussy String Quartet, Op. 10

Yeesun Kim, cello • Nicholas Kitchen, violin • Melissa Reardon, viola • Kristopher Tong, violin

Summer Salon & Social

Sunday, June 4, 2023 at 3:00 PM

Shore Road | Cape Elizabeth

Jennifer Elowitch, violin • Charles Overton, harp • Melissa Reardon, viola

PCMF Insights:
Charles Overton Artist Talk

Wednesday, August 9, 2023 at 5:00 PM

Portland Conservatory of Music | Portland

Charles Overton, harp

Program I:
First Impressions

Thursday, August 10, 2023 at 7:30 PM

Hannaford Hall, USM | Portland

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Clarinet Quintet in F-sharp Minor, Op. 10

Maurice Ravel Piano Trio in A Minor

Gabriela Diaz, violin • Jennifer Elowitch, violin • Henry Kramer, piano • Todd Palmer, clarinet • Susie Park, violin • Raman Ramakrishnan, cello • Melissa Reardon, viola • Brant Taylor, cello

PCMF @ SPACE:
Charles Overton Quartet

Friday, August 11, 2023 at 8:00 PM

SPACE | Portland

Charles Overton Once More

Morgan Lewis How High the Moon

Miles Davis Nardis

Richard Rodgers My Favorite Things

Joe Henderson Recorda Me

Charles Overton LiMa

Wayne Shorter Iris

Maeve Gilchrist Ostinato 7

Lee Fish, drums • Gregory Groover, Jr., tenor saxophone • Charles Overton, harp • Max Ridley, bass

Program II:
Summer Dreams

Saturday, August 12, 2023 at 7:30 PM

Hannaford Hall, USM | Portland

Amy Beach Summer Dreams, Op. 47 for Piano Four-Hands

Arnold Bax Quintet for Harp and Strings

George Gershwin (arr. for Clarinet and Piano) Three Preludes

Antonín Dvořák Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat Major, Op. 87

Gabriela Diaz, violin • Jennifer Elowitch, violin • Benjamin Hochman, piano • Henry Kramer, piano • Charles Overton, harp • Todd Palmer, clarinet • Susie Park, violin • Raman Ramakrishnan, cello • Melissa Reardon, viola • Brant Taylor, cello

Program III:
The Kreutzer Connection

Thursday, August 17, 2023 at 7:30 PM

Hannaford Hall, USM | Portland

Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major, Op. 47, "Kreutzer"

Leo Tolstoy The Kreutzer Sonata (1889), selected readings

Leoš Janáček String Quartet No. 1, "Kreutzer Sonata"

Andrew Armstrong, piano • Kristin Lee, violin • Anthony Marwood, violin • Raman Ramakrishnan, cello • Melissa Reardon, viola • Walter van Dyk, narrator • Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu, violin

Program IV:
Grand Finale

Saturday, August 19, 2023 at 7:30 PM

Hannaford Hall, USM | Portland

Germaine Tailleferre Image for Piano Four-Hands

Arno Babadjanian Piano Trio in F-sharp Minor

Franz Schubert Octet in F Major, D. 803

Andrew Armstrong, piano • Gina Cuffari, bassoon • Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet • Kristin Lee, violin • Anthony Manzo, bass • Anthony Marwood, violin • Raman Ramakrishnan, cello • Melissa Reardon, viola • Zohar Schondorf, horn • Diane Walsh, piano • Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu, violin