GALA with SGT. PEPPER’S LONELY BLUEGRASS BANDSaturday, August 25, 2018 at 7:00 pmChampagne and hors d’oeuvres 6:00 - 7:00 pm The Loft at ML Edwards Co.103 S. Kaufman St., Mt. Vernon, TX 75457Admission: $50

This Bluegrass band was so good two years ago we just had to bring them back! Don’t miss this Texas fab four performing the Beatles’ best songs – made even better. Buffet dinner by Creative Catering, double staffed cash bar and coffee bar, silent and live auctions to benefit Youth Outreach and Scholarship, with comedian Daryl Felsberg, emcee. Seating is limited, so reserve early!

LUDWIG’S GENIUSSaturday, September 22, 2018 at 7:30 pmMount Vernon Music HallMonday, September 24, 2018 at 7:30 pmUniversity of Texas at Arlington, Irons Recital Hall, 700 Greek Row Dr., Arlington, TX 76010Wednesday, September 26, 2018 at 7:30 pmTexas A&M University-CommerceFinney Concert Hall (in cooperation with The Color of Sound)

Evan Mitchell, piano; Mark Miller and Yuko Mansell, violin; Ute Miller, viola; Elizabeth White, cello; Jack Unzicker, bass

The first time anyone heard Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4, the composer himself played it, and the audience was stunned. Pianist Evan Mitchell performs this ground-breaking masterpiece in a version for piano and quintet, together with gorgeously Romantic music by Czech composer Josef Labor.

VIRTUOSO HORN DUOSaturday, November 3, 2018 at 7:30 pmMount Vernon Music HallSunday, November 4, 2018 at 3:00 pmJ. Erik Jonsson Public Library, 1515 Young St., Dallas, TX 75201 Wednesday, November 14, 2018 at 7:30 pmTexas A&M University-Commerce (The Color of Sound)

Kerry Turner and Kristina Mascher Turner, horn, Mark Miller and Yuko Mansell, violin; Ute Miller, viola; Nino Ruzevic, cello; Jack Unzicker, bass; Julee Kim Walker, flute** (Commerce only)

The Luxembourg based Virtuoso Horn Duo has traveled the world sharing their musicianship and dazzling horn playing. Hear these incredible artists in a program of music for horn and strings, including Kerry Turner’s own delightful Catalonian Serenade.

DON QUIXOTE!Sunday, February 3, 2019 at 3:00 pmMount Vernon Music HallMonday, February 4, 2019 at 7:30 pmSt. Rita Catholic Church12521 Inwood Rd., Dallas, TX 75244

Mark Miller, violin; Ute Miller, viola; Jolyon Pegis, cello; Daryl Coad, clarinet and bass clarinet; Alexander Kienle, horn; Evan Mitchell, piano

Richard Strauss’ tone poem depicts episodes from the literary masterpiece by Miguel Cervantes, with starring roles by the cello and viola. Join us for the odd adventures of Don Quixote and his “squire” Sancho Panza in a special chamber version by Hungarian cellist László Varga. With leading players of the Dallas Symphony Jolyon Pegis, cello and Alexander Kienle, horn.

FRETS AND BOWSSunday, April 14, 2019 at 3:00 pmMount Vernon Music HallMonday, April 15, 2019 at 7:30 pm First Baptist Church of Farmers Branch13017 William Dodson Pkwy, Farmers Branch, TX 75234Tuesday, April 16, 2019 AT 7:30 pmTexas A&M University-Commerce (The Color of Sound)

Andrew Daniel, guitar *; Mark Miller and Yuko Mansell, violin; Ute Miller, viola; Zachary Mansell, cello; Mary Druhan, clarinet*** (Mt. Vernon only), **(Commerce only)

As an educator and performer he has introduced countless people to the world of music. MVM presents classical guitarist Andrew Daniel, along with the famously beautiful String Quartet No. 1 by Tchaikovsky, and a wartime portrait of redemption by English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams.