The Quinten Quartet Saturday, Oct. 6th 2012 at 8PM

Misto Di Voci Ensemble Sunday, Dec. 9th 2012 at 3PM

Marcolivia Violin Viola Duo Saturday, March 16th 2013 at 8PM

Crossroads of Classical and Jazz Sunday, May 5th 2013 at 3PM

This string quartet consists of Mayumi Pawel, violin; Leslie Silverfine, violin; and Mark Pfannschmidt, viola; all members of the National Philharmonic and Doug Wolters, prinicipal cellist of the Gettysburg Chamber Orchestra. They will provide an interesting classical program for a broad audience with informative verbal program notes. This creates a warm atmosphere which invites the audience into the music making and enhances their experience. The program: “Quartet in G Major, Op. 77, No. 1” by Joseph Haydn; “Quartet in F Major, Op. 96, American” by Antonin Dvorak; “Lullaby” by George Gershwin and “Piano Quintet, Op. 44” by Robert Schumann with Li-Ly Chang on the piano. Ms Chang is a commissioned composer of MD State Music Teachers’ Asso. 2010 and Director of International Young Artist Piano Competition, Washington DC which is in its 28th year.Latvian Lutheran Church, 400 Hurley Avenue, Rockville, MD 20850

The Misto di Voci Ensemble comprised of David Yarbrough, violin; Paula Hickey, clarinet and Daniel Lau, piano has been thrilling audiences in the Mid-Atlantic region with their exciting performances. Translated as “mixed voices” from Italian, Misto di Voci describes the complimentary timbres of the ensemble. The group was formed by three seasoned musicians, all graduates of the Peabody Conservatory of Music who share the goal of presenting this rich genre of music. The Misto di Voci Ensemble enjoys interacting with audiences by discussing the music performed. The program includes “Milhaud Suite for Violin, Clarinet, and Piano;” a Mozart Sonata for Piano and Violin; a Brahms Sonata for Clarinet and Piano and the Khachaturian “Trio for Clarinet, Violin and Piano.” Dr. Yarbrough is currently the Orchestra Director of Eleanor Roosevelt High School. Currently Ms Hickey works for the Voice of America in Washington, DC and Dr. Lau is piano faculty at Washington Adventist University. Calvary Lutheran Church, 9545 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910

Marc Ramirez and Olivia Hajioff have made violin and viola duo music the focus of their musical lives for the past 15 years, ever since they collaborated for both of their doctoral dissertations. They perform 30 concerts a year of duo recitals and double concertos with orchestras. In developing their repertoire over many years, Marcolivia has discovered a great love of folk-based classical music. They are delighted to join Lily Chang in a varied program of duos and trios that explores this folk world, with a variety of well-known masterpieces and unusual gems such as Bartok “Duos for Two Violins,” and “Best-loved Arias from Mozart’s Magic Flute” arranged by the Marcolivia Duo. Li-Ly Chang will join them in Bohuslav Martinu’s “Sonatina for Two Violins and Piano.” Beethoven’s “Gassenhauer Trio” will finish the program.Latvian Lutheran Church, 400 Hurley Avenue, Rockville, MD 20850

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Maryland State Arts Council is also provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

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Castle In The Mist Saturday September 25th, 2010 at 8pm Flutist Jennifer Rundlett earned her Masters degree from Peabody Conservatory under Tim Day and studied at the Royal Northern College of Music in England with the famous flute pedagogist Trevor Wye. She is on the faculty of the Frederick Community College and Mount St. Mary’s University. She will play music by Amy Beach, Cecil Chaminade and “Castle in the Mist” by Phyllis Avida Louke, using the C flute, the alto flute and the piccolo. Her flute is a Powell gold flute with a platinum riser. Pianist Li-Ly Chang is Director of the International Young Artist Piano Competition and commissioned composer in 2011 of the Maryland State Music Teachers Association. was hailed by the New York Times as “an artist to watch with a fine blend of technical skill and interpretive insight.” She was silver medalist at Villa Lobos International Competition in 1976 and taught at the University of Illinois. She will play “The Suite Populaire Espanole” by Manuel de Falla, then Martinu’s “Trio” and Li-Ly Chang’s “Fantasia” both for flute, cello and piano.

Latvian Lutheran Church, 400 Hurley Avenue, Rockville, MD 20850

Trio Music Pilgrim Sunday December 5, 2010 at 3pm Celebrate the holiday season with Trio Music Pilgrim: Vladimir Fridman, Japan and released solo albums. Seth Kibel, Polish clarinetist, flutist and saxophonist, is one of the Mid-Atlantics’s premier woodwind specialists and winner of 17 “Wammies” (Washington Area Music Awards). Bob Abbott, German/Scottish bassist, has been an anchor in the Bay Jazz Project, a Wammie nominated jazz group. They have earned renown for playing diverse musical styles including classical, Latin American (music by Piazzolla, Tangos, Milongas, Bossa-Novas), Klezmer music (Bulgars, Freilakhs, Yiddish songs), and holiday music as well as original compositions.

Calvary Lutheran Church, 9545 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910

Trio Romantica Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 8pm Jason Love

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American String Quartet. She is concertmistress of the Columbia Symphony, a member of the National Philharmonic, and has performed as soloist with Annapolis and Mid-Atlantic

Pianist Li-Ly Chang “performs sensitively with expert technique, emotional expressiveness and a firm sense of partnership.” Washington Post. The program includes Beethoven, Schumann trios and music for violin and cello.

Latvian Lutheran Church, 400 Hurley Avenue, Rockville, MD 20850

Fitenko Piano Duo Sunday, May 8, 2011 at 3pm Nikita Fitenko and Katerina Zaitseva

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Ms. Zaitseva

The duo’s wide and diverse repertoire includes works of different styles, from classical to 20th Century. Their critically acclaimed CD featuring works for piano four hands by Schumann and Brahms is available through Amazon. Their selection will include solo music by Chopin, Liszt and Rachmaninoff and duet music by Brahms, Barber and Rosenblatt.

MAI is supported in part by funding from the Montgomery County Government, the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County and the Maryland State Arts Council.

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Take the journey from concert pianist to jazz improviser with Jeffrey Chappell pianist in a program of Ravel “Jeux d’Eau”, Chopin “Andante Spianato”, Bartok’s “Romanian Folk Dances”, jazz tunes and his “Jazz Sonata”. Baltimore Magazine says “Mr. Chappell continually defies the unwritten law that pianists can’t excel at both classical music and jazz.” Mr. Chappell has performed with major symphony orchestras including the Philadelphia, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Houston, Oakland, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestras. Also with the Baltimore Symphony at Carnegie Hall and Wolf Trap Park,and a substitution for Claudio Arrau on four hours’ notice playing the Brahms Second Concerto. Chappell was a scholarship student of Leon Fleisher at the Peabody Conservatory and of Rudolf Serkin and Eleanor Sokoloff at the Curtis Institute. Early studies were in St. Louis, Missouri, as the protégé of Jane Allen. He is Director of Jazz Studies at Goucher College in Baltimore, MD.Calvary Lutheran Church, 9545 Georgia Ave. Silver Spring, MD 20910

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