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Swinging Sophistication - Tribute to the Modern Jazz Quartet featuring Vibraphonist Jon Metzger. Vibraphonist Milt “Bags” Jackson and pianist John Lewis were not cut from the same cloth. Steeped in the blues, Jackson was a heavy swinger and thrived as an improviser. Lewis was a trained musician with a masters degree, who had aspirations of combining jazz and classical. Together with bassist Percy Heath and drummer Connie Kay, as the Modern Jazz Quartet (MJQ) they created a chamber jazz style that highlighted the lyrical tension between Lewis's mannered, but roomy, compositions and Jackson's unapologetic swing. Long known for their complex and iconic compositions and arrangements, the vast majority of the MJQ’s arrangements have never been published, consequently most of their music has never been heard live outside of their own performances. Working over the course of several months Noel Freidline transcribed a full program of the MJQ’s music, including classics such as “Concorde,” “Vendome,” “Softly As In a Morning Sunrise” and “Summertime.”

Cherishing their close family bond, Cynthia Fok Lawing and Gloria Fok Cook have appeared as duo concerto soloists in the US and in their native Hong Kong, and they have taken a successful concert tour of Taiwan. Their concert will be a series of “scene paintings” from Debussy, Smetana, Dvorak, Saint-Saens, and Brahms.

Exploring the vast but unknown 18th-century string trio repertoire, including a program for the Beethoven Year 2020, featuring the rarely performed trio in D major, op. 9, no. 2 along side other celebrated Viennese composers including Leopold Hofmann, Haydn, Hoffmeister, and Paul Wranitsky.

The Brass Quintet features current members of the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra. Program to be announced at a later date.

“La Favorite”, presenting some of our favorite 17th and 18th century chamber music, including works by Couperin, Bach, Purcell and Leclair. Frances Blaker- recorders, David Wilson- baroque violin, Barbara Blaker Krumdieck- baroque cello, Billy Simms- theorbo, Barbara Weiss- harpsichord

One of the region’s finest chamber choirs collaborates with some of the region’s finest solo instrumentalists in music for chorus and one instrument. Featuring works from a dazzling array of styles, eras and places, VOX will join with world-renowned percussionist Jim Brock, jazz saxophonist Ziad Rabie, and Lenora Leggatt on violin.

Alyona Aksyonova (piano) and James Waldo (cello) formed this duo in New York City in 2009. Described as “exciting…ravishing…sublime” by Ellen Moryl, founder and director emeritus of Charleston’s Piccolo Spoleto, they have performed at numerous chamber music festivals around the US. The duo presented a complete cycle of works by Beethoven for cello and piano at the Columbia Museum of Art in Columbia, SC in 2015, and in 2017 completed their first recital tour of Northeast China. That same year they became the ensemble-in-residence for Center City Concerts at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Charlotte, NC.

Al & Amy have long been a favorite, with their eclectic repertoire that includes original, traditional, contemporary Celtic- and Appalachian-influenced music with occasional nods to Blues, New Age, and Jazz. Their performances feature acoustic guitar, mandolin, Celtic harp, piano, banjo, mountain dulcimer, and some of the finest vocals you'll hear in any genre.