Chamber Project STL Plans 'A Different Perspective' For 2018/19 Season

Through seven concert sets, ADAPT, MILLENNIAL, REDISCOVERY, KINDRED, #TIMESUP, BELOVED, and CHOICE, Chamber Project St. Louis (CPSTL) will explore themes relevant to today's society by looking to both the future and the past.

"As we enter our eleventh season, we endeavor to create classical chamber music programming that connects with St. Louis and creates conduits for conversation with the audience. We will build the concept of "different perspectives" through these seven concert sets, examining points of view through a dynamic lens in each program - from generational influences, to love, to equity. We are inspired by our community and we craft our thematic programming to be timely and timeless. From MILLENNIAL to #TIMESUP, this year's programming will engage and entertain you." Dana Hotle, CPSTL Executive Director.

New this season, based on audience feedback, CPSTL has moved start times for most programs to 7:30, with two concerts starting at 7:00 (check website for details).

CPSTL offers a unique concert experience where the audience is invited into an active listening experience and presents these concerts in both traditional and non-traditional concert venues including Schlafly Tap Room, the Chapel Venue, and the 560 Music Center. From the concert hall to the brewery, CPSTL provides all people a gateway to classical music. Their chamber music programming is a balance of the transformative music of past generations, with the realization that we are not just the inheritors and interpreters of music of the past. We have a responsibility to shape an art form that is more inclusive and socially-engaged than the traditional classical canon, to broaden the repertoire, and cultivate new, meaningful and thought-provoking voices not traditionally heard in the concert hall.

Filtering directly into their concert series are their Very Open Rehearsals, which open the first rehearsal of a piece for an upcoming concert to a live audience with an interactive twist. This type of educational program engages the participants to impact the entire process of musical creation. The upcoming season will continue to push boundaries and will include new commissions from local composers, and a roster of 20+ elite musicians.

Tickets are on sale now and prices range from $5-$20. For additional information about these programs or to purchase tickets, please visit the CPSTL website at www.chamberprojectstl.org

Chamber Project St. Louis aspires to rejuvenate and refresh the experience of live chamber music. Seeking to explore the relationship between audience and performers, CPSTL incorporates the tradition of performance in intimate spaces with the expectations of a twenty-first century audience. Blending the old and the new, we create unique, intimately social concert experiences that you don't want to miss. This is your community, come be a part of it!

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ADAPT

SEPT 25, 7:30pm @ The Sheldon Concert Hall

Retakes, revisions, and remixes

Program:

Astor Piazzolla Cafe 1930 - Histoire du Tango

Ravel/Kanga Sonatine en trio for flute, viola, harp

Jean Sibelius Suite in A major for string trio

Kenji Bunch String Circle

This will be CPSTL's first performance in the famous acoustics of The Sheldon! Sibelius finesses the music of his early years, Kenji Bunch takes inspiration from Americana transcending cultural barriers, and Ravel is remixed to include the harp creating a new sound. This fun and energetic program proves sometimes a little change can be good!

MILLENNIAL

OCT 14, 7;00pm @ The Schlafly Tap Room

Generational disruption and shifting histories

Program:

Andrew Stock World Premiere Commission

Caroline Shaw Valencia for string quartet

Alexander Glazunov Reverie Orientale - Clarinet Quintet

W. A. Mozart String Quintet in G minor K. 516

The word "millennial" can sometimes get a bad rap, well, we are here to look at the good side of this controversial group. Some of the most magical works in history have been written by generations determined to shift the conversation or simply create gorgeous music. Whether you find inspiration from a Valencia orange or a masterwork by Mozart, they will explore what happens when new viewpoints disrupt the status quo.

REDISCOVERY

NOV 16, 7:30pm @ The 560 Music Center

New encounters with determined artistry

Program:

Darwin Aquino World Premiere Commission

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Clarinet Quintet

Louise Farrenc Nonet in Eb major Op. 39

Virtuoso pianist and composer Louise Farrenc was paid less than her male counterparts at the Paris Conservatory, but everything changed after the triumphant premiere of her Nonet in Eb major. She demanded equal pay in 1847 and got it. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, a young British composer of mixed-race, composed an astonishing and heartfelt quintet, premiered in 1895 but unpublished until 1974, worthy of standing next to Brahms and Dvorak. Darwin Aquino will compose new work reflecting his Dominican heritage. Determined artistry against all odds for a new audience.

KINDRED

FEB 8, 7:30pm @ Parker's Table

Soul-searching music embedded in a sense of place

Program:

Kaija Saariaho NoaNoa

Mohammed Fairouz A world I Loved

Antonin Dvorak Quintet No 2 Op. 77

Memories of things lost, nostalgia, and hope permeate these works. Fairouz explores the Arab-American experience in what he calls "a journey to the new world." Dvorak, dedicates his Quintet "To my nation" as an embrace of his Bohemian nationalism which brought him worldwide fame.

#TIMESUP

MAR 2, 7:00pm at Southwestern Illinois College

MAR 9, 7:30 pm at Missouri History Museum

An open musical letter about speaking up & demanding change

Program:

Stephanie Berg World Premiere Commission

Rebecca Clarke Duo for violin and viola

Florence Price Quartet in G

Ellen Taaffe Zwilich Piano Quintet

It's time for our art form to reflect our community, which means just as much music by women as men and by people with diverse backgrounds and stories. No longer should a program of music by women be unusual, and this program features some of the best music you've never heard. Pulitzer Prize winner Ellen Taaffe Zwilich's commanding and feisty Piano Quintet and Florence Price's soulful and elegant Quartet in G will leave the audience wanting more from these two extraordinary women. They are thrilled to commission Stephanie Berg again to add to the canon of great contemporary music.

BELOVED

APRIL 13, 7:30pm @ 560 Music Center

What is your love language?

Program:

Adam Schoenberg AHAVA

Gustav & Alma

Gustav Mahler Selections from Lieder und Gesange

Mohammed Fairouz Jeder Mensch, II. Today I realized something strange

Alma Mahler Two Selections from Five Lieder

Samuel & Gian Carlo

Samuel Barber Two Songs and Canzone for flute and piano

Gian Carlo Menotti Trio for violin, clarinet and piano

Katherine Bodor World Premiere Commission

Passion, sensuality, jealousy, kindness. What does love sound like? We will explore the many facets of the love relationship from parental love, to love that moves beyond the restrictions of society, to a love doomed to fail.

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