Events

Outreach Concerts

Beethoven Trio concert

Bear Crossing, 156 Indian Run Rd, New Ringgold, PA

$25 per person

A continuation of the Beethoven project, this is the 1st of 4 concerts to present all the Beethoven Piano Trios in a two year cycle.

Program:

  • Piano Trio in E flat major op. 1 No. 1
  • Allegretto in B-flat major WoO39
  • Piano Trio in B-flat major op. 97 “Archduke”

Free post-concert reception, featuring Austrian desserts.

Barshinger Center for the Arts

Barshinger Center for the Arts at Franklin and Marshall College, College Ave, Lancaster, PA

At Barshinger Center for the Arts at Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, with guests from New Zealand and China. Sponsored by the Lancaster International Piano Festival (LIPF), this concert will focus on Women Composers: Clara Schumann Piano Trio and Amy Beach Piano Quintet.

A Concert of String Trios and Duos

Bear Crossing, 156 Indian Run Rd, New Ringgold, PA

$25 per person

Program:

  • Max Reger: String Trio No.2 141a for 2 violins and viola
    • Allegro
    • Andante molto sostenuto con Variazioni
    • Vivace
  • Vittorio Monti: Czardas for two violins (Dana and Simon)
  • Anton Dvorak: Terzetto in C major, Op. 74 for 2 violins and viola
    • Introduzione: Allegro ma non troppo
    • Larghetto
    • Scherzo: Vivace - Trio: Poco Meno Mosso
    • Tema con Variazioni: Poco Adagio - Molto Allegro
  • Johan Halvorsen (after G.F. Handel's Suite No. 7 in G minor for harpsichord): Passacaglia for Violin and Viola (Agnes and Simon)
  • Martinu: Serenade No. 2 for 2 violins and viola
    • Allegro
    • Poco Andante
    • Allegro con Brio


  • Simon Maurer - violin
  • Dana Allaband - violin
  • Agnes Maurer - viola

Free post-concert reception, featuring Austrian desserts.

"Music on the Mountain" at Hawk Mountain

Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, 1700 Hawk Mountain Rd., Kempton, PA

$25 per person/$20 for HM members

  • J. S. Bach: Violin Partita No.3 in E major for solo violin
  • Bela Bartok: Duos for 2 Violins
    • No. 1 Teasing Song
    • No. 27 Limping Dance
    • No. 32 Dance from Maramaros
  • From Quartet Cabaret I arranged by Bill Thorp:
    • Cole Porter: Anything Goes
    • Arthur Johnson: Pennies from Heaven
  • Joseph Haydn: Op.76 no.3 "God Save the King"
  • From Popular Standards arr. For string quartet William Ryden
    • Duke Ellington: It Don't Mean a Thing
    • Duke Ellington: Don't Get Around Much Anymore
  • Maurice Ravel: String Qt. Pizzicato movement*
  • Alan Hovhaness: Chagagir for viola solo
  • Dotti Taylor: Chickasaw Rag
  • Aaron Copland: Hoedown from Rodeo for String Qt.


* Full work presented in upcoming season

Millersvile University

Outreach concert at Millersville University. The Program will be the same as our regularly scheduled seasonal concert in November.

Fundraising

Pig Roast

Bear Crossing, 156 Indian Run Rd, New Ringgold, PA

Join us at Bear Crossing for a fundraiser for Gabriel Chamber Ensemble (GCE) and Sunday Sinfonia Orchestra (SSO). There will be delicious food! Fun games! Quite possibly there will be some awesome music! (Of course there will!) Maybe even some poetry! Definitely food! You do NOT want to miss this one. There is no place like Bear Crossing in the Summer. All those trees, and a cool, babbling brook. Bring the kids!

Video

Coffeehouse 2015

Coffeehouse 2013: Scott Joplin Paragon Rag

Coffeehouse 2012: Beethoven #1 String Quartet

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