Taking place February 28 & March 1 at the University of Nevada, Reno. 

Catherine Beeson and Kelly Kuo discuss the pieces to be performed during Americans & The Baroque January 31 and February 1.  

One Performance Only

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Tickets to Salute to Youth must be purchased individually and may be added to your season subscription purchase.

Kelly Kuo, conductor
The Gilbert & Elizabeth Lenz Podium
Nika Kalanaki, Violin
Claire Lin, Piano

SAMUEL BARBER     Adagio for Strings

FELIX MENDELSSOHN     Violin Concerto in D Minor, 1st & 2nd mvt
Nika Kalanaki, Concerto Competition Winner, Junior Division

FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN     Piano Concerto in E Minor, Op. 11, 1st mvt
Claire Lin, Concerto Competition Winner, Senior Division

TANNER PORTER     Sage-Grouse
2025 Reno Chamber Orchestra Sound Investment Commission

LOUISE FARRENC    Symphony No. 2 in D Major op. 35

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Kelly Kuo, conductor

Gerardo de la Torre, baritone
Zulimar López-Hernández,  soprano
Genaro Mendez, tenor
 

GEORGE GERSHWIN (arr. Diaz)    Cuban Overture
ASTOR PIAZZOLLA    Sinfonietta    
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL     excerpts from The Messiah (en Español)

Kelly Kuo, conductor
The Gilbert & Elizabeth Lenz Podium
Eve Allen Garza, Choreographer
James Winn, Piano

SCOTT JOPLIN     Overture to Treemonisha
LEONARD BERNSTEIN (arr. Garth Sunderland)     Fancy Free
MICHAEL ABELS     Delights and Dances
DUKE ELLINGTON (arr. Prustman)     Three Songs of Duke Ellington
for Chamber Orchestra
GEORGE GERSHWIN (arr. Farrington)     I Got Rhythm Variations

Luke Poeppel, Guest conductor
The Gilbert & Elizabeth Lenz Podium
Dylan Neff, Bassoon
Adriana Zabala, Mezzo-soprano
Aaron Hill, Oboe

ANTONIO VIVALDI    Bassoon Concerto in A Minor, RV 499
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH    Cantata No. 82, "Ich habe genug"
JOHN LENNON/PAUL MCCARTNEY (arr. Berio)     Beatles Songs
 GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL     Water Music Suite No. 1

String in the New Year

A finale to remember with your favorite NCMF artists including Renoite Molly Carr. Ring in the new year with string quartets and quintets by Dvorak and Puccini,  plus Rebecca Clarke's Morpheus, a dreamy delight for viola and piano.

​​REPERTOIRE*

GIACOMO PUCCINI   Crisantemi, SC 65​​

CARL MARIA VON WEBER   Clarinet Quintet, Op. 34

REBECCA CLARKE   Morpheus

ANTONIN DVORAK   String Quintet No. 3, Op. 97

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ARTISTS*

Dmitri Atapine, James Baik, Dustin Budish, Molly Carr, Alena Hove, Ruth Lenz, Yuhsin Galaxy Su, Itsuki Yamamoto​

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*all ncmf repertoire and artists are subject to change

Brahms & Beyond

Featuring principal second clarinet of the San Francisco Symphony, Yuhsin Galaxy Su. Enjoy this Brahm-wich of a concert that opens and closes with Joannes Brahms, and a meaty center of Haydn's String Quartet in B minor, and Debussy's Premiere Rhapsodie for clarinet and piano.​​

​​REPERTOIRE*

JOHANNES BRAHMS   Clarinet Sonata No. 2, Op. 120​​

FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN   String Quartet in B minor, Op. 33 No. 1

CLAUDE DEBUSSY   Première rhapsodie

JOHANNES BRAHMS   Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8

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ARTISTS*

Clive Greensmith, Alena Hove, Quartet Integra, Yuhsin Galaxy Su, ​Steven Vanhauwaert, James Winn 

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*all ncmf repertoire and artists are subject to change

Cello Celebration

A Cello-bration, if you will! Celebrate the brilliance of the cello with works by Faure, Britten, Puccini and a grand cello ensemble finale!

​​REPERTOIRE*

GYÖRGY LIGETI   Sonate for Solo Cello​​

GABRIEL FAURÉ   Miniatures for Cello and Piano; Romance, Op. 69; Sicillienne, Op. 78; Papillon, Op. 77

ENRIQUE GRANADOS   Intermezzo from Goyescas

BENJAMIN BRITTEN   Cello Sonata, Op. 65

LUIGI BOCCHERINI   Cello Sonata in G Major

GABRIEL FAURÉ   Pavane, Op. 50

GIACOMO PUCCINI   "O mio babbino caro" from Gianni Schicchi

DOMENICO DRAGONETTI     Duet for Cello and Contrabass

JOHANN STRAUSS    Jellacic-Marsch, Op. 244

JOHN PHILIP SOUSA    Liberty Bell​​

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ARTISTS*

Dmitri Atapine, James Baik, Clive Greensmith, John Lenz, Peter Lenz, Hyeyeon Park, Ye Un Emily Park, Steven Vanhauwaert, James Winn

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*all ncmf repertoire and artists are subject to change

1920's Songbook

Hear Gershwin, Porter and more! Featuring vocalist Chicago Fire's Hanako Greensmith with pianist Steven Vanhauwaert. Enjoy songs of the 1920's paired with Ravel's Violin Sonata No. 2 performed by Ruth Lenz and James Winn, as well as Hindemith's Viola Sonata No. 4, and Gershwin's Three Preludes for clarinet and piano.

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GEORGE GERSHWIN/IRA GERSHWIN    Fascinating Rhythm

GEORGE GERSHWIN/IRA GERSHWIN    How Long Has This Been Going On

RAY HENDERSON    The Birth of the Blues

KURT WEILL/BERTOLT BRECHT     Surabaya Johnny
COLE PORTER    Night and Day
ERWIN SCHULHOFF     5 Grotesken, Op.21 No. 1–3
MAURICE RAVEL    Violin Sonata No. 2
GEORGE GERSHWIN    Three Preludes
PAUL HINDEMITH    Viola Sonata, Op. 11 No. 4
ERWIN SCHULHOFF     Five Pieces for String Quartet
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ARTISTS*

Molly Carr, Scott Faulkner, Hanako Greensmith, Ruth Lenz, Hyeyeon Park, Quartet Integra, Yuhsin Galaxy Su, Steven Vanhauwaert, James Winn, 

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*all ncmf repertoire and artists are subject to change

Piano Salon

NCMF's Piano Showcase​ with works by Saint-Saëns, Chopin and more.

The 2024 festival piano lineup features Steven Vanhauwaert, Hyeyeon Park and James Winn. 

​​REPERTOIRE*

REYNALDO HAHN   Variations chantantes sur un air ancien​​

FRANCOIS COUPERIN   Le Barricades Mystérieuses

EMMANUEL CHABRIER   Dix pièces pittoresques, No 6: Idylle

FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN   Prélude, Op. 28 No. 3 in G Major

CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS   Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 75

GABRIEL FAURÉ   Piano Quartet No. 1, Op. 15

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ARTISTS*

Dmitiri Atapine, James Baik, Dustin Budish, Alena Hove, Ruth Lenz, Hyeyeon Park, Steven Vanhauwaert, James Winn

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*all ncmf repertoire and artists are subject to change

Opening Night with Clive Greensmith

Celebrate the opening of the 21st Nevada Chamber Music Festival with Clive Greensmith and Quartet Integra.

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Featuring Beethoven, Schubert, and Reno composer Monica Houghton.​​

​​REPERTOIRE*

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN   String Quartet No. 16, Op. 135​​

MONICA HOUGHTON   Epigram

FRANZ SCHUBERT String Quintet, D. 956

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ARTISTS*

Clive Greensmith, Quartet Integra

Clive Greensmith performing Dobrinka Tabakova’s charming arrangement of Schubert’s Arpeggione Sonata.

Shostakovich’s acerbic wit and seriousness are then on full display in incidental music he wrote for “the most scandalous production (of Hamlet) in the history of Shakespeare,” presented here as a theatrical collaboration with local actors.

Kelly Kuo, conductor
Clive Greensmith, cello

Truckee Meadows Community College Visual & Performing Arts Department
Shea King, Instructor, Performing Arts

Alwin Pizana, Hamlet
Gabrielle Rodda, Ophelia/Queen
Isaias Torres/Horatio
Cody Prewett, Ghost/Laertes/Fortinbras
 

CLAUDE DEBUSSY (orch. Mouton)     Suite Bergamasque
FRANZ SCHUBERT/TABAKOVA     Arpeggione Sonata
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH     Hamlet, Suite from the Theatre Music, op, 32a

Celebrating its 50th season, RCO makes a case for a chamber orchestra of the 21st century with fresh pieces by Carlos Simon, Malcolm Arnold, and renowned film score composer Danny Elfman alongside a strings feature by Bartok from RCO’s first season, and a showcase for winds by Strauss foreshadowing his great operas.

Kelly Kuo, conductor

MALCOLM ARNOLD  Serenade for Small Orchestra
BÉLA BARTÓK            Divertimento for Strings
RICHARD STRAUSS    Serenade in E-Flat Major, Op. 7
CARLOS SIMON         Breathe
DANNY ELFMAN        Suite for Chamber Orchestra

New for 2024 we will present this concert with our full orchestra! Bring the family and enjoy the idyllic summer shade, and fantastic music!

August 28, 2024
5:00pm

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In the park at
McKinley Arts & Culture Center
925 Riverside Drive
Reno, NV

Repertoire
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART      Marriage of Figaro Overture
JUAN CHRISÓSTOMO ARRIAGA      Symphony, 4th movement
VICTOR HERBERT      Serenade
NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV      Flight of the Bumblebee
FELIX MENDELSSOHN       Hebrides Overture
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART       Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525, 1st movement
ANTONIO VIVALDI      Summer - 3rd movement
GIOACHINO ROSSINI       La Cenerentola overture

This event is made possible by a special grant from The City of Reno Arts & Culture Commission

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For one performance only, this concert will feature winners of RCO’s reimagined concerto competition which cultivates talent of Nevada youth and highlights the work of Nevada teachers.  String students of RCO’s own musicians also perform side-by-side with their mentors in Victor Herbert’s charming Serenade and Saint-Saëns’ youthful Symphony No. 2 closes the season with a flourish. Priced separately from our season subscriptions, with the first chance to buy tickets given to our season subscribers.

Kelly Kuo, conductor

Concerto competition winners

Juliette Leong, Violin

Adele Balcarek, Violin

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HERBERT   Serenade

SAINT-SAËNS: Symphony No. 2 in A Minor, op. 55

MOZART   Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major

BRUCH    Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor

​Violinist Rachell Ellen Wong, winner of the 2020 Avery Fisher Career Grant, leads this program of baroque works that speaks to the human condition, evoking the feelings of hope, loss, exuberance, anger and joy. 

A. SCARLATTI   Concerto Grosso No. 3 in F Major
PURCELL   Selections from Music for the Theatre
TELEMANN   Sonata à 4 in A Minor
GETER   Buh-roke
HANDEL   Concerto Grosso in G Major, Op. 6, No. 1
DURANTE   Concerto No. 8 in A Major, "La pazzia"
VIVALDI   Concerto for Violin in G Major, RV 307

​Kelly Kuo, conductor
Chelsea Guo, Piano & Soprano

MOZART   Piano Concerto No. 12 in A Major, K. 414
MAHLER (arr. Simon)   Symphony No. 4 in G Major

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Kelly Kuo, conductor

Jennifer Corning Lucio, Oboe

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RESPIGHI  Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS  Oboe Concerto

WALLEN  Concerto Grosso

BLOCH  Concerto Grosso No. 1

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Dmitri Atapine, Angela Bae, James Baik, Dustin Budish, Justin DeFilippis, Scott Faulkner, Gallia Kastner, Peter Lenz, Ruth Lenz, Steven Vanhauwaert & Benjamin Zannoni

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Angela Bae, James Baik, Dustin Budish, Russell Houston, Gallia Kastner, Ruth Lenz, Hyeyeon Park, Steven Vanhauwaert, Dr. James Winn & Benjamin Zannoni

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This multifaceted program features opera, narration, and visual art. First, Kevin Lau's fiery portrait of the Greek Goddess, Artemis demands attention. Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw’s musical telling of a beloved children’s book, features narration, original animations from local students, and the conducting debut of the RCO's assistant conductor, Sara Aldana. The program closes with Rossini’s signature wit and sparkle on full display, in his take on the Cinderella fairy tale. 

Kelly Kuo, conductor
The Gilbert & Elizabeth Lenz Podium

Megan Moore, Mezzo-soprano*

David Portillo, Tenor

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LAU   Artemis

SHAW  The Mountain that loved a Bird 

ROSSINI  Excerpts from La cenerentola

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