La Jolla Music Society 2024 Learning & Engagements Guide

LA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY

SUMMERFEST 2024 JULY 26–AUGUST 24

LEARNING & ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES GUIDE

50 FREE EVE N T S

Stefan Jackiw, Andrew Wan, Julie Albers, Sterling Elliott, Matthew Lipman, Jonathan Vinocour

LA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY Todd R. Schultz President and CEO

Leah Rosenthal Artistic Director

Inon Barnatan SummerFest Music Director

REGISTRATION OPEN NOW! Encounters and Artist Lounges have limited seating and require FREE advance online registration to reserve your spot. Walk-ups are welcome, subject to availability.

HOW TO REGISTER Visit TheConrad.org Click Events & Tickets Find the Encounter or Artist Lounge you’d like to attend and click Register Select the quantity and click Purchase Click Continue Shopping to register for more activities From your cart, click Check Out to complete your registration

JOIN US ONLINE Encounters, Open Rehearsals, and Preludes will all be available to view online.

HOW TO ACCESS Visit TheConrad.org Click Learning & Engagement Under SummerFest 2024 Events, click Learn More to access this year’s recordings Fred Tomaselli, Head with Flowers [detail], 1996, paper collage, datura, ephedra, hemp, and resin on wood, 60 x 60 in. (152.4 x 152.4 cm), Collection Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Museum purchase with funds from the Contemporary Collectors, 1997.14.

All photos by Ken Jacques except page 6 photo by Allison Boles.

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NEARLY 50 FREE ACTIVITIES TO CHOOSE FROM! How to Attend

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Overview

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Open Rehearsals

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Coaching Workshops

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Encounters

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Artist Lounges

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Preludes

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Musical Preludes

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2024 Fellowship Artists

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Calendar

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Alex Ross

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n keeping with SummerFest 2024’s theme, I invite you to create your own Inside Stories by digging deeper into the music this summer. Over the course of four weeks, 21 performances, and nearly 50 FREE Learning & Engagement Activities, you’ll be surprised and delighted at every turn thanks to brilliant programming by SummerFest Music Director and pianist Inon Barnatan.

With the wide variety of activities detailed in this guide, there are endless opportunities to learn something new and create lasting memories at SummerFest.

Open Rehearsals illuminate the dedication, diligence, and passion that SummerFest artists put into every performance, while Artist Lounges reveal meaningful insights from some of the festival’s musicians and composers.

In our Encounters, we welcome founder of Beginner’s Ear and former New York Times contributing critic Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim to lead audiences through an ear-opening experience that brings together science, mindfulness, and live music. We’ll also explore how lives can be transformed by music with a screening of the Oscar-winning documentary short film The Last Repair Shop. And we welcome back Ara Guzelimian, the Artistic and Executive Director of the Ojai Festival in California, who will take us back in time to the 1930s and ’40s when an extraordinary array of artists fled wartime Europe to make a new home in the promised land of Southern California.

I’m proud to announce that we have expanded one of our most beloved and impactful education programs, welcoming eight new Fellowship Artists to the festival this year. Follow their musical journey and build relationships with these emerging musicians who have studied at some of the world’s leading conservatories by attending Coaching Workshops, Fellowship Artist Spotlight Encounters, and Musical Preludes.

I look forward to seeing you this summer!

Allison Boles Director of Learning & Engagement

Support for LJMS Learning & Engagement Activities provided by:

District 1 Council Member Joe LaCava

Judith Bachner and Eric Lasley | Gordon Brodfuehrer | Marge and Neal Schmale | Jeanette Stevens

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OPEN REHEARSALS LIVE

PERFORMANCE!

Observe the intricate rehearsal process that goes into every SummerFest performance and engage in conversation with the artists during post-rehearsal Q&As.

Saturday, August 3 · 2:30–3:30 PM · The Baker-Baum Concert Hall Joyce Yang and Inon Barnatan rehearse Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker Suite for Two Pianos

Thursday, August 8 · 1:30–2:30 PM · The Baker-Baum Concert Hall Inon Barnatan, Stefan Jackiw, and Alisa Weilerstein rehearse Beethoven’s Piano Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 97 “Archduke”

Tuesday, August 20 · 4–5 PM · The Baker-Baum Concert Hall Yura Lee, Anthony McGill, and Gilles Vonsattel rehearse Bartók’s Contrasts

JOIN US ONLINE Open Rehearsals will be livestreamed and available to view on-demand.

See page 2 for more information.

Allison Boles, Inon Barnatan, Takács Quartet

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COACHING WORKSHOPS LIVE

PERFORMANCE!

Follow our Fellowship Artist Ensembles, Abeo Quartet and Cohda Trio/Quartet, on their musical journey as they prepare for their SummerFest performances with a series of master classes conducted by seasoned performers from the SummerFest roster.

For more information on this year’s Fellowship Artists, see page 13.

We’re excited to welcome three local musicians to participate in Coaching Workshops.

All Coaching Workshop times are 10–10:50 AM and 11–11:50 AM

Inon Barnatan, SummerFest Fellowship Artists

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WEEK 1 TUESDAY JULY 30

Inon Barnatan coaches Cohda Trio on Schumann’s Piano Trio in F Major, Op. 80.

Jay Campbell coaches Abeo Quartet on Haydn’s String Quartet in D Major, Op. 20, No. 4.

WEDNESDAY Alexi Kenney coaches Cohda Trio on Schumann’s Piano Trio in F Major, Op. 80.

JULY 31 Nicole Divall coaches Abeo Quartet on Haydn’s String Quartet in D Major, Op. 20, No. 4.

THURSDAY AUGUST 1

Joyce Yang coaches Cohda Trio on Schumann’s Piano Trio in F Major, Op. 80.

Anna Han coaches a local student.

WEEK 2 TUESDAY AUGUST 6

Erin Keefe coaches Cohda Quartet on Bax’s Piano Quartet in One Movement.

Stefan Jackiw coaches Abeo Quartet on Haydn’s String Quartet in D Major, Op. 20, No. 4.

WEDNESDAY Macintyre Taback of Abeo Quartet coaches a local student.

AUGUST 7 Sterling Elliott coaches Cohda Trio on Françaix’s String Trio.

THURSDAY AUGUST 8

A member of Cohda Quartet coaches a local student.

Alisa Weilerstein coaches Abeo Quartet on Prokofiev’s String Quartet No. 2 in F Major, Op. 92.

WEEK 3 Paul Wiancko coaches Abeo Quartet on Glazunov’s Orientale from Five Novelettes, Op. 15 or WEDNESDAY Prokofiev’s String Quartet No. 2 in F Major, Op. 92.

AUGUST 14 Conrad Tao coaches Cohda Quartet on Fauré’s Piano Quartet No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 45.

THURSDAY AUGUST 15

Masumi Per Rostad coaches Abeo Quartet on Prokofiev’s String Quartet No. 2 in F Major, Op. 92.

Inon Barnatan coaches Cohda Quartet on Fauré’s Piano Quartet No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 45.

WEEK 4 WEDNESDAY Jonathan Vinocour coaches Cohda Quartet on Fauré’s Piano Quartet No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 45.

AUGUST 21 Yura Lee coaches Abeo Quartet on Prokofiev’s String Quartet No. 2 in F Major, Op. 92.

THURSDAY AUGUST 22

Kyril Zlotnikov coaches Cohda Quartet on Fauré’s Piano Quartet No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 45.

Inon Barnatan and Allison Boles discuss the festival with Cohda Quartet and Abeo Quartet.

Dates, times, programs, and artists are subject to change.

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ENCOUNTERS Encounters are free afternoon events, featuring intriguing lectures, discussions, performances, and diverse perspectives. Encounters reveal fascinating insights into the ways in which music is created, influenced, interpreted, and performed. Registration required.

Tuesday, July 30 · 2 PM · The JAI Better Listening with Music Lecture by Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim with musical performance by SooBeen Lee, Rebecca Benjamin, and Leland Ko Open your mind and ear with former New York Times contributing critic Corinna da FonsecaWollheim in a workshop that brings together science, mindfulness and live music. At a time of digital overstimulation and political overwhelm, listening can feel like an endangered skill. In fact, humans are biologically hard-wired to be bad listeners. Find out how music can help turn a cognitive quirk to our advantage and develop the focus, patience and generosity needed to become better listeners beyond the concert hall.

Tuesday, August 6 · 2 PM · The Baker-Baum Concert Hall The Last Repair Shop Film Screening and Q&A with Producer Josh Rosenberg From Academy Award-winning directing duo Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers, The Last Repair Shop grants access to the nondescript warehouse in the heart of downtown Los Angeles in which a dwindling handful of devoted craftspeople maintain over 80,000 student musical instruments, the largest remaining workshop in America of its kind. Meet four unforgettable characters whose broken-and-repaired lives have been dedicated to bringing so much more than music to the schoolchildren of the recording capital of the world. A screening of the film will be followed by a Q&A with one of the film’s producers, Josh Rosenberg.

Leah Rosenthal, Inon Barnatan

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Tuesday, August 13 · 2 PM · The Baker-Baum Concert Hall

LIVE

PERFORMANCE!

Fellowship Artist Spotlight I with Violist Matthew Lipman Praised by The New York Times for his “rich tone and elegant phrasing,” violist Matthew Lipman has become one of the most sought-after instrumentalists of his generation, frequently appearing as both a soloist and chamber musician. He joins the Abeo Quartet to perform Dvořák’s String Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 97 “The American” for our first Fellowship Artist Spotlight performance along with duets from members of the Cohda Quartet.

Friday, August 16 · 2 PM · The JAI California Dreaming: Exiles and Emigrés Lecture by Ara Guzelimian In the 1930s and ’40s, an extraordinary array of artists fled wartime Europe to make a new home in the promised land of Southern California. Everyone from Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Alma Mahler and Rachmaninoff to Max Reinhardt, Billy Wilder, Hedy Lamarr and Peter Lorre intersected under the sun, drawn by the lure of the palm trees, the Pacific and the creative promise of the young film industry. With Ara Guzelimian, the Artistic and Executive Director of the Ojai Music Festival in California, we explore this remarkable community through personal memoirs, rare films, and musical performances by festival artists.

Tuesday, August 20 · 2 PM · The Baker-Baum Concert Hall

LIVE

PERFORMANCE!

Fellowship Artist Spotlight II with Violinist Simone Porter Violinist Simone Porter has been recognized as an artist with impassioned energy, interpretive integrity, and vibrant communication. She joins Cohda Quartet while Fellowship Artist Anna Han joins Abeo Quartet to perform Dvořák’s Piano Quintet in A Major, No. 2, Op. 81 for an inspiring afternoon of piano quintet repertoire.

JOIN US ONLINE Musical Encounters will be livestreamed, and all Encounters will be available to view on-demand. See page 2 for more information.

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ARTIST LOUNGES The spark of creativity is unique for every individual. Drawing on the theme “Inside Stories,” the Artist Lounge is an intimate, in-depth conversation hosted by Artistic Director Leah Rosenthal.

Come discover more about these great artists in a warm, intimate setting.

Monday, July 29 · 1 PM · The Atkinson Room One of today’s most intriguing artists on the British music scene, it would be wrong to describe Liverpool-born Mark Simpson as either clarinetist or composer. His musical life is a symbiosis of his performing on the concert platform and poring over his manuscripts. Hailed as a “revelation” (Bachtrack) and “standout” (Guardian), he has now established himself as a major new voice on the international stage.

Monday, August 5 · 1 PM · The Atkinson Room Acclaimed for his stellar stage presence and joyous musicianship, cellist Sterling Elliott is a 2021 Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient and the winner of the Senior Division of the 2019 National Sphinx Competition.

Already in his young career, he has appeared with many major orchestras and is fast becoming a favorite on the summer festival circuit. This season, he received a Sphinx Medal of Excellence, the highest honor bestowed by the Sphinx Organization, awarded to artists who early in their careers demonstrate artistic excellence, outstanding work ethic, a spirit of determination, and an ongoing commitment to leadership and their communities.

Monday, August 12 · 1 PM · The Atkinson Room The Washington Post describes acclaimed composer and cellist Paul Wiancko as “a restless and multifaceted talent who plays well with others”—a reference to his substantial collaborations with diverse artists like Max Richter, Chick Corea, Norah Jones, Arcade Fire, and The National.

In 2023, he was named Director of Chamber Music at Spoleto Festival USA. He also recently became the cellist of the internationally celebrated Kronos Quartet, in addition to his role as a founding member of the viola and cello duo Ayane & Paul and Owls, a quartet-collective dubbed a “dream group” by The New York Times.

Monday, August 19 · 1 PM · The Atkinson Room At age 12, Yura Lee became the youngest artist ever to receive the Debut Artist of the Year prize at the Performance Today awards given by National Public Radio. Since then, her record-breaking and award-winning achievements have only continued. She’s a multifaceted musician as both a violinist and violist, and one of the very few who is equally virtuosic on both instruments. As a soloist and a chamber musician, her performances cover various musical mediums, captivating audiences with music from baroque to modern and enjoying a career that spans three decades and takes her all over the world.

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PRELUDES Ticket holders are invited to join us in The JAI an hour prior to performances to hear musical and historical insights through engaging interviews and fascinating lectures by our esteemed roster of scholars. See the calendar on page 14 for the detailed schedule.

Kristi Brown Montesano Musicologist and Professor, UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music

Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim Founder, Beginner’s Ear

Michael Gerdes Director of Orchestras and Professor, San Diego State University

Ara Guzelimian Artistic and Executive Director, Ojai Music Festival

Charissa Noble Assistant Professor, University of San Diego

Molly Puryear Executive Director, Malashock Dance

Leah Rosenthal Artistic Director, La Jolla Music Society

JOIN US ONLINE All Preludes will be available to view after the concert on TheConrad.org.

See page 2 for more information.

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MUSICAL PRELUDES LIVE

PERFORMANCE!

Ticket holders are invited to extend their evening with more great music performed in The Baker-Baum Concert Hall an hour prior to the listed concert start time.

MUSICAL PRELUDES IN THE BAKER-BAUM CONCERT HALL | ONE HOUR PRIOR TO PERFORMANCES SATURDAY JULY 27

DANSE MACABRE Abeo Quartet performs Schulhoff’s Five Pieces for String Quartet and Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 122

SUNDAY AUGUST 4

SUITE Cohda Trio performs Schumann’s Piano Trio in F Major, Op. 80

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 7

MIDWEEK MASTERWORKS: Mozart & Pärt Abeo Quartet performs Haydn’s String Quartet in D Major, Op. 20, No. 4

FRIDAY AUGUST 9

GRATITUDE Cohda Trio/Quartet performs Françaix’s String Trio and Bax’s Piano Quartet in One Movement

SUNDAY AUGUST 11

IN LOVING MEMORY SummerFest Community Chorus performs with VOCES8

FRIDAY AUGUST 23

THE ROAD TO VICTORY Abeo Quartet performs Glazunov’s Orientale from Five Novelettes, Op. 15 and Prokofiev’s String Quartet No. 2 in F Major, Op. 92

SATURDAY AUGUST 24

SUMMERFEST FINALE: A Song and Dance Cohda Quartet performs Fauré’s Piano Quartet No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 45

CALLING ALL SINGERS!

Register online to join the SummerFest Community Chorus and perform onstage in The Baker-Baum Concert Hall on Sunday, August 11 with the GRAMMY®-nominated British vocal ensemble VOCES8. Rehearsal for the Musical Prelude performance will take place on Saturday, August 10, from 2:30 PM–4 PM at The Conrad. Space is limited— register online today.

VOCES8

JOIN US ONLINE All Preludes will be available to view after the concert on TheConrad.org.

See page 2 for more information.

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2024 FELLOWSHIP ARTISTS We’re proud to welcome eight talented emerging musicians as our SummerFest 2024 Fellowship Artists. The Abeo Quartet and Cohda Trio/Quartet will participate in Coaching Workshops, perform in Encounters and Musical Preludes, and share the stage with other SummerFest artists during their four-week residencies in La Jolla.

Abeo Quartet

Abeo Quartet Njioma Grevious, Rebecca Benjamin, violins; James Kang, viola; Macintyre Taback, cello

Cohda Trio/Quartet

Cohda Trio/Quartet Anna Han, piano; SooBeen Lee, violin; Brian Isaacs, viola; Leland Ko, cello

HISTORY The Fellowship Artist Program is one of our longest-running SummerFest traditions. For over 30 years, young artists and ensembles from the program have gone on to lead major orchestras and win international competitions and awards, including the Avery Fisher Career Grant, the Fischoff Competition, and the Banff International String Quartet Competition. They’ve all launched successful careers, and many have returned to the festival as senior musicians.

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SUMMERFEST 2024 JULY 26–AUGUST 24 28 SUNDAY

29 MONDAY

30 TUESDAY

31 WEDNESDAY

PRELUDE · 2 PM · The JAI

ARTIST LOUNGE with Mark Simpson

COACHING WORKSHOPS 10 AM–12 PM · The JAI ENCOUNTER · 2 PM The JAI

COACHING WORKSHOPS 10 AM–12 PM · The JAI PRELUDE · 6 PM · The JAI

Lecture by Charissa Noble

PASSIONS AND STORMS 3 PM

Hosted by Leah Rosenthal 1 PM · The Atkinson Room

Better Listening with Music with Corinna da FonsecaWollheim

Hosted by Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim

MIDWEEK MASTERWORKS: Amadeus 7 PM

4 SUNDAY

5 MONDAY

6 TUESDAY

7 WEDNESDAY

PRELUDE · 2 PM

ARTIST LOUNGE with Sterling Elliott

COACHING WORKSHOPS 10 AM–12 PM · The JAI ENCOUNTER · 2 PM

COACHING WORKSHOPS 10 AM–12 PM · The JAI PRELUDE · 6 PM

Performance by Cohda Trio

SUITE · 3 PM

Hosted by Leah Rosenthal 1 PM · The Atkinson Room

The Last Repair Shop Screening

Performance by Abeo Quartet

MIDWEEK MASTERWORKS: Mozart & Pärt 7 PM

11 SUNDAY

12 MONDAY

13 TUESDAY

14 WEDNESDAY

PRELUDE · 2 PM

ARTIST LOUNGE with Paul Wiancko

Fellowship Artist Spotlight I

ENCOUNTER · 2 PM

COACHING WORKSHOPS 10 AM–12 PM · The JAI PRELUDE · 6 PM · The JAI

Performance by Community Chorus and VOCES8

IN LOVING MEMORY 3 PM

18 SUNDAY

Hosted by Leah Rosenthal 1 PM · The Atkinson Room

Lecture by Ara Guzelimian

MIDWEEK MASTERWORKS: Notes on a Scandal 7 PM

19 MONDAY

20 TUESDAY

21 WEDNESDAY

ARTIST LOUNGE with Yura Lee

ENCOUNTER · 2 PM

COACHING WORKSHOPS 10 AM–12 PM · The JAI PRELUDE · 6 PM · The JAI

Hosted by Leah Rosenthal 1 PM · The Atkinson Room

Fellowship Artist Spotlight II

OPEN REHEARSAL · 4 PM Bart​​ók’s Contrasts

Lecture by Michael Gerdes

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PRELUDE · 6:30 PM The JAI

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

SYNERGY S E R I E S

7/26 FRIDAY

Interview with Inon Barnatan hosted by Leah Rosenthal

SYNERGY: OPENING NIGHT: A Deal with the Devil 7:30 PM

27 SATURDAY PRELUDE · 6:30 PM

Performance by Abeo Quartet

DANSE MACABRE 7:30 PM

8/1 THURSDAY

2 FRIDAY

3 SATURDAY

COACHING WORKSHOPS 10 AM–12 PM · The JAI PRELUDE · 6 PM · The JAI

PRELUDE · 6:30 PM The JAI

OPEN REHEARSAL 2:30 PM

BAROQUE FANTASIA 7:30 PM

PRELUDE · 6:30 PM The JAI

Hosted by Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim

TAKEOVER @ THE BAKER-BAUM: Curated by Thomas Adès 7 PM

8 THURSDAY

Lecture by Kristi Brown Montesano

Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker Suite for Two Pianos

Lecture by Kristi Brown Montesano

RESILIENCE · 7:30 PM

9 FRIDAY

10 SATURDAY

COACHING WORKSHOPS PRELUDE · 6:30 PM 10 AM–12 PM · The JAI Performance by OPEN REHEARSAL ·1:30 PM Cohda Quartet Beethoven’s Piano Trio in GRATITUDE · 7:30 PM

SPECIAL EVENT: INVITED REHEARSAL 2:30 PM

Rehearsal for Community Chorus with VOCES8

SummerFest Gala

B-flat Major, Op. 97 “Archduke”

JAZZ @ The JAI WITH BRANDEE YOUNGER TRIO 6 PM & 8:30 PM · The JAI

16 FRIDAY

COACHING WORKSHOPS 10 AM–12 PM · The JAI JAZZ @ The JAI WITH DAN TEPFER Natural Machines 6 PM & 8:30 PM The JAI

ENCOUNTER · 2 PM The JAI

SYNERGY S E R I E S

15 THURSDAY

California Dreaming with Ara Guzelimian

SYNERGY S E R I E S

6 PM

PRELUDE · 6:30 PM The JAI • Interview hosted

by Molly Puryear

17 SATURDAY PRELUDE · 6:30 PM The JAI

Lecture by Ara Guzelimian

CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’ 7:30 PM

SYNERGY: COUNTERPOINT II · 7:30 PM

22 THURSDAY

23 FRIDAY

24 SATURDAY

COACHING WORKSHOPS 10 AM–12 PM · The JAI

PRELUDE · 6:30 PM

PRELUDE · 6:30 PM

Performance by Abeo Quartet

THE ROAD TO VICTORY 7:30 PM

Performance by Cohda Quartet

SUMMERFEST FINALE: A Song and Dance 7:30 PM

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All events are in The Baker-Baum Concert Hall unless otherwise noted.

All dates, times, programs, artists, and venues are subject to change.

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