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SPONSORS
TEXASCELLOS SESSIONS CALENDER
FREDERICKSBURG MUSIC FESTIVAL and SCHOOL
NOTE from the DIRECTOR
TEXAS CELLOS
TEXAS CELLO SCHOOL FREDERICKSBURG
JUNE 08. 21. 2025 ‘MUSIC CONNECTS US’ ARTISTS/ PROGRAMS
SUPPORT US
WE THANK
ARTISTIC ADVISORY BOARD
Paul Katz
Wu Han
Steven Isserlis
Thomas Demenga
David Roseberry
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Joseph Kuipers, President
Norma Gomez, Treasurer
Petronel Malan, Secretary
TRUST FOUNDATIONS
Kersten Family Fund
Fichtenbaum Charitable Trust
FriscoArts Foundation
SPONSORS
Alla Campagna
Altstadt Brewery
Archdiocese of San Antonio
Becker Vineyards
Burak Strings
Cave without a Name
City of Fredericksburg, TX
Gillespie Commissioners Court
Hoffman Haus
Pioneer Museum
St. Mary's Catholic School
St. Mary's Catholic Church
DONORS
Melodie and Tim Kersten
Emily and Matthew Nordby
Debbie Brooks
Suzanna and Bernard Kuipers
Gregory Hustis
TexasCellos SESSIONS 24 25
STEVEN ISSERLIS
April10,2024
METAMORPHOSIS DALLAS April10,2024
NICHOLAS CANELLAKIS
July28,2024
KO IWASAKI
THE FESTIVALS
Fredericksburg Music Festival and School
TexasCelloSchoolMcKinney
THE ARTISTS
THIRTEENofmusic’smostingenious performers/teachers
EIGHT global icons of classical cello
THREEprincipalcellists
TWOofAmerica’sgreatstringquartets
ONEconductorlesschamberorchestra
ONE cello choir
THE VENUES
WinspearOperaHouse,Dallas,TX
VanCliburnHallatTCU,FortWorth,TX
Altstadt Brewery, Fredericksburg, TX
AdmiralNimitzBallroom,Fredericksburg,TX
BeckerVineyards,Fredericksburg,TX
StJoseph’sHalle,Fredericksburg,TX
StMary’sChurch,Fredericksburg,TX
CavewithoutaName,Boerne,TX
MatchMidtownArts&Theater,Houston,TX
HasleyChapel,Plano,TX
CourtroomTheater,McKinney,TX
Tupps Brewery McKinney, TX
KimbellArtMuseum,FortWorth,TX
RobinsonFineArtsCenter,Plano,TX
July31,2024
ALLAN STEELE
August3&31,2024
MIRÓ QUARTET & J KUIPERS
Dec20,2024
DAVID FINCKEL
March9,2025
PARKER QUARTET
March21,2025
JEAN-GUIHEN QUEYRAS
April9,2025
BRINTON SMITH
June8,2025
RICHARD AARON
June9-15,2025
CLIVE GREENSMITH
June12/13,2025
LINDSAY GARRITSON June13/15,2025
SCOTT TIXIER June13,2025
EUNGHEE CHO
June12/14,2025
KENNETH FREUDIGMAN
June15/19,2025
CAMDEN SHAW
JUNE17/19,2025
STEUART PINCOMBE
JUNE18/19,2025
JOSEPH KUIPERS
June12/20,2025
ELENA FAINSHTAIN
June20,2025
TEXASCELLOS
June21,2025
DAVID REQUIERO
JULY27/AUG1,2025
META WEISS
JULY27/AUG1,2025
ALICE YOO
JULY27/AUG1,2025
MATT ZALKIND
JULY27/AUG1,2025
FREDERICKSBURG, TX— The Fredericksburg Music Festival and School will launch its 1st season ‘Music Connects Us’ this summer with an ambitious slate of programming, blending contemporary innovation with classical tradition in one of Texas’s most picturesque cultural destinations.
Running from June 8 to June 21 the 2025 festival presented by TexasCellos will feature more than thirteen concerts performed by twenty-five musicians from around the world, most making their Fredericksburg debuts The season will showcase the beloved Six Suites of Bach, with each suite performed by a different member of the star studded faculty, eight cello recitals with themes ranging from ‘Jewishness in Music’ to ‘Miniatures’, and ‘Hinges’ exploring the spaces in between, a GRAMMY winning jazz violinist with his band, to an live improvised deconstruction and reconstruction of a Bach Sarabande for solo cello in concert The festival will conclude with ‘Ode to Joy’ a mass side by side cello choir closing concert celebration featuring the faculty and students of the festival.
Concerts will take place at five historic venues in the heart of Fredericksburg: St Joseph’s Halle (1900), Becker Vineyards, the Marienkirche from 1850, the Auditorium at the Pioneer Museum, and the Admiral Nimitz Historic Ballroom (1855).
Among this year’s headline events is the launch of TexasCelloSchool FREDERICKSBURG, with extraordinary gifted cello students from around the world in a meeting that encourages sharing between great musicians & young aspiring artists from around the world!
The Festival’s repertoire spans seven centuries, with performances of Renaissance-inspired music, Baroque masterworks like Bach’s Six Cello Suites, and contemporary works by composers including Fazil Say, Caroline Shaw, Giovanni Sollima, Mieczysław Weinberg, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson. Folk music is a prominent theme throughout the concerts, highlighting the motto ‘Music Connects Us’.
For visitors and music lovers alike, the Fredericksburg Music Festival and School will blend high artistic achievement with the region’s natural beauty and cultural heritage, making it a signature summer destination for classical music.
‘Music Connects Us’
Music, and making music together, can and should act as an example to so many areas of society, above all for the way it models how we can cooperate with humility, curiosity, and mutual respect as each player accepts their role in the musical story After all, making music together is quite a challenge! It is a mammoth task of communication! What musicians – who often come from highly diverse countries and cultures – do provides a unique example of value-oriented, disciplined, sensitive and constructive collective action There is no alternative when makingmusic! Musicians demonstrate how fulfilling it is, and what an impact it has, when we act as team players with all our hearts –and thus play a role in a shared, beautiful whole This is the culture that Fredericksburg Music Festival and School/ TexasCellos represents
‘Hinges'
In this life beauty is passing. The flower in spring, the moment in a musical phrase, the person who truly sees you. They are beautiful because they will soon be gone yet awake a memory of what we truly desired all along. The fragile nature of these beautiful moments I must say, is connected to us knowing consciously or subconsciously that they are fleeting, allowing us to briefly connect and quench the unknown longings within us, if only for a moment.
These beautiful moments come often at times of change, times of a new direction, of ends and beginnings: in short, turning points Throughout my life I have always felt drawn toward finding and understanding these junctures, whether they be in history, a musical tradition, or my own life By realizing and comprehending where the hinge of a matter is we come to a much more complete understanding of what lies ahead Looking back awakens a nostalgia for what was, and yet we have the hopeful expectation of what may come
In programing this festival and my own recital I went with the idea of the hinge, because these last four years have been quite a transition in my life and artistic work. With the launch of Fredericksburg Music Festival and School we are at yet another juncture. Will you join us as together we build something truly beautiful?
Joseph Kuipers, Creative Director
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W h e t h e r t h e y ’ r e p l a y i n g c l a s s i c s f r o m b a r o q u e t o m o d e r n , j a z z , t a n g o , m o v i e t u n e s , o r a v a n t - g a r d e , l i s t e n e r s a r e i n v a r i a b l y f a s c i n a t e d b y t h e w i d e r a n g e o f u n i q u e a n d i n t o x i c a t i n g t i m b r e s t h a t t h e s e c e l l o s c a n p r o d u c e , a n d t h e i r m i x t u r e o f s e r i o u s n e s s a n d h u m o r , o f d e p t h a n d l i g h t n e s s , a p p e a l s t o a u d i e n c e s o f a l l a g e s .
TexasCelloSchool FREDERICKSBURG is a charitable organisation dedicated to making music at the highest level. We foster and preserve a tradition of music making which focuses on freedom of expression and the ability to truly speak to audiences from the heart.
Our mission is to sustain this approach to music, nurturing the new generation of musicians to ensure that the highest levels of professional skill are allied with the ability to perform with integrity
The unique value of TexasCelloSchool lies in the spirit of musicmaking which is created during the institute. In an era where much learning now focuses on outcomes, and success, our founder Joseph Kuipers, recognized the absolute necessity for musicians to learn to develop their own unique skills and voices in an environment of immersion, learning to communicate, create and grow by doing.
Each student is an individual with their own talent, passions as well as technical and musical strengths and weaknesses. TexasCellosSchool aspires to understand, and respect, the individual profile of each of our students by serving as a conscience encouraging their strengths, while leading them to recognize the truth and beauty of the music they play It is that goal that should inform their technique, and not the other way round. Our students are from Texas, across the U.S., as well as Europe, and Asia. The emphasis is on shared experiences, with mutual respect, encouragement, and support expected of each member of the institute. Our work is intense, but there is always time for friendly, relaxed social interaction. We come to know and feel at ease with each other as in a close family, building on positive motivation and stimulation from shared musical values and goals, and eschewing narrow-minded competition
BRINTON AVERIL SMITH CELLO EVELYN CHEN PIANO 'JUDAISM IN MUSIC'
June 08, 2025 6:00PM
St Joseph’s Halle, Fredericksburg, TX.
Felix Mendelssohn (Achron) Auf Flügeln des Gesanges, Op. 34, No. 2 (1834)
Charles-Valentin Alkan Sonate de concert pour piano et violoncelle, Op. 47 (1856) Allegro molto
Allegrettino
Adagio
Finale alla Saltarella: Prestissimo
Anton Rubinstein “Romance” from 6 Soirées à Saint-Petersbourg, Op.44, No. 1 (1859)
Benjamin Godard "Oh! ne t'éveille pas encore" from Jocelyn, Op. 100 (1887)
Jacques Offenbach Tarentelle, WoO (1847)
Joseph Achron Hebrew Melody, Op.33 (1911)
Ernest Bloch (Schuster) “Nigun” from Baal Shem, B.47 (1923)
Moritz Moszkowski (Gendron) Guitarre, Op.45, No.2
RICHARD AARON CELLO
June 9-15, 2025
Fredericksburg Music Festival & School
Described as a “sought-after professor of cello whose methods of teaching have garnered global acclaim,” Richard Aaron is a professor of cello. In fall 2024, he will joined the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He has served at the University of Michigan and at the Juilliard School since 2006 and 2007, respectively Previously he taught at the Cleveland Institute of Music and the New England Conservatory.
He has conducted masterclasses in many countries across four continents, including at many of the leading music schools in North America, including Eastman School of Music, Hartt School, Mannes, Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Rice University, The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto and the University of Cincinnati.
Since 2003, Aaron has been on the faculty of the Aspen Music Festival He has also taught at many other summer music institutes including the Indiana University String Academy, Calgary Music Bridge, Peter the Great Music Festival (Groningen, Holland), Aria International Summer Academy (Massachusetts), Innsbruck Summer Music Academy (Missouri), Chautauqua Institution (New York), the Idyllwild Summer Program (California), Heifetz International Music Institute (Virginia), Marrowstone Music Festival (Washington), and The Encore school for strings (Ohio).
A frequent competition judge, Aaron has recently served at the Amsterdam Cello Biennale Competition, Beijing International Competition, Cassado (Japan), ISANG YUN Competition (Korea), Klein Competition, Paulo Cello Competition (Finland), Schadt String Competition and the Stulberg Competition.
Former Aaron students have occupied positions in major orchestras such as Chicago, St Louis, Seattle, Dallas, Portland, St. Paul, Pittsburg, San Francisco, Utah, and the Metropolitan Opera–to name a few. His students also participate in many award-winning ensembles, such as the Biava, Fry Street, American, Penderecki, Linden, Escher, Telegraph and Aeolus string quartets For enjoyment and enrichment, Aaron studies and plays the viola da gamba and baroque cello.
June
Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007
Prelude Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Minuet I & II Gigue
Clive Greensmith, cello
Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008
Prelude Allemande Courante Sarabande
Minuet I & II Gigue
Eunghee Cho, cello
Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009
Prelude Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Bourrée I & II Gigue
Joseph Kuipers, cello
BACH
CLIVE GREENSMITH CELLO LINDSAY GARRITSON PIANO ‘MINIATURES’
June 13, 2025 6:00PM
St Joseph’s Halle, Fredericksburg, TX.
L.v. Beethoven: 7 Variations on Theme 'Bei Mannern' from Mozart's Magic Flute WoO 46
Robert Schumann Adagio and Allegro
Respighi Adagio con Variazioni
Nadia Boulanger 'Trois Pièces'
I. Modéré
II. Sans vitesse et a l'aise
III. Vite et nerveusement rythmé
Sulkhan Tsintsadze Five Pieces in Georgian Folk Style
I. Arobnaya
II. Chonguri
III. Sachidao
IV. Nana
V. Plyasovaya
Gaspar Cassado 'Dance of the Green Devil
LINDSAY GARRITSON PIANO
June 8-21, 2025
Fredericksburg Music Festival & School
ELENA FAINSHTAIN ACCORDION
SCOTT TIXIER JAZZ VIOLIN
JAZZ TRIO AND SPECIAL GUESTS
June 13, 2025 8:00PM
Barrel Chai at Becker Vineyards, Fredericksburg, TX.
JAZZ STANDARDS
program announced from the stage
Scott Tixier is a 5-time GRAMMY award-winning French jazz violinist and 2018 DownBeat Critic Poll Winner. He has performed, recorded, and toured with jazz legends and music icons such as Stevie Wonder, Kenny Barron, Elton John, Pink Floyd, Chaka Khan, Earth Wind & Fire, Ed Sheeran, Cassandra Wilson, Coldplay, Chris Potter, John Legend, Christina Aguilera, Natalie Cole, Anthony Braxton, Ariana Grande, Adele and many others.
Tixier studied classical violin at the conservatory in Paris. Following that, he studied improvisation as a self-educated jazz musician. He was based in New York for over a decade where he performed in all the major venues across the United States including Carnegie Hall, Radio City Music Hall, Madison Square Garden, Barclays Center, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Blue Note Jazz Club, Apollo Theater, Smalls Jazz Club, The Stone, and U.S. Capitol
EUNGHEE
June 14, 2025 7:00PM
St Joseph’s Halle, Fredericksburg, TX.
(cello duo)
Sollima: Arboreto Salvatico
I. La SequoiaII.
Il PinoIII.
Il Tasso
CELLO
J.S.Bach:ChaconneinDminor(arrangedfortwocellos) (cello/piano)
Fazıl Say: Four Cities
I. Sivas
II. Hopa
III. Ankara
IV. Bodrum
Piazzolla: Le Grand Tango
KENNETH FREUDIGMAN CELLO CELLO ALONE
June 15, 2025 6:00PM Marienkirche at St Mary’s Church, Fredericksburg, TX.
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Meiczyslaw Weinberg 1919-1996 Solo Cello Sonata #1 (1960)
Coleridge Taylor-Perkinson 1933-2004 Lamentations, Black/ Folk Song Suite (1973)
I I . S o n g F o r m
CAMDEN
STEUART PINCOMBE CELLO
FINDING BACH'S SARABANDE
O R I E N T : f i n d i n g B a c h ' s S a r a b a n d e f r o m t h e 2 n d
c e l l o s u i t e .
T h i s p e r f o r m a n c e p i e c e i s b o t h a d e c o n s t r u c t i o n a n d
a r e c o n s t r u c t i o n , a n e x p r e s s i v e j o u r n e y f r o m c h a o s
a n d f r a g m e n t s t o o r d e r a n d w h o l e n e s s . A l l p i t c h e d
a n d r h y t h m i c m a t e r i a l i s t a k e n f r o m B a c h ' s S a r a b a n d e
o f t h e s u i t e i n D m i n o r . I t i s m a d e u p o f 5 s e c t i o n s o r
m o v e m e n t s ; t h e f i r s t f o u r m o v e m e n t s b e i n g a b s t r a c t
s t u d i e s o f e s s e n t i a l e l e m e n t s i n t h e S a r a b a n d e , a n d
t h e f i f t h m o v e m e n t b e i n g t h e ' p u r e ' S a r a b a n d e E v e r y m o v e m e n t o f t h i s p i e c e i s p r e c e d e d a n d f o l l o w e d b y s i l e n c e . T h
June 19, 2025 8:00PM
Suite No. 4 in Eb major, BWV 10010
Prelude Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Bourrée I & II Gigue
Kenneth Freudigman, cello
Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011
Prelude Allemande
Courante Sarabande
Gavotte I & II Gigue
Steuart Pincombe, cello
Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012
Prelude Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Gavotte I & II
Gigue
Camden Shaw, cello
JOSEPH
KUIPERS CELLO
ELENA FAINSHTAIN ACCORDION HINGES
June 20, 2025 8:00PM
Lavender House at Becker Vineyards, Fredericksburg, TX.
Johann Sebastian Bach: Herr Gott, nun schleuss' den Himmel auf
Joseph Kosma arranged Jerome Ducros: Les Feuilles Mortes" / "Autumn Leaves"
Johann Sebastian Bach: Das alte Jahr vergangen ist
Giovanni Sollima: Il bell’Antonio Tema III
Alfred Schnittke arranged by Andriy Rakhmanin: Tango from "Agony”
Traditional, arranged by Caroline Shaw: Shenandoah
Antonín Dvořák, arranged by W A Fisher: Goin’ Home
Johann Sebastian Bach: Meine Seele erhebet den Herrn
Astor Piazzolla: CAFE1930
Johann Sebastian Bach: Ich ruf' zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ
Astor Piazzolla arranged by Pablo Ziegler: Oblivion
Manuel de Falla adapted by Maurice Merechal: Suite Populaire Espagnole
El paño moruno (The Moorish Cloth)
Asturiana
Nana
Canción
Harold Arlen arranged by Tom Pester: Over the Rainbow
2 5 C E L L O S ODE TO JOY
June 21, 2025 5:00PM
Historic Admiral Nimitz Ballroom, Fredericksburg, TX.
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No 9 'ODE to JOY'
Giovanni Sollima: 'Note Sconte' ( Hidden Sketches) I. Lento
II. Un Canone Allegro III Dal Quartetto Op 131 di Ludwig van Beethoven: Presto IV Leopold Cadenza V. Il deserto rosso
Hans Zimmer: (From "Pirates of the Caribbean" ) Up is Up One Day
Jack Sparrow
Howard Shore: from "Lord of the Rings" Prologue
Minas Tirith Mordor and Isengard Memories of Rivendell The Final Battle Epilogue. Into the West
Alfred Schnittke: Tango from "Agony"
Harorld Arlen "Over the Rainbow"
Fredericksburg Music Festival and School
Thank you all for coming tonight. I’m thankful that you were here. You’ve listened not only with your ears but I hope with your hearts You’re here because you love music, you value beauty, and because you love the concept of artists sharing their gifts
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This evening was not just a concert It was the fulfillment of a dream that I’ve carried for years Young musicians from across Texas and beyond coming together to learn, to perform, to receive instruction and guidance from world-class artists Artists who sit beside them not just on stage but in rehearsal rooms, in masterclasses, and sometimes even at dinner tables. They guide them. They inspire them. And literally they change lives through what happens here.
Then there’s you. People from all walks of life. Gathered here not just for entertainment but for transformation. Tonight was that moment, and it happened here in Fredericksburg.
I want to say honestly: this is not the end. It’s just the beginning. Because what we’re doing here is more than one concert or one week We’re building a festival A cultural center A destination
You may have come in tonight and thought of this evening as a beautiful period at the end of a sentence I hope it’s an exclamation point a moment where music, education, and artistry all converge
Our vision is to create an ecosystem Students mentored by the finest teachers from around the world. Audiences experiencing everything from Bach to Jazz, from accordions to violins, from classics to original compositions, and Fredericksburg as the place where it all happens not just for one weekend, but for a generation.
We believe that world-renowned musicians will come here. That students from across the country and beyond can find their voice here. That audiences like you will be lifted again and again by music that speaks to the soul.
And so tonight, I’m going to ask you simply and sincerely to partner with me. We need your help We are a nonprofit That doesn’t just mean we don’t make a lot of money (although, we don’t) It means this doesn’t belong to me or any one person It belongs to us To the stakeholders who care To the people who make it happen I’m asking you tonight to help us get started This is the ground floor If you’d like to make a gift tonight, you can do so using the pledge card you received Just indicate what you’d like to give and drop it in the basket before you go Or you can use your credit card or phone with the QR code to complete your gift tonight If you’d like to talk with me personally, I would be honored to speak with you in the coming days I’d love to share more about what’s happening and how you can be part of it.
Because what happened here tonight what we all heard and felt together is only the overture.
The rest is still to be written. Let’s write it together. Would you please give generously tonight?
Thank you,
Joseph Kuipers, Creative Director
Presented by TexasCellos Creative Director Joseph Kuipers
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