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Joyce DiDonato & Time For Three: Emily–No Prisoner Be
Oct 8
La Jolla Music Society
The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center
8584593728
7600 Fay Ave
La Jolla, CA United States
8584593728
boxoffice@theconrad.orghttp://https://theconrad.org/events/didonato-time-for-three/ An acclaimed première from the Bregenzer Festspiele comes to The Conrad.
GRAMMY® Award winners Joyce DiDonato and Time For Three share the stage in a unique collaboration that blends voice, strings, and storytelling to illuminate Dickinson’s words in a fresh and moving way.
Emily–No Prisoner Be unites Emily Dickinson’s poetry with Pulitzer Prize-winner Kevin Puts’ luminous 24-part song cycle, created for GRAMMY® Award-winning artist Joyce DiDonato and genre-defying ensemble Time for Three. With music which feels at once familiar and new, Emily Dickinson’s poetry and Puts’ music feel as if they have always belonged together.
Oct 9, 2026
Endea Owens & The Cookout
Oct 9
Wharton Center Cobb Great Hall
whartoncenter@gmail.com
750 East Shaw Lane, East Lansing, MI 48825, USA
East Lansing, MI United States
5174322000
whartoncenter@gmail.comhttp://https://www.whartoncenter.com/events/detail/endea-owens-the-coo Experience the vibrant energy of Endea Owens and the Cookout, a dynamic ensemble led by star bassist Endea Owens. Their performances are a joyful fusion of jazz, soul, and global influences, creating a feel-good atmosphere that captivates audiences. The Cookout’s performances are more than just a concert; they are an experience that leaves audiences feeling inspired and connected.
Endea Owens’ exceptional talent and impact have garnered significant recognition. She is a recipient of an Emmy, a Grammy Award, and a George Foster Peabody Award. In 2019, she was hailed as an Emerging Artist by Jazz at Lincoln Center. Owens has also been commissioned to compose for prestigious ensembles such as the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, where she served as the 2023 MAC Music Innovator. Her debut album, Feel Good Music, released in 2023, has further solidified her position as a rising star in the jazz world.
Newport Classical: Trio Azura performs "Piano Trio Through Time"
Oct 9
Newport Classical
Newport Classical Recital Hall
42 Dearborn St
Newport, RI United States info@newportclassical.orghttp://https://newportclassical.org/event/trio-azura/ Newport Classical presents Trio Azura, who are quickly emerging as one of today’s most promising young ensembles, characterized by “intelligence and imagination” and “profound emotion” (Gramophone). Having won the Grand Prize, Gold Medal, Lift Every Voice Prize, and Horszowski Trio Prize at the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition in 2024, the trio is rapidly establishing itself on major concert stages across the United States and beyond. In a program anchored by Ravel and Mendelssohn’s cornerstone Piano Trios, Trio Azura invites audiences to explore the world of the piano trio across eras, from the Romantic and Impressionist traditions to the contemporary voice of Jennifer Higdon.
Oct 10, 2026
Adelphi Orchestra Opens 73rd Season: "American Voice at 250"
Oct 10
Adelphi Orchestra
Fait Lawn Community Center Theater
Adelphi Orchestra
10-10 20th St
Fair Lawn, NJ United States
2014770406
aoinfo@adelphiorchestra.orghttp://https://www.adelphiorchestra.org/ Celebrate America's 250th anniversary as the Adelphi Orchestra opens its 73rd season under Principal Conductor Kyunghun Kim!
"American Voice at 250" features two iconic masterworks by Samuel Barber: the moving Adagio for Strings and his expressive Violin Concerto, featuring guest soloist Sophia Werner (Juilliard Kovner Fellow & 2022 Adelphi Young Artist Competition winner). The program concludes with Ludwig van Beethoven’s joyful Symphony No. 8.
PROGRAM:
Barber: Adagio for Strings
Barber: Violin Concerto (Sophia Werner, violin)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
PERFORMANCES:
Fair Lawn, NJ: Saturday, Oct 10, 2026 at 2:00 PM | Fair Lawn Community Center Theater (10-10 20th St)
New York, NY: Sunday, Oct 11, 2026 at 3:00 PM | Broadway Presbyterian Church (601 W 114th St)
TICKETS & INFO:
Visit adelphiorchestra.org or call (201) 477-0406. Discounts for seniors/students
Composers Concordance Presents Semiquincentennial Quintet: Celebrating America @ 250
Oct. 10th, 2026
The Ellington Room at Manhattan Plaza
Gene Pritsker
400 W. 43rd Street, NYC
New York City, NY United States
+1 646-522-9442
composersconcordance@gmail.comhttp://https://www.composersconcordance.com/ New York, NY —Composers Concordance celebrates the 250th anniversary of the United States with Semiquincentennial Quintet: Celebrating America @ 250, a concert bringing together seven contemporary composers and an eclectic ensemble of musicians for an evening of new music reflecting on America, its history, its people, and its many voices.
The program features music by Dan Cooper, Charles Coleman, Noah Magnus, Eugene W. McBride, Ginka Mizuki, Audrey Morse, and Gene Pritsker, performed by a dynamic ensemble combining voice, clarinet, saxophone, violin, and guitar.
A centerpiece of the evening will be composer Gene Pritsker’s four-movement song cycle, African American Poets Sing America, setting poetry by four influential African American poets whose work spans more than two centuries:
Phillis Wheatley (1753–1784)
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1825–1911)
Claude McKay (1889–1948)
Langston Hughes (1901–1967)
Odyssey Opera Resurrects Boston Classicists in Concert
Oct 10
NEC's Jordan Hall
30 Gainsborough Street
Boston, MA United States http://https://odysseyopera.org/the-padrone/ True to Odyssey Opera's tradition of resurrecting forgotten or under-performed masterpieces, this unique, one-night-only program offers audiences a rare glimpse into the Second New England School. Program includes three rarely heard works written at the turn of the 20th Century: Lamia (1908), a lush orchestral tone poem by Edward MacDowell; Jephthah’s Daughter (1903), a dramatic concert aria by Amy Beach featuring acclaimed soprano Sarah Coburn; Il Padrone (1912), the highly anticipated Boston premiere of the opera by George Whitefield Chadwick featuring a stellar cast including soprano Toni Marie Palmertree, mezzo-soprano, Kate Aldrich, baritone Troy Cook, mezzo-soprano Sarah Heltzel, tenor John Viscardi, and soprano Sarah Coburn.
Oct 11, 2026
Adelphi Orchestra Opens 73rd Season: "American Voice at 250"
Oct 11
Adelphi Orchestra
Broadway Presbyterian Church
Adelphi Orchestra
601 West 114 St
New York, NY United States
2014770406
aoinfo@adelphiorchestra.orghttp://https://www.adelphiorchestra.org/ Celebrate America's 250th anniversary as the Adelphi Orchestra opens its 73rd season under Principal Conductor Kyunghun Kim!
"American Voice at 250" features two iconic masterworks by Samuel Barber: the moving Adagio for Strings and his expressive Violin Concerto, featuring guest soloist Sophia Werner (Juilliard Kovner Fellow & 2022 Adelphi Young Artist Competition winner). The program concludes with Ludwig van Beethoven’s joyful Symphony No. 8.
PROGRAM:
Barber: Adagio for Strings
Barber: Violin Concerto (Sophia Werner, violin)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
PERFORMANCES:
Fair Lawn, NJ: Saturday, Oct 10, 2026 at 2:00 PM | Fair Lawn Community Center Theater (10-10 20th St)
New York, NY: Sunday, Oct 11, 2026 at 3:00 PM | Broadway Presbyterian Church (601 W 114th St)
TICKETS & INFO:
Visit adelphiorchestra.org or call (201) 477-0406. Discounts for seniors/students
Poiesis Quartet
Oct 11
La Jolla Music Society
The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center
8584593728
7600 Fay Ave
La Jolla, CA United States
8584593728
boxoffice@theconrad.orghttp://https://theconrad.org/events/poiesis-quartet/ First Prize of the 2025 Banff International String Quartet Competition!
Hailed by The New York Times as “brilliantly idiomatic,” this acclaimed quartet is setting the classical music world ablaze, earning some of the most prestigious honors in performance today. A thrilling matinee concert awaits—from an energetic Prokofiev masterpiece to Beethoven’s deeply moving final quartet.
Oct 13, 2026
Pianist Chengcheng Ma Makes Carnegie Hall Debut with Guest Artist
October 13, 2026
Forte International Group
Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
57th Street and Seventh Avenue
New York, NY United States
212-247-7800
http://https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2026/10/13/Chengcheng-Ma- pianist Chengcheng Ma in an evening celebrating cross-cultural dialogue through piano music on Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 7:30 PM at his Carnegie Hall debut at Weill Recital Hall. The program features new works and established masterworks for solo piano and two pianos. Ma is joined by distinguished guest pianists Boaz Sharon, Rodney Lister, EunAe Lee, and Yimiao Fang. The program includes two world premieres by Stella Sung and Rodney Lister, the U.S. premiere of Nansong Huang's Reflections on Dunhuang, and works by Chen Yi, Mary Lou Williams, Prokofiev/Pletnev.
“In creating this program, I wanted to bring Chinese, American, and European musical voices into dialogue, allowing each tradition to retain its identity while illuminating the others. These works also reflect my own path - from China to the United States, from classical repertoire to contemporary commissions and jazz - and the artistic relationships that have shaped this concert.” - Chengcheng Ma
More at chengchengma.com
Oct 17, 2026
Quatuor Danel Opens PSC’s 2026-27 Season
October 17th, 2026 at 7:30pm
Peoples' Symphony Concerts
High School of Fashion Industries
info@pscny.org
225 W 24th St
New York, NY United States
(212) 586-4680
info@pscny.orghttp://https://pscny.org “Such exquisite delicacy, such roaring fury.. That I sat agog with wonder.” So described the Times of London about Quatuor Danel, who will open Peoples’ Symphony Concerts 127th Annual Season and the Mann Series with Beethoven, Shostakovich, and Weinberg at High School of Fashion Industries (225 W 24th St).
Founded in 1900, PEOPLES’ SYMPHONY CONCERTS presents classical music of the highest caliber at affordable prices in New York City. View our 26-27 calendar and buy tickets at pscny.org. Order the six-concert Mann series to get this concert PLUS five other great performances for as little as $56, or less than $10 per concert.
The Orchestra Now (TON) presents The American Spirit
Sat, Oct 17 at 7 pm
The Orchestra Now (T?N)
Fisher Center at Bard
60 Manor Avenue
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY United States
845-758-7900
boxoffice@bard.eduhttp://https://ton.bard.edu/american-spirit/ TON welcomes guest conductor Kellen Gray, artistic director of the Lafayette Symphony Orchestra in Indiana, and violinist Melissa White, a first-prize laureate in the Sphinx Competition and a founding member of the Grammy-winning Harlem Quartet, for a concert highlighting the music of four celebrated American composers.
Tickets, starting at $15, are available at ton.bard.edu/american-spirit/ or by calling the Fisher Center box office at 845-758-7900. Create Your Own Series by choosing 3 or more T?N concerts at the Fisher Center and save 25% at ton.bard.edu/subscriptions/
Copland: Symphony No. 2, “Short Symphony”
Price: Violin Concerto No. 1
Montgomery: "Hymn for Everyone"
Still: Symphony No. 4, “Autochthonous”
Kellen Gray, conductor
Melissa White, violin
TIME — Art. Music. Creation. Connection. | Light & Bloom
October 17, 2026
Light and Bloom Concert Platform
Tenri Cultural Institute
Sendi Vartanovi, Founder & Artistic Director
43A West 13th Street New York, NY 10011
New York, NY United States
+1-267-992-9063
info@lightandbloomconcerts.comhttp://https://www.eventbrite.com/e/time-photography-music-collective- TIME explores our relationship with time through music, photography, film, and collective creation: how the past can be preserved through an image, how the present exists only in the moment of live performance, and how a shared experience becomes a memory we carry into the future.
An evening bringing together:
• Photography as Art by Eliso Babuadze, presented in New York for the first time, accompanied by a featured documentary exploring Babuadze and her artistic process.
• A curated musical program featuring works by Debussy, Dvo?ák, Gershwin, Piazzolla, Barber, Tsintsadze, Saint-Saëns, and others, performed by pianist Aleksandr Bolotin, cellist Sandro Sidamonidze, and violinist Sendi Vartanovi.
• The revised premiere of Einziger für Sendi by composer Ajibola Rivers, a work written for Sendi Vartanovi.
• The first Canvas of Sound — an audience-created collective artwork reflecting the music and art experienced together in the moment.
• Reception for guests and artists to connect.
Oct 18, 2026
“Call for Scores: Solo Piano, Vol. 3”
October 18, 2026
Ensemble for These Times
Community Music Center
Renata Volchinskaya
544 Capp St.
San Francisco, CA United States
(415) 647-6015
http://https://e4tt.org/piano3.html Following her wildly successful Call for Scores solo piano and piano four-hands recitals with Ensemble for These Times in their 17th and 18th seasons, E4TT emerita pianist extraordinaire Dale Tsang will return to open E4TT’s 19th season with fourteen works chosen from the group’s third Call for Scores for solo piano, on both sides of the Bay. For this year’s Call for Scores the group received 155 scores from 89 composers hailing from 20 countries and 19 U.S. states, with the composers ranging from students to established composers to professionals in non-musical fields, and chose 14 works by composers Jinjoo Choi, Gilad Cohen, Michael Coleman, Andrew Davis, Xinyuan Deng, Isaiah Diaz-Lopez, Arturo Fernando, Matthew Lam, Joao Oliveira, Luca Pasquini, Josh Rodriguez, Louis Rosen, and Brady Wolff.
Tsang will perform these excellent works on October 18, 2026, at 3:00 p.m. at the Community Music Center in SF, livestreamed on E4TT’s YouTube channel.
Oct 20, 2026
Lucas Amory, piano
Oct. 20
Music Mondays
Advent Lutheran Church
Aaron Wunsch
2504 Broadway at 93rd Street
New York, NY United States
2126652504
info@musicmondays.orghttp://https://www.musicmondays.org/music-middays Award-winning pianist and conductor Lucas Amory is quickly establishing himself in New York City as a versatile and multi-talented performer. Today’s eclectic program contrasts the atmospheric Etudes of Debussy and the ecstatic “Traced Overhead” by British composer Thomas Adès, with the rigorous structures of Bach. It concludes with the first of Beethoven’s late period piano sonatas, Op. 101, a deeply personal work which the composer himself described as “a series of impressions and reveries.”
Oct 23, 2026
Gabriela Montero
Oct 23
La Jolla Music Society
The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center
8584593728
7600 Fay Ave
La Jolla, CA United States
8584593728
boxoffice@theconrad.orghttp://https://theconrad.org/events/gabriela-montero/ The internationally acclaimed pianist Gabriela Montero returns to La Jolla Music Society with a richly expressive recital of Spanish and Spanish-inspired music.
Her evocative program brings together beloved works by Isaac Albéniz, Enrique Granados, Liszt, and others, alongside rarely heard miniatures by the legendary Alicia de Larrocha, one of the defining pianists of the 20th century.
Newport Classical: Rasa String Quartet
Oct 23
Newport Classical
Newport Classical Recital Hall
42 Dearborn St
Newport, RI United States info@newportclassical.orghttp://https://newportclassical.org/event/rasa-string-quartet/ In celebration of America’s 250th birthday, Rasa String Quartet presents a musical patchwork quilt, weaving together the cultural traditions that have shaped the nation’s identity. Spanning jazz, bluegrass, Latin pop, Indigenous traditions, global folk music, and classical favorites, the program captures the vibrant creative spirit of American music. From the soulful lyricism of William Grant Still and the Latin groove of Bad Bunny to the infectious swing of Billy Strayhorn and the driving energy of Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate, An American Patchwork brings America’s multitude of rich soundscapes all together on one stage.
Oct 24, 2026
Brahms Symphony No. 1
October 24th
We
Ambassador Auditorium
BoxOffice@PasadenaSymphony-Pops.org
131 S Saint John Ave, Pasadena, CA 91105
Pasadena, CA United States
6267937172
boxoffice@pasadenasymphony-pops.orghttp://https://pasadenasymphony-pops.org/concert/brahms-1/ October 24, 2026
2:00pm & 8:00pm
Brett Mitchell, conductor
Benjamin Beilman, violin
Joan Tower Made in America
Barber Violin Concerto
Brahms Symphony No. 1
Brilliance in Motion
October 24
Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center
helena.mirzoyan@gmail.com
129 W 67th St, New York, NY 10023
New York, NY United States
+1 (917) 744-6337
helena.mirzoyan@gmail.comhttp://https://www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/mch/event/PegasusBrilliance/ Pegasus: The Orchestra returns to Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Music Center for Brilliance in Motion — an evening of extraordinary virtuosity, energy, and orchestral color.
Pianist Reed Tetzloff joins Pegasus and Founder, Artistic Director & Principal Conductor Karen Hakobyan for Prokofiev's electrifying Piano Concerto No. 3.
The evening also features Glinka's dazzling Overture to Ruslan and Lyudmila and Nielsen's bold Symphony No. 1.
John Pizzarelli Presents “Dear Mr. Bennett”
Oct 24
La Jolla Music Society
The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center
8584593728
7600 Fay Ave
La Jolla, CA United States
8584593728
boxoffice@theconrad.orghttp://https://theconrad.org/events/john-pizzarelli-1/ GRAMMY®-winning guitarist and vocalist celebrates iconic singer Tony Bennett!
John Pizzarelli, the GRAMMY®-winning guitarist and vocalist, honors Tony Bennett’s centennial with a heartfelt tribute rooted in his family’s long connection to the legendary singer. His father, Bucky Pizzarelli, frequently performed with Bennett, and John later joined the icon for a memorable radio session. Bennett often attended Pizzarelli’s shows and even sketched him—one drawing now appears on his album cover Dear Mr. Bennett.
John Pizzarelli has been hailed by the Boston Globe for “reinvigorating the Great American Songbook and re-popularizing jazz.” The John Pizzarelli Trio is celebrated for its chemistry and versatility and brings warmth and swing to this celebration of Bennett’s enduring artistry.
Playing it Forward
October 24, 2026
First Parish Church
Joanna Boyle
First Parish Church
Sudbury, MA United States musicians@oldpostroad.orghttp://https://www.oldpostroad.org Creative lineages from teachers to students are revealed in this multi-generational program. Works include a trio sonata by Zachow (Handel’s teacher), an aria by J. C. Smith (Handel’s student), a trio sonata for strings by Kirnberger (J. S. Bach’s student), a flute sonata by Anna Amalia (Kirnberger’s student), an aria by Porpora (Haydn’s teacher), and an aria by Marianna Martines (Haydn’s student). With soprano Corrine Byrne.
Oct 25, 2026
“Call for Scores: Solo Piano, Vol. 3”
October 25, 2026
Ensemble for These Times
Berkeley Piano Club
Renata Volchinskaya
2724 Haste St.
Berkeley, CA United States
(510) 845-8488
http://https://e4tt.org/piano3.html Following her wildly successful Call for Scores solo piano and piano four-hands recitals with Ensemble for These Times in their 17th and 18th seasons, E4TT emerita pianist extraordinaire Dale Tsang will return to open E4TT’s 19th season with fourteen works chosen from the group’s third Call for Scores for solo piano, on both sides of the Bay. For this year’s Call for Scores the group received 155 scores from 89 composers hailing from 20 countries and 19 U.S. states, with the composers ranging from students to established composers to professionals in non-musical fields, and chose 14 works by composers Jinjoo Choi, Gilad Cohen, Michael Coleman, Andrew Davis, Xinyuan Deng, Isaiah Diaz-Lopez, Arturo Fernando, Matthew Lam, Joao Oliveira, Luca Pasquini, Josh Rodriguez, Louis Rosen, and Brady Wolff.
Tsang will perform these excellent works on October 25, 2026, at 3:00 p.m. at the Berkeley Piano Club, livestreamed on E4TT’s YouTube channel.
Composers Concordance Presents Shakuhachi Focaccia: Bread, Bamboo, and Beyond
October 25, 2026
Tenri Cultural Institute of New York
Gene Pritsker
43A W. 13th Street, New York, NY
New York City, NY United States
+1 646-522-9442
composersconcordance@gmail.comhttp://https://www.composersconcordance.com/ New York, NY — Composers Concordance presents Shakuhachi Focaccia: Bread, Bamboo, and Beyond, an eclectic evening where Japanese bamboo flutes, contemporary composition, guitar, strings, percussion, poetry—and freshly baked bread—come together in an unconventional celebration of sound and culture.
The concert features new and recent works by Dan Cooper, Ginka Mizuki, James Nyoraku Schlefer, Tasos Papastamou, Gene Pritsker, and Marina Vesic, performed by an ensemble of musicians whose backgrounds span contemporary classical music, improvisation, world music, and beyond.
At the center of the program is the distinctive sound of the shakuhachi, the traditional Japanese bamboo flute, performed by James Nyoraku Schlefer, Marco Karaku Burmester, and Adam Robinson. They will be joined by Gene Pritsker on guitar, Jennifer Vincent on bass, Damien Bassman on cajon, Tasos Papastamou on violin, poet Ray Tuttle and The Chiriuchi Ensemble, performing chiriuchi — a soft silk-cloth snap that “brushes away dust".
John Pizzarelli presents “Dear Mr. Bennett”
Oct 25
La Jolla Music Society
The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center
8584593728
7600 Fay Ave
La Jolla, CA United States
8584593728
boxoffice@theconrad.orghttp://https://theconrad.org/events/john-pizzarelli-2/ GRAMMY®-winning guitarist and vocalist celebrates iconic singer Tony Bennett!
John Pizzarelli, the GRAMMY®-winning guitarist and vocalist, honors Tony Bennett’s centennial with a heartfelt tribute rooted in his family’s long connection to the legendary singer. His father, Bucky Pizzarelli, frequently performed with Bennett, and John later joined the icon for a memorable radio session. Bennett often attended Pizzarelli’s shows and even sketched him—one drawing now appears on his album cover Dear Mr. Bennett.
John Pizzarelli has been hailed by the Boston Globe for “reinvigorating the Great American Songbook and re-popularizing jazz.” The John Pizzarelli Trio is celebrated for its chemistry and versatility and brings warmth and swing to this celebration of Bennett’s enduring artistry.
Playing it Forward
October 25, 2026
Old South Church, Boston
Joanna Boyle
Old South Church
Boston, MA United States musicians@oldpostroad.orghttp://https://www.oldpostroad.org Creative lineages from teachers to students are revealed in this multi-generational program. Works include a trio sonata by Zachow (Handel’s teacher), an aria by J. C. Smith (Handel’s student), a trio sonata for strings by Kirnberger (J. S. Bach’s student), a flute sonata by Anna Amalia (Kirnberger’s student), an aria by Porpora (Haydn’s teacher), and an aria by Marianna Martines (Haydn’s student). With soprano Corrine Byrne.
Oct 26, 2026
Claremont Trio & Kinana Azmeh, clarinet
Oct. 26
Music Mondays
Advent Lutheran Church
Aaron Wunsch
2504 Broadway at 93rd Street
New York, NY United States
2126652504
info@musicmondays.orghttp://https://www.musicmondays.org/october-2026 The Claremont Trio has established itself as one of the leading piano trios in the United States. They have expanded the repertoire with many commissioned works and play with “aesthetic maturity, interpretive depth, and exuberance.” (Palm Beach Daily News) Here they offer an expressive trio by Rachmaninoff, Ravel’s ravishing Trio, and join “spellbinding” Syrian American clarinetist-composer Kinan Azmeh (New Yorker) for the New York Premiere of Gravitas, inspired by Middle Eastern folk music.
Oct 27, 2026
Endea Owens & The Cookout
Oct 27 to Nov 1
Wharton Center Cobb Great Hall
whartoncenter@gmail.com
750 East Shaw Lane, East Lansing, MI 48825, USA
East Lansing, MI United States
5174322000
whartoncenter@gmail.comhttp://https://www.whartoncenter.com/events/detail/the-notebook Based on the best-selling novel that inspired the iconic film, THE NOTEBOOK tells the story of Allie and Noah, both from different worlds, who share a lifetime of love despite the forces that threaten to pull them apart. “Full of butterfly-inducing highs and beautiful songs” (Entertainment Weekly), THE NOTEBOOK is a deeply moving portrait of the enduring power of love.
Chris Jones of The Chicago Tribune says THE NOTEBOOK is “absolutely gorgeous, not to be missed,” and The New York Daily News calls it “a love story for the ages.”
THE NOTEBOOK is directed by Michael Greif (Dear Evan Hansen, Next to Normal, RENT) and Schele Williams (The Wiz, Aida), and features music and lyrics by multi-platinum singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson, book by Bekah Brunstetter (NBC’s “This Is Us”), and choreography by Katie Spelman.
Oct 28, 2026
Dover Quartet: Brahms, Pura Fé & Dvorák
Oct 28
Agnes Flanagan Chapel, Lewis & Clark College
615 SW Palatine Hill Rd.
Portland, OR United States
503-294-6400
tickets@cmnw.orghttp://https://cmnw.org/concerts-events/2026-27-season/dover-quartet-b Named one of the greatest string quartets of the last 100 years by BBC Music Magazine and “the next Guarneri Quartet” by the Chicago Tribune, the two-time Grammy-nominated Dover Quartet is one of the world’s most lauded chamber ensembles. Hailed as “meticulously balanced, technically clean-as-a-whistle and intonationally immaculate” (The Strad), the Dovers return to CMNW to kick off our 2026/27 Year-Round Season. The evening begins with Brahms’s gorgeous String Quartet No. 3, followed by American Indian composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate’s newest string quartet orchestration of Pura Fé’s—Indigenous activist, singer-songwriter, and storyteller—Rattle Songs, and Dvorák’s joyful String Quartet No. 11 serves as a fitting finale.
Oct 29, 2026
Lila Downs: Día de Muertos
Oct 29
La Jolla Music Society
Balboa Theatre
8584593728
868 4th Avenue
San Diego, CA United States
85854593728
boxoffice@theconrad.orghttp://https://theconrad.org/events/lila-downs-dia-de-muertos/ Celebrate Día de Muertos with internationally acclaimed, GRAMMY®- and Latin GRAMMY®–winning Mexican American artist Lila Downs in an unforgettable live performance.
Downs shares the emotions of love, loss, reconnection, and joy that define Day of the Dead traditions on both sides of the border in a deeply personal selection of rancheras and original songs.
Come dressed in imaginative Día de Muertos attire to share in the celebration!
Oct 30, 2026
Adiemus: Songs of Sanctuary
Oct 30
Rochester Oratorio Society
Hochstein Performance Hall
50 N Plymouth Ave
Rochester, NY United States
585-473-2234
info@rossings.orghttp://https://rossings.org/events/adiemus-songs-of-sanctuary/ Since it was first heard in 1994, Karl Jenkins’ Adiemus has captured the imagination of music lovers worldwide thanks to its unique combination of classical principles with the flavors of world and ethnic music. Adiemus, awarded 17 gold and platinum discs, receives its local premiere with the Rochester Oratorio Society Chorus and Orchestra, the Nazareth University Percussion Ensemble, the Sankofa African Dance & Drum Ensemble, the Roberts Wesleyan Chorale, and a Children’s Choir directed by Carina Telesca. Community charity partner: M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence.
Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello & Alexandre Tharaud, piano
Oct 30
La Jolla Music Society
The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center
8584593728
7600 Fay Ave
La Jolla, CA United States
8584593728
boxoffice@theconrad.orghttp://https://theconrad.org/events/queyras-tharaud/ Two of France’s most beloved musicians mark three decades together with a repertoire from Renaissance inspirations to modernism. The first half of this memorable concert will conclude with the gorgeous Brahms Cello Sonata in E Minor, Op. 38, while the second half journeys through works by Schubert, Britten, Fauré, Debussy, Brahms, and more.
Oct 31, 2026
Composers Concordance Presents Beat Gene Pritsker! A Halloween Musical Showdown
October 31
Gallery MC
Gene Pritsker
549 West 52nd Street, New York City
New York City, NY United States
+1 646-522-9442
composersconcordance@gmail.comhttp://https://composersconcordance.com New York, NY — Composers Concordance presents Beat Gene Pritsker: Think Beat Bobby Flay, but replace the kitchen with a concert stage, the secret ingredients with musical challenges, and the celebrity chef with composer Gene Pritsker.
This Halloween, Composers Concordance invites composers to enter the musical arena for 'Beat Gene Pritsker', an evening of competition, surprise, audience participation, and musical mayhem.
Four composers—Charles Coleman, Ginka Mizuki, Audrey Morse, and Will Rowe—will face off against Gene in a series of musical challenges. But this isn't your ordinary composition concert. The contestants won't always know which instruments will perform their music, and as the rounds progress, the challenges get bigger, longer, and more complicated.
Dover Quartet Returns to PSC
October 31st, 2026 at 7:30pm
Peoples' Symphony Concerts
Washington Irving Campus
info@pscny.org
40 Irving Place
New York, NY United States
(212) 586-4680
info@pscny.orghttp://https://pscny.org Named one of the greatest string quartets of the last 100 years by BBC Music Magazine, the beloved Dover Quartet returns to Peoples’ Symphony Concerts with music by Brahms, Dvorak, and an arrangement by indigenous composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate on October 31st at 7:30pm.
Founded in 1900, PEOPLES’ SYMPHONY CONCERTS presents classical music of the highest caliber at affordable prices in New York City. View our 26-27 calendar and buy tickets at pscny.org. Order the six-concert Arens series to get this concert PLUS five other great performances for as little as $56, or less than $10 per concert.