

Musical Echoes: In Time
CIMF Artists pianist Mika Sasaki, violinists Julia Choi, George Meyer, and Chelsea Starbuck Smith, violist Jacob Shack, cellists Mitch Lyon and Francesca McNeeley, and harpist Emily Levin perform works by Jon Cziner, Mark Adamo, Paul Frucht, and Johannes Brahms.
J. Brahms — Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8, with pianist Mika Sasaki and cellist Francesca McNeeley
P. Frucht — “Come Fly With Me” with pianist Mika Sasaki
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The Lark Ascending with CIMF Artist Chamber Orchestra
Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending with CIMF Artist Chamber Orchestra
Julia Choi, violin
CIMF Artist-Faculty and the Artist Chamber Orchestra perform small ensemble and chamber orchestra works by 2022 composer-in-residence Jared Miller, Paul Frucht, Andrea Casarrubios, Ralph Vaughn Williams, and the 2025 call-for-scores winner, Sam Wu.
Featuring CIMF Artists violinist Julia Choi, George Meyer, Jeremías Sergiani-Velázquez, and Chelsea Starbuck Smith, violists Leah Ferguson and Jacob Shack, cellists Mitch Lyon and Arianna Nelson, double bassist Jonathan Borden, flutist Katie Althen-Velázquez, clarinetist Graeme Steele Johnson, bassoonist Rémy Taghavi, and guest musicians, directed by conductor Jacob Joyce.
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Faculty Chamber Showcase
Corelli 12 Trio Sonatas, No. 1 in F major, op. 3
Corelli 12 Trio Sonatas, No. 8 in C major, op. 3
Brahms - Piano Trio No.3 in c-minor, op.101
Grieg - String Quartet in g-minor, op. 27
with Timothy Chooi, Bartholomew Fortino-Shields, Jennifer Choi, Chan Mi Jean

Mozart Concerto No. 3 with Vilacello Festival Orchestra
Mozart Violin Concerto No. 3 with the Festival’s Orchestra
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Harp Trio at Newport Classical Music Festival
Harp Trio Recital at the Elms (Newport RI)
Program repertoire to include works by:
Ibert, Ravel, Le Rossignol, Saans, Negrón, Renie
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West Side Concert Series Julia Choi & Mika Sasaki in Recital “Johannes and Clara”
A program of all three Sonatas for Violin & Piano by Johannes Brahms, ending with Clara Schumann’s Romances.
JOHANNES & CLARA is presented by the West Side Concert Series.
The concert will be held in Ridgewood, NJ.
Livestream link here

Bruch Violin Concerto with the Northport Symphony Orchestra
The NSO’s final concert of the season features soloist Julia Choi, first Violinist in the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Ms. Choi will perform Bruch Violin Concerto, one of the most quintessential in the violin repertoire. Also on the program is Borodin’s Symphony No. 2 and Verdi’s Nabucco Overture.
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Met Orchestra Chamber Ensemble at Carnegie's Weill Hall
The always-evolving Met Orchestra Chamber Ensemble features musicians from the legendary Met Orchestra in a variety of unique programs. Together, along with special guest artists from the Metropolitan Opera and beyond, they explore a boundless world of chamber music, adapting to fit the instrumental needs of any piece—from all-time classics to hard-to-find hidden gems and standout works by many of today’s significant composers. In this performance, the ensemble treats listeners to an “Italian Serenade.”
Program:
BRICCIALDI Wind Quintet No. 1
PUCCINI Crisantemi
ROTA Nonetto
WOLF Italian Serenade (arr. Hadamowsky)
VERDI String Quartet in E Minor
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VFCO on Tour in Tongyeong, South Korea
Tongyeong International Music Festival
A variety of exciting concert programs on March 28, 29, 31, and on April 6
On Tour with Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
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VFCO on Tour in Mumbai, India
NCPA Tata Theatre in Mumbai, India
Nicolas Alstaedt, conductor/cello
On Tour with Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
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EL NIÑO: NATIVITY RECONSIDERED
Grammy-winning soprano and AMOC* member, Julia Bullock’s El Niño: Nativity Reconsidered flips the script on the traditional Christmas Nativity story. With the groundbreaking music of John Adams, one of America’s most renowned composers, and libretto by Peter Sellars, it’s a bold and modern exploration of birth, resilience, and humanity. Performed by AMOC*, the renowned Trinity Church NYC Choir, AMOC* member and bass-baritone, Davóne Tines, and a cast of superstars featuring mezzo-soprano, Rachael Wilson, and countertenor, Kyle Tingzon, conducted by Christian Reif, this production embodies the essence of New York City and its people. Experience the Nativity reimagined like never before at the breathtaking St. John the Divine on December 19!
Tickets at www.stjohnthedivine.org

KCCNY Holiday Concert featuring The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Musicians
In celebration of the 45th Anniversary of the Korean Cultural Center New York, we invite you to our annual Holiday Concert, titled "Thank You Notes."
Join us at the newly opened Korea Center New York, a space that embodies the spirit of cultural exchange and celebration. Together, we will reflect on the remarkable achievements of the past year while looking ahead to the exciting moments yet to come.
Featuring a heartwarming program of performances by the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Musicians, the evening will conclude with a warm gathering over light refreshments, offering an opportunity to connect and celebrate this special occasion together.
Program
Antonin Dvořák | Quintet in G Major for Two Violins, Viola, Cello and Bass, Op. 77
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Divertimento in D Major, K. 136
Conversation with Musicians moderated by So-Chung Shinn, Chair of the Patron Program at The Metropolitan Opera & Selection of Holiday Music!
Artists
Julia Choi, Qianwen Angela Shen, Wen Qian, Jeehae Lee (violin)
Zoë Martin-Doike, Mary Hammann (viola)
Kari Jane Docter, Joel Noyes (cello)
Edward Francis-Smith, Daniel Krekeler (bass)
https://www.koreanculture.org/performing-arts/2024/12/08/thank-you-notes-2024

The Met Orchestra Chamber Ensemble at Carnegie Hall
MARTINŮ Nonet, H. 374
JANÁČEK String Quartet No. 1, "Kreutzer Sonata"
DVOŘÁK Serenade for Strings
The Met Orchestra Chamber Ensemble
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor

American Lyric Theater-Opera: She Who Dared
Workshop of a new opera, She Who Dared, by Jasmine Arielle Barnes and Deborah Mouton
DiMenna Center

Opera Italiana Gala Concert in Central Park
Opera Gala Concert in NYC’s Central Park at the Naumburg Band Shell
This year’s concert includes arias and scenes from all of Puccini’s great operas to honor the Centennial of his death, as well as orchestral solos including Intermezzos from Cavalleria Rusticana, Manon Lescaut, William Tell Overture.

“Infinite”
Large ensembles perform Inconvenient Wounds by Rene Email, And Birds Are Still by Takashi Yoshimatsu, Nifrasch by Jon Cziner, Mother Goose Suite by Maurice Ravel, and The Unanswered Question by Charles Ives, with addendum by Paul Frucht
INFINITE presented by the Charles Ives Music Festival in collaboration with MoCA Westport. The concert will be held at MoCA Westport, 19 Newtown Turnpike, Westport, CT. For more information and to purchase tickets, click HERE.

"American" Julia Choi and Mika Sasaki in Recital
An engaging program including Sonata No. 4 by Charles Ives, The Old Question by Alex Weiser, Romance by Amy Beach, selections from Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin, and Sonata for Violin and Piano by John Corigliano.
AMERICAN is presented by the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra and Lounsbury House as part of the Music at the Mansion series. The concert was sold out, an dheld at Lounsbury House, 316 Main Street, Ridgefield, CT.

Julia Choi Studio Recital
MSM studio recital
Students will play works by Saint-Saëns, Mozart, Bach, Bruch, and Prokofiev

American Lyric Theater-Opera: Working for the Macbeths
Workshop of a new opera, Working for the Macbeths, by Johnny Navarro and Marcus Yi
DiMenna Center

The Met Orchestra Chamber Ensemble
The Met Orchestra Chamber Ensemble, Anthony Roth Constanzo, Yannick Nézét-Séguin
Handel: “Eternal source of light divine” from Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne
Handel: “Still amare” from Tolomeo
Golijov: The Fire Outlives the Spark
Golijov: Laika (World Premiere)
Elgar: Piano Quintet in A minor, Op. 84
Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie

“The Ties that Bind” Harp Trio Concert
Immediately following their album recording earlier in the week, musicians Julia Choi, Christine Lamprea, and Emily Levin perform the groundbreaking Trio by French harpist Henriette Renié, along with premiere performances of works by Angélica Negrón and Reena Esmail.
Central Commons, Dallas TX

MSM Pre-College Faculty Recital
Mozart Trio E-flat Major, K. 407 with Enriqueta Somarriba, piano and Hugo Valverde, horn
MSM Pre-College Faculty Recital
Greenfield Hall, Manhattan School of Music (130 Claremont Avenue)

EL NIÑO: NATIVITY RECONSIDERED
An AMOC* Production
This chamber music arrangement—written specially for AMOC*—was first performed at The Met Cloisters in 2018, in the beautiful San Martín at Fuentidueña chapel. The New York Times called it “intimate, affecting and quietly rich with activism.” The piece, which celebrates Latin American poets and the voices of women, returned for a one-night-only engagement in December 2022 at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. In December 2023, El Niño: Nativity Reconsidered tours to Opera Omaha, Stanford University, and Yale University before returning to the Cathedral of St. John the Divine for a second year. A rarely performed work, El Niño “ruminates on the notion that with the promise of new life, there is the equal threat of inexplicable violence and sacrifice,” said Bullock, “one of opera’s fastest-rising stars” (Vanity Fair), who curated the selections being performed.
Music by JOHN ADAMS
Libretto compilation by PETER SELLARS
Musical selections by JULIA BULLOCK
Musical arrangement by CHRISTIAN REIF
Free to the public

The Met Orchestra Chamber Ensemble
Amy Beach’s Piano Quintet in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 67
with Sarah Vonsattel, Dora Figueroa, Mary Hammann, and Bryan Wagorn

Julia Choi and Connor Kim Duo Recital
Violin and cello duo for an art lecture series introduction in Chelsea, NY
Mozart Duo K. 423 in G Major
Ravel Duo for Violin and Cello

Julia Choi and Mitchell Lyon Duo Recital
Sonatas for violin and cello by Boccherini and Ravel, as well as an original arrangement of “Fly Me To the Moon”
An afternoon of Chamber Music presented by P.S. 205

Trio Concert in Puerto Rico
Renié Trio
Angélica Negrón Trio
Puerto Rico Conservatory Strings Festival

Strauss Metamorphosen at Carnegie Hall
Strauss Metamorphosen with the Met Orchestra Chamber Ensemble and Yannick Nézet-Séguin

EL NIÑO: NATIVITY RECONSIDERED
An AMOC* Production
This chamber music arrangement—written specially for AMOC*—was first performed at The Met Cloisters in 2018, in the beautiful San Martín at Fuentidueña chapel. The New York Times called it “intimate, affecting and quietly rich with activism.” The piece, which celebrates Latin American poets and the voices of women, returns for a one-night-only engagement in December 2022 at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. A rarely performed work, El Niño “ruminates on the notion that with the promise of new life, there is the equal threat of inexplicable violence and sacrifice,” said Bullock, “one of opera’s fastest-rising stars” (Vanity Fair), who curated the selections being performed.
Music by JOHN ADAMS
Libretto compilation by PETER SELLARS
Musical selections by JULIA BULLOCK
Musical arrangement by CHRISTIAN REIF

Music Mondays
With musicians from the Met and Jennifer Johnson Cano
Program:
Kevin Puts - Selections from The Hours
Mozart - “Non più di fiori” from La clemenza di Tito
Kevin Puts - Credo
Kevin Puts - Seven Seascapes
Kevin Puts - Of All the Moons
Monday, November 21, 2022 at Advent Lutheran Church (2504 Broadway, NY)

Saratoga Performing Arts Center with the Philadelphia Orchestra
Wednesday:
Dvorak Carnival Overture
Rachmaninoff The Isle of the Dead
Habibi Jeder Baum spricht*
Beethoven Symphony No. 5
Thursday:
Rossini Overture to The Thieving Magpie
Bruch Violin Concerto No.1
Hunt Climb*
Beethoven Symphony No. 3 (“Eroica”)
Friday:
Barber Knoxville: Summer of 1915
Coleman This is Not a Small Voice for Soprano and Orchestra*
Dvorak Symphony No. 7
Saturday:
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
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Charles Ives Music Festival Artist-Faculty Concert
“Dedication”
PROGRAM:
Jamaican Medley – Eleanor Alberga (b. 1949)
Afterward – Chris Rogerson (b. 1988)
Saans – Reena Esmail (b. 1983)
Four Pieces for Solo Piano – Paul Frucht (b. 1989)
Variations on a Theme of Corelli – Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
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Fine Arts Chamber Players Dallas: Renié Harp Trio
Artistic Director Emily Levin, harp, joins sisters Jennifer Choi (Dallas Symphony Orchestra cello) and Julia Choi (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra violin) for their first performance of Henriette Renié’s Trio for violin, cello and harp, a virtuosic tour de force that revolutionizes the established conventions of this ensemble. Register at the link below for this FREE live-streamed concert!
Tickets HERE

Mainly Mozart: All-Mozart
W.A. MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major “Turkish”, K. 219
Soloist: Violin - Ying Fu.
W.A. MOZART: “Mi tradì in quell’alma ingrata” from Don Giovanni
Soloist: Soprano - Susanna Phillips.
W.A. MOZART: “Per pietà, ben mio, perdona” from Così fan tutte
Soloist: Soprano - Susanna Phillips.
W.A. MOZART: Symphony No. 29 in A Major, K. 201
Tickets HERE
The Met is back!
Please visit MetOpera.org for information about tickets to regular shows where you can see Julia perform.