Northeastern Pennsylvania Chamber Music Society
Celebrating ten seasons of music-making, mentorship, and meaningful connection in the community.
NEPACMS returns to the Arts at Hayfield Summer Arts Festival! Join us on Sunday, August 27 at 12:15 PM in the historic Hayfield House for a delightful program featuring string trios and duos with John Vaida, violin; Amy Iwazumi, viola; and Bryan Hayslett, cello.
Artists from the September 22-23, 2024 Elegies and Exuberance concerts give a small talk and performance for the Dallas Middle School Band students.
NEPACMS opens their 2023-2024 concert season with a program weaving soulful and haunting melodies with boisterous and joyful exuberance. Highly regarded by contemporaries such as Robert Schumann, Kalliwoda was a violinist and prolific composer with great skill in blending symphonic structure with Czech flair. Followed by the unforgettably beautiful Trio élégiaque in G minor by […]
NEPACMS opens their 2023-2024 concert season with a program weaving soulful and haunting melodies with boisterous and joyful exuberance. Highly regarded by contemporaries such as Robert Schumann, Kalliwoda was a violinist and prolific composer with great skill in blending symphonic structure with Czech flair. Followed by the unforgettably beautiful Trio élégiaque in G minor by […]
Mozart's Clarinet Quintet in A Major was written almost 125 years earlier than Somervell's Clarinet Quintet in G Major, yet both works have extraordinary poignancy and feature the clarinet as a lyrical voice. Despite, or one might argue that by virtue of, the difficulties Mozart was experiencing the year he composed the work, between Constanze's […]
Clarinetist and guest artist, Calvin Falwell, gives a masterclass at Marywood University.
Mozart's Clarinet Quintet in A Major was written almost 125 years earlier than Somervell's Clarinet Quintet in G Major, yet both works have extraordinary poignancy and feature the clarinet as a lyrical voice. Despite, or one might argue that by virtue of, the difficulties Mozart was experiencing the year he composed the work, between Constanze's […]
NEPACMS plays at the Back Mountain Memorial Library's Holiday Open House!
NEPACMS is thrilled to present its most ambitious program yet, pairing the sublime Brahms Second Sextet, a masterpiece exuding elegance and rich lyricism, with Tchaikovsky's Souvenir de Florence, a bright and vigorous composition for string sextet, reminiscent of his renowned ballets. Over several years, Tchaikovsky painstakingly sketched, worked on, and reworked Souvenir de Florence, and […]
Artists from the January "Sensational Strings" program gives a performance and has a conversation/Q&A session with orchestra students at Wyoming Valley West High School. This program is supported in part by the Northeastern Educational Intermediate Unit 19 and Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National […]
NEPACMS is thrilled to present its most ambitious program yet, pairing the sublime Brahms Second Sextet, a masterpiece exuding elegance and rich lyricism, with Tchaikovsky's Souvenir de Florence, a bright and vigorous composition for string sextet, reminiscent of his renowned ballets. Over several years, Tchaikovsky painstakingly sketched, worked on, and reworked Souvenir de Florence, and […]
NEPACMS is thrilled to present its most ambitious program yet, pairing the sublime Brahms Second Sextet, a masterpiece exuding elegance and rich lyricism, with Tchaikovsky's Souvenir de Florence, a bright and vigorous composition for string sextet, reminiscent of his renowned ballets. Over several years, Tchaikovsky painstakingly sketched, worked on, and reworked Souvenir de Florence, and […]
The Schumann Piano Quintet, Borodin String Quartet No. 2, and Webern Langsamer Satz were all written as an expression of love for their wife: Clara Schumann is the dedicatee of the Piano Quintet and gave its first performance, the Second String Quartet was dedicated to Borodin's wife as an anniversary gift 20 years after being […]
The Schumann Piano Quintet, Borodin String Quartet No. 2, and Webern Langsamer Satz were all written as an expression of love for their wife: Clara Schumann is the dedicatee of the Piano Quintet and gave its first performance, the Second String Quartet was dedicated to Borodin's wife as an anniversary gift 20 years after being […]
The Borodin String Quartet No. 2 and Webern Langsamer Satz were written as an expression of love for their wife: Borodin wrote the Second String Quartet as an anniversary gift for his wife 20 years after being engaged, and Webern was inspired to write the Langsamer Satz after falling in love with his future wife. […]
Artists from the May 11, 2024 Vibrant Sonorities concert engage with students at Wyoming Valley West High School with a side-by-side session with the WVW Chamber Orchestra and gives a performance of some of the Vibrant Sonorities program. This program is supported in part by the Northeastern Educational Intermediate Unit 19 and Pennsylvania Council on […]
Artists from the May 11, 2024 Vibrant Sonorities concert gives a talk and mini-performance to band students at Dallas Middle School. This program is supported in part by the Northeastern Educational Intermediate Unit 19 and Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the […]
A grossly underrated composer, Josef Labor was a respected organist, pianist, teacher, and composer, who was colleagues with Johannes Brahms, Richard Strauss, Anton Bruckner, Clara Schumann, and Gustav Mahler. His piano quintet for piano, violin, viola, cello, and double bass highlights each instrument with sonorous melodies and masterfully integrates expansive harmonies. In this season-ending concert, […]
NEPACMS will make its annual appearance at the Arts at Hayfield Summer Arts Festival, Sunday, August 18, 2024 from 12:15pm to 1pm, with a delightful program of string quartets! More information at the Arts at Hayfield website.
Musicologist and composer Paul Epstein once described the four movements of Haydn's "Lark" Quartet as "a story, a song, a dance, and a party," capturing the vivid emotions and narratives that music can evoke. This season-opening program embodies that same spirit, with each piece reflecting profound stories and personal experiences. Golijov's "Tenebrae" for String Quartet […]