2026-2027 SEASON
PACIFICA QUARTET
Saturday, September 26, 2026, 7:30 pm
Sponsored by Marina Artuso
To open our 77th Season, we bring back the multiple GRAMMY® Award-winning Pacifica Quartet. The group is celebrated for its virtuosity and exuberant performance style. Its sound, distinguished by “warmth of phrasing, dynamic control and superbly coordinated ensemble balance” — Gramophone Magazine, has solidified the ensemble as an essential voice in American chamber music.
The Pacifica Quartet calls this program “Revolutionary Anniversaries: The Late Beethoven (200th) and America’s 250th.” It begins with a piece by African-American composer Florence Price, continues with Dvořák’s “American” quartet, and finishes with one of the late Beethoven quartets.
Florence Price: String Quartet in G Major
Dvořák: String Quartet no. 12, op. 96, “American”
Beethoven: String Quartet no. 13 in B-flat Major, op. 130
with Grosse Fuge, op. 133
CAMERATA RCO
Saturday, October 24, 2026, 7:30 pm
Formed by members of Amsterdam’s famed Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (RCO), Camerata RCO performs chamber music in multiple formations from duet to small chamber orchestra, with a special focus on the Classical and Romantic repertoire for winds and strings. This is their first appearance in one of our concerts.
Beethoven: String Trio op. 9, no. 3 in C Minor
Mozart: Quintet for Piano and Winds K.452 in E-flat Major
Beethoven: Septet for String and Winds op. 20 in E-flat Major
ALIAS BRASS COMPANY
Saturday, November 7, 2026, 7:30 pm
Sponsored by RAV Properties
The Alias Brass Company, founded in 2013, is another group new to SFCM. Their performance range extends from standards and original compositions from the Baroque and Classical periods to jazz and pop. Come and enjoy this sure-fire hit; chamber music of the future with something for everyone!
Repertoire to be announced.
MIDWINTER WINDS AND PIANO
Saturday, January 23, 2027, 7:30 pm
As is our custom, we’ll hear music performed by Central New York professionals in our Midwinter concert. This year, we will be treated to works for wind quintet and piano.
Barber: Summer Music
Beethoven: Quintet in E-flat Major, op. 16
Irving Fine: Partita for Wind Quintet
Poulenc: Sextet
DANISH STRING QUARTET
Saturday, February 13, 2027, 7:30 pm
“There are simply two kinds of string quartets: the Danish, and the others.” —Boston Classical Review.
Come and hear this outstanding group — three Danes and their Norwegian cellist — play pieces from the classical string quartet repertoire. Then settle in for some of their fantastic arrangements of Danish folk music!
Smith, Gabriella: Carrot Revolution
Shostakovich: String Quartet no. 14, op. 142 in F-sharp Major
Folk Music ...
TELEGRAPH QUARTET
Saturday, March 20, 2027, 7:30 pm
Sponsored by Dr. Joseph Flanagan
The Telegraph Quartet, formed in 2013, is new to SFCM. The New York Times calls their work “full of elegance and pinpoint control…” The Quartet has won the prestigious Walter W. Naumburg Chamber Music Award and the Grand Prize at the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition.
Debussy: String Quartet op. 10 in G Minor
Szymanowski: String Quartet no. 1, op. 37 in C Major
Brahms: String Quartet op. 51, no. 1 in C Minor
JUPITER STRING QUARTET with
JON NAKAMATSU, piano
Saturday, April 17, 2027, 7:30 pm
Sponsored by David Abrams in honor of
SFCM's 77th Anniversary
Our final concert of the season will see the return of two favorites, the wonderful Jupiter String Quartet and Gold Medalist of the 1997 Van Cliburn Piano Competition, Jon Nakamatsu. With their commitment to new music as well as the core repertoire, the Jupiter will play Mozart's “Dissonant” Quartet along with a piece by Korean-American composer Juri Seo. And finally, we’ll hear the Jupiter and Nakamatsu in the Dvořák quintet with the unforgettable dumka movement. What a way to end the season!
Mozart: String Quartet K.465 no. 19 in C Major, “Dissonance”
Juri Seo: Respiri
Dvořák: Piano Quintet no. 2 in A Major, op. 81
Photo: Lisa-Marie Mazzucco
Photo: Hans van der Woerd
Photo: Caroline Bittencourt
Photo: Todd Rosenberg
CONCERTS & TICKETS
Concerts will be held at GRANT MIDDLE SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
2400 Grant Boulevard, Syracuse, NY 13208
Programs subject to change