All concerts will be held at Pollard Auditorium on the campus of Oak Ridge Associated Universities, except for the bonus Isotone concert, which will be held in the auditorium of Pellissippi State Technical Community College. The bonus concert is free for subscribers to the Chamber Concert Series.
The Oak Ridge Chamber Music Series has a reputation for bringing world-class strings and wind groups (trios, quartets, quintets) to East Tennessee.
September 29, 8 p.m. Pollard Auditorium
Blair String Quartet
November 3, 8 p.m. Pollard Auditorium
Tesla String Quartet
Bonus Concert:
January 19, 8 p.m. Pellissippi State Technical Community College Auditorium
Isotone Concert
February 23, 8 p.m. Pollard Auditorium
ORSO String Quartet
March 24, 8 p.m. Pollard Auditorium
Manhattan Piano Trio
April 6, 8 p.m. Pollard Auditorium
Adaskin String Trio/Ensemble Schumann
| Sun., Oct. 2, 2011, 4 p.m. | Tiberius String Quartet |  |
 | The quartet from Transylvania, Romania, is best known for its performances of classical works by Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn, Brahms, and Schubert. The distinguished quartet has received several international prizes, including 2nd place in the Mozart International Contest (Clui, Romania) and 1st and 2nd prizes at Klassik Wiener Preis. During the Oak Ridge concert, the quartet will perform: Mozart's Quartet No. 22 in B-flat Major, K 589 (Prussian)
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| Sat., Nov. 5, 8 p.m. | Lydian String Quartet | |
 | Based at Brandeis University in Boston, the quartet has integrated the rich European and American quartet tradition with early, contemporary, and world music. The quartet's special flair and interpretive mastery of standard and contemporary repertoire has won the ensemble prizes at international competitions in Canada, France, England, and New York.
Mozart's String Quartet in D Major, K 499 | |
| Sat., Jan. 21, 8 p.m. | Oak Ridge Chamber Players | |
 | Oak Ridge Symphony Orchestra violinists Karen Kartal and Sue Eddlemon, violist Jennifer Bloch, and cellists Ihsan Kartal and Dan Allcott (ORSO conductor) will perform Schubert's Quintet in C Major, the composer’s final instrumental work composed two months before his death in 1828.
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| Sun., Apr. 1, 3 p.m. | **Bonus Concert: Isotone Concert (where musicand physics collide) | |
 | A tribute to Belgian Physicist Georges-Henri Lemaitre, the concert will include a new work by composer Don Bowyer, chair of the Department of Music at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Bowyer will play trombone along with Susan Eddlemon, violin, and Scott Eddlemon, percussion. Lemaitre is the father of the Big Bang theory and revealed that the universe is expanding!
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| Sun., Apr. 15, 3 p.m. | Felici Piano Trio | |
 | A Belgian pianist, German violinist, and American cellist regularly perform works by female and contemporary, as well as classical, composers. They are known for their elegant skills, bravura, deft musicality, and perfection without aloofness. Chamber music lovers will rejoice at the first-class artistic experience the trio will provide. The trio will also accompany the Oak Ridge Symphony Orchestra on Saturday night, Apr. 14.
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| Sat., May 5, 8 p.m. | Cumberland Wind Quintet | |
 | Established in 1972 as a resident faculty ensemble at Tennessee Tech, the quintet has built a solid reputation for unique programming, fine musicianship, and an enjoyable style marked by humor. The repertoire of the group combining flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and horn includes classics, exciting modern works, and lighter popular choices.
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** Subscribers to the Chamber Music Series can attend the Isotone Concert free of charge.
Michelle Powell
Executive Director
Phone: 865-483-5569
E-mail: office@orcma.org