2015

September 20

Sean Chen, Concert Pianist
Medalist in the 2013 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition

Hailed as a charismatic rising star with “an exceptional ability to connect with an audience combined with an easy virtuosity” (Huffington Post), pianist Sean Chen won over fans and critics at the 2013 Cliburn Competition. The first American to earn a Cliburn award since 1997, he took home third prize, just months after being named the 2013 Christel DeHaan Classical Fellow of the American Pianists Association. He continues to earn accolades for performances that are “dazzlingly executed, full of colors and nuance” (Arts Fuse).

2015

October 18

Cassatt String Quartet

Acclaimed as one of America's outstanding ensembles, the Manhattan based Cassatt String Quartet has performed throughout North America, Europe, and the Far East, with appearances at New York's Alice Tully Hall and Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, the Tanglewood Music Theater, the Kennedy Center and Library of Congress in Washington, DC, the Theatre des Champs-Élysées in Paris and Maeda Hall in Tokyo. The Quartet has been presented on major radio stations such as National Public Radio's Performance Today, Boston's WGBH, New York's WQXR and WNYC, and on Canada's CBC Radio and Radio France.

2015

November 15

Albert and Gage
Vocalists and Musicians

Christine Albert & Chris Gage have a long track record of making beautiful music together, although both musicians' individual pedigrees are far more extensive. Over the course of six duet albums, the duo has demonstrated that disparate backgrounds do not preclude musical soul mates from finding one another.

2015

December 6

Hill Country Youth Orchestras

HCYO was founded by Lynda Ables, who was the Director of Music for Kerrville First United Methodist Church and HCYO Facilitator from 1995 until her retirement in 2009. HCYO has grown to more than 130 string students and approximately 25 wind, brass and percussion students in the intervening years. Through the dedication of Mrs. Ables, the HCYO Board of Directors, and a dedicated faculty and staff today’s orchestras reflect the organization’s mission of “Bringing the joy of the orchestra experience to the youth of the Hill Country” and provide educational opportunities to all children, regardless of race, color, creed, disability, or economic status.

2016

January 17

Spectrum Winds

Spectrum Winds, a component of the United States Air Force Band of the West, brings the highest standards of musical excellence to its audiences with a passion to honor our past heroes, inspire the present generation, communicate the Air Force story, and recruit future generations of Airmen. Composed of six world-class musicians, Spectrum Winds explores the diverse world of chamber music for winds and percussion, exposing audiences to traditional woodwind quintet literature, Latin, jazz, Celtic and more.

2016

February 21

4 Proches
Beecher, Ezra, Liza, and Asa Proches
Southern Folk Music, Sibbling Harmony

Hi! We're 4 Proches We play music. And sing. And laugh. Together. And with you! www.4proches.com
Debut album on iTunes

We live in Fredericksburg, Texas in the Hill Country, just a short jaunt from Austin and San Antonio. We play Folk/Americana music... With a twist. We love to sing. We love writing music that's never been heard before (or putting our own twist on music that's been around for awhile!) We also like to laugh. And travel. And just do everything. Together. And with you! We love making friends and having new adventures, eating great food and seeing new places. We hope you'll join us on our journey!

2016

March 20

Nathaniel Mayfield
Trumpets with Organ Accompaniment

Nathaniel Mayfield, trumpet
Moritz Görg, trumpet
Michael Riedel, organist

Nathaniel Mayfield, a Texas native with international roots, Nathaniel Mayfield has shared his passion and love of the modern and baroque trumpet with audiences across the world.

Moritz Görg began studying music when he was 14 years old at Gymnasialzeit, a college for music at Nuremberg-Augsburg with a primary focus in trumpet under professor Uwe Kleindienst.

Michael Riedel received his initial musical training as a choirboy in the Windsbacher Knabenchor. 

2016

April 17

The Marcsmen
San Antonio’s Premier Men’s A Cappella Group

We consider The Marcsmen to be a musical brotherhood. Sure, we love to sing and strive to make each other the best musicians we can be, but at the same time, we love to socialize. Whether it’s playing basketball, going out to dinner after rehearsal and singing tags in the parking lot until the wee hours or the morning, or ribbing each other in our discussion groups, we have fun together. Of course, that extends to all of our families as well, whom we consider to be just as much a part of the group as the actual members. Our members come from all walks of life at a variety of ages as young as 13 and as old as in their 70’s, from all parts of the South Texas region.

2016

May 15

Emile Pandolfi
Concert Pianist

Considered one of today’s top pianists with over 3 million CDs sold. It has been said that he plays “luxurious arrangements” with an “ethereal quality”; that he plays in a “free-flowing, emotional manner that seems to go to the music’s very soul.” (Stereophile Magazine) Without a doubt, when you hear Emile Pandolfi play, you know that you are hearing one of today’s finest pianists. Receiving his degree in piano performance, Emile applies his classical technique to Broadway and Popular music, in addition to classical performance, to the delight of his many fans. Strong in both technique and musicality, he has performed in many parts of the world throughout his professional career.