Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta announces 2021-22 season | EarRelevant

Mark Gresham | 31 AUG 2021

ATLANTA, GA— Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta has announced its programming for the 2021-22 concert season as well as a sparkling new website. The website, chambermusicsociety.emory.edu, offers and overview of the Chamber Music Society, which is embarking on its 29th season, a calendar of its on-campus events, and a listing of all ECMSA concerts on and off campus grouped into five series plus one stand-alone special event:

EMERSON EVENING SERIES
COOKE NOONTIME SERIES
BACH’S LUNCH SERIES
FAMILY SERIES
MASTER CLASS SERIES
FENTRESS WAITS CONCERT

These appear under the website menu’s “CONCERTS” dropdown list. Event details can be found by selecting a series and clicking through to its page.

The Juilliard String Quartet, Mark O’Connor, Zuill Bailey, Cho-Liang Lin, David Coucheron, Julie Coucheron, Joe Grandsden, Gary Motley, and the Vega String Quartet are among the new season’s featured artists.

All Chamber Music Society programs are free, but this season free online registration is required for the Cooke Noontime and Emerson Series concerts. Registration details are available on the ECMSA website.

Masks will be required for all audience members this season for all ECMSA concerts.

Here is a chronological thumbnail list of ECMSA’s complete offerings for the 2021-22 season, both on and off the Emory University campus, showing date and time, concert title, series, and venue:

Fri. Sept. 10 @ Noon: STRING MAGIC: THE VEGA QUARTET WITH CELLIST KHARI JOYNER
Bach’s Lunch Series · First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta
Fri. Sept. 17: MUSSORGSKY: PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION FOR STRING QUINTET: VEGA QUARTET
Cooke Noontime Series · Michael C. Carlos Museum
Tue. Sept. 21 @ 6:30pm: Master Class with DAVID COUCHERON, VIOLIN
Master Class Series · Tharp Rehearsal Hall, Schwartz Center for Performing Arts
Fri. Sept. 24 @ 4pm: Master Class with MARK O’CONNOR
Master Class Series · Tharp Rehearsal Hall, Schwartz Center for Performing Arts
Sat. Sept. 25 @ 8pm: BEETHOVEN & BLUEGRASS: MARK & MAGGIE O’CONNOR AND THE VEGA QUARTET
Emerson Evening Series · Emerson Hall, Schwartz Center for Performing Arts
Fri. Oct. 15 @ Noon: JULIE COUCHERON & WILLIAM RANSOM, PIANO 4 HANDS
Cooke Noontime Series · Michael C. Carlos Museum
Sun. Oct. 24 @ 4pm: JUST JAZZIN’ AROUND WITH THE GARY MOTLEY TRIO
Family Series · Michael C. Carlos Museum
Sat. Oct. 29 @ 10am: Master Class with JOE GRANSDEN
Master Class Series · Tharp Rehearsal Hall, Schwartz Center for Performing Arts
Sat. Oct. 30 @ 8pm: BEETHOVEN & A BIG BAND: ARCHDUKE TRIO AND JOE GRANSDEN’S BIG BAND
Emerson Evening Series · Emerson Hall, Schwartz Center for Performing Arts
Fri. Nov. 19 @ Noon: MOZART @ THE MUSEUM: OBOE, FLUTE, AND PIANO QUARTETS
Cooke Noontime Series · Michael C. Carlos Museum
Sat. Nov. 20 @ 10am: Master Class with JOHN DEE
Master Class Series · Tharp Rehearsal Hall, Schwartz Center for Performing Arts
Fri. Dec. 3 @ Noon: RACHELLE MCCABE, PIANO
Cooke Noontime Series · Michael C. Carlos Museum

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Sat. Dec. 4 @ 10am: Master Class with RACHELLE MCCABE, PIANO
Master Class Series · Tharp Rehearsal Hall, Schwartz Center for Performing Arts
Fri. Dec. 10 @ Noon: ETERNAL LOVE TRIANGLE: MUSIC OF CLARA & ROBERT SCHUMANN AND JOHANNES BRAHMS
Bach’s Lunch Series · First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta
Sun. Dec. 12 @ 4pm: SANTA’S FAVORITE CHAMBER MUSIC
Family Series · Michael C. Carlos Museum
Sun. Jan. 16 @ 4pm @ Fernbank Museum: DINOSAURS AND OTHER MUSICAL CREATURES: BRICE ANDRUS & SUE WELTY, FRENCH HORNS; JULIE COUCHERON & WILLIAM RANSOM PIANO; LOIS REITZES, NARRATOR
Family Series · Fernbank Museum of Natural History (*Free with Museum Entrance*)
Fri. Jan 21 @ Noon: ITAMAR ZORMAN, VIOLIN
Cooke Noontime Series · Michael C. Carlos Museum
Fri. Jan. 28 @ 7pm: PAJAMA CONCERT: FERDINAND THE BULL AND THE ROAD TO HAMELIN
Family Series · Michael C. Carlos Museum
Sat. Jan. 29 @ 10am: Master Class with CHO-LIANG LIN, VIOLIN
Master Class Series · Tharp Rehearsal Hall, Schwartz Center for Performing Arts
Sat. Jan. 29 @ 8pm: STRING THEORY WITH CHO-LIANG LIN & FRIENDS: MOZART DUO, BRAHMS SONATA, MENDELSSOHN OCTET FOR STRINGS
Emerson Evening Series · Emerson Hall, Schwartz Center for Performing Arts
Fri. Feb. 11 @ Noon: ALEC CHIEN, PIANO
Cooke Noontime Series · Michael C. Carlos Museum
Sat. Feb. 12 @ 10am: Master Class with ALEC CHIEN, PIANO
Master Class Series · Tharp Rehearsal Hall, Schwartz Center for Performing Arts
Sun. Feb. 13 @ 4pm: THE BACH BOWL
Emerson Evening Series · Emerson Hall, Schwartz Center for Performing Arts
Fri. Feb. 18 @ Noon: ZUILL BAILEY, CELLO: THREE BACH SUITES FOR SOLO CELLO
Bach’s Lunch Series · First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta

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Sat. Feb. 19 @ 10am: Master Class with ZUILL BAILEY, CELLO
Master Class Series · Tharp Rehearsal Hall, Schwartz Center for Performing Arts
Sat. Feb. 19 @ 8pm: THE THREE ARTISTIC DIRECTORS: ZUILL BAILEY, CELLO; LINDA ROSENTHAL, VIOLIN; WILLIAM RANSOM, PIANO
Emerson Evening Series · Emerson Hall, Schwartz Center for Performing Arts
Sun. Feb. 20 @ 4pm: STRINGS AND STORIES: VIOLINIST LINDA ROSENTHAL & ACTOR WILLIAM BLUSH
Family Series · Michael C. Carlos Museum
Fri. March 18 @ Noon: EMORY’S YOUNG ARTISTS
Cooke Noontime Series · Michael C. Carlos Museum
Sun. March 27 @ 4pm: PETER AND THE WOLF: PRESIDENT GREG FENVES, NARRATOR; JULIE COUCHERON & WILLIAM RANSOM, PIANO
Family Series · Michael C. Carlos Museum
Fri. April 1 @ Noon: FOOLISH MUSIC
Cooke Noontime Series · Michael C. Carlos Museum
Sun. April 10 @ 4pm: ATLANTA’S YOUNG ARTISTS
Family Series · Michael C. Carlos Museum
Sat. April 23 @ 8pm: FENTRESS WAITS CONCERT
Fentress Waits Concert · Cannon Chapel, Emory University
Fri. May 6 @ Noon: VEGA STRING QUARTET
Cooke Noontime Series · Michael C. Carlos Museum
Sun. May 8 @ 1:30pm: ALUMNI HOUSE: EMERSON MEMORIAL ALUMNI CONCERT
Emerson Evening Series · Emerson Hall, Schwartz Center for Performing Arts
Thu. May 12 @ 4pm: Master Class with JUILLIARD STRING QUARTET
Master Class Series · Tharp Rehearsal Hall, Schwartz Center for Performing Arts
Fri. May 13 @ Noon: JUILLIARD STRING QUARTET: DVORAK PIANO QUINTET WITH WILLIAM RANSOM, PIANO
Bach’s Lunch Series · First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta
Sat. May 14 @ 8pm: JUILLIARD STRING QUARTET: BRAHMS SEXTET IN G MAJOR WITH MEMBERS OF THE VEGA QUARTET
Emerson Evening Series · Emerson Hall, Schwartz Center for Performing Arts