Featured Artists

Stephanie Jutt, flute
Jeffrey Sykes, piano
Carmit Zori, violin
Madlen Breckbill, violin
Lydia Grimes, viola
Lachezar Kostov, cello

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About This Event

A feast of color and intensity, from Milhaud’s jazz-inflected La création du monde to Bloch’s monumental and savage Piano Quintet. Rich, expansive, and overflowing with invention, this season finale reminds us that there’s always room for more wonder.

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Program

• Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884-1920): Poem for flute and piano (1918)
• Darius Milhaud (1892-1974): Concert Suite from La création du monde, Op. 81b (1932)
• Ernest Bloch (1880-1959): Piano Quintet no. 1 (1923)

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35 Summers of Serious Fun

They said no one would ever understand a name like Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society. They told us that chamber music was Serious Business—and that door prizes, mystery guests, playful titles, and a little audience mischief had no place in it. They said a festival like this wouldn’t last.

Thirty-five summers later, here we are. We are still surprising ourselves, still chasing curiosity, and still proving that chamber music can be both passionately committed and Serious Fun. What began as a leap of faith has become a tradition built on trust: trust in great music, fearless artists, and an audience that is always up for an adventure. So much for “never.”

That said, there are a few things we will happily say never to:

• We will never program music that doesn’t make our own hearts race.
• We will never give a performance anything less than our all.
• We will never lose our sense of humor, our love of mischief, or our gratitude for the generosity that keeps this festival humming.
• We will never take our audience for granted.

After all, you show up year after year, waiting for that familiar thrill to cross your mind: “They’ll never do that.”

Never Say Never.