Fall Concert Season 2024
Saturday, November 2nd 2024, 3:30 pm. Performing Arts Center in Brewster and online!
Lecture Recital with the Kalliope Reed Quintet
Opening our 2024 fall season with a lecture recital in beautiful Brewster MA. We’ll dive into the history and evolution of reeds, reed instruments and reed compositions. Afterwards, we’ll play works from across the centuries, including old favorites from Jean Phillip Rameau and George Gershwin to new works by Abraham Gómez and Daniel Cueto. Free admission!
Sunday, November 3rd 2024, 2:00 pm. First Baptist Church, Medford MA
We return to the First Baptist Church of Medford for a local presentation of our fall repertoire. Enjoy recent works by Abraham Gómez, Daniel Cueto and Alyssa Morris alongside classics from Rameau and Gershwin. Free Admission for all.
Wednesday, November 6th 2024, 5:30 pm. Dartmouth College
We head up to Dartmouth College to present the world premiere of Nubia Melina Jaime Donjuan’s The Last Drop of Water. Also featured on the program is Diana Syrse’s Frecuencia Cardiaca alongside works by Gershwin and living composers Daniel Cueto and Alyssa Morris. Admission is free!
Thursday, November 7th 2024, 7:30 pm. Wayland Concert Series
We finish our season with the Massachusetts premiere of Nubia Melina Jaime Donjuan’s The Last Drop of Water, alongside an eclectic mix of works including Diana Syrse’s Frecuencia Cardiaca, Daniel Cueto’s Amaru, Alyssa Morris’ Eyes to See Them, Lips to Tell and Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue. Admission is free!
Past events
Sunday, October 1st 2023, 2:00 pm. Newton Free Library
Fran, Franck, ¡Fiesta!
We conclude our 2023 Fall season with another contrasting concert in collaboration with violinist Francine Trester, featuring our Latin American favorites followed by the French Romantic Cesar Franck’s Violin Sonata. This concert features works from living composers from across Latin America, beginning with Mexican composers Abraham Gomez and Nubia Jaime Donjuan. Next we will feature two Kalliope commissions, Miguel del Aguila’s Transoceanica, musically depicting an adventurous bus ride from Rio to Lima, Peru, followed by Peruvian/American composer Daniel Cueto’s Amaru, inspired by the Peruvian Deity and featured on our upcoming album! In the second half we will switch to something completely different with the beloved Violin Sonata by French Romantic composer Cesar Franck, with violinist Francine Trester, and arranged for Reed Quintet and violin by the Calefax Quintet. Admission free, this concert is made possible with the support of the Newton Free Library.
Saturday, September 30th 2023, 7:00 pm. Thacher Hall, Yarmouth
Kalliope in Blue
Join us in Yarmouth’s beautiful Thacher Hall for a blue-inspired program celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month and Gershwin’s 125th birthday! This concert features works from living composers from across Latin America, beginning with Mexican composers Abraham Gomez and Nubia Jaime Donjuan. Next we will feature two Kalliope commissions, Miguel del Aguila’s Transoceanica, musically depicting an adventurous bus ride from Rio to Lima, Peru, followed by Peruvian/American composer Daniel Cueto’s Amaru, inspired by the Peruvian Deity and featured on our upcoming album! And in celebration of it being the week of George Gershwin’s 125th birthday, Kalliope will complete the concert with two brand new Gershwin arrangements: selections from his lesser-known opera Blue Monday, and one of his favorite masterpieces Rhapsody in Blue. Tickets $30 for adults and free for youth under 18, and are available for purchase here. This concert was made possible with the generous support from Thacher Hall and the Historical Society of Old Yarmouth.
Friday, September 29th 2023, 6:00 pm. Somerville Museum
Kalliope in Blue – with special guest Carrie Cheron, Mezzo-Soprano
This blue-inspired program celebrates both Gershwin’s 125th birthday and Hispanic Heritage Month, while also creating the perfect complement to the Somerville Museum’s seasonal exhibit BLUE: the exploration of a color by Martha Friend. Kalliope Reed Quintet joins forces with Mezzo Soprano Carrie Cheron and composer Francine Trester for a fantastic program of contrasting 20th and 21st century works inspired by the color blue. We will present the world premiere of Francine Trester’s reed quintet version of her new song cycle Azure World, featuring five songs with Poetry by Alfred Tennyson, followed by a new arrangement of “Blue” by Joni Mitchell. As part of our on-going celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month we will present Lando Azulado by Peruvian composer Daniel Cueto, and Astro Errante by Mexican composer Abraham Gomez. And in celebration of it being the week of George Gershwin’s 125th birthday, Kalliope will complete the concert with two brand new arrangements: selections from his lesser-known opera Blue Monday, and one of his favorite masterpieces Rhapsody in Blue. Tickets for $10 are available here, and includes museum admission to the exhibit! Made possible with support from the Somerville Museum and the Somerville Arts Council.
Tuesday, September 19th, 2023, 7:30 pm. Berklee School of Music – David Friend Recital Hall and online!
Fran and Franck
Kalliope Reed Quintet collaborates with the abundantly talented Berkee professor Francine Trester – as both a composer and a soloist! In the first half of the concert we will present Francine Trester’s works for Reed Quintet, including This, an original work and poem composed in 2020 about the early months of the pandemic – and also featured on our upcoming album! We will also present a short two song preview of her recently commissioned new song cycle Azure World for Mezzo Soprano and Reed Quintet, using poetry by Alfred Tennyson with Mezzo Soprano Carrie Cheron. The second half will feature Francine Trester as a soloist for a unique arrangement of Cesar Franck’s Violin Sonata, arranged by Raaf Hekkema from the Calefax Reed Quintet. Admission free, livestream link is https://vimeo.com/showcase/DFRH. This concert is made possible with support from the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
Saturday, September 16th 2023, 7:30 pm. In-person/online First Baptist Church Medford
Viva México
Join us for the opening of our fall season in the First Baptist Church Medford! This program consists of two contrasting halves, with the first half celebrating Mexican Independence day with contrasting and exciting works by five different living Mexican composers: Jose Elizondo, Charles Phillip Daniels Torres, Arturo Marquez, Nubia Melina Jaime Donjuan, and Abraham Gomez. We conclude with a quick preview of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, arranged by the Calefax Quintet. Admission free, livestream link available here!
Thursday, October 27th 2022, 12:30 pm, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Featuring an eclectic program of works by Jean Phillip Rameau, Miguel del Aguila, Charles Philip Danies Torres, and more! Admission free, more details coming soon.
Tuesday, October 25th 2022, 7:30 pm, Berklee School of Music – David Friend Recital Hall
Portraits of Greece
Kalliope is named after the Greek muse of epic poetry and mother of Orpheus, and we’re very excited to be present a Greece-inspired program! This concert will feature world premieres by Berklee Composition Department faculty members Panagiotis Liaropoulos and Margaret McAllister, Jean Phillip Rameau’s “Entrance of the Muses” and Ravel’s Cinq mélodies populaires grecques – both arranged by members of the Calefax Quintet. Admission free, more information available here
CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS Thursday, July 28th 2022, 7:30 pm The Lilypad Inman Square
Carrizos Mexicanos
After two years of expanding the Mexican Reed Quintet repertoire we are very excited to be able to present a full program of reed quintets by living Mexican composers! Original reed quintets featured on this program include Across the Seas Towards the Mystical by Charles Daniels Torres – commissioned by Kalliope in 2021, and Astro Errante by Mexican composer Abraham Gomez – winner of the annual Calefax Reed Quintet composition competition. This concert will also include several more traditional works arranged by the Kalliope Reed Quintet: Danzón Alcatraz by Nubia Melina Jaime Donjuan, Danzas Latinoamericanas by Jose Elizondo, and Arturo Márquez’s Danzón no. 5 – Portales de Madrugada, and Danzón no. 6 – Puerto Calvario, featuring our saxophonist Bennett Parsons as a soloist! Admission $10 at the door, online ticket link coming soon. This concert is made possible in part with the support of the City of Boston’s Reopen Creative Boston grant.
Saturday, July 16th 2022, 7:30 pm Follen Community Church, Lexington MA
Join us for this free concert as we open our summer season with a concert of mostly new repertoire along with some recently added favorites! This program features the USA premiere of Astro Errante by Mexican composer Abraham Gomez, and winner of the annual Calefax Reed Quintet composition competition. We will present east coast premieres of composer and Kalliope bass clarinetist Jon Russell’s Deep Waters, Distant Stars, and selections from Jeff Scott’s Homage to Paradise Valley. Also included is a new and extended version of Daniel Cueto’s Momentos Peruanos, and our recently premiered Laurentian Bolero by Mathieu Lussier. Admission is free, donations accepted. This concert is made possible in part with the support of the City of Boston’s Reopen Creative Boston grant.
Saturday, June 4th 2022, 3:00 pm. Medford Public Library
Closing the spring season the day before World Environment Day, Kalliope will perform a benefit concert for the Mystic River Watershed Association. Performed in the recently opened Charlotte and William Bloomberg Medford Public Library run on 100% renewable energy (the first library of it’s kind in the state), Kalliope will perform a program of climate related works. Admission free, all donations will go to Mystic River Watershed Association, more details coming soon! Made possible with support from the Medford Arts Council.
Thursday, June 2nd 2022, 7:00 pm. Community Music Center Boston and online!
Performing as part of the John Kleshinski Concert Series, and featuring works from across the Americas including Daniel Cueto (Peru), Miguel del Aguila (Uruguay), Jenni Brandon (USA), Charles Daniels Torres (Mexico), Nubia Jaime Donjuan (Mexico), and more! Free admission, registration is required for online and in-person attendance and is available here. Concert made possible with support from the City of Boston.
Thursday, May 26th 2022, 8:00 pm. Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth
Presenting as part of the Music Mexico Symposium at Dartmouth, the Kalliope Reed Quintet will present works by three living Mexican composers: Nubia Jaime Melina Donjuan, Charles Philip Daniels Torres, and Arturo Marquez. Tickets and more information available here.
Friday, May 20th 2022, 7:30 pm St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Brookline
The concert will include our first collaboration with Brookline-based Korean pianist Cholong Park, and will include arrangements of works by well known and more obscure composers of the 20th century. The program will begin with a reed trio by a less-known French composer Louise Marie Simon, who composed under the pseudonym Claude Arrieu. Following that we will perform our own adaptation of the Poulenc Sextet – originally for piano and traditional woodwind quintet but adapted for piano and reed quintet. After a brief intermission we will perform our newest commission Bonne Année by Oliver Caplan. Finally we will conclude the program with our own arrangement of George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, featuring Cholong Park as a soloist and the Kalliope Reed Quintet playing a reduced version of the orchestra. Admission free, made possible with support from the Brookline Community Foundation.
Sunday, May 15th 2022, 2:00. First Church Somerville UCC
The Kalliope Reed Trio’s first concert of 2022 – and our first ever commissioned work! This program includes an exciting collection of works by 20th century French composers and 21st century American composers, including Ann Marie Simon – who wrote under the pseudonym Claude Arrieu, Francis Poulenc, Jenni Brandon’s Sequoia Trio, and the world premiere of Follow the Drinking Gourd by Charles Murrell III. Admission free, donations accepted. event details available here. This concert is made possible with the generous support of the Somerville Arts Council.
Saturday, May 7th 2022, 3:00 pm. University of Rhode Island New Music Festival
This year the festival theme is the environment, and we will present a 60 minute set of new environment-related works. The set will include the world premiere of La Tierra no se vende by RI-based composer Eliane Aberdam and other climate related works. Admission $12 General; $7 Students, Seniors (60 and over); Children 12 and under free, tickets available here.
Tuesday, April 19th 2022, 8:00 pm MST. Teatro Angela Peralta – Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico.
Join us in Mazatlan, Mexico for our second concert and entirely different program at Festival Temporada Primavera! The first half of this program migrates musically from north to south with three beautiful works by living composers, beginning in Canada with Mathieu Lussier’s Laurentian Bolero, moving to the USA with Jenni Brandon’s Wildflower Quintet, and ending in Mexico with Arturo Marquez’s Danzon no. 5. The second half migrates musically from south to north beginning with Miguel del Aguila’s Transoceanica, depicting a long and adventurous bus ride from Rio Brazil to Lima Peru. After arriving in Peru we perform Daniel Cueto’s Amaru – about the great Peruvian Diety, and then conclude the concert in Mexico with the World Premiere of Across the Seas Towards the Mystical by Mexican composer Charles Philip Daniels Torres! Again an exciting evening of music not to be missed, and in the beatiful Teatro Angela Peralta. Huge thanks to the generous support of Mid Atlantic Arts and their USArtists International Grant Program, for making this performance possible.
Monday, April 18th 2022, 7:30 pm MST. Casa Haas – Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico.
Come hear us in Mazatlan, Mexico, as part of their Festival Temporada Primavera! We have an exciting program planned of works from across the Americas, including Astor Piazzolla’s Tango Suite, Gershwin’s An American in Paris, Daniel Cueto’s Momentos Peruanos, our own arrangement of Arturo Marquez’s Danzon no. 6, and Jenni Brandon’s Found Objects: On the Beach – the composer will be there in person! Many of these works are Latin American premieres, and it will be an exciting evening of music not to be missed. Huge thanks to the generous support of Mid Atlantic Arts and their USArtists International Grant Program, for making this performance possible.
Saturday, April 2nd 2022, 10:00 am. Community Music Center Boston, Allen Hall.
Come hear us perform Amaru by Daniel Cueto and Wildflower Quintet by Jenni Brandon, alongside a discussion/workshop explaning the details of these works and how they came to be. Also learn more about our collaborations with composers, how we commissioned 15 works in our first two years, and how we persue our mission to expand and diversify the reed quintet repertoire and create a more sustainable path forward for 21st century chamber music. Recommended for music students age 12 and older, and anyone wanting to learn more about the ensemble!
Friday, April 1st 2022, 7:30 pm. First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church in Arlington MA
Join us at the First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church in Arlington! The first half of this concert reflects back on our works celebrating Women’s History Month, including selections from Wildflower Quintet by Jenni Brandon, and This by Francine Trester. The second half looks ahead to our upcoming tour in Mexico, presenting some of our Latin American favorites including Piazzolla’s Tango Suite I, Transoceanica by Miguel del Aguila, Amaru by Daniel Cueto, and our own arrangement of Arturo Marquez’s Danzon no. 6 – featuring Arlington native Bennett Parsons as a soloist! Admission free, donations accepted. Made possible with support from the Arlington Council for Arts and Culture.
Friday, March 25th 2022, 6:00 pm. Somerville Museum
This program is the perfect complement to the Somerville Museum’s seasonal exhibit Bittersweet, curated by two leading artists from Colombia and Peru. Our program tours South America south to north starting in Argentina with Astor Piazzolla’s Tango Suite, Transoceanica by Miguel del Aguila (Uruguay) – musically depicting a bus adventure from Rio Brazil to Lima Peru. After arriving in Peru we will perform two works we commissioned by Pervian composer Daniel Cueto: Momentos Peruanos and Amaru, and complete the program with some new arrangements from Colombia. Admission is $10 and includes museam admission to the exhibit! Made possible with support from the Somerville Arts Council. Tickets available HERE
March 19th 2022, 7:30 pm. Cape Cod Cultural Center, Yarmouth MA
In alignment with Women’s History month and the Cultural Center’s month-long exhibit Empowerment vs. Exploitation, the program will feature all female and non-binary composers. Works on the program will include This by Boston-based composer Francine Trester, reflecting on her personal experience of the pandemic March through May 2020; Thaw by Becky Turro, portraying a trip they took to Acadia National Park in March 2017; and Wildflower Quintet by Jenni Brandon, reflecting the work of Ladybird Johnson. Made possible in part with support from the Mid-Cape Cultural Council. Tickets are $25 and available here.
Saturday, March 12th 2022, 7:30 pm. In-person/online First Baptist Church Medford
Join us for our opening concert of 2022 at the First Baptist Church Medford, as we celebrate the changing of the seasons. Beginning with Thaw by Becky Turro, portraying a trip they took to Acadia National Park in March 2017, our recently-commissioned Wildflower Quintet by Jenni Brandon, George Gershwin’s American in Paris, and the world premiere of Medford-based composer Oliver Caplan’s Bonne Année – inspired by celebrating the new year in Paris. Special thanks to the Medford Arts Council, for making this commission and concert possible. Admission free, donations accepted. Online link available here!
Sunday, August 8th 2021, 7:00 pm EDT – Online – Arlington MA
Friday, August 6th 2021, 7:30 pm EDT – In-person – Lexington MA
Reed Quintets of the Americas – In-person and online
Join us for our final concert featuring a journey across the Americas! Beginning in Canada with Mathieu Lussier’s recently-premiered Laurentian Bolero, then moving across the border into Maine with Becky Turro’s Thaw – musically depicting the thawing of Acadia National Park, next to the southern border with west Jenni Brandon’s Wildflower Quintet, into Mexico with Arturo Marquez’s Danzon no. 6 – featuring our own Bennett Parsons as a soloist! Following that will be the first 2021 performance of Miguel del Aguila’s Transoceanica, commissioned by Kalliope in 2020 and musically depicting an adventurous bus ride from Rio to Lima, Peru, and finally ending with the world premiere of Peruvian/American composer Daniel Cueto’s Cinco Momentos Peruanos! The in-person performance Friday will take place in the Follen Church in Lexington, and our performance Sunday will be streamed LIVE online, tickets available here
Monday, July 26th 2021 2:00 pm EDT – Online
Join us online for a full recital featuring reed quintets from across the Americas! This dynamic program features Kalliope commissions of living composers popular within the double reed community, including selections from Jenni Brandon’s Wildflower Quintet, Daniel Cueto’s Amaru, Zach Gulaboff Davis’s Divergences, Becky Turro’s Thaw, Ian Wiese’s Suite for Reed Quintet, and the world premiere of accomplished Canadian composer/bassoonist Mathieu Lussier’s Laurentian Bolero, along with a preview of Daniel Cueto’s new Cinco Momentos Peruanos! Presented as part of the International Double Reed Society Conference 2021.
Sunday, July 25th, 4:00 pm EDT – The Lilypad – Cambridge, MA
Our first post-pandemic concert at the Lilypad! We will perform several of our recently commissioned works, including the in-person premiere of Daniel Cueto’s Amaru, Adrienne Albert’s Menage a Trio, and a double world premiere with Daniel Burwasser‘s False Awakening and Don Krishnaswami’s Quintet for Reeds. $10 admission, seating is limited and we recommend reserving in advance here. Special thanks to the Boston Woodwind Society for helping make this concert possible!
Friday, July 23rd 2021, 7:30 pm EDT – in-person – Lexington MA
Join the Kalliope Trio for their first in-person concert! This will be a benefit concert for Energize Lexington promoting local environmental activism. We will perform several nature-inspired works, including Jenni Brandon’s Sequoia Trio, Adrienne Albert’s Menage a Trio, and more! This is an in-person event taking place at the Follen Community Church in Lexington, free admission, and all donations will support Energize Lexington. Special thanks to the Follen Community Church and the Lexington Council for the Arts for making this concert possible!
Sunday, July 18th 2021, 2:30 EDT – online
Clarinetfest 2021 – Flowers Without Borders – Cape Daisy Recital
This festival was originally set to take place in Texas before going virtual, and going with this theme we will present the world premiere of Jenni Brandon’s Wildflower Quintet, inspired the Ladybird Wildflower Research Center in Austin Texas. The correlating poems will be included in the video as the music progresses. Following this will be Daniel Cueto’s Amaru – back for it’s first performance of our 2021 season! This was presented as part of the International Clarinet Assiciation’s Clarinetfest 2021, and can be viewed on youtube here:
Friday, July 16th 2021, 7:00 pm EDT – online
View the youtube premiere of Reflections and Diversions here!
Sunday, July 11th 2021, 7:00 pm EDT – in-person – Newton MA
Reflections and Diversions – Taking place in the NewCity Church in Newton, MA, this concert features an exciting program opening with two in-person premieres of Zach Gulaboff Davis‘s Divergences, and Quincy-based composer Ian Wiese’s Suite for Reed Quintet. After intermission we will feature a second world premiere with Newton-based composer Francine Trester’s This, inspired by the early days of the pandemic, with an accompanying poem written and performed by the composer. The program will then end on a brighter note with an arrangement of Gershwin’s American in Paris. This event will also be premiered online at a later date. Special thanks to the Newton Cultural Council , Quincy Arts Council , and Boston Woodwind Society for making this concert possible.
Monday, July 5th 2021, 7:00 pm EDT – Online
See the youtube premiere of ‘Contemporary Americana’ here!
Sunday, June 27th 2021, 4:00 pm EDT – Yarmouth MA
Come join us for the opening concert of our 2021 season, and our first in-person concert in 18 months! Taking place in the gorgeous Yarmouth New Church Preservation, this program features a stunning line-up of works by living composers of the Americas alongside a phenomenal arrangement of George Gershwin’s American in Paris. Some works reflect the natural beauty of Cape Cod, including Jenni Brandon’s Found Objects: On the Beach and Becky Turro’s Thaw – reflecting the thawing of Acadia National Park. We will also preview of Jenni Brandon’s new Wildflower Quintet, inspired by the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Research Center. This program also includes works from our northern and southern neighbors, with our new arrangement of Arturo Marquez’s Danzon no. 5, and the world premiere of the world premiere of Mathieu Lussier‘s Laurentian Bolero – a piece to be featured on the Kalliope’s upcoming debut album! Special thanks to the generous support of the Yarmouth Tourism Grant Program and the Mid-Cape Cultural Council for making this concert possible! More details about the concert are available here
Sunday, February 14th 2021, 7:00 pm
Come join us online as we premiere this collection of romantic and romantic-inspired works we recorded together last fall. Featruing Beethoven, Mozart, Donizetti, Canteloube, and Daniel Baldwin‘s Rose Chronicles. Admission is free and the concert can be viewed here!
Sunday, February 7th 2021, 8:00 pm
Join us for a night of romantic-themed works for clarinet, saxophone, and bassoon. Featuring Beethoven, Mozart, Donizetti, Canteloube, and Daniel Baldwin!
Wednesday, January 6th 2021, 8:00 pm
Join us online at the Meg Quigley Vivaldi Bassoon Symposium as we present Daniel Cueto‘s award-winning composition Amaru, alongside other exciting works performed by fantastic bassoonists! Free admission, link to the concert here
Friday, December 11th 2020, 8:00 pm
Winter Holiday Concert with the Kalliope Reed Quintet. Featuring works by Debussy, Rameau, Bach, some Nutcracker Dances, and other holiday favorites. More information and the concert link available here
Sunday, November 1st 2020, 7:00 pm
The Kalliope Trio performs an evening of music inspired by Dia de Muertos and Halloween, spiced up with some fun works by Pierre Max Dubois! Featuring Jenni Brandon‘s Spider Suite, Jose Elizondo‘s Pan de Azucar, Camille Saint-Saen’s Danse Macabre, and much more!
Monday, September 7th 2020, 7:00 pm
Our saxophone-clarinet-bassoon reed trio performs again with an entirely new program, this week also featuring two different saxophones and three different clarinets! Come hear this versatile ensemble perform an eclectic program of works by Bela Bartok, Jean Phillip Rameau, Jean Francaix, and Jose Elizondo. We will also include some new seasonal arrangements including Tchaikovsky’s October and Joseph Kosma’s Autumn Leaves!
Friday, August 28th 2020, 7:30 pm
Come hear this saxophone-clarinet-bassoon trio perform Found Objects: On the Beach by Jenni Brandon, along with other exciting works by Francis Poulenc, Mariano Mores, Alexandre Tansman, and more!
Thursday, August 6th 2020, 7:30 pm
This will be the final concert of an exciting online summer season, featuring a program of all original reed quintets by Zach Gulaboff Davis, Becky Turro, Ton ter Doest, Daniel Cueto, and the world premiere from Boston-based composer Ian Wiese! Special thanks to the Lexington Council for the Arts for making this concert possible!
Friday, July 31st 2020, 7:30 pm
An evening of works from France, Latin America, and french works influenced by Latin America. This program features many new arrangements by our own quintet members from Francis Poulenc, Darius Milhaud, Jean Françaix, and more! This exciting program brings out all the best qualities of reed instruments, featuring works from 20th century France, French works influenced by Latin American composers, and some Latin American works. Special thanks to the Somerville Arts Council for making this concert possible!
Sunday, July 26th 2020, 7:00 pm
Traveling musically south to north across Latin America beginning in Argentina with Piazzolla, then we musically depict the longest bus ride in south america from Rio to Lima with Miguel del Aguila‘s Transocianica, followed by Peruvian composer Daniel Cueto‘s Amaru, and the Somerville-based Mexican composer Jose Elizondo‘s Danzas Latinoamericanas. This will be only the second performance of Amaru, and the first reed quintet version of Danzas Latinoamericanas! Special thanks to the Somerville Arts Council for making this concert possible!
Sunday, July 19th 2020, 7:00 pm
An evening of J.S. Bach, Rameau, Schubert, and more! This program will feature of some of our all time favorite reed quintet arrangements, and some new ones as well.
Sunday, July 12th 2020, 7:00 pm
Kalliope Reed Quintet collaborates with Playing For The Planet to support 350Mass. Join us for an evening of climate related works, followed by the complete arrangement of Gershwin’s American in Paris!
Sunday, July 5th 2020, 7:00 pm
The first concert of our online summer season 2020! The Kalliope Reed Quintet performs two world premieres of works by Daniel Cueto and Zach Gulaboff Davis, along with arrangements of works by George Gershwin, Francis Poulenc, and Pablo Sarasate.
Thursday, July 2nd 2020, 7:30 pm
Sunday, June 28th 2020, 7:00 pm
Support the Regent Theatre with an evening of the Kalliope Duo! Join us for an evening of an eclectic mix of duos for bassoon and saxophone! 100% of proceeds will go directly to the Regent Theatre in Arlington, our summer season host.
Kalliope Reed Quintet performs free concert in Arlington!
Saturday, January 4th 2020, 7:00 pm. First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church in Arlington. https://www.facebook.com/events/2930731096959754/
Kalliope Duo performs in Somerville!
Friday, December 20th 2019, 7:00 pm. https://www.groupmuse.com/events/9731-groupmuse-somerville-loft
Kalliope Reed Quintet performs at the Lilypad!
Sunday, August 11th 2019, 6:30 pm. The Lilypad in Inman Square https://www.lilypadinman.com/home/2019/8/11/the-kalliope-ensemble
Groupmuse in Brookline
Friday, August 9th 2019, 7:00 pm. https://www.groupmuse.com/events/8821-reed-quintet
Kalliope Reed Quintet performs at Kickstand Cafe in Arlington
Thursday, August 8th 2019, 6:00 pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/473747326774556/
Groupmuse in the Canopy Room
Wednesday, August 7th 2019, 7:00 pm. https://www.groupmuse.com/events/8820-groupmuse-at-the-canopy-room