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Performance Schedule

February 11, 2025

Macon, GA
Robert McDuffie Center for Strings
Fickling Hall

Fabian Concert Series presents a preview of the February 17 Carnegie Hall concert

Program:

Béla Bartók Divertimento for Strings Sz.113 BB.118
Chamber music to be announced

With:

Amy Schwartz Moretti, violin; David Kim, violin; Annie Fullard, violin; Lawrence Dutton, viola
Students from the McDuffie Center for Strings
Mercer Singers

February 17, 2025

New York, NY
Carnegie Hall

The McDuffie Center for Strings Ensemble returns to Carnegie Hall.

Program:

Béla Bartók Divertimento for String Orchestra Sz.113 BB.118

 

With:

Amy Schwartz Moretti, violin; David Kim, violin; Annie Fullard, violin; Lawrence Dutton, viola
Students from the McDuffie Center for Strings
Mercer Singers - Stanley Roberts, conductor
Paul Watkins, conductor

March 19, 2025

Athens, OH
Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium, Ohio University

R.E.M. Explored - Performing selections from R.E.M.’s legendary playlist (newly reimagined for orchestra) and concluding with R.E.M.’s Mike Mills performing his eponymous Concerto for Violin, Rock Band & Orchestra

Program:

The Music of R.E.M. arranged for full orchestra by Carl Marsh and David Mallamud
Mike Mills Concerto for Violin, Rock Band & Orchestra

With:

Mike Mills, bass guitar and keyboards
John Neff, guitar
William Tonks, guitar
Ward Stare, conductor

April 6, 2025

Macon, GA
Christ Episcopal Church

Recital with Jack Mitchener, organist, presented by Mercer University's School of Music

Program:

To be announced

June 16, 2025

Rome, Italy
Rome Chamber Music Festival
Auditorium Conciliazione

Opening night concert

Program:

Guiseppe Tartini Violin Sonata in G minor, “Devil’s Trill Sonata”
Vox Medicea A Festival Tribute to the 2025 Jubilee
Guiseppe Tartini Violin Sonata in G minor, “Devil’s Trill Sonata” with basso continuo from the original Venetian

With:

Robert McDuffie, violin; Derek Wang, piano (Tartini arr. Kreisler); Mark Spyropoulos, baritone; Francesco Romano, theorbo (Vox Medicea); Robert McDuffie, violin; Alessandro Sacchetti, cello (Tartini from the original Venetian)

June 17, 2025

Rome, Italy
Rome Chamber Music Festival
Auditorium Conciliazione
Program:

Maurice Ravel Piano Trio in A minor
Johannes Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34

With:

Hina Khuong-Huu, violin; Alessandro Sacchetti, cello; Derek Wang, piano (Ravel); Robert McDuffie, violin; Fiona Khuong-Huu, violin; Kinga Wojdalska, viola; Sara Scanlon, cello; Andrea Lucchesini, piano (Brahms) 

June 18, 2025

Rome, Italy
Rome Chamber Music Festival
Auditorium Conciliazione
Program:

George Frideric Handel/Johan Halvorsen Passacaglia in G minor
Klezmer Songs and Dances
Miklós Rosza Sonata for Two Violins, Op. 15

With:

Hanami Froom, violin; Kathryn Fakeley, cello (Handel/Halvorsen); David Krakauer, clarinet; Sebastian Zagame, violin; Livia Stefani, violin; Leonardo Taio, viola; Gabriele Melone, cello; Ho Yan Grace Chan, double bass (Klezmer Songs and Dances); Fiona Khuong-Huu, violin; Hina Khuong-Huu, violin (Rosza)

June 19, 2025

Rome, Italy
Rome Chamber Music Festival
Auditorium Conciliazione
Program:

Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 1 in D Major, "Titan" - chamber music arrangement by Iain Farrington

With:

Michele Forese, flute; Alessandro Vecchia, oboe; Marco Paolocci, clarinet; Sarah Carbonare, bassoon; Guglielmo Pellarin, horn; Hanami Froom, violin; Sebastian Zagame, violin; Wesley O’Brien, viola; Kathryn Fakeley, cello; Ho Yan Grace Chan, double bass; Virginia Vagnera, harp; Flavio Emilio Scogna, orchestra director

October 11, 2025

Tokyo, Japan
New Japan Philharmonic
Sumida Hall
Program:

Philip Glass Violin Concerto No. 2 (The American Four Seasons)

With:

Joe Hisaishi, conductor