Events at Parmer Hall

Mendelssohn Piano Trio and Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet “Fauré and Ravel: a Leap of Imagination in the Art of Belle Époque”

Feb. 9
4 p.m., Parmer Hall

Sponsored by the Performing Arts Series

Mendelssohn Piano Trio and violist Elias Goldstein will collaborate with Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet in a performance of Gabriel Fauré’s passionate, poetic and playful Piano Quartet in C minor, choreographed by Alan Hineline. Violinist Claudia Chudacoff, former concertmaster of the “President’s Own” United States Marine Band, will join the musicians in Ravel’s celebrated String Quartet, concluding the program which explores monumental changes in French art of the Belle Époque.

Ticket prices are $15 for adults; $5 for Messiah University students (with ID) and youth (18 and under). To purchase, please contact the Messiah University Box Office at 717-691-6036 option #1 or online at messiah.edu/tickets.

Program

 

Mendelssohn Piano Trio

"Reconciliation of Rivals” 

Mendelssohn Piano Trio, Stuart Malina and Sara Cyrus explore the creative rivalry between Tchaikovsky and Brahms through the juxtaposition of two powerful compositions inspired by personal loss. While both composers openly expressed disapproval of each other’s styles, they found an inspiring reconciliation on a personal level after meeting for a dinner on New Year’s Day in 1888.

To purchase, please contact the Messiah University Ticket Office at 717-691-6036 or online at messiah.edu/tickets.

Mendelssohn Piano Trio “Brahms and Strauss: Poetry and Passion of the Late German Romanticism”

Sept. 15
4 p.m., Parmer Hall

Sponsored by the Performing Arts Series   

The Mendelssohn Piano Trio joins forces with violinist Michael Stepniak, executive dean for creativity and the arts at Shenandoah University, and Maestro Stuart Malina, who is celebrating his 25th season as music director of the Harrisburg Symphony, to perform Piano Quartets by Brahms and Richard Strauss. While these compositions share a short musical motif, their contrasting character illuminates the scope of musical imagination and emotional range of late German Romanticism. 

Ticket prices are $15 for adults; $5 for Messiah University students (with ID) and youth (18 and under). To purchase, please contact the Messiah University Box Office at 717-691-6036 option #1 or online at messiah.edu/tickets.

Mendelssohn Piano Trio “The American Experience”

Feb. 18, 2024
4 p.m., High Foundation Recital Hall
Sponsored by the Performing Arts Series

Mendelssohn Piano Trio will explore the American experience in music through juxtaposition of “Piano Trio No. 2” by Arthur Foote, the first American-trained outstanding classical composer, “Nocturnes” by Ernest Bloch, who founded the Cleveland Institute of Music, and “Piano Trio” by Erich Korngold, who created some of the most memorable scores for Hollywood and impacted generations of American composers, including John Williams.

Ticket prices are $10 for adults; $5 for Messiah University students (with ID) and youth (18 and under). To purchase, please contact the Messiah University Box Office at 717- 691-6036 option #1 or online at messiah.edu/tickets.

Mendelssohn Piano Trio, Guest Artists and Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet

"Migration and Inspiration"
Program

Feb. 19, 4 p.m. 
High Center, Parmer Hall

Sponsored by the Performing Arts Series

While migration of people inevitably changes culture for generations, it also leads to migration of ideas and forms across genres in arts. Mendelssohn Piano Trio; Michael Stepniak, dean of Shenandoah Conservatory; and Devin Howell, principal bass of the Harrisburg Symphony, will be joined by Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet dancers in exploring mutual influences among Eastern European, German, French and American cultures through music by Franz Schubert and Josef Suk, as well as choreography by Alan Hineline. English department faculty members Christine Perrin, Matthew Roth and Samuel Smith will also perform original poetry as part of this cross-disciplinary program.

Ticket prices are $20 for adults; $5 for Messiah University students (with ID) and youth (18 and under). To purchase, please contact the Messiah University Box Office at 717-691-6036 option #1 or online at messiah.edu/tickets.