Hartt's Ode to Joy Festival, Sept. 14 – 17

The Hartt School presents Ode to Joy, an annual festival that runs from Sept. 14 – 17. The free festival includes four chamber music concerts with more than 50 performers from all generations. 

The Lions Gate Trio, Hartt’s trio-in-residence, has invited Hartt faculty and guest artists to join them in presenting beloved chamber music by Mozart and Mendelssohn — both renowned masterpieces and forgotten gems. Guest artists include Alan Murchie and the choir of St James Church, Gary Capozziello, Lily Holgate, Tomoko Fujita, and members of the Manhattan and Dali Quartets. Before and after the concerts, the audience also will hear performances by Hartt’s own wunderkinder: wonderful young students from the The Hartt School Community Division. 

This musical event can be considered a celebration of the most extraordinary child geniuses of the past and of the young music-makers in our midst today. Concert details are as follows: 

Thursday, Sept. 14, 7:30 p.m., Berkman Auditorium 

Mozart Flute Quartet (Janet Arms, Sarah Washburn, Eugenio Figueroa, Pablo Issa) 

Fanny Mendelssohn Piano Quartet (Emlyn Ngai, Melinda Daetsch, Susan Robison, Jose Ramos Santana) 

Mozart Trio K.548 (Lions Gate Trio) 

Mendelssohn Sextet (Lizzie Burns, Gary Capozziello, Melinda Daetsch, Ignacy Gaydamovich, Steve Larson, Mohamed Shams) 

Friday, Sept. 15, 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Theater 

Mendelssohn Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Piano duo) (Mohamed Shams, Alan Murchie) 

Mozart Wind-Piano Quintet (Timothy Feil, Ayako Oshima, Marc Goldberg, Barbara Hill, Marija Stroke) 

Mozart Adagio in F for Clarinet and Three Bassett Horns (Ayako Oshima, Chadwick Thomas, Xuan Qin, and Jung Kyu Song) 

Mendelssohn D Minor Trio (Lions Gate Trio) 

Saturday, Sept. 16, 7:30 p.m., Berkman Auditorium 

Mozart Divertimento in E flat Major (Adaskin Trio) 

Mozart-Busoni Organ Fantasie (Florence Millet, Alan Murchie) 

Mendelssohn Octet (Katie Lansdale, Gary Capozziello, Anna Lim, Lily Holgate, Marka Gustavsson, Ari Isaacman-Beck, Darrett Adkins, Tomoko Fujita) 

Sunday, Sept. 17, 5 p.m., Lincoln Theater 

Mozart G Minor Piano Quartet (Emlyn Ngai, Melinda Daetsch, Mihai Tetel, Jose Ramos Santana) 

Songs Without Words, Andante Assai for Cello and Piano (Darrett Adkins, Alan Murchie) 

Da Nobis Pacem (Alan Murchie, the Choir of St James, Darrett Adkins, Christopher Hill) 

Mendelssohn C Minor Trio (Lions Gate Trio) 

The Lions Gate Trio is comprised of Katie Lansdale, violin, Darrett Adkins, cello, and Florence Millet, piano. The Lions Gate Trio is an internationally acclaimed ensemble in both the U.S. and Europe. The Trio works with instrumental students during the fall and spring semesters and performs at Hartt various times throughout the year.