Twelfth Season, 1997-1998

Preludes and Cream 

Sunday, September 14, 1997, 
4:30 pm
First Unitarian Church,
4700 Grover

This concert was followed with an old-fashioned ice-cream social. The concert included Ravel's beautiful Introduction and Allegro for harp, flute, clarinet, and string quartet.


Chamber Music Goes to the Movies  

Friday, November 7, 1997,
8:00 pm
First Unitarian Church,
4700 Grover

Richard MacDonald, producer of E! Entertainment Television's E! News Daily, introduces exciting chamber music for winds, strings and harp by film composers including Bernard Herrmann, Erich Korngold, Franz Waxman, Mark Governor, J.A.C. Redford, and Jerome Moross. Bid on your favorite items at a Silent Auction which begins at 7:30 PM. A reception with the performers follows the concert.


French-Belgian Chamber Music

Saturday, February 21, 1998,
8:00 pm
First Unitarian Church,
4700 Grover

A concert of French and Belgian chamber works will be given in honor of owner and chef Jean Louis Dehoux for the tenth year of the Belgian Restaurant L'estro Armonico's Benefit Dinner for the Austin Chamber Ensemble. A wine and cheese reception will follow.


French-Belgian Dinner

Sunday, March 1, 1998,
7:00 pm
The Belgian Restaurant,
3520 Bee Caves Road

Enjoy this fabulous five-course dinner with wines interspersed with delightful musical vignettes by musicians of the Austin Chamber Ensemble. Reservations are necessary as seating is limited. All proceeds benefit the Armonico Chamber Music Series.


The program will consist of a premiere of a trio by Kathryn Mishell, written for Trio Contraste as well as another piece written for the Trio by Carolyn Bremer, composer at the University of Oklahoma faculty. Members of the Trio Contraste are: Bill Terwillger violin, Martha MacDonald clarinet, Andrew Cooperstock piano

The Trio recently performed concerts in Sweden and Latvia. Terwillger and Cooperstock will also perform Ravel's Sonata for violin and piano. Kathy Steely of the Baylor University music faculty will premiere Emma Lou Diemer's Homage, written for viola & piano. Meet the artists at a reception following the concert.

Focus on Women Composers

Sunday, April 5, 1998, 3:00 pm  
First Unitarian Church,
4700 Grover


Treat your mother to a concert of lighter classical works for winds, strings and harp followed by an elegant tea in a beautiful garden setting. Don't wait too late to make a reservation for this popular concert.

Chamber Music for Mother's Day

Sunday, May 10, 1998, 4:00 pm
8409 Bell Mountain Drive


Thirteenth Season, 1998-1999

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Prelude And Cream 

Sunday, September 20, 1998, 
4:00 pm
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Double Winds 

Sunday, November 1, 1998,
4:00 pm
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Harps And Flowers

February 14, 1999, 4:00 pm
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Richard MacDonald, producer of E! Entertainment Television's E! News Daily, introduces exciting chamber music by Milhaud, Waxman, Rozsa, Newman, and others. William Terwilliger (violin), Margaret Coltman Smith (cello), Martha MacDonald (clarinet), Andrew Cooperstock (piano)

 

Film Composers Salute Chamber Music

Sunday, March 14, 1999, 4:00 pm
Tequilla Mockingbird Recording Studios


Award-winning soprano Jeanine Wagner and pianist Margaret Simmons from Southern Illinois University and the Armonico Chamber Players present newly discovered works by African-American composers. Reception by Mu Phi Epsilon Austin Alumni.

Musical Gems By African-American Composers

Sunday, April 10, 1999, 8:00 pm  
First Unitarian Church,
4700 Grover


Treat your mother to a concert of lighter classical works followed by elegent tea in a beautiful home. Call 345-3399 for reservations.

Chamber Music For Mother's Day

Sunday, May 9, 1999, 4:00 pm  
Private home


Fourteenth Season, 1999-2000

A Valentine's Day bouquet of chamber music for winds, strings and harp.

 

Harps And Flowers

Sunday, February 13, 2000, 4:00 pm
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Library


Austin Chamber Ensemble Mother's Day Concert

Winds Of May 

Sunday, May 14, 2000, 4:00 pm
At the Home of Helen Lea