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SUMMARY:Twelfth Night\, early music ensemble - Ames Town and Gown Chamber Music Association
DESCRIPTION:Twelfth Night was founded in New York City in 2021 by acclaimed early music performers Baroque violinist Rachell Ellen Wong and harpsichordist David Belkovski. \nFor this performance\, they will be joined by Kevin Payne on theorbo. Lutenist Kevin Payne is active as a recitalist\, accompanist\, and continuo player. Recent ensemble work includes performances with Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra\, Seattle Symphony\, Twelfth Night\, Blue Heron\, Handel and Haydn Society\, and Bach Collegium San Diego. Festival appearances include Caramoor\, Tanglewood\, Spoleto\, and Newport Classical. Performance venues include Carnegie Hall\, Alice Tully Hall\, the Kennedy Center in Washington\, D.C.\, the National Concert Hall in Taipei\, Taiwan\, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam\, and the Festspielhaus in Baden-Baden\, Germany. His playing has been broadcast on a number of nationally syndicated radio programs including Sunday Baroque and Performance Today.  When not performing\, Kevin enjoys cooking\, reading\, watching Star Trek (P’Tach!) and attempting to delay the inevitable (and often imminent) demise of the houseplants he shares with his wife\, cellist Caroline Nicolas. \nSpecializing in historically informed performance on authentic instruments\, their “Grand Tour” program showcases the expressive power and technical brilliance of groundbreaking composers of the Baroque era with ”zesty\, impeccable playing…[that] doesn’t come along every day’” (New York Classical Review).  \nProgram\n“The Grand Tour”: Biber\, Bach\, Veracini\, Tartini\, Royer\, Leclair\, and Corelli \nFollowing the concert\, you will have the opportunity to meet the artists at our reception. \nVideo\nLearn more about our artists at twelfthnightensemble.com \nLocation\nMartha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall\, Estes Music Hall\, Iowa State University \nGeneral parking is available in the Memorial Union parking ramp\, east of the Music Hall on the Iowa State University campus. Handicapped parking is available on Morrill Road\, just East of the Music Hall and Carver Hall\, and also in the lot at the West door of the Music Hall.
URL:https://calendar.amesart.org/event/twelfth-night-early-music-ensemble-ames-town-and-gown-chamber-music-association/
LOCATION:Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall\, ISU\, 300 Union Dr\, Ames\, IA\, 50014\, United States
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SUMMARY:Laura Strickling\, soprano & Daniel Schlosberg\, piano - Ames Town & Gown Chamber Music Association
DESCRIPTION:The Ames Town & Gown Chamber Music Association will present the third concert of its 2025-26 season on Sat.\, Nov. 15\, featuring the Grammy-nominated duo\, soprano LAURA STRICKLING and pianist DANIEL SCHLOSBERG. The concert will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall on the Iowa State University campus. As advocates for art song (the musical partnership of singer and piano)\, Laura Strickling and pianist and composer Daniel Schlosberg earned a Grammy nomination for their acclaimed album 40@40. In honor of Strickling’s 40th birthday\, the project commissioned forty new songs from forty composers. \nTogether\, Strickling and Schlosberg create a dynamic partnership that blends classical tradition with modern expression\, offering audiences an exciting program that celebrates the diversity of today’s art song. Their concert will offer a survey of European and American masters of art song\, both old and new\, including the world premiere of “The Crystal Gazer” by American composer Nyandeng Juang\, setting the poetry of Sara Teasdale. \nPraised for her “exquisite sensitivity” (Gramophone)\, Laura Strickling has become one of today’s most compelling interpreters of art song in both classical and contemporary repertoire. In addition to the recent success of the album\, Laura Strickling has enjoyed performances with major orchestras across the United States and abroad. She was recently appointed to the faculty of the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.  Daniel Schlosberg\, an accomplished pianist\, composer\, and educator\, is a frequent collaborator with leading vocalists and chamber musicians\, including the Chicago Symphony’s chamber music series. He serves on the faculty of the University of Notre Dame.  \nAs at all Ames Town & Gown concerts\, audience members will have the opportunity to meet the artists at a reception following the performance.  \nEXTRA EVENT: LAURA STRICKLING MASTER CLASS: Fri.\, Nov. 15\, 5 p.m. | Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall\,   Iowa State University. Open to the public\, free of charge.  \nCONCERT TICKETS: $35\, available online at www.amestownandgown.org; at Rieman Music (Ames)\, Chocolaterie Stam (Ames) and at the door. \nSTUDENT TICKETS: FREE K-12\,  and college/university with student ID \nALL SEATING IS GENERAL ADMISSION \nINFORMATION: www.amestownandgown.org\, Or contact Artistic Director Paula Forrest\,   town.gown@gmail.com\, 515-451-0911. \nAmes Town & Gown’s 76th concert season is presented in cooperation with the Department of Music and Theatre at Iowa State University and is made possible in part with support from the Ames Commission on the Arts (COTA).
URL:https://calendar.amesart.org/event/laura-strickling-soprano-daniel-schlosberg-piano-ames-town-gown-chamber-music-association/
LOCATION:Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall\, ISU\, 300 Union Dr\, Ames\, IA\, 50014\, United States
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SUMMARY:Sean Chen\, piano Master Class - Ames Town & Gown
DESCRIPTION:Master Class with Sean Chen\, solo piano\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSun.\, Oct. 19\, 2025 | 2 – 4 p.m.\nMartha Ellen-Tye Recital Hall\, Iowa State University \nMaster Class (free and open to the public) Sunday\, October 19\, 2025 | 2 – 4 p.m. | Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWinner in 2013 of both the Van Cliburn Competition Bronze Medal\, and the American Piano Award\, Sean Chen excels not only as a pianist\, but also as composer\, arranger\, and transcriber. \nA Juilliard and Yale graduate\, his virtuosic playing has been described as “alluring\, colorfully shaded” (New York Times) and “genuinely sensitive” (L.A. Times). \nHe is currently an endowed associate professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and was recently the featured guest artist at the Iowa Music Teachers Association State Conference. \nBuy tickets here.
URL:https://calendar.amesart.org/event/sean-chen-piano-master-class-ames-town-gown/
LOCATION:Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall\, ISU\, 300 Union Dr\, Ames\, IA\, 50014\, United States
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SUMMARY:Sean Chen\, solo piano - Ames Town & Gown Chamber Music Association
DESCRIPTION:Sean Chen\, solo piano\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSat.\, Oct. 18\, 2025 | 7:30 p.m.\nMartha Ellen-Tye Recital Hall\, Iowa State University \nMaster Class (free and open to the public) Sunday\, October 19\, 2025 | 2 – 4 p.m. | Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWinner in 2013 of both the Van Cliburn Competition Bronze Medal\, and the American Piano Award\, Sean Chen excels not only as a pianist\, but also as composer\, arranger\, and transcriber. \nA Juilliard and Yale graduate\, his virtuosic playing has been described as “alluring\, colorfully shaded” (New York Times) and “genuinely sensitive” (L.A. Times). \nHe is currently an endowed associate professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and was recently the featured guest artist at the Iowa Music Teachers Association State Conference. \nBuy tickets here.
URL:https://calendar.amesart.org/event/sean-chen-solo-piano-ames-town-gown-chamber-music-association/
LOCATION:Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall\, ISU\, 300 Union Dr\, Ames\, IA\, 50014\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Beijing Guitar Duo (Meng Su and Yameng Wang) - Ames Town & Gown
DESCRIPTION:The Beijing Duo has “the star potential to serve as inspiration for new generations of guitarists to come”  (Classical Guitar Magazine).  \nWhile students\, Meng Su and Yameng Wang met at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. They later formed their duo in 2009 while pursuing advanced studies at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore. Acclaimed both as soloists and duo\, they have earned numerous awards and performed at leading venues worldwide\, including the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing and Carnegie Hall. \nTickets are $35. Students are frePresented with support from Heart of Iowa Classical Guitar Society  heartofiowaguitar.com \nAn Ames Commission on the Arts Special Project Grant \nPre-concert talk at 6:30 p.m. (free & open to the public) \nProgram\nFranck Prelude\, Fugue and Variation\, Op.18 \nDebussy Petite Suite \nGnattali Suite Retratos \nTan Dun from Eight Memories in Watercolor\, Op. 1 \nGranados Valses poéticos \nPiazzolla Tango Suite \nFollowing the concert\, you will have the opportunity to meet the artists at our reception. \nVideo\nLearn more about our artists at beijingguitarduo.com \nLocation\nFirst United Methodist Church \nParking is available\, free of charge\, in the lot south of the church. Enter the lot from Kellogg Ave.
URL:https://calendar.amesart.org/event/the-beijing-guitar-duo-meng-su-and-yameng-wang-ames-town-gown/
LOCATION:First United Methodist Church\, 516 Kellogg Ave\, Ames\, 50010\, United States
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SUMMARY:Kevin Zhu\, violin Maxim Lando\, piano - Ames Town & Gown Chamber Music Association
DESCRIPTION:Sat.\, May 10\, 2025 | 7:30 p.m.\nMartha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall (300 Union Dr.)\, ISU \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKevin Zhu’s astonishing technical mastery and artistic sensibility have earned him major honors and accolades worldwide. The youngest recipient of the Yehudi Menuhin Competition in 2012\, he went on to win the Paganini International Competition six years later\, at 17. Recent concert tours have taken him to major stages of Berlin and  Beijing\, New York and Washington\, DC. His mentors at the Juilliard School were Itzhak Perlman and Li Lin. \nPraised for his “awesome technical command and maturity” (The Strad) and “absolute virtuosity\, almost blinding in its incredible purity” (L’ape musicale)\, Kevin has performed on the world’s largest stages. \nPianist Maxim Lando has been hailed by the New York Times for his “brilliance and infectious exuberance. ”  In 2017\, at age 15\, he performed on Carnegie Hall’s opening night gala with Chick Corea\, Lang Lang and the Philadelphia Orchestra.  And upon winning First Prize at the Young Concert Artists International Auditions the next year\, his recital debuts at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall and the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater included Liszt’s complete Transcendental Etudes.  He was named a  Gilmore Young Artist\, as well as Musical America‘s New Artist of the Month and received the 2022 Vendome Grand Prize as well as First Prize in the Franz Liszt International Competition.
URL:https://calendar.amesart.org/event/kevin-zhu-violin-maxim-lando-piano-ames-town-gown-chamber-music-association/
LOCATION:Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall\, ISU\, 300 Union Dr\, Ames\, IA\, 50014\, United States
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SUMMARY:Searching for Stories through Sound\, Violinist Kevin Zhu - Friends of Ames Strings and Ames Town & Gown
DESCRIPTION:Friends of Ames Strings and Ames Town & Gown Chamber Music Association Present  Violinist\, Kevin Zhu \nhttps://www.friendsofamesstrings.com/home/kevin-zhu-recital \nSearching for Stories through Sound \nFri.\, May 9 | 6 – 7 p.m. \nNorthcrest Community Room (2300 Northcrest Pkwy\, Ames) \nTHIS IS A FREE COMMUNITY EVENT \nwww.kevinzhuviolin.com \n\nZhu is an American violinist and an international touring artist receiving worldwide praise for his technical mastery and artistic style.\nHe became the youngest winner of the Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists in 2012 and later he won the 55th International Paganini Competition in Genoa\, Italy.\nZhu serves as a Culture Ambassador of the Lin Yao Ji Music Foundation of China and has been featured on ABC Eyewitness News\, BBC Radio 3\, and was the recipient of a 2021 Avery Fisher Career Grant and Salon de Virtuosi Career Grant.\nZhu received his bachelor’s degree from The Juilliard School\, performs professionally and enjoys teaching others of all ages.\n\nCome learn from this incredible violinist! The experience is geared to youth in grades 4-12 who are engaged in Ames Community Schools Orchestra
URL:https://calendar.amesart.org/event/searching-for-stories-through-sound-violinist-kevin-zhu-friends-of-ames-strings-and-ames-town-gown/
LOCATION:Northcrest Community Room\, 2300 Northcrest Pkwy\, Ames\, IA\, 50010\, United States
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SUMMARY:Ames Town & Gown: Zhenni Li-Cohen\, solo piano
DESCRIPTION:Zhenni Li-Cohen has been hailed as “a magnetic pianist — with fire and poetry” (author/music critic David Dubal)\, “an artist … who fascinates even as she provokes”  (Gramophone Magazine)\, and “a thrillingly good pianist” (The New Yorker). \nMs. Li-Cohen dazzled a Town & Gown audience when she appeared with the Merz Trio several years ago. Her solo recital will bring riches from different cultures\, reflecting her amazing life story\, broad interests\, and talents. \nPROGRAM \n\nBach/Busoni Chaconne\nScriabin Prelude and Nocturne for the Left Hand\, Op.9\nTraditional\, arr. Jianzhong Wang Hundred Birds Honoring the Phoenix Queen\nSergei Bortkiewicz Preludes from Album “A Letter”\nSergei Rachmaninoff Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFollowing the concert\, you will have the opportunity to meet the artist at a reception in the lobby. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nVideo\nLearn more about the artist at www.zhennili.com
URL:https://calendar.amesart.org/event/ames-town-and-gown-zhenni-li-cohen-solo-piano/
LOCATION:Simon Estes Music Hall\, 2427 Union Drive\, Ames\, IA\, 50011\, United States
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