Community connections highlighted in free concert series
Fine Arts Chamber Players (FACP) proudly announces the 2017 - 2018 season of its free Bancroft Family Concert series. As always, audiences will experience inspired, virtuosic playing at seven unique programs by the D-FW area’s top professional musicians. All concerts begin at 3 p.m. with doors to the performance space opening 30 minutes before. Concerts are performed in the Horchow Auditorium at the Dallas Museum of Art. No tickets are required, and general admission to the DMA is also free. Families with children are welcome. Please consult our Frequently Asked Questions page for more information. On several of the programs, FACP’s relationships with other local arts groups, such as the Dallas Symphony Orchestra (DSO) and the Dallas Opera, are highlighted. October 14, 2017: The season opens with a quintet led by DSO Associate Concertmaster Eunice Keem, performing the seldom-heard Piano Quintet in E Major, Op. 2 by George Szell, best known as the Cleveland Orchestra music director (1946-70). The program also includes Richard Strauss’ String Sextet from Capriccio, Op. 85, and Piazzolla’s Grand Tango for violin and piano. The performers joining Ms. Keem are Aleksandr Snytkin, violin, DSO; Christine Hwang, viola, DSO; Sarah Kienle, viola, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra; Joseph Kuipers, cello; Nan Zhang, cello, DSO; and Jonathan Tsay, piano. November 11, 2017: DSO Principal Harp Emily Levin and guitarist Colin Davin perform commissions and orchestra transcriptions for their instruments. A faculty member at the Cleveland Institute of Music, Mr. Davin holds numerous prizes in international competitions, including the Guitar Foundation of America International Solo Competition. January 27, 2018: University of Texas at Arlington voice professor David Grogan, baritone, joins members of the DSO for Schubert’s chamber music gem, the “Trout” Quintet. The quintet players are Angela Fuller Heyde, violin, DSO; Ann Marie Brink, viola, DSO; Marie-Thaïs Levesque Oliver, cello; Brian Perry, bass, DSO; and Gabriel Sanchez, piano, DSO. February 24, 2018: Dallas Opera Orchestra Principal Cello Mitch Maxwell joins guest pianist Keith Cerny, the Kern Wildenthal General Director and CEO of the Dallas Opera, for Beethoven’s Variations on a Theme from The Magic Flute. The afternoon includes the Dallas Opera Orchestra's Stewart Williams on English Horn performing Wagner's Tristan and Isolde, opening of Act III; and Dallas-based ensemble Trio Kavanah playing Bartok’s Contrasts for Clarinet, Violin and Piano, and Poulenc's L'invitation au Chateau, Op. 138. The members of Trio Kavanah are Daniel Goldman, clarinet, Dallas Opera; Grace Wollett, violin, Dallas Opera; and Trevor Hale, piano. March 10, 2018: DSO Associate Principal Cello Jolyon Pegis performs three concerto masterworks by JC Bach, Vivaldi, and Boccherini, bridging the span between the Baroque and Classical periods. He is joined by Mark Miller, violin; Shu Lee, violin, DSO; Elizabeth Elsner, violin; Ute Miller, viola; Jeffrey Hood, cello, DSO; Nicolas Tsolainos, DSO Principal Bass; and Jonathan Tsay returns to the Bancroft series playing harpsichord for this program. April 14, 2018: DSO Principal Bassoon Ted Soluri and pianist Valerie Trujillo partner to celebrate the recent release of Soluri’s first CD “Sempre Libera” – opera arias arranged for bassoon and piano, including favorites from Mozart’s “Voi che sapete” to Verdi’s “Sempre Libera.” May 12, 2018: Dr. Rebecca Glass, viola, originally of Plano, will perform in recital with pianist Alicja Basinka for the 12th annual Charles Barr Memorial Concert. Blind since birth, Dr. Glass recently completed her Doctor of Musical Arts in Viola Performance at the renowned Cleveland Institute of Music.
