Performance Calendar

Please note, The DiMenna Center for Classical Music does not provide ticketing for the events at its location. To inquire about tickets to an event, please see the individual event for contact information.

Mar 29 @

The New Manila Envelope

panSonus presents the world premiere of composer Max Vinetz’s "The New Manila Envelope", an evening-length song cycle for soprano, percussion, and electronics. Fluidly combining voice, percussion, theater, and electronics, "The New Manila Envelope" explores the intersections of memory,... Read More
Apr 11 @

Labyrinth: new works for solo cello and community

Labyrinth, a program by cellist Thea Mesirow, centers on textures and sounds that exist between silence and fullness to create a shared close resonance. There will be two new pieces written for solo cello by Maya Bennardo and... Read More
Apr 20 @

Lisgar CI Spring Music

Lisgar Collegiate Institute, a high school for grades 9 to 12, was established in 1874.  The music program began in 1918 with the orchestra being formed to raise the spirits of students from the daily news of WWI... Read More
Apr 22 @

Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel, Schumann, and Beethoven

Join the Westside Chamber Players for an exciting evening of music, featuring orchestral works by Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel and Beethoven, alongside Schumann's Cello Concerto at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music, Cary Hall. Julius Akira Mauldin, Conductor and Artistic... Read More
Apr 25 @

“scars plummet to the corners”

"music of introverted intensity" - The New Yorker "[the] evening’s high point ... tender to tough to chillingly still and mysterious ... magical" - San Francisco Classical Voice Written during the height of the Covid pandemic, a complete... Read More
Apr 29 @

Soprano Saxophone and String Quartet

Soprano Saxophone and String Quartet delves into the intricacies of contemporary chamber music, featuring saxophonist Shivam Patel, pianist Karl Larson, and string quartet. Works by Mark Kuss and Scott Lindroth offer a glimpse into nuanced compositional worlds, while... Read More
May 22 @

Anthems of Dialogue

BETA Quartet has been endorsed to premiere three (3) new commissioning works for the 2024-2025 Anthems of Dialogue initiative. This innovative project features works by narrative-driven composer, pedagogue, and flutist Erin Spencer, DownBeat® Magazine Award Winner and saxophonist... Read More

Past Events

Barcelona-New York Connection

The North/South Chamber Orchestra, directed by Max Lifchitz, performs vocal and instrumental music by Anna Cazurra from Barcelona and New York-based Stefania de Kenessey. Soloists include mezzo-soprano Anna Tonna, pianists Alvar Rubio and Donna Weng Friedman, and narrator Diana Solomon-Glover:... READ MORE

In the Presence of Absence

This concert consists of three newly composed solo works: "How quiet - at the bottom of the lake, peaks of clouds" for solo violin, performed by Marina Kifferstein; "Zinnia" for solo percussion, performed by Ellery Trafford; and "Stillness - seeping"... READ MORE

What Is American: Rhythm Nation

What Is American: Rhythm Nation is the next issue in PUBLIQuartet's What Is American series, a GRAMMY®-nominated album and touring project. This second volume features and celebrates American rhythmic traditions as expressions of bodily autonomy and tacit history-keeping. The program... READ MORE

UKRAINIAN TONE POEMS

Celebrating its sixth season, UCMF 2025 “Letters and Notes” is inspired by Ukraine’s rich literary tradition, featuring Ukrainian and North American composers influenced by both Ukrainian and world literature. The final evening will present instrumental works inspired by Ukrainian and... READ MORE

Sunü Quartet: Winter Concert

Sunü Quartet presents our debut winter concert, showcasing both the origins and hidden gems of the piano quartet repertoire. Our program features Mozart’s Piano Quartet in G Minor and Mendelssohn’s Piano Quartet in B Minor, alongside other ensemble works and... READ MORE

FROM KONTRAKTOVA SQUARE

In the 19th century, the Contracts House on Kyiv’s Kontraktova Square was not only a trading space but contained a concert hall where many of the era’s musical and literary luminaries performed their works. From Kontraktova Square recreates this Kyiv... READ MORE