Community Calendar

This event at Jackson wellsprings on September fifth at 7:30 p.m. Featuring world renowned Sitarist Reshma Srivastava. Her soulful music has delighted audiences and touched their hearts.

The Fry Street Quartet is a trailblazing ensemble known for its “blend of technical precision and scorching spontaneity” (The Strad). Described as “a triumph of ensemble playing” (The New York Times), the FSQ has performed at venues from Carnegie Hall to London, Sarajevo, Jerusalem, and across the United States. The quartet is joined by violist Toby Appel, a frequent guest with The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and Monica Ohuchi, a piano soloist with an active international career. The program includes Mozart's Quartet in E-flat Major, K. 428; Kenji Bunch's "The Viola Burns Longer"; and Antonín Dvořák's String Quintet No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 97 B. 180 “American.”

The Fry Street Quartet is a trailblazing ensemble known for its “blend of technical precision and scorching spontaneity” (The Strad). Described as “a triumph of ensemble playing” (The New York Times), the FSQ has performed at venues from Carnegie Hall to London, Sarajevo, Jerusalem, and across the United States. The quartet is joined by violist Toby Appel, a frequent guest with The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and Monica Ohuchi, a piano soloist with an active international career. The program includes Mozart's Quartet in E-flat Major, K. 428; Kenji Bunch's "The Viola Burns Longer"; and Antonín Dvořák's String Quintet No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 97 B. 180 “American.”

A native of Philadelphia, pianist Sebastian Picht comes from a multi-generational musical family. His earliest musical memories are of his grandfather, Edward Kalendar, playing jazz standards and orginla works; he began piano at age four with his grandmother, Asya Kalendar, and continued studies with Susan Nowicki and Amy Yang. Sebastian has performed internationally in Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland, Italy, and Spain, most recently at the Carme Contemporary Cultural Center in Valencia as winner of the 2025 Valencia Internatioal Piano Academy Competition. A member of the Lang Lang International Music Foundation's Young Scholars Program (2022-24) and an ambassador for Keys of Inspiration, he is also a frequent guest presenter at Rancho la Puerta in Mexico. Sebastian studies Piano Performance at the Peabody Institute with Alexander Shtarkman.

The Balourdet Quartet stands out for their vibrant energy and masterful blend of technical precision and emotional depth, earning a 2024 Avery Fisher Career Grant and the 2024 Cleveland Quartet Award. "With bows flying and notes swirling, this quartet has a bright future ahead." (Ponca City News). The quartet is joined by flutist Adam W. Sadberry, a multifaceted artist and winner of Concert Artists Guild’s 2021 Victor Elmaleh Competition and Ambassador Prize. The program features Beethoven's String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132; Adolphus Hailstork's Yuhwa for flute; Jonathan Bailey Holland's Alchemy for alto flute and cello; and Joan Tower's Rising for flute and string quartet.

The Arcis Saxophone Quartett (pronounced “Art-sis”) has emerged as one of the most vibrant and active classical ensembles globally. Whether on the highest pass in Ecuador, in the Saudi Arabian desert, or in the Philharmonie in Munich and Berlin, the quartet feels at home. “When the Arcis Saxophone Quartet tours the world, the world is changed.” (The Berkshire Edge). The program includes JSB:48 - J. S. Bach & contemporary composers: A selection of newly composed preludes and fugues from The Well-Tempered Clavier; Nikolai Kapustin's 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 82, Nos.15 & 17; Shostakovich's Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87, Nos.1 & 5; Chopin/Radiohead/Brad Mehldau's Exit Music; and Leonhard Kuhn's Fugue & Loops.

Join Southern Oregon Repertory Singers for an unforgettable set of concerts this November that will feature the beauty and fragility of life and the wonder of the natural world. These themes are explored in a concert of “big-heart” music highlighted by Johannes Brahms’ lush, mini-masterpiece, “Nänie”; Latvian sensation, Ēriks Ešenvalds’ evocative “Northern Lights” for choir and tuned water glasses; Lucy Walker’s lyrical setting of Sara Teasdale’s anti-war poem, “There will come soft rains”; crossover music by Dolly Parton and Jacob Collier; and Jodi French’s poignant “Life has loveliness to sell”, which sets Sara Teasdale’s lovely poem “Barter” reminding us that beauty is all around, and exhorting all to: “Spend all you have for loveliness, buy it and never count the cost… and for a breath of ecstasy, give all you have been, or could be.”

We offer:
Free parking in Lot #36 across from the SOU Music Building
Pre-concert lectures 1 hour prior to performances.
ADA Seating & assisted listening devices available upon request.
Printed programs.
Student and EBT $5 tickets
Usher assisted seating.

Join Southern Oregon Repertory Singers for an unforgettable set of concerts this November that will feature the beauty and fragility of life and the wonder of the natural world. These themes are explored in a concert of “big-heart” music highlighted by Johannes Brahms’ lush, mini-masterpiece, “Nänie”; Latvian sensation, Ēriks Ešenvalds’ evocative “Northern Lights” for choir and tuned water glasses; Lucy Walker’s lyrical setting of Sara Teasdale’s anti-war poem, “There will come soft rains”; crossover music by Dolly Parton and Jacob Collier; and Jodi French’s poignant “Life has loveliness to sell”, which sets Sara Teasdale’s lovely poem “Barter” reminding us that beauty is all around, and exhorting all to: “Spend all you have for loveliness, buy it and never count the cost… and for a breath of ecstasy, give all you have been, or could be.”

We offer:
Free parking in Lot #36 across from the SOU Music Building
Pre-concert lectures 1 hour prior to performances.
ADA Seating & assisted listening devices available upon request.
Printed programs.
Student and EBT $5 tickets
Usher assisted seating.

Steinway Artist Dr. Lei Weng is an internationally acclaimed pianist, educator, and adjudicator. He has performed at major venues worldwide and appeared as a concerto soloist with over forty orchestras across the Americas, Europe, and Asia. An active chamber musician, he has collaborated with leading artists from top orchestras. Dr. Weng is Professor of Piano and Keyboard Area Head at the University of Northern Colorado and a recipient of the College of Performing and Visual Arts Scholar of the Year award. A sought-after guest artist and master teacher, he has taught at prominent institutions worldwide, with students earning top competition prizes and admission to leading conservatories. He is also Founder and Director of the Colorado International Piano Academy and Festival and serves on the Gilmore Artist Nominating Committee.

The Jupiter String Quartet is an intimately connected group — the members include two sisters and a spouse. Founded in 2001, the ensemble is firmly established as an important voice in the world of chamber music, and exudes an energy that is at once friendly, knowledgeable, and adventurous. “The Jupiter String Quartet, an ensemble of eloquent intensity, has matured into one of the mainstays of the American chamber-music scene.” (The New Yorker). The program features Schubert's Quartet in A minor, D. 804 "Rosamunde"; Clarice Assad's Canções da America; Juri Seo's Respiri - in memoriam Jonathan Harvey; and Brahms's String Quartet in A minor, Op. 51 no. 2.