MUSIC
MUSIC AT EMORY
With landmark events such as the Candler Concert Series, Family Weekend concerts, A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, and Emory Jazz Fest, Emory’s music calendar is filled with a wide range of performances, lectures, workshops, and collaborations across multiple Emory venues. Enjoy the variety of musical offerings and enriching experiences with an assortment of work in the 2024–2025 Music at Emory season.
ATLANTA MASTER CHORALE
atlantamasterchorale.org
As an arts partner of the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, the Atlanta Master Chorale inspires and enriches the lives of our community through the performance of inspirational choral music.
CANDLER CONCERT SERIES
schwartz.emory.edu/candler
Made possible by a generous gift from the late Flora Glenn Candler, the Candler Concert Series brings internationally renowned artists from a variety of genres to Emory’s Schwartz Center for Performing Arts.
EMORY CHAMBER ENSEMBLES
music.emory.edu/home/performance/chamber.html
With string quartets, piano trios, woodwind quintets, brass quintets, Emory Tango Ensemble, and Emory Percussion Ensemble, this program provides rich opportunities for students to perform in small groups.
EMORY CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF ATLANTA
chambermusicsociety.emory.edu
With its mission to create new generations of passionate and educated music lovers through performances and education, ECMSA is the largest and most active organization of its kind in the Southeast.
EMORY CHOIRS
emorychoirs.org
Emory Concert Choir and University Chorus represent long-standing traditions at Emory, including the annual Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, and masterworks with the Emory University Symphony Orchestra.
EMORY COMPOSITION STUDIES
music.emory.edu/home/current-students/majors/composition.html
Student composers create original acoustic and electronic music, often in collaboration with others. Guest artists, seminars, and workshops encourage broad engagement with diverse modes of music and multimedia creation.
EMORY JAVANESE GAMELAN ENSEMBLE music.emory.edu/home/performance/gamelan.html
Emory Javanese Gamelan Ensemble aims to disseminate the beauty and knowledge of gamelan performance arts, which include musical concerts, wayang (shadow puppet) shows, and traditional dances.
Photos (top to bottom) Atlanta Master Chorale, photo by Nick Almand; New York Voices, photo by Sandrine Lee; Chamber Ensembles, photo by Seung Woon Cho; Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta, supplied photo; Emory Choirs, photo by mEmory Studio; Emory Composition Studies, photo by Seung Woon Cho; Emory Javanese Gamelan Ensemble, photo by mEmory Studio.
EMORY JAZZ ENSEMBLES
music.emory.edu/home/performance/jazz
Emory Jazz Ensembles provide opportunities for students to perform jazz in various settings from combos to big band and orchestra. Members of the ensembles also participate in Jazz on the Green and the annual Jazz Fest.
EMORY UNIVERSITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
emorysymphony.org
The nationally recognized Emory University Symphony Orchestra presents an annual season of dynamic performances with major works from the established orchestral repertoire and new works of the 21st century.
EMORY WIND STUDIES
emorywindensemble.org
Emory Wind Studies program comprises both large and small performing ensembles featuring flexible instrumentation and a strong focus on contemporary music.
EMORY YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA emoryyouthsymphony.org
As one of the finest pre-college programs in the region, Emory Youth Symphony Orchestra features more than 100 of the metro region’s most talented young musicians.
EMORY PIANO STUDIES
music.emory.edu/home/performance/piano.html
Emory Piano Studies offers the highest quality musical training—similar to a conservatory, but within a liberal arts setting. Open to all student pianists, the program provides both solo and collaborative performance opportunities.
SCHWARTZ ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM
schwartz.emory.edu/SAIR
The Schwartz Artist-in-Residence Program engages artists of international and diverse cultural dimensions to connect with the Emory community and the greater Atlanta area.
EMORY VOCAL STUDIES AND STAGEWORKS
music.emory.edu/home/performance/voice/index.html
Singing, acting, and performance techniques are accessible to all students through voice lessons, symposiums, master classes, and the opera/musical theater workshop, StageWorks.
VEGA QUARTET
vegaquartet.com
Supported by the Madeline Katz-Doft Chamber Music Endowment, the international award-winning Vega Quartet is Emory’s first professional quartet in residence.
Photos (top to bottom) Emory Jazz Ensembles, photo by Bill Head; Emory University Symphony Orchestra, photo by mEmory Studio; Emory Wind Ensemble, photo by mEmory Studio; Emory Youth Symphony Orchestra, photo by Trevor Chun; Emory Piano Studies, photo by Ann Borden; Schwartz Artist-in-Residence Series–PUBLIQuartet, photo by Lelanie Foster; Emory Vocal Studies and StageWorks, photo by Mike Koenig Photography; Vega Quartet, photo by Fernando Decillis.
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER
ECMSA Opening Concert
ECMSA: COOKE NOONTIME SERIES
Friday, September 6, noon
Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall
The 32nd season opens with Mozart’s dramatic Piano Quartet in G Minor and Tchaikovsky’s thrilling Souvenir de Florence, String Sextet in D Minor, op. 70, performed by the Vega Quartet, pianist William Ransom, and Atlanta favorites cellist Charae Kruger and violist Yinzi Kong. Amy Moretti, violin, is also featured.
Boundless Bach: A Symphony for Solo Cello
ROEE HARRAN, ARTIST AFFILIATE RECITAL
Saturday, September 7, 4:00 p.m.
Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall
Victoria Vargas, mezzo-soprano
GUEST VOCAL RECITAL
Wednesday, September 11, 8:00 p.m.
Performing Arts Studio
Sarah Chang, violin and
Sonya Ovrutsky Fensome, piano
Sarah Chang has performed with the most esteemed orchestras, conductors, and accompanists in an international career spanning more than two decades. The Schwartz Center welcomes Chang back for this concert with pianist Sonya Ovrutsky Fensome featuring Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, op. 108, by Brahms and Sonata No. 2 in D Major, op. 94a, by Prokofiev.
William Ransom 40th Anniversary
ECMSA: EMERSON SERIES
Saturday, September 14, 8:00 p.m.
Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall
ECMSA Founder and Artistic Director William Ransom celebrates his 40th year at Emory performing some of his favorite solo repertoire by Chopin and Debussy, Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, and the sunny Dvořák Piano Quintet with the Vega Quartet.
Emory Voice Faculty and Artist Affiliates Showcase
Wednesday, September 18, 8:00 p.m.
Performing Arts Studio
Sarah Chang, violin and Sonya Ovrutsky Fensome, piano
CANDLER CONCERT SERIES
Friday, September 20, 8:00 p.m.
Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall
Tickets: $55; Emory Students $10
Photo © Colin Bell under license to EMI Classics
Jack Mitchener, organ
UNIVERSITY ORGANIST RECITAL
POSTPONED Please check online for a rescheduled concert date.
Todd Qualls, piano
ARTIST AFFILIATE RECITAL
Sunday, October 6, 4:00 p.m.
Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall
Jazz on the Green
Thursday, October 10, 6:30 p.m.
Patterson Green
A Choral Tapestry
ATLANTA MASTER CHORALE
Friday, October 11, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, October 12, 8:00 p.m.
Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall
Tickets: $42; All Students $10
Choral music is a sort of tapestry. Each voice in the chorus is unique. Each part of the music is distinct. But when the parts are arranged by a great composer, the voices swirl together to create new harmonies, becoming more than the sum of the parts. Celebrate these musical threads and patterns at the first Atlanta Master Chorale concert of the season.
Jazz on the Green
Thursday, October 17, 6:30 p.m.
Patterson Green
Jack Mitchener, organ
Photo courtesy of Phillip Truckenbrod Concert Artists, LLC
Roee Harran, cello
Photo by Rachel Linkwald
OCTOBER/NOVEMBER
Emil Altschuler Piano Trio
ECMSA: COOKE NOONTIME SERIES
Friday, October 18, noon
Carlos Museum, Ackerman Hall
Free, registration required
Zee Zee, piano
CANDLER CONCERT SERIES
Friday, October 18, 8:00 p.m.
Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall
Tickets: $35; Emory Students $10
The imaginative and electrifying pianist Zee Zee takes audiences on a musical journey in her Atlanta debut. Built around selections from Années de pèlerinage (Years of pilgrimage) by Franz Liszt, the concert also features works by Wagner, Schönberg, and Ravel.
Emory Wind Studies
Concert
Sunday, October 20, 4:00 p.m.
Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall
Emory Wind Studies presents an evening of classic and contemporary works for instrumental ensembles.
Vocal Symposium
Wednesday, October 23, 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, October 24, 2:30 p.m.
Performing Arts Studio
Guest James Haffner teaches students the Michael Chekhov acting technique for the operatic stage.
Emory University Symphony Orchestra
Saturday, October 26, 8:00 p.m.
Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall
Free, tickets required
The orchestra performs two iconic dance scores including both Copland’s Appalachian Spring and Stravinsky’s The Firebird Suite as well as Reinecke’s Flute Concerto with 2024 Concerto and Aria Competition Winner, Julia Nagel.
Emory Choirs
Sunday, October 27, 7:00 p.m.
Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall
PUBLIQuartet
SCHWARTZ ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
Friday, November 1, 8:00 p.m.
Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall
Tickets: $30; Emory Students $10
Winner of the 2019 Chamber Music America Visionary Award for outstanding and innovative approaches to contemporary classical, jazz, and world chamber music, PUBLIQuartet celebrates American rhythmic traditions with Rhythm Nation. From the African rhythms and fiddle techniques that propel Trevor Weston’s Juba, to the iconic grooves of Janet Jackson, the program includes improvisations on the beat breaks of Daniel Bernard Roumain’s Hip-Hop Studies and Etudes, alongside new works by Pulitzer Prize–finalist Jlin, Mazz Swift, Eddie Venegas, and Jeff Scott.
Friends and Mentors
ECMSA: EMERSON SERIES
Saturday, November 2, 8:00 p.m.
Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall
Violist Ettore Causa joins his friends—and former students—in the Vega Quartet for a program of Beethoven, Dvořák, Bridge, and Dvořák’s great “American” Viola Quintet.
FRL with Nikola Peković
Adam Mirza and Akiva Zamcheck present a liveimprovised “anti-podcast” performance combining voice, electronics, and a variety of acoustic instruments. They’ll be joined by Nikola Peković (Serbia), a leading proponent of new music for the accordion.
Photo by Laura Emmery
American Railroad: Silkroad Ensemble with Rhiannon Giddens
Led by artistic director Rhiannon Giddens, Silkroad Ensemble’s newest initiative, American Railroad, re-contextualizes the railroad through music. Chinese traditional music on the suona and pipa are contrasted with the fiddle and banjo of Black musical traditions, or their Indigenous and Celtic counterparts. These cultural intersections reveal a thread of commonality despite their varied origins and remind us of the intricately rich American story.
Emory Chamber Ensembles
Sunday, November 10, 4:00 p.m.
Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall
Emory Collaborative Piano
Sunday, November 10, 7:00 p.m.
Performing Arts Studio
FRL with Nikola Peković
Monday, November 11, 8:00 p.m.
Performing Arts Studio
Emory Youth Symphony Orchestra
Wednesday, November 13, 8:00 p.m.
Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall
Celebrating its 20th Anniversary Season, the EYSO is composed of the region’s finest high school-aged musicians performing major orchestral works.
Bojana and Nikola Peković
Perform Serbian Folk Fusion
Wednesday, November 13, 8:00 p.m.
Performing Arts Studio
This brother-sister duo––Bojana, a vocalist and one of the world’s only female expert players of the Serbian gusle, and Nikola, a leading accordionist in traditional and contemporary styles––with their band presents a concert of a unique international music style that combines Eastern European folk with Western popular genres and modern American jazz.
Eternal Love Triangle
ECMSA: EMERSON SERIES WAITS CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT
Saturday, November 16, 8:00 p.m.
Cannon Chapel
Clara and Robert Schumann were involved in a passionate love triangle with Johannes Brahms. Music of all three composers, including Robert’s great song cycle Dichterliebe, sung by tenor Timothy Miller, highlights the passion, drama, and turbulence of the relationship. The Vega Quartet and pianist William Ransom also perform.
American Railroad: Silkroad Ensemble with Rhiannon Giddens
CANDLER CONCERT SERIES
Saturday, November 16, 8:00 p.m.
Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall Tickets: $70; Emory Students $10
Danielle Hahn Piano Trio
ECMSA: COOKE NOONTIME SERIES
Friday, November 22, noon
Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall
Danielle DeSwert Hahn is the head of music programs at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. Her latest project, the Living Art Collective Ensemble (LACE), is a fluid group of musicians committed to bridging the gap between the visual and performing arts, and bringing issues of cultural relevance to light within the context of engaging performances.
Photo by Ebru Yildiz
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER/JANUARY
Emory University Symphony Orchestra, Emory Wind Ensemble, and Tango Artists
The EUSO and EWE join with Sonia Possetti and Damiàn Bolotín in a special performance featuring original tango works for symphony orchestra and wind ensemble. Presented as part of the Tango in the Humanities Global Conference and TangoFest at Emory.
Emory Javanese Gamelan Ensemble
Saturday, November 23, 3:00 p.m. Cannon Chapel
Emory University Symphony Orchestra, Emory Wind Ensemble, and Tango Artists
Saturday, November 23, 8:00 p.m.
Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall
Emory Big Band and Jazz Combos
Tuesday, December 3, 8:00 p.m.
Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall
Fall Composition Showcase
Wednesday, December 4, 8:00 p.m.
Performing Arts Studio
Composition Showcase features music by students enrolled in MUS 349 Composition. Works can include chamber, large ensemble, electronic, multimedia, and other collaborative projects. The student composers plan, organize, and produce the event according to their collective creative vision.
Norman Krieger, piano
ECMSA: COOKE NOONTIME SERIES
Friday, December 6, noon
Carlos Museum, Ackerman Hall Free, registration required
A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
Friday, December 6, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, December 7, 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Glenn Auditorium
Tickets: $20; Emory Students $10
Based on the traditional service at King’s College Chapel, Cambridge, England, this holiday program was drawn from sources ancient and modern by E. W. Benson, Bishop of Truro in 1880, and has been observed at Emory University since 1935.
Santa’s Favorite Chamber Music
ECMSA: FAMILY SERIES
Sunday, December 8, 4:00 p.m.
Carlos Museum, Ackerman Hall
Old Saint Nick is back to introduce some of his favorite classical works, give treats to good listeners, and lead a sing-along of favorite holiday songs with pianists Julie Coucheron and William Ransom.
Damiàn Bolotín photo courtesy of artist
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER/JANUARY
Christmas with Atlanta Master Chorale
Friday, December 13, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, December 14, 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, December 15, 4:00 p.m.
Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall
Tickets: $42; All Students $10
Please join the Atlanta Master Chorale to experience this season of comfort, promise, peace, and joy together.
Sonata Mulattica: The True Story of Beethoven’s “Kreutzer” Sonata
ECMSA: EMERSON SERIES
Friday, January 17, 8:00 p.m.
Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall
Free, registration required
Pulitzer Prize-winner and former Poet Laureate of the United States Rita Dove reads from her awardwinning true tale of the origin of what we know now as the “Kreutzer” Sonata of Beethoven—and George Bridgetower, the Black violinist who inspired him. Star violinist Hannah White makes her Emory debut performing the work with pianist William Ransom.
Emmanuel Pahud, flute and Alessio Bax, piano
CANDLER CONCERT SERIES
Friday, January 24, 8:00 p.m.
Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall
Tickets: $45; Emory Students $10
Renowned soloist and chamber musician Emmanuel Pahud has been the principal flutist for the Berliner Philharmoniker since age 22. Pahud makes his Schwartz Center debut in this concert featuring his own arrangements of Three Romances, op. 22 by Clara Schumann, Violin Sonata in A Major by César Franck, and J.S Bach’s Flute Sonata in B Minor.
Chee-Yun, violin
ECMSA: COOKE NOONTIME SERIES
Friday, January 31, noon
Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall
Free, registration required
Violinist Chee-Yun’s flawless technique, dazzling tone, and compelling artistry have enraptured audiences on five continents. Charming, charismatic, and deeply passionate about her art, Chee-Yun continues to carve a unique place for herself in the everevolving world of classical music.
Chee-Yun, violin
Photo © Jinju Kang
Emmanuel Pahud, flute
Photo by Josef Fischnaller
FEBRUARY/MARCH
Elena Cholakova, piano
Miroslav Hristov, violin
Sunday, February 2, 4:00 p.m.
Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall
Enjoy an evening of beloved duo repertoire featuring works by Schubert, Ravel, and Grieg.
CompFest 2025
Friday, February 7, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, February 8, 8:00 p.m.
Performing Arts Studio
Featuring Atlanta-based contemporary music ensemble Bent Frequency.
Bach Bowl
ECMSA: EMERSON SERIES
Sunday, February 9, 4:00 p.m.
Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall
This annual one-hour concert before the Super Bowl features three Concerti by the Master—the Double Violin; Violin and Oboe; and Brandenburg No. 2 with violinist David Coucheron, trumpeter Stuart Stephenson, oboist Elizabeth Tiscione, and the Society Chamber Orchestra.
Emory Jazz Fest 2025
SCHWARTZ ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
FEATURING DAVID SÁNCHEZ, SAXOPHONE
Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall
Friday, February 14, 8:00 p.m.
Tickets: $30; Emory Students $10
The annual Emory Jazz Fest brings world-class jazz to the community with master classes, artist demonstrations, and concerts featuring the Gary Motley Trio, Emory Big Band, and Grammy Award–winning saxophonist David Sánchez.
EMORY BIG BAND
Saturday, February 15, 8:00 p.m.
Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall
Free, tickets required
Pajama Concert | Musical Stories
ECMSA: FAMILY SERIES
Friday, February 21, 7:00 p.m.
Carlos Museum, Ackerman Hall
Enjoy hot chocolate with marshmallows before hearing the musical stories of The Three Little Pigs and Paddington Bear’s First Concert with pianist Julie Coucheron and narrator Frank McDonnell. Bring a stuffed animal, a blanket, and wear PJs if you like.
Luther Enloe, guitar
ARTIST AFFILIATE RECITAL
Sunday, February 23, 7:00 p.m.
Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall
Emory Youth Symphony Orchestra and University Chorus
Wednesday, February 26, 8:00 p.m.
Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall
Celebrating its 20th Anniversary Season, the EYSO comprises the region’s finest high school musicians performing major orchestral works. This concert features the Atlanta-based Merian Ensemble as soloists in a world premiere of Elizabeth Younan’s latest work. University Chorus joins in for Haydn’s Te Deum
Jessica Tong, violin
ECMSA: COOKE NOONTIME SERIES
Friday, February 28, noon
Carlos Museum, Ackerman Hall
Free, registration required
Emory Big Band
Photo by Bill Head
Daniel Hope with Polish Chamber Orchestra
CANDLER CONCERT SERIES
Friday, February 28, 8:00 p.m.
Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall
Tickets: $65; Emory Students $10
Acclaimed violinist Daniel Hope makes his return to the Schwartz Center with long-time collaborative partner, Polish Chamber Orchestra of Sinfonia Varsovia. The concert features some of the most beloved classical works from Gluck, Haydn, and Mozart—in addition to Orawa by celebrated Polish composer Wojciech Kilar.
Penelope Williams, jazz
ARTIST AFFILIATE RECITAL
Saturday, March 1, 4:00 p.m.
Performing Arts Studio
Emory Wind Ensemble Concert
Sunday, March 2, 7:00 p.m.
Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall
The Emory Wind Ensemble presents an evening of classic and contemporary works for instrumental ensembles of mixed instrumentation.
Emory University Symphony Orchestra
Thursday, March 6, 8:00 p.m.
Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall
The EUSO performs Dmitri Shostakovich’s Ninth Symphony as well as Richard Strauss’s monumental post-Romantic work, Four Last Songs, with Bethany Mamola, soprano.
Pathways
ATLANTA MASTER CHORALE
Friday, March 14, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 15, 8:00 p.m.
Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall
Tickets: $42; All Students $10
This concert will encourage all to set out on a journey. Who knows where the music will take us?
Vocal Symposium
Wednesday, March 19, 6:00 p.m.
Thursday, March 20, 2:30 p.m.
Performing Arts Studio
An Evening with Music of Philip Glass
Thursday, March 20, 8:00 p.m.
Performing Arts Studio
Vladimir Milošević, piano, and Nemanja Stanković, cello, join in for a concert of music by Philip Glass, including selections from Glassworks, The Hours, piano etudes, Songs and Poems for solo cello, and duet arrangements.
New York Voices
CANDLER CONCERT SERIES
Friday, March 21, 8:00 p.m.
Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall
Tickets: $40; Emory Students $10
Award-winning New York Voices has collaborated with noted artists including the Count Basie Orchestra, Paquito D’Rivera, and the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band. With selections from the quartet’s latest release, Reminiscing in Tempo, this concert takes a deep dive into the jazz canon, surfacing with standards by Cole Porter and Al Jolson, alongside gems from Chick Corea, Fred Hersch, and Duke Ellington.
Spring 2025 Recitals
Emory music majors pursue performance development through both private instruction and ensemble participation. Music majors may also present a solo recital open to the public. Recitals times and locations will be posted at music.emory.edu.
Photo by Trevor Chun
MARCH/APRIL/MAY
The Old and the New
ECMSA: EMERSON SERIES
WAITS CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT
Saturday, March 22, 8:00 p.m.
Cannon Chapel
Experience the birth of a new piece when the Vega Quartet welcomes back violist Yinzi Kong to give the world premiere of a new viola quintet commissioned by the ECMSA written by Paul Coletti, who will be in attendance. It will be paired with one of Beethoven’s last great masterpieces, the Quartet op. 131.
Just Jazzin’ Around with the Gary Motley Trio
ECMSA: FAMILY SERIES
Sunday, March 23, 4:00 p.m.
Carlos Museum, Ackerman Hall
The Gary Motley Trio introduces young audiences to the quintessential American musical art form in this fun and interactive performance.
Emory Jazz Combos
Tuesday, March 25, 8:00 p.m.
Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall
The Rites of Spring
ECMSA: COOKE NOONTIME SERIES
Friday, March 28, noon
Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall
Celebrate the beginning of spring with two seminal works—Beethoven’s beautiful “Spring” Violin Sonata performed by David Coucheron; and Stravinsky’s powerhouse, The Rite of Spring for piano four-hands with Julie Coucheron and Elizabeth Pridgen.
Caroline Owen, piano
ARTIST AFFILIATE RECITAL
Friday, March 28, 8:00 p.m.
Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall
Emory Concerto and Aria Competition
Sunday, March 30, 4:00 p.m.
Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall
Jazz on the Green
Thursday, April 3, 6:30 p.m.
Patterson Green
Emory Collaborative Piano
Sunday, April 6, 7:00 p.m.
Performing Arts Studio
Imani Winds and Boston Brass
CANDLER CONCERT SERIES
Friday, April 11, 8:00 p.m.
Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall
Tickets: $40; Emory Students $10
The dynamic and adventurous Imani Winds rejoin forces with longtime friends Boston Brass in a brandnew collaboration. The artists’ Schwartz Center debut features each group separately and collaboratively, with works by Khachaturian and Bach, modern masters D’Rivera and Simon, and culminating with a performance of a newly commissioned work by musical icon Arturo Sandoval.
Imani Winds
Photo by Shervin Lainez
Emory Chamber Ensembles
Sunday, April 13, 2:00 p.m.
Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall
Atlanta’s Young Artists
ECMSA: FAMILY SERIES
Sunday, April 13, 4:00 p.m.
Carlos Museum, Ackerman Hall
Some of the area’s finest pre-college musicians perform on this exciting annual showcase of what talent and hard work can produce at a very young age.
Emory Concert Choir
Sunday, April 13, 7:00 p.m.
Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall
Emory Big Band with Special Guest Patrick Langham
Tuesday, April 15, 8:00 p.m.
Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall
Jazz on the Green
Thursday, April 17, 6:30 p.m.
Patterson Green
Emory Wind Ensemble Concert
Thursday, April 17, 8:00 p.m.
Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall
Led by Lina Andonovska, Emory Wind Studies presents an evening of classic and contemporary works for instrumental ensembles of mixed instrumentation.
Vega Quartet Carnegie Hall Preview
ECMSA: COOKE NOONTIME SERIES
Friday, April 18, noon
Carlos Museum, Ackerman Hall
Free, registration required
The Vega Quartet performs works of Beethoven and Mark O’Connor in a preview of its upcoming concert in Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall.
Vega Quartet
Photo by Fernando Decillis
APRIL/MAY
StageWorks 2025
Saturday, April 19, 8:00 p.m.
Performing Arts Studio
Spring Composition Showcase
CANCELED—Tuesday, April 22, 8:00 p.m.
Performing Arts Studio
Emory University Symphony Orchestra and University Chorus
Friday, April 25, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 26, 8:00 p.m.
Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall
The EUSO and University Chorus join forces to present Francis Poulenc’s Gloria.
An Evening with Mozart— Coronation Mass and Requiem
ATLANTA MASTER CHORALE
Friday and Saturday, May 2–3, 8:00 p.m.
Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall
Tickets: $45; All Students $10
The Atlanta Master Chorale joins with soloists and an orchestra to present several of Mozart’s greatest choral works, including his iconic Requiem.
StageWorks
Jon Kimura Parker, piano
ECMSA: EMERSON SERIES
Sunday, May 4, 4:00 p.m.
Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall
Emory Youth Symphony Orchestra
Wednesday, May 7, 8:00 p.m.
Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall
Celebrating its 20th Anniversary Season, the Emory Youth Symphony Orchestra is composed of the region’s finest high school-aged musicians performing major orchestral works as well as the winner of the EYSO’s 2025 Concerto Competition.
Cherry Emerson Memorial Alumni Concert
ECMSA: EMERSON SERIES
Sunday, May 11, 1:30 p.m.
Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall
Emory University Symphony Orchestra and University Chorus
Some of Emory’s finest musical alumni return to campus to perform along with one of the university’s most accomplished graduating seniors during commencement weekend.
Photo by Yolanda Santana
Photo by Mike Koenig
PLAN YOUR VISIT
Emory music events take place in venues across campus as listed. Event parking is free on weekends and after 6 p.m. weekdays in the Fishburne and Gambrell parking decks. For additional visitor parking information, visit transportation.emory.edu. Many music events are free and do not require tickets. Downloadable concert programs are typically available one week prior to the event in the online calendar listing at music.emory.edu.
Ticketed events may be purchased online at schwartz.emory.edu. For information on the many categories of ticket discounts, please call the Schwartz Center Box Office at 404.727.5050, Monday–Friday, noon–6 p.m.
Keep in Touch
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VENUES
CANNON CHAPEL
515 South Kilgo Circle religiouslife.emory.edu
GLENN AUDITORIUM 1652 North Decatur Road glennumc.org
MICHAEL C. CARLOS MUSEUM Ackerman Hall 571 South Kilgo Circle NE carlos.emory.edu
PERFORMING ARTS STUDIO 1804 North Decatur Road music.emory.edu
SCHWARTZ CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS Emerson Concert Hall 1700 North Decatur Road schwartz.emory.edu
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