Dec. 8
Thurs.		 Houston Friends of Chamber Music
"Three Generations of Viennese Masters"
Webern, op 5
Schubert, Death and the Maiden
Bruckner Viola Quintet in F
American String Quartet with James Dunham
8:00pm
 Stude Auditorium, Rice University

2012  
Jan. 14
Sat.

Axelrod String Quartet
Haydn Quartet in F, op. 74, no. 2
Beethoven Quartet in D, op. 18, no. 3
Mendelssohn Octet in E flat, op. 20
With guests: Old City String Quartet from Rice Univesity's Shepherd School of Music, National Museum of American History, Hall of Musical Instruments

8:00pm
 Pre-concert Lecture at 7:00pm
National Museum of American History
Hall of Musical Instruments
 
Jan. 15
Sun.
 Axelrod String Quartet
Haydn Quartet in F, op. 74, no. 2
Beethoven Quartet in D, op. 18, no. 3
Mendelssohn Octet in E flat, op. 20
With guests: Old City String Quartet from Rice Univesity's Shepherd School of Music, National Museum of American History, Hall of Musical Instruments
7:30pm
 Pre-concert Lecture at 6:30pm
National Museum of American History
Hall of Musical Instruments
 
Jan. 16
Mon.		 Viola Master Class
4 - 7 pm
 Manhattan School of Music
Greenfield Hall
 
Jan. 20
Fri.

Faculty Chamber Music Recital
Schubert Octet in F, D. 803
Winkler, Dunham, Hoebig, Pitts, Hawley, Kamins, VerMeulen
8:00pm
 Rice University, Shepherd School of Music, Duncan Recital Hall
 
Jan. 27
Fri.

Syzygy (Shepherd School of Music New Music Series)
Earl Kim Three French Poems
with mezzo-soprano Susanne Mentzer

8:00pm
 Rice University, Shepherd School of Music, Duncan Recital Hall
 
Feb. 1
Wed.

Faculty Chamber Music Recital
Toru Takemitsu “And then I knew ‘twas Wind”
Leone Buyse, flute; James Dunham, viola; Paula Page, harp

8:00pm
 Rice University, Shepherd School of Music, Duncan Recital Hall
 
Feb. 4
Sat.

La Fayette String Quartet: 25th Anniversary Celebration!
University of Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC
with James Dunham & Paul Katz

8:00pm
 University of Victoria, Phillip T. Young Recital Hall
 
Feb. 5
Sun.

Viola Masterclass
University of Victoria, School of Music BC, Canada

Location & Time TBA
 
Feb. 28
Sat.

St. Cecilia Chamber Music Society –"Schubertiade"
Including Schubert Quintet in A, D. 667 "Trout"
Sophia Silivos, James Dunham, Barrett Sills, Deborah Dunham, Rodney Waters

7:30pm
 St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 1805 W Alabama St, Houston, TX
 
May 5
Sat.

Axelrod String Quartet
Haydn Quartet in g, Op. 74/3
Beethoven Quartet in A, Op. 18/5
Brahms Quartet in c, op. 51/1
8:00pm
 Pre-concert talk at 7:00pm
Renwick Gallery of Art, 1661 Pennsylvania Avenue NW (at 17th Street)
 
May 6
Sun.

Axelrod String Quartet

7:30pm
 Pre-concert talk at 6:30pm
Renwick Gallery of Art, 1661 Pennsylvania Avenue NW (at 17th Street)
 
May 15
Tues.
 St. Cecilia Chamber Music Society–"Viva Viola"
Mozart Quintet in C, K. 515
Brahms Quintet in G, op. 111
Maureen Nelson, Kyung-Sun Lee, James Dunham, Melissa Reardon, Norman Fischer
7:30pm

St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 1805 W Alabama St, Houston, TX
 
Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival
May 23
Wed.

Beer and G-Strings (Short pieces)

7:30pm

Palace Saloon

 
May 25
Fri.

Franck Piano Quintet in F Minor
with Robert Spano, piano

7:30pm

Location TBA

 

40th Annual Viola Congress (5/30/12 - 6/2/12)
Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
 
Sarasota Music Festival (6/3/12 - 6/10/12)
June 8
Fri.

Festival Concert          
Golijov “Dreams & Prayers of Isaac the Blind”
Franklin Cohen, Joseph Lin, Daniel Jordan, James Dunham, Steven Doan
 
Texas Music Festival (6/11/12 - 6/22/12)
 
Aspen Music Festival (6/24/12 - 7/21/12)
Aspen, Colorado
 
Domaine Forget (7/22/12 - 7/29/12)
Quebec, Canada
 

Garth Newel Center (7/31/12 - 8/5/12)
Warm Springs, VA
 

Heifetz International Music Institute (8/6/12 - 8/11/12)
*New location*: Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, VA

 

La Jolla Music Society: SummerFest 2012 (August dates: TBA)
La Jolla, CA

 

 

 

(updated 11/26/11)

2011 l 2012 l Summer 2012