OUR MISSION
Our mission is to present classical chamber music concerts to the Altadena community performed by professional Altadena musicians who perform with area ensembles such as the Los Angeles Philharmonic, LA Chamber Orchestra, LA Opera, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Pasadena Symphony and others.
OUR CURRENT SEASON
Our 2024-2025 season will feature two free chamber music concerts at the Altadena Main Library and four free chamber music concerts at the Altadena Community Church. Our season is funded by the Altadena Library, a grant from the Pasadena Community Foundation, and our generous donors.
Altadena Main Library
600 E Mariposa St, Altadena, CA
Altadena Community Church
943 E Altadena Dr, Altadena, CA
Sunday, December 15, 2024 at 3:00 pm
THE ROBERT KYLE QUINTET
Latin, Brazilian & Straight ahead Jazz
Saxophonist/flutist/percussionist/composer and former Altadenan Robert Kyle will perform a program of Latin, Brazilian and straight-ahead Jazz with his quintet. Presenting jazz in a concert setting will provide a rare opportunity to experience the intimacy and spontaneity of this art form and to learn more about this genre.
Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 3:00 pm
INTERACTIVE FAMILY CONCERT: REED QUINTET
An interactive FAMILY CONCERT (ages 3 and up) featuring WIND INSTRUMENTS with REEDS. Want to find out how wind instruments work? What are the reeds for? Hear music that creates images, stories, and moods: Debussy’s “Golliwogg’s Cake Walk,” Schumann’s “Forest Music,” Satie’s “Crooked Dances,” Gershwin “American in Paris,” Doest’s “Circus Music,” and Mozart "Serenade." Jonathan Davis (Oboe), Helen Goode (Clarinet), Patrick Olmos (Also Sax), Jim Foschia (Bass Clarinet), and Phoebe Ray (Bassoon). (Curated by Phoebe Ray and Jim Foschia)
Musicians Performing with Mt Lowe Chamber Players this Season
Delores Bing (cello), P. Blake Cooper (tuba), Jonathan Davis (oboe), Maggie Edmondson (cello), Kevin Fitz-Gerald (piano), Jim Foschia (clarinet), Helen Goode (clarinet), Agnes Gottschewski (violin), Larry Kaplan (flute), Rob Kyle (sax/flute/percussion), John Mason (horn), Malcolm McNab (trumpet), Caroline McKenzie (soprano), Jim McMillen (trombone), Patrick Olmos (sax), Antoinette Perry (piano), Chris Price (trumpet), Phoebe Ray (bassoon), Cathy Ryan (trumpet), John Steinmetz (host and narrator), Michele Zukovsky (clarinet)
Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 3:00 pm
Brass Music through the ages and across cultures: works from Italian, German, Russian, Uraguayan, and American composers. Crespo: Suite Americana No 1, Ewald: Quintet No 3, Gabrieli: Canzona per Sonare No 2, Bach: My Spirit be Joyful, Bach: Contrapunctus 9, Jim McMillen: Preludes for the Modern Era (local players/composer), Huffsteter: Play Song (local player/composer), Aaron Smith: Quintet (local player/composer), Chris Price & Cathy Ryan (trumpets), John Mason (horn), Jim McMillen (trombone), P. Blake Cooper (tuba). (Curated by P. Blake Cooper & Chris Price)
Sunday, March 16, 2025 at 3:00 pm
Mozart “Piano Quintet with Winds”and Poulenc “Sextet” After its premiere in 1784, Mozart wrote to his father "I myself consider it to be the best thing I have written in my life” and Poulenc’s rollicking sextet. Michele Zukovsky (clarinet), Larry Kaplan (flute) John Mason (horn), Jonathan Davis (oboe), Phoebe Ray (bassoon), Antoinette Perry (piano)
Sunday, April 13, 2025 at 3:00 pm
Antonin Dvorak and Harry Burleigh: The Czech professor and his African American student. During his tenure as director of the National Conservatory of Music in New York City, Antonin Dvorak met a gifted young African American student named Harry Burleigh. Burleigh introduced Dvorak to the traditional African American spiritual. Thanks to Burleigh, Dvorak went on to use themes from spirituals in his compositions. Burleigh became a distinguished singer, composer, charter member of ASCAP, and the first composer to create arrangements of spirituals for the concert stage. In this concert we will present the “Dumky” trio by Dvorak and works by Burleigh for violin, piano, and voice. Agnes Gottschewski (violin), Maggie Edmondson (cello), Kevin Fitz-Gerald (piano), Caroline McKenzie (soprano) (Curated by Delores Bing)
Sunday, May 18, 2025 at 3:00 pm
Bach “Brandenburg Concerto #2”
Mozart C Major Flute Quartet and Schubert "Death and the Maiden." Malcolm McNab (trumpet), Larry Kaplan (flute), Jonathan Davis (oboe) Agnes Gottschewski (violin), Ian Pritchard (harpsichord), and strings (Larry Kaplan, curator)
MT LOWE CHAMBER PLAYERS IS A PROJECT OF THE FULCRUM ARTS "EMERGE" FISCAL SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM.
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