RECITAL SERIES 2024-2025
Our 111th Season!
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Sunday, March 9 , 2025
5 PM (Note Changed Time & Daylight Savings Time)
Memorial Hall | OTR
Lawrence Brownlee, Tenor
Kevin Miller, Piano
Sensuous and soaring tenor
Lawrence Brownlee is a leading figure in opera, both as a singer on the world’s top stages and as a voice for activism and diversity in the industry. He has been hailed as “one of the world’s leading bel canto stars” (The Guardian), captivating audiences and critics around the world. He is a fixture at leading international opera houses and major orchestra halls. Named “Male Singer of the Year” by both the International Opera Awards (2017) and Bachtrack, he has been featured on PBS, NPR, Sirius Radio, American Public Media and other national outlets.
Sunday, April 6, 2025
5 PM (Note Changed Time)
Memorial Hall | OTR
Martin James Bartlett, Piano
Plays with a maturity and elegance far beyond his years
British pianist Martin James Bartlett, known for his fearless technique, was the inaugural recipient of the Prix Serdang in 2022. In 2021, he was awarded the Queen Mother Rosebowl by HRH Prince (now King) Charles and, in 2020, won the Virtu(al)oso Global Piano Competition by Piano Cleveland. From 2020 to 2022, Bartlett was the RCM Benjamin Britten Piano Fellow, and made his play-direct and conducting debut with the London Mozart Players at the Cheltenham and Ryedale festivals in 2022. In 2019, Bartlett earned first place at the 2019 Young Concert Artists International Auditions in New York and, in 2018, won second prize and the Audience Award at the Kissingen Piano Olympiad.
Past Recitals
Sunday, December 1, 2024
5 PM
Memorial Hall | OTR
Isabel Leonard, Mezzo-Soprano
John Arida, Piano
Heralded regular at the Metropolitan Opera
Isabel Leonard continues to thrill audiences both in the opera house and on the concert stage. In repertoire that spans from Vivaldi to Mozart to Nico Muhly, she has performed at prominent international venues such as the Vienna State Opera, Paris Opera, Salzburg Festival, Carnegie Hall, Glyndebourne Festival, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Aix-en-Provence Festival, Metropolitan Opera, and Lyric Opera of Chicago, among others.
Sunday, October 13, 2024
3 PM
Memorial Hall | OTR
The Hanick Hawley Duo
Conor Hanick, piano, and Richie Hawley, Clarinet
Explore boundary-pushing music, both new and old
Through collaboration with some of music’s leading composers and integration of this work with the classic music of the genre, the Hanick Hawley Duo seeks to reinvigorate the repertoire for clarinet and piano. Having met as faculty members at Santa Barbara’s Music Academy of the West, Conor Hanick, piano, and Richie Hawley, clarinet, perform regularly at its renowned summer festival and school.
OUR 2024-2025 SEASON!
Sunday, September 15, 2024
3 PM
Memorial Hall | OTR
Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, Viola
Adam Golka, piano
One of the most sought-after violists of her generation
Sunday, April 21, 2024
Memorial Hall, OTR
2023-2024 Season
Amina Edris
SOPRANO
Pene Pati
TENOR
Robert Mollicone
PIANO
Amazing as soloists, phenomenal together!
Sunday, March 3, 2024
Memorial Hall
2023-2024 Season
Yun Zeng
FRENCH HORN
Michael Chertock
PIANO
Representing the new generation of Chinese wind instrumentalists...
Sunday, November 19, 2023
Westwood First Presbyterian Church
2023-2024 Season
Jasmine Choi
FLUTE
Changyong Shin
PIANO
"The Goddess of the Flute" -- Korean Times
Sunday, October 29, 2023
Memorial Hall
2023-2024 Season
Julian Schwarz
CELLO
Marika Bournaki
PIANO
Destined to rank among the greatest of the 21st Century...
Sunday, September 17, 2023
Memorial Hall | OTR
2023-2024 Season
Sara Daneshpour
Piano
Sunday, May 7, 2023 | 3 PM
Anderson Hills Church
2022-2023 Season
Silver-Garburg, Piano Duo
Sunday, March 26, 2023
Memorial Hall | OTR
2022-2023 Season
Elliot Madore, Baritone
Donna Loewy, Piano
Sunday, February 19, 2023
Memorial Hall | OTR
2022-2023 Season
Alexandre Kantorow
Piano
Friday, October 28, 2022
Memorial Hall | OTR
2022-2023 Season
Steven Banks
Classical Saxophone
Xak Bjerken
Piano
Sunday, October 2, 2022
Memorial Hall | OTR
2022-2023 Season
Christina Nam
Violin
Rohan De Silva
Piano