RECITAL SERIES 2024-2025

Our 111th Season!

Lawrence Brownlee, tenor

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.

Martin James Bartlett, piano

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

Isabel Leonard, mezzo soprano

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.

Hanick Hawley Duo

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.

Milena Pajaro van de Stadt, viola

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

Amina Edris, soprano, and Pene Pati, tenor

Sunday, April 21, 2024

Memorial Hall, OTR

2023-2024 Season

Amina Edris

SOPRANO

Pene Pati

TENOR

Robert Mollicone

PIANO

Amazing as soloists, phenomenal together!

Yun Zeng, French Horn

Sunday, March 3, 2024

Memorial Hall

2023-2024 Season

Yun Zeng

FRENCH HORN

Michael Chertock

PIANO

Representing the new generation of Chinese wind instrumentalists...

Jasmine Choi, flute

Sunday, November 19, 2023

Westwood First Presbyterian Church

2023-2024 Season

Jasmine Choi

FLUTE

Changyong Shin

PIANO


"The Goddess of the Flute" -- Korean Times

Julian Schwarz, cello

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...

Sara Daneshpour, piano

Sunday, September 17, 2023

Memorial Hall | OTR

2023-2024 Season

Sara Daneshpour

Piano

Silver-Garburg, Piano Duo

Sunday, May 7, 2023 | 3 PM

Anderson Hills Church

2022-2023 Season

Silver-Garburg, Piano Duo

Elliot Madore, baritone

Sunday, March 26, 2023

Memorial Hall | OTR

2022-2023 Season

Elliot Madore, Baritone

Donna Loewy, Piano

Alexandre Kantorow, piano

Sunday, February 19, 2023

Memorial Hall | OTR

2022-2023 Season

Alexandre Kantorow

Piano

Steven Banks, saxophone

Friday, October 28, 2022

Memorial Hall | OTR

2022-2023 Season

Steven Banks

Classical Saxophone

Xak Bjerken

Piano

Christina Nam, violin

Sunday, October 2, 2022

Memorial Hall | OTR

2022-2023 Season

Christina Nam

Violin

Rohan De Silva

Piano

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