2002-2003 Free Concert Series

The Free Concert Series at NSM is a wonderful opportunity for the community to be involved in the school. Each concert is followed by an informal reception - you can meet the musicians! Thanks to everyone who has has attended these wonderful concerts. We hope to see you at more in the future.


The New Piano Quartet performed on October 1st, 2002


The Trio performed on October 20th, 2002


The Trio in action!


NSM folks at the concert on October 20th. From left:
Trudi Van Slyck, Tim Merton, Esther Yau, Chester Brezniak
and Anne Riesenfeld.


Emily Browder performed on November 10th.


Laura Bewig Chritton also performed on November 10th.


Esther Yau and Luba Poliak (piano) performed at the
Family Concert on November 17th


Roy Sansom (recorder) performed at
the Family Concert on November 17th


The performers on November 17th. From left: Luba Poliak,
Esther Yau, Roy Sansom, Anne Riesenfeld


Esther Yau and Roy Sansom performing on November 17th


Director Anne Riesenfeld demonstrates a waltz at the
November 17th concert.


Luba Poliak and Esther Yau perform pieces for two pianos


November 17th's audience

NSM Piano Students performed on December 15th...

Aidan O'Reilly	Alex Casler
Augusta Hixon	Grace Price
Josephine Wolff	Malessa Dias
Owen Stowe	Patricia Harris

The performers at the Family Concert on March 13th


Jacqueline Devoe, flute and Esther Yau, piano


Martin Dalmasi performs on saxophone


Jennifer Schiller, violin and Esther Yau, piano


Trio: Jennifer Schiller, Esther Yau and Tim Merton
performed on March 15, 2003


Trio, performing live

Sharon Wayne, guitar

Yuan-Mei Xing up close - happy, after a wonderful performance!

Yuan-Mei Xing performing on March 22nd, 2003


Patrice Williamson sings from her heart...


The New Piano Quartet performed on May 16th, 2003.

Previous Concerts 2002-2003:

Guitarist David Patterson performed solo works by J.S. Bach, Alberto Ginastera, H. Villa-Lobos and Fernando Sor

Mozart's Piano Quartet in E-flat Major (New Piano Quartet)

Brahms' Piano Quartet in A Major (New Piano Quartet

Brahms Trio, Opus 114 (Trio)

Trudi Van Slyck performed Brahms' Piano Opus 10 Ballads

Latin and Jazz music with Martin Dalmasi and Friends

Emily Browder, soprano and
Laura Bewig Chritton, mezzo-soprano sing works by Schumann and Faure

Family Concert featuring Luba Poliak and Esther Yau, two pianos, and Roy Sansom, recorder featuring works by Prokofiev, Nicholas Van Slyck, J.S. Bach, A. Arensky, Pete Rose and Witold Lutoslawski

Luba Poliak, piano, and Mana Tokuno, piano accompaniment featuring works by Prokefiev, Liszt and Ravel

NSM Piano Students Alex Casler, Malessa Dias, Patricia Harris, Augusta Hixon, Aidan O'Reilly, Grace Price, Josephine Wolff and Owen Stowe performed Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Duet Arrangements by Catherine Rollin

Martin Dalmasi, jazz saxophone, Jacqueline DeVoe, flute, Elizabeth Landman, piano, Charles Lee, clarinet, Patrice Williamson, jazz vocalist, Esther Ning Yau, piano. Pieces included: Duo for Flute and Piano (Copland), Jazz Standards (various composers), Sonatine (Honegger), Nocturne, Opus 9, No. 1 in B flat minor (Chopin)

Five Melodies, Op. 35 bis by Prokofiev, Barbara Englesberg, violin and Esther Yau, piano, Slavonic Dances by Dvorak, Hungarian Dances by Brahms, Luba Poliak, piano and Esther Yau, piano, Piano Trio in E flat Major by Schubert, Esther Yau, piano, Jennifer Schiller, violin and Tim Merton, cello

An evening of Spanish and Latin American music for two guitars featuring Sharon Wayne, guitar and guest performer Glorianne Collver-Jacobson (music by de Falla, Albeniz, Bellinati and others)

Yuan-Mei Xing, violin and guest performer Hye-Ju Chu, piano performed Chaconne by Bach, Sonata Op. 24 by Beethoven and Sonata #3 by Brahms

Trudi Van Slyck and Luisa Guembas-Buchanan, pianists performed Diabelli Variations by Beethoven and Schubert Variations, Book 2 by Nicholas Van Slyck

Mother's Day Concert and Garden Brunch: Carnival of the Animals, by Camille Saint-Saens and The Story of Babar, by Francis Poulenc. Performers included:
Pamela Ambrose, cello
Chester Brezniak, clarinet
Jaqueline DeVoe, flute
Shu-Fang Du, violin
Jesse Flack, bass
Luba Poliak,piano
Jennifer Schiller, violin
Robert Schultz, percussion
Jill Werthman, viola
Esther Ning Yau, piano
And special guest narrator, Jim Braude of 96.9 and NECN TV!

The New Piano Quartet (Jennifer Schiller, violin, Andra Voldins, viola Judith Glixon, cello, Esther Ning Yau, piano) performed Schubert, Adagio and Rondo in F Major Harbison, November 19, 1828 and Brahms Piano Quartet in C Minor, Op. 60

Faculty Chamber Music Concert: Jennifer Schiller (violin), Sharon Wayne, (guitar), Anne Hooper Webb (violin), Esther Ning Yau (piano) with guest artists Matthew Green (violin) and Susannah Friedrich-Cohen (cello) performed Brahms Trio #2 Op. 87 in C Major Bach Solo Sonata for Violin #3 in C Major, BWV 1005, Piazzolla, Histoire du Tango

A Special Sneak Preview! Prior to her solo engagement with the Boston Pops, Elena Urioste, 17-year-old violinist Performed Poeme by Chausson and Havanise by Saint-Saens. Question and Answer Session followed each piece.

SPECIAL SUMMER EVENT! YOU'RE IT! A tag-team concert of new and familiar songs from the theatre. featuring Rachel Peters, soprano and Katie Pickett, mezzo-sporano, music by Bernstein, Blitzstein, Finn, Sondheim and many more.

Ludwig Van Beethoven

Nicholas Van Slyck

Check out the new Mother's Day Brunch and Garden Party page!

Would you like to be informed of NSM events and concerts? Join our email list.