Summer Series #3
Friday, July 24 @6pm
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Ticketed event, $25 General Admission
special guest: Brittany Conrad, double bass
Program:
Evan Williams: Grime 9’
Antonín Dvořák: String Quintet No. 2 in
G major, Op. 77 37’
Summer Series #2
Friday, July 17 @ 6pm
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Ticketed event, $25 General Admission
with special guest Jean Laurenz, Trumpet
Program:
Alessandro Marcello: Oboe Concerto in D minor, S D935 on Fleugel Horn 10’
Vincent Persichetti: The Hollow Men 8’
Shelly Washington: Middleground
Alexander Glazunov: String Quintet 29’
Summer Series 1
Friday, July 10 2026 @ 6pm
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Ticketed event, $25 General Admission
with special guest Samantha Rodriguez, viola
Richard Strauss: Capriccio 12’
Arnold Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht 28’
WSCP presents a special chamber music performance, book-ended with delightful treats and drinks, as a fundraising event for the 2026 season.
The Willy Street Chamber Players will be hosting a rare and intimate chamber music performance on—
Monday, June 1st 2026 at the WYSO Center for Music
This will be a fundraising event supporting the WSCP 2026 Season
The evening events include:
6pm: Pre-concert drinks, snacks and conversations with WSCP musicians
7pm: Intimate chamber music performance
8:30pm: Post-concert reception and mingle with musicians
You’ll get a sneak peak at some of the exciting repertoire we are preparing for the summer along with a behind the scenes perspective on these awesome pieces:
You will be treated to delicious local goods from our favorite shops such as…..
Madison Sourdough Company
Cargo Coffee
Cambridge Winery
3 Sheeps Brewing
AND MORE!
You will leave with a belly full of delicious local fare, a heart full of inspiring music, and a satisfied curiosity for any of your WSCP questions you have been dying to ask over the years;)
Purchase tickets ahead of time or just show up and buy tickets at the door.
WILLY STREET CHAMBER PLAYERS
Saturday, January 10, 2026 2pm
$30
in Leola Hall at the Sauk Prairie River Arts Center
The Willy Street Chamber Players are a dynamic ensemble of string musicians formed in 2015 dedicated to creating community through classical music. WSCP presents a popular summer concert series each July that has become a fixture of the vibrant Willy Street neighborhood cultural scene. The group has received wide critical acclaim for its accessible and exciting performances, intelligent and fun programming, and community partnerships.
Featuring Verklärte Nacht by Arnold Schoenberg
First Unitarian Society’s Friday afternoon concert series the noon Musicale, featuring pianist Vincent Fuh and cellist Mark Bridges playing two works:
First is Robert Schumann’s transcription of his own piece originally written for French Horn and piano, the Adagio and Allegro.
Filling out this concert which lasts just under an hour will be Rachmaninoff’s Sonata for cello and piano
The concert will take place in the Frank Lloyd Wright designed First Unitarian Society in Madison
From the MSO website:
The resident quartet of our award-winning HeartStrings® program, the Rhapsodie Quartet includes our Co-Concertmaster Suzanne Beia, Principal Violist Christopher Dozoryst, Principal Cellist Karl Lavine, and violinist Laura Burns. United in mission, the members of the quartet create a fusion of talent, passion, and heart in their performances. This particular performance will include two guest musicians Violist Katrin Talbot, and Cellist Mark Bridges. Join us in Overture Center’s Promenade Hall — it’s FREE and open to the public!
Arnold Schönberg, Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night) for String Sextet
Intermission
Johannes Brahms, String Quintet in G Major, Op. 111
Gabriela Lena Frank
Daniel Bernard Roumain: excerpt from Rosa Parks
Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat Op. 44
William Grant Still: Danzas de Panama 10’
Shaw: Valencia 6’
Brahms: String Sextet No. 1 in B flat major 34’
André Caplet: Conte Fantastique 18’
Leila Adu-Gilmore Alyssum 10’
Schubert: String Quintet in C major D. 956 (Cello Quintet)
A Free Concert in Orton Park put on by the Willy St Chamber Players
William Grant Still: Danzas de Panama
Mendelssohn: Four Pieces for String Quartet 20’
JLIN: Black Box 5’
Shaw: Valencia 6’
Angelique Kidjo: YanYanKliYan Senamido 8’
With Pianist Vincent Fuh, a reprise of our January concert featuring works by
Schumann- Five Pieces in the Folk Style
Martinu Sonata #1 for Cello and Piano
Chopin Sonata in G minor for Piano and Cello
Free
Program:
Robert Schumann - Fünf Stücke im Volkston (Five Pieces in the Folk Style), Op. 102 (1851)
Mit Humor (With Humor)
Langsam (Slowly)
Nicht Schnell, mit viel Ton zu Spielen (Not fast, played with full tone)
Nicht zu Rasch (Not too rapidly)
Stark und Markiert (Strong and Marked)
Bohuslav Martinů - Sonata #1 for cello and piano, H. 277 (1940)
Poco allegro
Lento
Allegro con brio
ten minute intermission
Frédéric Chopin - Sonata in G minor for piano and cello, Op. 65
Allegro moderato
Scherzo
Largo
Finale-Allegro
If you enjoyed tonight’s concert and would like to make a donation. They can be made via Venmo @cellobridges, by scanning the Venmo QR code at the door, by cash/check, or by clicking the donate button below.
I would like to wholeheartedly thank the following people for their financial and moral support in the purchase of the cello you will hear tonight. This cello was commissioned from Michele Ashley in late 2020 and received in late 2021. Playing on this cello has been an amazing, fulfilling experience for me and has helped me to grow in unexpected ways as a musician. It is made even more special by the fact that so many generous friends and family were involved in its acquisition. Every time I read this list of names, I feel grateful and supported.
Thank you to all of you!
Lauren Addison, Courtney Blomme, Tracey Bratt, Robert Bridges and Cindy DuBose, Aimee and Karl Broman, Rick Cathcart, Jatinder, Cheema, Sandy Clark, Robert Clark, Diane Comerford and Bob Herzog, Luke Donohue, Rebecca Greenwald and Didier Mandelbrot, Mike Fullerton, Deborah Horning and Jill Carraway, Maureen Kelly, Daniel Ketter, Sara Kroenke, Fangyun Kuan, Nate and Rachel Lerner, Carrie Lorig, Mahr Malik, Craig Michaels, Peggy Howard Moore, Scott Morgan, Andrew Olson, Emily Rideout, Tori Rogers, Megan Saucke, Jeffrey Saucke, Greg and Debra Saucke, Adrienne Sella, Cheryl and Dan Siehr, Kate Soukonnikov, Ben Stites, Debbie Thompson, Ashley Van Egtern, Corrine Voils and Stefan Schmidt, Brennan White, Greg Williams, and Roger and Carolyn Williams.
If you would like to know more about the acquisition of this cello, please take a moment after the concert to look at my blog by clicking the link below and start at the very beginning. The process is documented from start to finish
Jessie Montgomery: Duo For Violin and Cello (2015)
Simon Steen Anderson: Study for String Instrument #1 (2011)
Frank Bridge: String Sextet
Carlos Simon: where two or three are gathered (2017)
Mozart: Oboe Quartet in F major
Ernest John Moeran: Fantasy Quartet for Oboe and Strings
Shulamit Ran: String Quartet No. 3, “Glitter, Doom, Shards, Memory” (2013)
Augusta Reed Thomas: Klee Musings (2016)
Winton Marsalis: Excerpts from "At the Octoroon Balls" (1995)
Gabriel Faure: Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor
Beethoven String Trio in E Flat Major
John Adams : Book of Alleged Dances
With Paran Amirinazari, Hillary Hempel and Kayleigh Acord
Chamber music and accompanied works of Beethoven presented by the Madison Symphony Orchestra featuring the Archduke trio, Seven Variations on “Bei Männern welche Liebe Fühlen” for Cello and Piano and other hits
Flautist Iva Ugrcic with members of the Willy Street Chamber Players
“All about strings! Menotti’s Suite for Two Cellos and Piano and Harbison’s Presences (for solo cello and string quintet), bookended by the sparkling virtuosity of Vivaldi concertos.”
“All about strings! Menotti’s Suite for Two Cellos and Piano and Harbison’s Presences (for solo cello and string quintet), bookended by the sparkling virtuosity of Vivaldi concertos.”
Online On-Demand Concert featuring:
VIVALDI | Concerto for Four Violins in B minor RV 580
STRAVINSKY | Septet (1953)
LOUISE FARRENC | Nonet in E flat Op.38
Adagio – Allegro & III. Scherzo, Vivace
SCHUBERT | Piano Quintet in A major. D. 667 ‘Trout’ I & IV Mvts
Come experience your private Microconcert on Valentines day. Ten minutes of music for you and one member of your household at the Garver Fee Mill. Featuring myself and violinist Eleanor Bartsch.
