Performers: 

Violin: Nathan Meltzer (Winner of  Concert Artist Guild, 2022 Sibelius  Violin Competition, Founder and  Director of Green Room Ensemble) 

Violin: Ariel Horowitz ( 2020 Concert Artist Guild Ambassador Prize) 

Viola: James Kang (Juilliard Kovner Fellow, American Viola Society Solo Competition winner, Abeo Quartet) 

Cello: Sterling Elliott (2021 Avery Fisher Award, BBC Next Generation Artist) 

Piano: Sophia Zhou (V BPA International Piano Award, Artistic Director of Millbrook Music Salon) 

Program: 

This dynamite program traces a wide arc of chamber music, beginning with the wit, clarity, and conversational elegance of Joseph Haydn’s Piano Trio in E major, Hob. XV:28, and moving through a series of bold, contemporary works that reimagine how sound, rhythm, and ensemble interaction can unfold. Misato Mochizuki’s Brains explores motion and transformation through quick shifts in texture and rhythm, while Caroline Shaw’s Limestone and Felt plays with contrast—hard and soft, resonant and muted—inviting close listening and intimacy. Julius Eastman’s Joy Boy brings an urgent, driving intensity built on repetition and momentum, challenging performers and listeners alike to stay fully present. After intermission, Andy Akiho’s The Prospects of a Misplaced Year closes the evening with propulsive rhythms and reflective moments, capturing a sense of uncertainty, resilience, and forward motion. Together, these works reveal chamber music as a living, evolving conversation—one that honors tradition while embracing experimentation and new voices. 

– Haydn: Piano Trio in E Major, Hob. XV: 28

– Misato Mochizuki: Brains (2016/17) 

– Caroline Shaw: Limestone and Felt (2012) 

–intermission– 

– Andy Akiho: The prospects of a misplaced year