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The Price Hill Music Festival is MYCincinnati’s celebration of chamber music! 10 ensembles with 60 professional musicians are performing, including Queen City Opera and the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra. Join us for an engaging, dynamic night of music, showcasing some of Cincinnati’s best!
Event entry is free!
Food plates provided by
6.24.23
ARTIST LINEUP
Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra
at 7:15pm
The Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra is an independent ensemble of 32 professional musicians that launched the critically acclaimed summer music festival Summermusik in August, 2015. The CCO offers a fun and informative musical experience in an intimate and informal setting. The CCO’s size allows for creativity in programming; presenting orchestral works ranging from Baroque and Classical eras to commissioned works by contemporary composers. Collaborations are a hallmark of the CCO, including partnerships with CET, Cincinnati Ballet, and the Cincinnati Art Museum. Summermusik concerts are presented in venues all around Greater Cincinnati, and the festival has experienced unprecedented growth under Music Director Eckart Preu. CCO's newest annual program, We Are One, is an equity-focused series that launched in 2022.
Queen City Opera
at 5:15pm
Queen City Opera is performing Johann Sebastian Bach’s Coffee Cantata. Like Bach and Beethoven, Artistic Director and Founder Isaac Selya, very much enjoys coffee; he drinks at least one 32oz French press every day. He made his German debut conducting the world-famous Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen in fall 2018. He has been a featured Spotlight Artist in Musical America, and has guest conducted the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, the Xiamen Philharmonic in China, the National Symphony of Guatemala, and Pacific Opera Project, where he led the Los Angeles stage premiere of Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta. For the Glimmerglass Festival, he coached and conducted the first-ever reading of the revised version of Philip Glass’s Appomattox, with the composer present. He was recently named an inaugural conducting associate at the Defiant Requiem Foundation, which presents performances of Verdi’s Requiem in commemoration of artists interested at the Terezín Ghetto, who performed Verdi’s Requiem in defiance of the Nazis.
The Faux Frenchman
Gypsy Jazz at 4:45pm
The Faux Frenchmen are acoustic guitarists Brian Lovely and George Cunningham, acoustic bassist Don Aren, and violinist Paul Patterson. They’ve played Hot Club-driven gypsy jazz in and around Cincinnati and the Eastern and Midwestern U.S. since 2002.
Guitarist Django Reinhardt and violinist Stephane Grappelli fronted the Quintette of the Hot Club of France in and around Paris from 1934 to 1939, and constituted the first generation of European jazz musicians. The Hot Club blended backgrounds in traditional gypsy and European popular and classical music with the then-new sounds of American jazz artists like Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong , Fats Waller, and Benny Goodman to create a new musical genre, now often called "gypsy jazz."
New Downbeat
New Chamber Music Collective at 8:30pm
New Downbeat is a new music collective featuring women musicians who perform works exclusively by living composers. Founded in 2019 by bassoonist Caroline Sackleh, New Downbeat began as a group of likeminded, classically trained musicians and composers who wanted more - to create performance opportunities that celebrate women’s musicianship and to collaborate with living composers to create something special, together. Since its inaugural concert in 2019, New Downbeat has commissioned, collaborated on, and performed over 40 new music premieres written by their Composers-in-Residence.
Mo Grá
Irish Classical Trio at 8:10pm
Mo Grá, meaning my love in the Irish language, is an Irish classical trio with Annie Barr McAllister (Soprano & Pennywhistle), Matthew McAllister (Bodhrán), and Alayne Wegner (Violin). Mo Grá performs both original and traditional songs featuring the Irish language, sharing heartfelt stories of the McAllister’s experience living on the West Coast of Ireland, in Galway City. Annie created Mo Grá to unite two of her most cherished song forms, Art song and traditional Irish song, singing story-songs with traditional instruments through the lense of Art song form and vocality. Annie recently returned from completing a U.S. Fulbright Grant in Performance to Ireland and earned a Doctorate of Musical Arts in Voice from CCM
Tough Friend
Experimental Jazz Octet at 6:25pm
Tough Friend is a jazz octet that performs the original music of Matt McAllister. Formed in 2018, Tough Friend attempts to bridge the gap between classical chamber music and avant-garde jazz mixed with a rock band aesthetic. Tough Friend is influenced by jazz composers Andrew Hill, Ornette Coleman, &
George Russell and classical composers Thomas Adès, Oscar Bettison, & Louis Andriessen.
O L E A
New Music Ensemble at 7:10pm
The members of OLEA met in the Spring of 2021 through their participation in the Cincinnati New Music Ensemble (CNME). Inspired by the artistry, musicianship, and spirit of collaboration they saw in one another as well as their shared interest in new music, they founded OLEA shortly after. OLEA aims to create music that is engaging and impactful for audiences. With their unique instrumentation of violin, clarinet, cello, and piano, they have played in various duo, trio and quartet configurations, exploring some of the most compelling chamber music repertoire.
Oakes and Merk Duo
Mandolin & Guitar Duo at 7:40pm
The Oakes/Merk Acoustic Band is a collaboration between guitarist Patrick Oakes and mandolinist/trumpeter Charlie Merk working to combine elements of chamber music, American bluegrass, jazz, and traditional Brazilian music. Their music is heavily constructed around conversational playing and improvisation while evoking memorable and familiar melodies.
El Ritmo Del Mañana
Latin Jazz Ensemble at 8:45pm
El Ritmo Del Mañana is a high energy Latin Jazz band that provides the ultimate Latin Jazz experience. You’ll hear the roots of Latin Jazz with music by Chucho Valdes all the way to Sivuca. ERDM makes this music their own and builds on tradition by playing original Latin Jazz compositions and arrangements by members of the band.
microbat
Jazz Fusion Quartet at 6:35pm
microbat is a jazz fusion quartet that combines the feel-good grooves of pop and hip-hop with jazz harmony to create a uniquely intricate and fun listening experience.
MYCincinnati
Youth Orchestra
MYCincinnati is a program of Price Hill Will, a non-profit community development corporation that serves the East, West, and Lower Price Hill neighborhoods. MYCincinnati was founded in August of 2011 by cellist Laura Jekel. Inspired by the prestigious El Sistema Music Program in Venezuela, MYCincinnati's uses ensemble-based music as a vehicle for youth development and community engagement by providing children with access to free, intense, high-quality, music education. MYCincinnati features 135+ young musicians taught by a staff of 12 professional teaching artists.
