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the HOW YOU CAN CONSIDER HELPING THE TUESDAY CONCERT SERIES AT TUESDAY MAINTAIN EPIPHANY’S ARTISTIC PROFILE THE CHURCH OF THE EPIPHANY AND ITS INSTRUMENTS CONCERT Since the Church of the Epiphany was founded in The Tuesday Concert Series reaches out to the entire 1842, music has played a vital role in the life of the metropolitan Washington community 52 weeks of the year, parish. The Tuesday Concert Series reaches out to SERIES and brings both national and international artists here to the entire metropolitan Washington community and Washington, DC. The series enjoys partnerships with many runs throughout the year. No other concert series July - December artistic groups in the area too, most keenly with the follows such a pattern and, as such, it is unique in 2016 Washington Bach Consort, the Levine School of Music, and the Washington, DC area. the AVANTI Orchestra. Epiphany houses three fine musical instruments: There is no admission charge to the concerts and visitors and The Steinway D concert grand piano was a gift to the regular concert-goers are invited to make a freewill offering to church in 1984, in memory of vestry member Paul support our artists. This freewill offering has been the primary Shinkman, and the 4-manual, 64-rank, 3,467-pipe source of revenue from which our performers have been Æolian-Skinner pipe organ (1968) is one of the most remunerated and a small portion of this helps to defray costs of versatile in the city. The 3-stop chamber organ the church’s administration, advertising and instrument (2014), commissioned in memory of Albert and upkeep. Today, maintaining the artistic quality of Epiphany’s Frances Manola, was built by Orglarstvo Škrabl of series with this source of revenue is challenging. Slovenia. To support this, it is possible to sponsor an individual concert, a series of concerts or indeed a season. Please do consider how Epiphany’s arts program could be a collaborative, corporate or business venture with you. There are specific ways in which you can help sustain us. Please be in touch with Director of Music, Jeremy Filsell at [email protected], or Development Director Whitney Brimfield at [email protected], or take a 12:10 p.m. PARTNERSHIP brochure from the rear of the church to learn at Metro Center about ways in which Epiphany’s arts program could benefit you EPIPHANY’S CHOIR & ORGAN 1317 G Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005 specifically. with the 202-347-2635 • [email protected] • www.epiphanydc.org WASHINGTON SYMPHONIC BRASS CD available from the church office • $15 Washington Bach The Furuya Sisters Jeremy Filsell Third Practice Jason Solounias The United States Army Consort Strings Chamber Ensemble July 7/5 • Jeremy Filsell, piano in music by Liszt and Debussy alongside César Franck’s grand Prélude, Choral and Fugue. www.jeremyfilsell.com 7/12 • HyeJin Kim viola & Carlos Rodriguez piano marking the 160th anniversary this month of the death of Robert Schumann (1810-1856). 7/19 • EYA: Allison Mondel, Crossley Hawn, & Kristen Dubenion-Smith voices A return visit for this award-winning vocal ensemble 9/13 • Elizabeth Adams violin & Melinda Baird piano in a program based in Washington, DC to explore the music of medieval France, the achingly devoted to the remarkable sonatas of Beethoven. beautiful melodies of the Trouvères and the Parisian motets of the 13th November 11/1 • Washington Bach Consort, J. Reilly Lewis century. www.eyaensemble.com 9/20 • Ralitza Patcheva & Sam Post piano & harpsichord continue director, Cantata: Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele, BWV 69; Prelude and Fugue in A their investigations into the beguiling labyrinth of J. S. Bach’s Art of Fugue. Minor, BWV 543 Julie Vidrick Evans, organ www.bachconsort.org 7/26 • Rebecca Collaros flute, Darya Gabay piano & Kenneth www.samueljpost.com Stilwell oboe in music by J. S. Bach and Sergei Prokofiev. 11/8 • Irina Kats cello & Fiona Thompson piano play Rachmaninov’s 9/27 • Mayron Tsong piano; this dazzling Canadian pianist, currently epic cello and piano Sonata Op. 19. August 8/2 • The United States Army Strings Chamber Associate Professor of Piano at the University of Maryland contrasts music by Ensemble play works by the Classical masters Haydn and Beethoven Haydn and György Ligeti. 11/15 • Third Practice – this DC-based professional vocal ensemble sings Reconstruction by Joshua Bornfield (their composer-in-residence), a vivid multi- 8/9 • Cha Park piano plays works by Beethoven, Blumenfeld, Chopin and movement tribute to early American song, alongside Byrd’s immortal Mass for October 10/4 • Washington Bach Consort, J. Reilly Lewis Four Voices. www.thirdpractice.com Ravel. www.chapark.com Cantata: Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält, BWV 178; Prelude and director; Fugue in C Minor, BWV 546 J. Reilly Lewis, organ www.bachconsort.org 8/16 • The Rock Creek Piano Trio, in music by Mozart and Ravel—his 11/22 • Jeremy Filsell organ plays the two organs of Epiphany church, in a celebration of the music of French composers Gaston Litaize (1909-91) and remarkable Piano Trio of 1914. sings the Wagner Wesendonck Lieder and 10/11 • Nakia Vener soprano Maurice Durufle (1902-86) in this year which marks the 25th and 30th André Previn’s ‘Honey and Rue’. anniversary of their deaths. 8/23 • Jason Solounias piano plays fascinating Latin-American music by Ginastera, Villa-Lobos, Cervantes and Carmago Guarnieri. 10/18 • The Furuya Sisters: Mimi Furuya cello, Sakiko Furuya 11/29 • James Rogers baritone & Michael Shepherd piano – in the www.jasonsolounias.com – Hear these Julliard graduates who piano, & Harumi Furuya violin music of Britten, Wolf and Henri Duparc. www.james-rogers.com performed for the President’s Holiday Performance at The White House in 8/30 • Brooke Evers soprano & Jeremy Filsell piano celebrate 2015, in music by Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Fauré and Ravel. American music by Gershwin, Bernstein and Samuel Barber (Knoxville Summer www.furuyasisters.com December 12/6 • Washington Bach Consort, J. Reilly Lewis of 1915 (1947) and The Hermit Songs). www.brookeevers.com director, Cantata: Süßer Trost, mein Jesus Kömmt, BWV 151; Toccata, Adagio, 10/25 • The Thirteen Chamber Choir, Matthew Robertson director and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564 Janet Yieh, organ www.bachconsort.org September 9/6 • Tzu-yi Chen piano plays Tchaikovsky’s G major - founded in 2012, this professional ensemble is known for its raw and Piano Sonata, Liszt’s La benediction de Dieu dans la solitude and his whirlwind invigorating performances. The Thirteen enraptures audiences around its new 12/13 • Marilyn Moore soprano & Carlos Rodriguez piano in music Rhapsodie Espagnole. Washington, DC home and throughout the United States. of an African-American heritage honoring the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. www.thethirteenchamberchoir.com 12/20 • The Choir of the Church of the Epiphany, Jeremy Filsell director & Christopher Betts organ give their annual selection of well- known and contemporary music for Christmas in a concert of seasonal readings and music. www.epiphanydc.org All programs in the Tuesday Concert Series begin at 12:10 pm. Admission is free, but a $10 free-will contribution is invited. The Thirteen Brooke Evers Chamber Choir EYA James Rogers Mayron Tsong Tzu-yi Chen .