“Voices of Pittsburgh”
Announcing Our 2025 Pittsburgh Performs Series |
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Now in its 11th season, Chamber Music Pittsburgh’s Pittsburgh Performs series allows us to shine a light on the incredibly creative musicians who call Pittsburgh home, while getting us out of traditional concert halls and into the community. The 2025 Pittsburgh Performs Series, Voices of Pittsburgh, features some of Pittsburgh’s talented vocalists in four artist-curated summer concerts. You can look forward to powerful and poignant musical experiences that uplift, inspire, and celebrate both the utter simplicity and the rich complexity of the human voice. |
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ANQWENIQUE and Friends Celebrate Juneteenth Saturday, June 14, 2:00 p.m. | East Liberty Presbyterian Church, East Liberty Thursday, June 19, 7:30 p.m. | Emerald City PGH, Downtown Presented in partnership with the Madame Mary Caldwell Dawson Branch of the National Association of Negro Musicians (NANM) and Hope Academy of Music and the Arts, this program is not to be missed. Beloved vocalist and longtime CMP collaborator ANQWENIQUE takes the stage with a powerful performance celebrating the voices and works of Black composers across generations. With her unique blend of jazz, opera, classical, and soul, ANQWENIQUE creates an experience that is both timeless and deeply personal. The concert will feature stunning compositions by Jessie Montgomery, Daniel Bernard Roumain, Nicole Mitchell, Cecile McLorin Salvant, and more, brought to life by a stellar instrumental ensemble including violinist Omari Abdul-Alim, violist Gloria Wide, and pianist Irene Monteverde. |
| | | Reson8: Singing Out Loud Saturday, July 12, 7:30 p.m. | Attack Theatre, Lawrenceville Sunday, July 13, 3:00 p.m. | Crafton United Presbyterian Church, Crafton Presented in partnership with Resonance Works, the Reson8 Vocal Octet performs a program honoring the rich contributions of LGBTQ+ composers and creators. Founded in Fall 2024, Reson8 has been described as “some of the best singing talent available, right here in the Pittsburgh area” by OnStage Pittsburgh. These moving concerts weave together the voices of celebrated composers like Jennifer Higdon, Conrad Susa, Mari Esobel Valverde, Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber, Franz Schubert, Caroline Shaw, Leonard Bernstein, Ricky Ian Gordon, Stephen Sondheim, and more, in a soul-stirring program of beauty and belonging Experience the vocal brilliance of:
🎵 Charlene Canty & Amelia D’Arcy, sopranos
🎵 Timothi Williams & Zanna Fredland, mezzo-sopranos
🎵 George Milosh & Andrew Bloomgarden, tenors
🎵 Daniel Teadt & Graham Fandrei, baritones |
| | The Month of MAY is…
Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month |
| In acknowledgement of Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we want to shout out the following artists included in our 25-26 MainStage Live Season: |
| | | Cellist Michael Nicolas has built a wide-ranging career that reflects both versatility and curiosity. Born in Canada to French-Canadian and Taiwanese parents, he is now based in New York City, where he performs as a soloist, chamber musician, and ensemble player. He is a member of the string quartet Brooklyn Rider, known for its genre-crossing approach, which will open CMP’s 25-26 MainStage Live Season. He performs regularly with the International Contemporary Ensemble, collaborating with composers from around the world, and is also a founding member of Third Sound, a group that debuted at the 2015 Havana Contemporary Music Festival. |
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| | With a violin crafted in 1727, Christopher Wu is a musical force in Pittsburgh and beyond. First violinist with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra from 1988 to 2024, he has been described as a musician of “virtuoso command with depth of musical understanding” (Tribune Review). As a proud graduate of the Eastman School of Music, Wu’s career has taken him to prestigious orchestras like Boston, Cleveland, and Philadelphia, and onto chamber music stages with legends like Joshua Bell, Gil Shaham, Emanuel Ax, and the Muir String Quartet. |
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| Currently, he teaches violin as an adjunct professor at Carnegie Mellon University and has given master classes at institutions including the University of Texas, Penn State, and Boston University at Tanglewood. His former students have gone on to join major ensembles like the New York Philharmonic, Pittsburgh Symphony, and Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw Orchestra. We are thrilled to have him as one of our violin soloists in Bach’s Complete Brandenburg Concertos, our holiday concert in November.
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| | | Born in New York City, violinist Manami Mizumoto began her musical journey at the age of three. Her early love for chamber music quickly grew into a lifelong passion for collaboration—one that now fuels her work as both a performer and musical explorer. Manami’s curiosity extends across centuries. She is a founding member of Nuova Pratica, a collective of composer-performers who bring historical improvisation practices into contemporary music-making. She also co-founded Harmonia Stellarum Houston, an ensemble dedicated to uncovering and performing newly rediscovered vocal-instrumental works from the 17th and 18th centuries. We are excited to introduce her to Pittsburgh audiences next spring, as she joins Ruckus and Davóne Tines in their CMP concert at the August Wilson African American Cultural Center. |
| | 🎼 National Chamber Music Month 🎼 |
| Celebrate National Chamber Music Month this May by supporting our mission to foster an appreciation for chamber music in Pittsburgh! We aim to present both world-class and emerging artists to our audiences while offering educational programs and opportunities to the various communities of Pittsburgh. |
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