Concert Tickets & Info

Join us as we bridge the gap from the long, dark winter to eagerly-awaited springtime! Our upcoming program is anchored in the present, yet informed by the past, with our full palette of strings, woodwinds, and piano. Performances will take place at Oakwood Villages Prairie Ridge (5565 Tancho Drive) on Friday, March 13, and University Woods (6205 Mineral Point Road) on Saturday, March 14, both at 7 p.m., followed by a 2 p.m. matinee at Arts + Literature Laboratory on Sunday, March 15 (111 South Livingston Street).

“Century Dances,” a woodwind trio by British composer Cecilia McDowall (b. 1951), frames out the program, tracing a lineage of contrasting dance forms from the 18th century through the contemporary age. Prefaced by the quote, “I have only known love through the misfortune it causes,” Mikhail Glinka’s (1804-1857) “Trio Pathetique,” is a brooding work written for a heavier, darker combination of clarinet, bassoon, and piano. GRAMMY and Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer Jennifer Higdon (b. 1962) beckons us to contemplate the ways light is reflected in humankind, in her work “Light Refracted” featuring clarinet, strings, and piano. Finally, you will get a taste of “Paris in the springtime” with the cheeky and eloquent “Quartet” for English horn and string trio by French composer Jean Françaix.

Oakwood Chamber Players serve as the professional resident ensemble for the Oakwood Village senior living community. Artistic Directors Valree Casey (oboe/English horn), Nancy Mackenzie (clarinet), Stacy Regehr (piano), Amanda Szczys (bassoon), Marie Pauls (viola), and Maggie Townsend (cello) will be joined by guest violinist Holly Wagner.