2025-2026 season
This season focuses on Meditation-the musical and physical intersection of rhythm, breath, and beauty.
performers:
Maria Schluening, Mariana Cottier-Bucco, & Nora Scheller; violins
Sarah Kienle, viola
Jennifer Choi, cello
Jonathan Cziner & Liudmila Georgievskaya, piano
SPIRITUAL MEDITATION
Saturday, September 27, 2025
3:00 PM — 5:00 PM
First Presbyterian Church of Dallas (map)
Our 51st season begins with a celebration of composer Arvo Pärt’s 90th birthday. Experience the profound simplicity and spirituality of his iconic works Spiegel Im Spiegel and Fratres, alongside other meditative works by composers Aaron Jay Kernis, Dallas-based Hee-Yun Kim, and Carlos Simon.
program:
Arvo Pärt: Spiegel Im Spiegel
Hee Yun Kim: Scattered Minds
Carlos Simon: be still and know
Aaron Jay Kernis: Musica celestis
Pärt: Fratres
Performers:
Ebonee Thomas, flute
Wilhelm Magner, viola
Emily Levin, harp
‘twas wind
Saturday, November 8, 2025
3:00 PM — 5:00 PM
Grace United Methodist Church (map)
Music that merges breath and wind, ‘Twas Wind showcases the idea of Shinrin-yoku, the Japanese word for “forest bathing.” Join us as we meditate in musical nature set amongst the stunning sound world of flute, viola and harp.
program:
Fred Onovwerosuoke: Trio for Flute, Viola and Harp
Claude Debussy: Sonata for flute, viola and harp
Tōru Takemitsu: And Then I Knew ‘Twas Wind
Airat Ichmouratov: Fujin’s Dream, op. 58
performers:
Emily Levin, harp
mid-century modern
Saturday, January 10, 2026
3:00 PM — 5:00 PM
First Presbyterian Church of Dallas (map)
Settle into the musical aesthetics of mid-century and modern harp works featuring Dallas Symphony Principal Harp Emily Levin.
program:
Benjamin Britten: Suite for Harp
Caroline Lizotte: Suite Galactique
Germaine Tailleferre: Sonata
Alfredo Casella: Sonata for Harp
Jonathan Cziner: Music for the Temple
Elliott Carter: Bariolage
Carlos Salzedo: Ballade
ecstatic meditation
Saturday, May 23, 2026
3:00 PM — 5:00 PM
First Presbyterian Church of Dallas (map)
program:
Pauline Oliveros: work to be announced
Paul Frucht: Ecstatic Meditation
Shih-Hui Chen: Mirror Lake, Wandering Sky*
Jonathan Cziner: Sick Beats*
*world premiere, VoC commission