When interviewed for a KCMF Artist Profile last year, cellist Clancy Newman mentioned: “One of my favorite things about performing chamber music is that you never know what’s going to happen. Something unexpected always happens! Performing music is always fresh, always interesting, and always challenging in predictable and unpredictable ways.” His observation turned out to […] The post Clancy Newman on Rolling with the Unexpected appeared first on Welcome to Kingston Chamber Music Festival | Kingston Chamber Music Festival ..read more

Cellist Camden Shaw will perform in our 36th season on August 2nd and 4th. Shaw has been the cellist with the twice GRAMMY-nominated Dover Quartet since it was formed in 2008. Back by popular demand, the Dover Quartet will return to Kingston on August 2nd for the world-premiere of Jerod Impichcha̱achaaha’ Tate’s Woodland Songs and classical orchestration of Pura Fé’s Rattle Songs. Shaw has been instrumental in seeing this incredible project to fruition. Fé is one of the founding members of Ulali, an Indigenous women’s group of oral musicians. Shaw’s aunt, Mar ..read more

Our world premiere of Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate’s commissioned work for the Dover Quartet was chosen as the premiere of the month by The Strad magazine! Tate’s Woodland Songs celebrates animals that represent different clans of the Eastern Woodlands People through the use of traditional Chickasaw melodies mixed with classical techniques. “In the piece I’m influenced by the songs of my Chickasaw tribe, but I’m also mirroring those songs back out to my ancestors through my modern Chickasaw lens,” he notes in the article. “The movements are quite obvious in style ..read more

Flutist Jennifer Grim will perform on July 24th and 26th. Hailed as “a deft, smooth flute soloist” (The New York Times), chamber musician, educator, and advocate Jennifer Grim is making her first appearance with KCMF this summer. Her most recent album, “Through Broken Time” (New Focus Recordings, September 2022), received wide acclaim. Featuring a collection of works at the intersection of Afro-Modernism and post-minimalism, Grim presents a range of multi-dimensional works with characteristic precision, virtuosity, and expressive power. Before the July 26th concert, Grim will be ..read more

We’re looking forward to our summer festival! Over the next few weeks, we’ll introduce each artist performing in our 36th season. Violinist Joel Link will play on August 2nd and 4th. Joel Link has been the first violinist of the Dover Quartet since its formation in 2008. On August 2nd, the Dover Quartet–named one of the greatest string quartets of the past 100 years by BBC Music Magazine–returns to Kingston to give the world-premiere performance of Jerod Impichcha̱achaaha’ Tate’s Woodland Songs and classical orchestration of Pura Fé Rattle Songs. Included on this program is Jessie Montgomery’s ..read more

We’re looking forward to our summer festival! Over the next few weeks, we’ll introduce each artist performing in our 36th season. Violinist Bryan Lee will play on August 2nd and 4th. Lee is one of the founding members of the twice Grammy-nominated Dover Quartet (since 2008). His performances in Kingston this year highlight the singular programming style that has become beloved to KCMF fans: getting to hear musicians play as part of their established ensembles–in this case, second violinist of one of the greatest string quartets of the last 100 years according to BBC Music Magazine–but also as ..read more

We’re looking forward to our summer festival! Over the next few weeks, we’ll introduce each artist performing in our 36th season. Violist Julianne Lee will play on August 2nd and 4th. Lee joined the Dover Quartet as violist in September of 2023, bringing experience as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral player—as both a violinist and violist. Her first appearance at KCMF offers the opportunity to hear her perform with the Dover Quartet as well as with other musicians, including Artistic Director Natalie Zhu and cellist Clancy Newman. During our festival finale on August 4, she’ll play ..read more

Musical and Cultural Connections: Featuring Composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate of the Chickasaw Nation August 1, 2024 at 7:00 P.M. in Edwards Hall at the University of Rhode Island Presented by the Kingston Chamber Music Festival in partnership with the Tomaquag Museum This summer, the Dover Quartet is coming to the Kingston Chamber Music Festival to present the world premiere performance of Woodland Songs, a commissioned piece from composer Jerod Impichcha̱achaaha’ Tate (Chickasaw). They will also perform a classical orchestration of Rattle Songs by Pura Fé (Tuscarora), transcribed by Tate ..read more

We’re looking forward to our summer festival! Over the next few weeks, we’ll introduce each artist performing in our 36th season. Violist Che-Hung Chen will play on July 24th, 28th, and 30th. When Chen joined The Philadelphia Orchestra at the age of 20, he earned the distinction of being the first Taiwanese citizen to ever do so. While his primary occupation remains playing with the orchestra, his return to KCMF every summer is always a highlight—musically and personally. “Being an orchestral musician and playing chamber music on the side whenever possible is always a treat,” Chen says. “I get ..read more

We’re looking forward to our summer festival! Over the next few weeks, we’ll introduce each artist performing in our 36th season. Cellist Priscilla Lee will play on July 30th. Lee made her solo debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 1998; became an Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient in 2005; and joined the Philadelphia Orchestra in 2016, where she is still Associate Principal Cello. Her return to Kingston to perform Johannes Brahms’s String Sextet No.1 in B-flat Major, Op.18 marks one of her favorite parts of being a musician, though. “Playing chamber music is my favorite thing to do beca ..read more