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The 2008-2009 Sunday House Concerts House Concerts offer vibrant performances the way chamber music was meant to be heard - in informal and intimate settings in private homes. Since seating is limited, advance ticket purchases are required. Tickets for members and their guests are $25 for all ages. To obtain tickets and driving directions, please send a check or money order made out to "Connecticut Alliance for Music," and mail it to 61 Unquowa Road, Fairfield, CT 06824. Please be sure to include a note explaining exactly which concert(s) you are interested in, the number of tickets you would like, your mailing address, and your phone number in case we have a question. If you have a question, please feel free to call us at (203) 319-8271 or email us at alliance.for.music@snet.net. We look forward to seeing you! More information about each house concert follows. April 5, 2009 - Sunday 3p.m. - Scott Murphree, Tenor Tenor Scott Murphree and pianist Grant Wenaus are going to present a very special concert for us, one that is not often heard. The beautiful song cycle, "Die Schone Mullerin," is one of Schubert's most famous works and to hear it in the intimacy of a private home will be a musical treat. Scott Murphree has sung Handel's "Messiah" with the Oratorio Society of New York in Carnegie Hall and the Ntional Chorale in Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Other recent engagements include a concert of Bach cantatas with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Britten's War Requiem and the Mozart Requiem. He and Dr. Wenaus, his accompanist, are both on the faculty at New York University.
May 3, 2009 - Sunday 3p.m. - David Allen Wehr and Clancy Newman American pianist David Allen Wehr has performed in over thirty countries in North and South America, Europe and the Far East since winning the Gold Medal at the 1987 Santander International Piano Competition in Spain. Career highlights include appearances with the London Symphony, National Symphony, and in Houston, Chautauqua, New Zealand, Vienna, London, Paris and New York. He has amassed a large and critically acclaimed discography on the Connoisseur Society label, including the complete Beethoven Sonata Cycle. Since 2001, Mr. Wehr has held the Distinguished Piano Chair at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh and is in great demand as a teacher, master class presenter, and judge at national and international competitions. Cellist Clancy Newman, the First Prize winner of the 2001 Walter W. Naumburg International Competition and recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant in 2004, has had the unusual career of a performer/composer. He has performed as soloist in most of the country 's major cities. He is currently a member of the Chicago Chamber Musicians and the Weiss-Kaplan-Newman trio. As a composer has has been featured on the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center's "Double Exposure" series and the Chicago Chamber Musicians' "Freshly Scored" series, and has received commissions from prestigious groups.
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