Haunting Harmonies
Salon Concert: October 27th, 2025 @ 7:30 PM
Private Home (TX 76109)
Address will be sent to you upon reservation.
Private Home (TX 76109)
Address will be sent to you upon reservation.
Many listen to classical music to feel relaxed and soothed— but its range of different characters and moods is tremendous. Some of the greatest, most innovative works express a curiosity toward more challenging emotions, including vulnerability, darkness, and fear. What better week than Halloween to explore the side of classical music that unsettles our hearts and invites us to face the unknown?
Experience our Salon Concert on Monday, October 27 at 7:30 PM, in the setting of a beautiful private home in Fort Worth. The evening includes a complimentary pre-concert reception with refreshments and hors d’oeuvres, as well as valet parking. Enjoy outstanding artists performing chamber music in an intimate, private atmosphere, and share the moment with fellow music lovers. Tickets are $70 per person.
Many listen to classical music to feel relaxed and soothed— but its range of different characters and moods is tremendous. Some of the greatest, most innovative works express a curiosity toward more challenging emotions, including vulnerability, darkness, and fear. What better week than Halloween to explore the side of classical music that unsettles our hearts and invites us to face the unknown?
Experience our Salon Concert on Monday, October 27 at 7:30 PM, in the setting of a beautiful private home in Fort Worth. The evening includes a complimentary pre-concert reception with refreshments and hors d’oeuvres, as well as valet parking. Enjoy outstanding artists performing chamber music in an intimate, private atmosphere, and share the moment with fellow music lovers. Tickets are $70 per person.
Program
Debussy: Syrinx for Clarinet Solo
Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Cello, movements I & II
Riho Maimets: Unusta for Clarinet, Viola, and Bass Clarinet
Beethoven: String Trio in C minor, Op. 9 No. 3, I movement
Intermission
Kodály: Intermezzo for String Trio
Poulenc: Sonata for Two Clarinets
Missy Mazzoli: Lies You Can Believe In
Martinů: Serenade for String Trio and Two Clarinets, IV movement
Musicians
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Nikayla Kim joined the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra in the summer of 2023. She began her studies in violin at the age of 6 in South Korea, where she won accolades in competitions such as the Nanpa National Music Concours, The Journal of Music Concours, and the Korean National Concours of Culture and Art. After moving to Pennsylvania, she attended the Juilliard Pre-College Division in 2015. She is also a former prize winner of the Juilliard Pre-College Violin Concerto Competition and the Kenneth Symphony Competition.
As an active chamber musician, Ms. Kim has been featured in masterclasses conducted by the Emerson and Aizuri Quartets. During her studies at Juilliard, she was selected as a member of the Juilliard Honors Chamber Program and won the WDAV Young Chamber Musicians Competition. She had the privilege of learning chamber music from esteemed musicians including Samuel Rhodes, Laurie Smukler, Natasha Brofsky, Roger Tapping, Darrett Adkins, Jerome Lowenthal, and Janet Sung. Nikayla graduated from the Juilliard School with a Bachelor's Degree, studying under the guidance of Masao Kawasaki. She recently completed her Master’s Degree at DePaul University School of Music, graduating under the tutelage of I-Hao Lee, and also served as a graduate assistant during her time there. |
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Sarah Kienle began her viola studies at age seven in her hometown of Kalispell, Montana. After graduating in 2007 from the Walnut Hill School for the Arts in Natick, Massachusetts, she received her Bachelor of Music from the Colburn School in Los Angeles, California, in 2011, where she studied with Paul Coletti. In 2013, Kienle received her Master of Music from Indiana University in Bloomington, where she studied with Atar Arad. Kienle was a fellow with the New World Symphony, an orchestral academy in Miami Beach, Florida, for its 2013/14 and 2014/15 seasons.
In 2015, Kienle moved to Dallas, Texas, where she performed as a freelancer with both the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and the Houston Symphony. She then joined the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, beginning as Associate Principal Viola in 2017 and assuming the position of acting Principal Viola in 2019. Kienle especially enjoys chamber music. At the 2008 Festival Amadeus in Whitefish, Montana, she performed J.S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 with Coletti as a soloist. She has played at Bravo! Vail, the Colburn Chamber Music Society, the Sanibel Music Festival and the Aspen Music Festival, with performances alongside Augustin Hadelich and Anne-Marie McDermott. Kienle spends her summers in Durango, Colorado, hiking and performing at the Music in the Mountains festival. |
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Allan Steele, principal cellist with the Fort Worth Symphony, is a performer, composer, and teacher. Mr. Steele has premiered several works in chamber or orchestral settings by composers such as Mark Antony Turnage and Stephen Cohn, as well as performing the world premiere of Henri Lazarof's Fifth Cello Concerto. He frequently collaborates with the Chamber Music Society of Fort Worth and the Olmos Ensemble of San Antonio and maintains an active string quartet with FWSO colleagues known as Sedici Strings.
Mr. Steele enjoys teaching tremendously and has held positions at Texas Christian University, University of North Texas, and Eastern Music Festival, and is always open to offering private lessons to students. He will soon be a published contributor for Carus Books, and he spends his free time designing video games and composing music. |
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An "eloquent" clarinetist with "incredible artistry” Russian-born Stas Chernyshev has established a versatile career as an orchestral musician, soloist, chamber musician, and educator (Dallas Morning News, Theater Jones). Principal clarinetist of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Mr. Chernyshev has performed at such prestigious venues as Carnegie Hall in New York, Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., as well as in Switzerland, Spain, Germany, Russia, South Korea and Japan. A devoted chamber musician, Mr. Chernyshev has collaborated with Grammy-winning ensembles Eighth Blackbird and Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, commissioned new works for his instrument. He has been featured on WQXR -New York’s classical music station and WHYY’s television program - On Stage at Curtis. He is the founder and artistic director of Fort Worth Performances for Autism, and a co-founder of Opus Nova Chamber Music Series. Mr. Chernyshev holds a Bachelor’s degree from the Curtis Institute of Music, and a Master’s degree from St. Petersburg Conservatory.
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Ann Hung, born in Taipei, Taiwan, began her musical studies at a young age, starting with piano at age five and clarinet at age nine. Dr. Hung is an active performer in the Dallas and Fort Worth area who regularly performs in the realms of both the orchestral and chamber music. She has shared the stage with the Fort Worth Symphony, the Cleveland Orchestra, the members of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and the faculty of the Juilliard School. Dr. Hung is always pushing the boundaries of her repertoire and skills, such as collaborating with jazz musicians and commissioning new composers. As a proponent of new music, she has avidlycommissioned new works including a wind quintet with her quintet Opus Now premiering in Symphony Space in NYC. One of the new works that Dr. Hung commissioned is included in a recently released album “Stained Glass Story” by Eldad Tarmu. Dr. Hung is currently teaching in Lewisville ISD, Burleson ISD as private lesson instructor and often plays with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. She is the associate director of the Fort Worth Performances for Autism and co- founder of Opus Nova Chamber Music Series.
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