CIOMPI PRESENTS 2026 SUMMER CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES

Tickets

SUBSCRIPTION: $60 | ALL 3 PERFORMANCES 

General Seating

SINGLE TICKETS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE TO INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES:

$30 GENERAL ADMISSION

$20 DUKE EMPLOYEES (LOG IN FOR DISCOUNT)

$25 SENIOR (65+)

$10 DUKE STUDENTS (LOG IN FOR DISCOUNT)

$10 YOUTH, 17 & UNDER, NON-DUKE STUDENTS

Venue

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Program

The 2026 Ciompi Presents summer chamber music series will be held in Baldwin Auditorium, one the of premiere venues for classical music in the Southeast. With its excellent acoustics, audiences will be able to enjoy some of the finest chamber music available in the Triangle. Guest artists, familiar and new, will join Ciompi musicians in three performances that are sure to draw audiences in and celebrate the power of the arts to make real our dream for a beautiful world. The series begins with a presentation by Eric Pritchard, violin, titled The Union Forever: Ideas of America on Friday, May 22, Caroline Stinson, cello, will present the second performance titled My Brother's Keeper: Feeling With on Thursday, June 11, and the series will close with a presentation by Jonathan Bagg, viola, titled Kind of Blue on Thursday, June 18. Subscription tickets to all three performances are $60 and available until May 22, 2026.

FRIDAY, MAY 22, 2026 7:00PM
PRESENTED BY ERIC PRITCHARD, VIOLIN
Baldwin Auditorium | East Campus, Duke University

THE UNION FOREVER: IDEAS OF AMERICA
Broadside Ballads and Art Songs from Colonial Times by John Hewitt, Frances Hopkinson, Christian Latrobe and Mary Ann Wrighten Pownall arranged for soprano and piano trio by Bill Robinson; Robinson: The Congress; Amy Beach: Piano Trio, Op. 150; Paul Schoenfeld: Piano Trio Cafe Music

ARTISTS
Eric Pritchard, violin
Clara Rottsolk, soprano
Elizabeth Anderson, cello
Brandt Fredriksen, piano

THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2026 7:00PM
PRESENTED BY CAROLINE STINSON
Baldwin Auditorium | East Campus, Duke University

MY BROTHER'S KEEPER: FEELING WITH
Bach: Sinfonia, Der Herr denket an Uns; Biber: Mystery Sonatas, 4, 5, 10, & 14; Marais, Sonnerie de Ste Genevieve; Bach, G Major trio sonata, BWV 1039

ARTISTS
Caroline Stinson, cello
Nurit Pacht, violin
Julia Glenn, violin
Andrus Madsen, harpsichord

THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2026 7:00PM
PRESENTED BY JONATHAN BAGG, VIOLA
Baldwin Auditorium | East Campus, Duke University

KIND OF BLUE
Leonard Bernstein: Clarinet Sonata; Derek Bermel: Thracian Sketches for solo clarinet; Jamie Keesecker-Bill Evan: Peacocks for flute and strings; Scott Lindroth: Inner Voices for solo viola; Joan Tower: White Granite for piano and strings

ARTISTS
Jonathan Bagg, viola
Lisa Emenheiser, piano
Ari Streisfeld, violin
Thomas Kraines, cello
Derek Bermel, clarinet
Laura Gilbert, flute

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Ciompi Presents is sponsored by the Department of Music and the Ciompi Quartet Fund