Talented Nevada youth perform side-by-side with RCO in Barber’s famous Adagio for Strings before the winners of our concerto competition take the stage as soloists. RCO’s Sound Investment commissioning program makes its debut with a new work before the season concludes with a symphony chosen by you, our audience and supporters.

One Performance Only

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Tickets to Salute to Youth must be purchased individually and may be added to your season subscription purchase.

Kelly Kuo, conductor
The Gilbert & Elizabeth Lenz Podium
Nika Kalanaki, Violin
Claire Lin, Piano

SAMUEL BARBER     Adagio for Strings

FELIX MENDELSSOHN     Violin Concerto in D Minor, 1st & 2nd mvt
Nika Kalanaki, Concerto Competition Winner, Junior Division

FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN     Piano Concerto in E Minor, Op. 11, 1st mvt
Claire Lin, Concerto Competition Winner, Senior Division

TANNER PORTER     Sage-Grouse
2025 Reno Chamber Orchestra Sound Investment Commission

LOUISE FARRENC    Symphony No. 2 in D Major op. 35

Handel’s Messiah returns to the RCO after over two decades in a Spanish translation as we highlight Easter selections from El Mesías: Messiah for a New World. A chamber orchestration of Gershwin’s infectious Havana-inspired Cuban Overture and Piazzolla’s fresh tango-jazz-classical Sinfonietta fill out this program influenced by Latin connections.

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Kelly Kuo, conductor

Gerardo de la Torre, baritone
Zulimar López-Hernández,  soprano
Genaro Mendez, tenor
 

GEORGE GERSHWIN (arr. Diaz)    Cuban Overture
ASTOR PIAZZOLLA    Sinfonietta    
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL     excerpts from The Messiah (en Español)

Get ready to jam as the infectious rhythms and tunes of American greats like Ellington, Joplin, and Gershwin will have you dancing in your seats. One of the concert's works get a Reno-themed multi-media treatment by Eve Allen Garza and RCO’s principal strings are featured as soloists in Delights and Dances, a work by Pulitzer-prize winner Michael Abels, known widely for his score to the film Nope.

Kelly Kuo, conductor
The Gilbert & Elizabeth Lenz Podium
Eve Allen Garza, Choreographer
James Winn, Piano

SCOTT JOPLIN     Overture to Treemonisha
LEONARD BERNSTEIN (arr. Garth Sunderland)     Fancy Free
MICHAEL ABELS     Delights and Dances
DUKE ELLINGTON (arr. Prustman)     Three Songs of Duke Ellington
for Chamber Orchestra
GEORGE GERSHWIN (arr. Farrington)     I Got Rhythm Variations

Guest conductor Luke Poeppel leads a program in Hall Recital Hall juxtaposing arrangements of popular music by the Beatles with beloved works from the Baroque canon of Western classical music by Vivaldi, Bach, and Handel. Mezzo-soprano Adriana Zabala and RCO’s own principal bassoon, Dylan Neff, are the featured soloists.

Luke Poeppel, Guest conductor
The Gilbert & Elizabeth Lenz Podium
Dylan Neff, Bassoon
Adriana Zabala, Mezzo-soprano
Aaron Hill, Oboe

ANTONIO VIVALDI    Bassoon Concerto in A Minor, RV 499
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH    Cantata No. 82, "Ich habe genug"
JOHN LENNON/PAUL MCCARTNEY (arr. Berio)     Beatles Songs
 GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL     Water Music Suite No. 1

December 31 @ 2:00pm

String in the New Year

A finale to remember with your favorite NCMF artists including Renoite Molly Carr. Ring in the new year with string quartets and quintets by Dvorak and Puccini,  plus Rebecca Clarke's Morpheus, a dreamy delight for viola and piano.

​​REPERTOIRE*

GIACOMO PUCCINI   Crisantemi, SC 65​​

CARL MARIA VON WEBER   Clarinet Quintet, Op. 34

REBECCA CLARKE   Morpheus

ANTONIN DVORAK   String Quintet No. 3, Op. 97

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ARTISTS*

Dmitri Atapine, James Baik, Dustin Budish, Molly Carr, Alena Hove, Ruth Lenz, Yuhsin Galaxy Su, Itsuki Yamamoto​

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*all ncmf repertoire and artists are subject to change

December 30 @ 7:30pm

Brahms & Beyond

Featuring principal second clarinet of the San Francisco Symphony, Yuhsin Galaxy Su. Enjoy this Brahm-wich of a concert that opens and closes with Joannes Brahms, and a meaty center of Haydn's String Quartet in B minor, and Debussy's Premiere Rhapsodie for clarinet and piano.​​

​​REPERTOIRE*

JOHANNES BRAHMS   Clarinet Sonata No. 2, Op. 120​​

FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN   String Quartet in B minor, Op. 33 No. 1

CLAUDE DEBUSSY   Première rhapsodie

JOHANNES BRAHMS   Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8

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ARTISTS*

Clive Greensmith, Alena Hove, Quartet Integra, Yuhsin Galaxy Su, ​Steven Vanhauwaert, James Winn 

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*all ncmf repertoire and artists are subject to change

December 30 @ 2:00pm

Cello Celebration

A Cello-bration, if you will! Celebrate the brilliance of the cello with works by Faure, Britten, Puccini and a grand cello ensemble finale!

​​REPERTOIRE*

GYÖRGY LIGETI   Sonate for Solo Cello​​

GABRIEL FAURÉ   Miniatures for Cello and Piano; Romance, Op. 69; Sicillienne, Op. 78; Papillon, Op. 77

ENRIQUE GRANADOS   Intermezzo from Goyescas

BENJAMIN BRITTEN   Cello Sonata, Op. 65

LUIGI BOCCHERINI   Cello Sonata in G Major

GABRIEL FAURÉ   Pavane, Op. 50

GIACOMO PUCCINI   "O mio babbino caro" from Gianni Schicchi

DOMENICO DRAGONETTI     Duet for Cello and Contrabass

JOHANN STRAUSS    Jellacic-Marsch, Op. 244

JOHN PHILIP SOUSA    Liberty Bell​​

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ARTISTS*

Dmitri Atapine, James Baik, Clive Greensmith, John Lenz, Peter Lenz, Hyeyeon Park, Ye Un Emily Park, Steven Vanhauwaert, James Winn

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*all ncmf repertoire and artists are subject to change

December 29 @ 7:30pm

1920's Songbook

Hear Gershwin, Porter and more! Featuring vocalist Chicago Fire's Hanako Greensmith with pianist Steven Vanhauwaert. Enjoy songs of the 1920's paired with Ravel's Violin Sonata No. 2 performed by Ruth Lenz and James Winn, as well as Hindemith's Viola Sonata No. 4, and Gershwin's Three Preludes for clarinet and piano.

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GEORGE GERSHWIN/IRA GERSHWIN    Fascinating Rhythm

GEORGE GERSHWIN/IRA GERSHWIN    How Long Has This Been Going On

RAY HENDERSON    The Birth of the Blues

KURT WEILL/BERTOLT BRECHT     Surabaya Johnny
COLE PORTER    Night and Day
ERWIN SCHULHOFF     5 Grotesken, Op.21 No. 1–3
MAURICE RAVEL    Violin Sonata No. 2
GEORGE GERSHWIN    Three Preludes
PAUL HINDEMITH    Viola Sonata, Op. 11 No. 4
ERWIN SCHULHOFF     Five Pieces for String Quartet
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ARTISTS*

Molly Carr, Scott Faulkner, Hanako Greensmith, Ruth Lenz, Hyeyeon Park, Quartet Integra, Yuhsin Galaxy Su, Steven Vanhauwaert, James Winn, 

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*all ncmf repertoire and artists are subject to change

December 29 @ 2:00pm

Piano Salon

NCMF's Piano Showcase​ with works by Saint-Saëns, Chopin and more.

The 2024 festival piano lineup features Steven Vanhauwaert, Hyeyeon Park and James Winn. 

​​REPERTOIRE*

REYNALDO HAHN   Variations chantantes sur un air ancien​​

FRANCOIS COUPERIN   Le Barricades Mystérieuses

EMMANUEL CHABRIER   Dix pièces pittoresques, No 6: Idylle

FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN   Prélude, Op. 28 No. 3 in G Major

CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS   Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 75

GABRIEL FAURÉ   Piano Quartet No. 1, Op. 15

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ARTISTS*

Dmitiri Atapine, James Baik, Dustin Budish, Alena Hove, Ruth Lenz, Hyeyeon Park, Steven Vanhauwaert, James Winn

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*all ncmf repertoire and artists are subject to change

December 28 @ 7:30pm

Opening Night with Clive Greensmith

Celebrate the opening of the 21st Nevada Chamber Music Festival with Clive Greensmith and Quartet Integra.

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Featuring Beethoven, Schubert, and Reno composer Monica Houghton.​​

​​REPERTOIRE*

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN   String Quartet No. 16, Op. 135​​

MONICA HOUGHTON   Epigram

FRANZ SCHUBERT String Quintet, D. 956

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ARTISTS*

Clive Greensmith, Quartet Integra