Performance History
Uniting the personnel and talents of the Lincoln Trio (a piano trio) and the Black Oak Ensemble (a string trio), two of the finest ensembles of their kinds on the international scene today, the Chicago Piano Quartet's constituent ensembles have appeared on the following series and festivals below in recent seasons:
Lincoln Trio:
Newport Music Festival, Newport , RI
Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, IL
Los Angeles Museum of Art
Boise State University
Chamber Music Corvallis
Newberry Opera House, SC
Chamber Music Monterey Bay
Newberry Opera House, Newberry, SC
Unity Temple, Oak Park, IL
University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music
Black Hills Chamber Music Society, Rapid City, SD
South Haven, MI Performance Series
Rush Hour Concerts, Chicago
Baroque on Beaver (Beaver Island, MI)
Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota
Lake County Community Concert Association, Waukegan, IL
Saint Martin's Abbey, Lacey, WA
Pro Musica, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Los Gatos Community Concert Association
Strathmore (North Bethesda, MD)
Vesper Concert Series, Lubbock, Texas
Fallbrook Music Society, Fallbrook, CA
Melbourne (FL) Chamber Music Society
Saginaw Valley State University
Columbus State University, Columbus, GA: Annelies: The Choral Setting of the Diary of Anne Frank
Atlanta: Annelies: The Choral Setting of the Diary of Anne Frank
Arts District Chorale, Dallas, TX (North Texas premiere with the cast of the GRAMMY-nominated CD)
Composers in the Loft Series, Chicago
PianoForte Foundation, Chicago, IL
New Music in Bryant Park New York City (Showcasing works commissioned by Chamber Music America)
University of Chicago Music Department—Chamber Music Intensive: The Essential Beethoven
Galena (IL) Festival of the Performing Arts
Chicago Chamber Music Festival
Northeastern Illinois University
Hornby Island (BC) Festival
Bolivar, MO Community Concerts
Waukegan Chamber Music Society, Waukegan, IL
Kokomo, IN Community Concerts
Marshalltown, IA Community Concerts
Green Music Center, Sonoma State University
Kerrytown Concert House, Ann Arbor, MI
Barge Music, NYC
Sirius Radio interview
Carlsbad, NM Community Concert Association
Topeka Community Concert Association
Washburn University, Topeka, KS
St James Music Series, La Jolla, CA
South County Concert Association, Harwood, MD
Music at Oakmont, Oakmont, CA
Coastal Concerts, Lewes, DE
Chicago Philharmonic, Evanston, IL
Chicago Chamber Music Festival—residency
Merit School of Music, Chicago (CD release event)
University of Minnesota, Morris
University of New Orleans
Community Concerts Bryan, Texas
Hart Performing Arts Series, Hart, MI
Chamber Music America, New York, showcase
Grammys! Los Angeles, CA
The Athenaeum, La Jolla, CA
Loyola University 'Annelies'
Chicago Suzuki Institute, Deerfield, IL
Northmoor Community College, Highland Park
Clark Library, UCLA
Chamber Music Society of St Cloud, MN
Roosevelt University, Chicago
Detroit Institute of Arts
El Paso Pro-Musica, TX
University of Texas El Paso
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces
Trinity Episcopal Church Concert Series, Watertown, NY
Palm Beach State College, FL
Ross Ragland Theatre, Klamath Falls, OR
Arts Place, Portland, IN
Maverick Concerts, Woodstock, NY
Oakmont, CA
WFMT Radio, Chicago
Cedarhurst, Mount Vernon, IL
Chicago Chamber Music Society
Chamber Music Society of Utica, NY
Florida Keys Concert Association, Marathon, FL
Howland Chamber Music Circle
The Artist Series, Tallahassee, FL
White House, Barrington, IL
Rapid City, South Dakota
Dame Myra Hess Concert, Chicago
Tour of Germany:
Kammermusik Festival, Museum Abtei Liesborn, Germany
Odenthaler Kammerkonzerte, Koln, Germany
Tour of Colombia and Ecuador
Beethoven Triple Concerto tour with Colombian Youth Philharmonic
Black Oak Ensemble:
Morgan Museum, NYC
Newport Music Festival, Newport, RI
Gretna Music Festival, Mt. Gretna, PA
Northwestern University
Flagler Museum, Palm Beach, FL
Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL
Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, IL
New York University
Chicago Cultural Center
Art Institute of Chicago
Latino Music Festival (Chicago)
Rush Hour Concert, Chicago
Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ
University of Oregon, Eugene
Water Music Festival, Oysterville, WA
First Presbyterian Church, Fort Wayne, IN
Grand Concerts, Tabernash, CO
Berkeley Chamber Concerts
Fullerton, CA Friends of Music
Chamber Music Marin
Rendezvous Arts, Chicago
Hawai'i Concert Association
Stockton (CA) Friends of Chamber Music
Pittsburg State University
Gold Canyon, AZ Arts Council
Gila Valley, AZ Arts Council
Recent international tours have taken the Black Oak Ensemble to Amsterdam, Geneva (a special performance dedicated to human rights), the Everlasting Hope Festival in Terezin (in honor of composers persecuted and murdered by the Nazis during the occupation of Prague), Paris, Grenoble, Lyon, Rennes, Corsica, Prague, and Athens.