2026 Summer Festival

NCMF Summer Festival: August 5 – 15, 2026
25th Anniversary Season!

Music for soprano, piano, and strings (including octets)
by Jon Deak, Shostakovich, Mendelssohn, Copland, Haydn, Berberian, Cage, Feldman, Seeger, Gubaidulina

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Festival Artists‍

Lucy Shelton, soprano
Kenny Broberg, piano
Maria Ioudenitch, violin
Isabelle Durrenberger, violin
David Yang, viola
Christopher Costanza, cello
Jon Deak, Composer-in-Residence
Rhina Espaillat, Poet-in-Residence
Miró String Quartet
          Dan Ching, violin
          William Fedkenhauer, violin
          John Largess, viola
          Joshua Gindele, cello

‍Repertoire

Deak: "The Jury"  based on a poem by Rhina P. Espaillat

Deak: "Just Stopping" based on a poem by Rhina P. Espaillat *world premiere*

Mendelssohn: Octet in Eb Major, Op. 20

Shostakovich: Two Pieces for string octet, Op. 11

Berberian: Stripsody  for solo soprano

Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 1 in C Major, Op. 49

Haydn: String Quartet in B Minor, Op. 33, No. 1

Feldman: “Only” for solo soprano

Gubaidulina: “Aus den Visionen for Hildegard von Bingen" for solo soprano

Seeger: The Letter” for solo soprano

Copland (arr. Largess): Four American Songs

Cage: Living Room Music (selection)

Mozart: Fantasia in D Minor, K.397

Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue in E minor, Op. 35 No. 1

Shostakovich: Prelude and Fugue in E minor, Op. 87 No. 4

Haydn:  Sonata in B Minor, HOB XVI 32

Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S. 514

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