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For 30 years, Market Square Concerts has been dedicated to the presentation of a wide repertoire of chamber music performed by distinguished professional artists, both established and emerging, and to the education and engagement of the general public in chamber music as an art form. With an annual summer festival and six concerts in the regular season, Market Square Concerts presents premieres of newly composed music as well as the monumental works from the most revered composers from the past and present.
All that jazz 2012
Roseana Vitro, Grammy-winning vocalist & Steve Rudolph Trio
Bill Moring, bassist; Bill Goodwin, drums; Steve Rudolph, pianist
Dinner at Hilton Golden Sheaf
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012
30th Anniversary Celebratory Concert
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Summermusic Festival 
MARKET SQUARE CONCERTS SUMMERMUSIC FESTIVAL 2011
Fry Street Quartet with guest artists
Gerard Reuter, Oboe
Peter Sirotin, Viola
Fiona Thompson, Cello
Ya-Ting Chang, Piano
Stuart Malina, Piano
Fri July 22_8pm>Market Square Church
Joseph Haydn - String Quartet, Op. 17, No. 6
Alvin Etler – Duo for Oboe and Viola
Béla Bartók - String Quartet No.3
Antonin Dvorák - Piano Quintet
Sun July 24_4pm>Poorman Recital Hall, Climenhaga Arts Center, Messiah College
Ludwig van Beethoven – Variations on “La ci darem la mano” for Oboe, Violin and Viola
Franz Schubert - Fantasie in F Minor for Four Hands
Stephen Soundheim – Two Waltzes
Johannes Brahms - String Sextet in B-Flat Major
Tues July 26_6pm>Market Square Church
Handel-Halvorsen – Passacaglia for Violin and Viola
Joseph Rheinberger – Quartet for Piano, Oboe, Viola and Cello
Joan Tower - Island Prelude for Oboe and String Quartet
Johannes Brahms - String Sextet in G Major
Sat July 23_7pm>Dine with Artists
Martin & Lucy Miller Murray’s Residence
(For more information, please call 717-221-9599)
Supported by contributions from the Jason Litton Memorial Fund and Dr. Linda Litton
Festival Sponsor: Orthopedic Institute of Pennsylvania
Season Sponsor: Capital BlueCross
30th Anniversary 30th Anniversary Celebratory Concert
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- Performers
- Composers and Poet
Program A Special Event
30th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATORY CONCERT
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at 7:30 pm
Rose Lehrman Arts Center, Harrisburg Area Community College
Sarah Wolfson, Soprano
Lydia Brown, Piano
Peter Sirotin, Violin
Ya-Ting Chang, Piano
The Mendelssohn Piano Trio
Johannes Brahms
Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano
Jeremy Gill
Three Songs About Words*
Jake Heggie
Ode to Image*
Paul Moravec
Three Songs of Love*
(*World premiere Songs, text by Lucy Miller Murray)
Maurice Ravel – Piano Trio
Performers 
Sarah Wolfson, Soprano
With infectious energy and innate musicality that have earned her praise from The Washington Post for “working magic,” Ms. Wolfson possesses a remarkable ability to communicate with audiences on recital, orchestral, cabaret and operatic stages. www.concertartists.org
Composers and Poet Jeremy Gill ’s music is described in The Philadelphia Inquirer as “superb...stark, explosive sound pictures”, and is acclaimed for its expressive power and captivating drama. "A great talent" (Harrisburg Patriot News) whose music is "intricate and carefully wrought" (Philadelphia Music Makers), his compositions include orchestral, chamber, and vocal music. His music has been performed by the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, the Harrisburg Symphony, and the Chautauqua Music Festival Orchestra, among others, and has been commissioned by the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts. www.jeremytgill.com
Jake Heggie is the composer of the acclaimed operas Moby-Dick, Dead Man Walking (libretto: McNally), Three Decembers (libretto: Scheer), The End of the Affair (libretto: McDonald), the lyric drama To Hell and Back (libretto: Scheer), and the musical scene At the Statue of Venus (libretto: McNally). The recipient of a 2005/06 Guggenheim Fellowship, he has also composed more than 200 songs, as well as concerti, orchestral works and chamber music. His songs, song cycles and operas are championed internationally by singers including Frederica von Stade, Susan Graham, Audra McDonald, Kiri Te Kanawa, Patti LuPone, Isabel Bayrakdarian, Kristin Clayton, Kristine Jepson, Joyce DiDonato, Joyce Castle, Zheng Cao, and Bryn Terfel. www.jakeheggie.com
Paul Moravec , winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize in Music, has composed over 100 orchestral, chamber, choral, lyric, film, and electro-acoustic compositions. His music has been described as "tuneful, ebullient and wonderfully energetic" (San Francisco Chronicle), "riveting and fascinating" (NPR), and "assured, virtuosic" (Wall Street Journal). The New York Times recently praised his quartet, Vince & Jan: 1945, with, "This masterly miniature conveyed warm nostalgia, buoyant swing and wartime unease." paulmoravec.com
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Single tickets are $30, seniors $25, students $5 for all concerts.
Free Admission for students K-12 and $5 for accompanying parent, sibling or teacher.
Group rates are available for groups larger than 10 people.
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Tickets are not refundable, but are interchangeable for all concerts of the 2011-12 SEASON.
Open seating for all performances.
DINNER and a CONCERT - Market Square Concerts and HSO patrons simply show your tickets, ticket stub or program book the day of your concerts and receive 20% OFF your meal (excluding adult beverages.)
Parking for Market Square Church is available in the Market Square Garage adjacent to the church at Second and Chestnut Streets. Handicapped access is available from the second level of the garage.
Parking for Whitaker Center is available in the Walnut Street Garage. Whitaker Center is accessed from the Strawberry Arcade level of the elevator. Handicapped access is available from the elevator on all levels of Whitaker Center.
Parking for Temple Ohev Sholom is adjacent to the temple, which is located at 2345 Front Street.
Handicapped access is available by elevator from the parking lot level on the
south side of the Temple.
Parking for the Rose Lehrman Arts Center is located on HACC's Wildwood Campus. Free parking is to the left of the center after entering the campus. Parking for those in wheelchairs is located at the front of the south parking lot. Ramped entrances are located at the south and rear of the building.
about 
Soundscape is an exciting venture initiated by Market Square Concerts in the 2008-2009 concert season. Developed in collaboration with the Capital Area School for the Arts, students from middle school and high school are invited to hour-long programs featuring world-class musicians in conjunction with their performances at the Market Square Concerts. Since its inception, students from the Capital Area School for the Arts, St. Stephen’s Episcopal School, Sci-Tech High School, the Harrisburg Academy, the Nativity School and many others have attended Soundscape sessions.
Local music scholars Dr. Truman Bullard, Dr. Richard Strawser and flutist Mary Hannigan have participated in multi-disciplinary sessions at the Capital Area School for the Arts and the Nativity School. Soundscape is now a regular feature of Market Square Concerts, bringing young audiences to chamber music through an organized educational program.
Since its inception, Soundscape has featured such ensembles as St. Lawrence and Cypress string quartets, Trio Solisti, as well as flutist Claire Chase with pianist Jacob Greenberg. Funds from The Wells Foundation helped to support the 2009-10 Soundscape outreach as well as funds from Mid Penn Bank through the EITC program.
Pianist and composer Michael Brown, winner of the Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition will perform a special educational concert on January 20, 2012 at noon. This program will be presented by Market Square Concerts in partnership with the Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts.
A generous grant from The Derek C. and Margaret I. Hathaway Foundation has made it possible to offer free admission to all of our concerts for school-aged children as well as $5 tickets for college/university students and faculty. We are also able to offer $5 tickets for accompanying parents or siblings.
staff 
Violinist, Peter Sirotin, and pianist, Ya-Ting Chang, began their artistic collaboration at Peabody Conservatory in 1997, where they co-founded the Mendelssohn Piano Trio , ensemble-in-residence at the Embassy Series in Washington, DC and at Messiah College in Grantham, PA. The couple has toured North America, Europe and Asia both as soloists and chamber musicians. Critics have described their performances as “impressive”, "stylistically refined" and "electrifying." Their multiple recordings have received critical acclaim and can be heard on many major classical radio stations in the U.S. including NPR’s Performance Today. They are currently in the process of recording the complete Haydn piano trios for Centaur Records. Both Sirotin and Chang have given masterclasses in the U.S. and abroad and have also served as adjudicators in competitions. In 2006 they co-founded Chamber Music in Grantham, a summer program for young performers and composers.
Peter Sirotin, Artistic Director Ya-Ting Chang, Executive Director
Lucy Miller Murray founded Market Square Concerts in 1982 and served as Director until 2009. She remains advisor, board member, and program annotator for the series. Her other chamber music associations have included board membership of ACMP, the Bard Festival, Chamber Music America, and Concert Artists Guild. She is the author of Adams to Zemlinsky, A Guide to Chamber Music.
Lucy Miller Murray
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