WENDY TISCH MEMORIAL CONCERT
Garrick Ohlsson, Pianist
POSTPONED UNTIL 2021
Concert information to be determined
Young Musician's Festival
The Young Musicians Festival is a non-competitive performance event for school-aged music students. It is held annually under the auspices of The Schubert Club of Fairfield County, Inc., a nonprofit organization promoting music education in the community. The Festival Committee, a department of The Schubert Club, and the volunteer services of more than one hundred private music teachers in the area make this event possible
Concert Lecture Series
2020-2021
Due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, all the performances will be presented via Zoom.
If you wish to attend any concert, you will need to register 24 hours prior to the performance.
To register, please contact Moira Schur Craw at
Upon registration, you will receive an email containing instructions and a link to join the concert.
The time for each concert is 10:00AM - 12:00PM
Schubert Club Events
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Concert Lecture Series – Yael Weiss
Friday, December 4, 2020
32 Bright Clouds: Beethoven Conversations Around the World
Israeli-American pianist Yael Weiss has appeared internationally in major venues such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, Wigmore Hall and the Bolshoi Hall as recitalist,
Concert Lecture Series – Anyssa Neumann
Friday, February 12, 2021
Classical Music in the Films of Ingmar Bergman: a Lecture-Recital
Swedish director Ingmar Bergman’s love of classical music deeply informed his life and work. In this lecture-recital, pianist and musicologist Anyssa Neumann explores the appearance, function,
Concert Lecture Series – Jose Ramon Garcia
Friday, March 19, 2021
In Waltz’s Time
The emergence of the waltz as the predominant dance style in 19th century Europe occurred in a context surrounded by controversy. Far from the solemn character of
Concert Lecture Series – Dr. Lisa Yui
Friday, May 14, 2021
Webber/Dussek
Carl Maria Weber and Jan Ladislav Dussek - The Early Romantics
In this lecture-presentation, Dr. Lisa Yui discusses the life and music of Jan Ladislav Dussek (1760-1812) and Carl Maria Weber (1786-1826).
December 4, 2020
10:00 am / 12:00 pm
Concert Lecture Series – Yael Weiss
Schubert Club Events
Friday, December 4, 2020
32 Bright Clouds: Beethoven Conversations Around the World
Israeli-American pianist Yael Weiss has appeared internationally in major venues such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, Wigmore Hall and the Bolshoi Hall as recitalist, soloist with orchestra, and as a member of the Weiss-Kaplan-Stumpf Piano Trio. Her discography includes solo and chamber works by over a dozen composers on the Koch International Classics and Bridge Records labels, with a new CD set of the complete Beethoven Piano Trios to be released in 2020.
She has been honored with distinguished prizes from the Naumburg International Piano Competition and the Kosciusko Foundation Chopin Piano Competition, and is a regular participant at festivals such as Marlboro, Caramoor and Ravinia. Ms. Weiss has appeared on NPR’s “Performance Today”, St. Paul Sunday, the BBC in London, New York’s WQXR and WNYC and in live concerts for Israeli Television and NHK in Japan. She presents masterclasses worldwide and has served on the faculties of Indiana University and UCSB. Her own teachers included Leon Fleisher and Richard Goode.
Ms. Weiss’ current performances feature tours of “32 Bright Clouds”, a project combining the complete cycle of Beethoven's 32 Piano Sonatas with 32 newly commissioned works from around the world. www.yaelweiss.com
Read MoreFebruary 12, 2021
10:00 am / 12:00 pm
Concert Lecture Series – Anyssa Neumann
Schubert Club Events
Friday, February 12, 2021
Classical Music in the Films of Ingmar Bergman: a Lecture-Recital
Swedish director Ingmar Bergman’s love of classical music deeply informed his life and work. In this lecture-recital, pianist and musicologist Anyssa Neumann explores the appearance, function, and meaning of classical music in Bergman’s films, from his earliest in the 1940s to his last in 2003. Drawing on anecdotes, interviews, film theory, music history, and in-depth scene analyses, she will discuss how Bergman weaves the classical canon into his soundscapes and narratives, incorporates music into the lives of his characters, and finds artistic inspiration in the works and lives of the Western composers. She will then perform a selection of piano music from his films, including pieces by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Schubert, Schumann, and Liszt.
Read MoreMarch 19, 2021
10:00 am / 12:00 pm
Concert Lecture Series – Jose Ramon Garcia
Schubert Club Events
Friday, March 19, 2021
In Waltz’s Time
The emergence of the waltz as the predominant dance style in 19th century Europe occurred in a context surrounded by controversy. Far from the solemn character of past stylized 3/4 dances like the minuet or the contradance, the waltz shortened distances and allowed dancers to intertwine themselves in ways that scandalized the more conservative minds of the time. Goethe vividly described a dance scene that begun with minuets, but… “When the waltz commenced, and the dancers whirled around each other in the giddy maze… Never did I dance more lightly. I felt myself more than mortal, holding this loveliest of creatures in my arms, flying, with her as rapidly as the wind, till I lost sight of every other object…”. The waltz at its height was synonym of modern times, as well as a symbol of wealth and abundance. Within this context, composers like Chopin or Brahms wrote hundreds of waltzes for piano that became very successful, especially among middle classes. These collections of pieces formed a new genre that, instead of being danced in the ballrooms, were conceived to be listened during recitals.
Read MoreMay 14, 2021
10:00 am / 12:00 pm
Concert Lecture Series – Dr. Lisa Yui
Schubert Club Events
Friday, May 14, 2021
Webber/Dussek
Carl Maria Weber and Jan Ladislav Dussek - The Early Romantics
In this lecture-presentation, Dr. Lisa Yui discusses the life and music of Jan Ladislav Dussek (1760-1812) and Carl Maria Weber (1786-1826). Their music, rooted from the Classical structures of Haydn and Mozart, looks ahead to the harmonic language of the early Romantics, foreshadowing the works of Mendelssohn, Schumann, and Chopin. This lecture concludes with a live performance of two astonishingly forward-looking works: Weber’s Sonata No. 1 in C Major Op. 24, with the famous Perpetuum mobile finale, and Dussek’s Sonata in F-sharp minor Op. 61 “Élegie harmonique,” composed in memory of Dussek's patron, Prince Ferdinand of Prussia.
Read MoreDecember 4, 2020
10:00 am / 12:00 pm
Concert Lecture Series – Yael Weiss
Schubert Club Events
Friday, December 4, 2020
32 Bright Clouds: Beethoven Conversations Around the World
Israeli-American pianist Yael Weiss has appeared internationally in major venues such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, Wigmore Hall and the Bolshoi Hall as recitalist, soloist with orchestra, and as a member of the Weiss-Kaplan-Stumpf Piano Trio. Her discography includes solo and chamber works by over a dozen composers on the Koch International Classics and Bridge Records labels, with a new CD set of the complete Beethoven Piano Trios to be released in 2020.
She has been honored with distinguished prizes from the Naumburg International Piano Competition and the Kosciusko Foundation Chopin Piano Competition, and is a regular participant at festivals such as Marlboro, Caramoor and Ravinia. Ms. Weiss has appeared on NPR’s “Performance Today”, St. Paul Sunday, the BBC in London, New York’s WQXR and WNYC and in live concerts for Israeli Television and NHK in Japan. She presents masterclasses worldwide and has served on the faculties of Indiana University and UCSB. Her own teachers included Leon Fleisher and Richard Goode.
Ms. Weiss’ current performances feature tours of “32 Bright Clouds”, a project combining the complete cycle of Beethoven's 32 Piano Sonatas with 32 newly commissioned works from around the world. www.yaelweiss.com
Read MoreFebruary 12, 2021
10:00 am / 12:00 pm
Concert Lecture Series – Anyssa Neumann
Schubert Club Events
Friday, February 12, 2021
Classical Music in the Films of Ingmar Bergman: a Lecture-Recital
Swedish director Ingmar Bergman’s love of classical music deeply informed his life and work. In this lecture-recital, pianist and musicologist Anyssa Neumann explores the appearance, function, and meaning of classical music in Bergman’s films, from his earliest in the 1940s to his last in 2003. Drawing on anecdotes, interviews, film theory, music history, and in-depth scene analyses, she will discuss how Bergman weaves the classical canon into his soundscapes and narratives, incorporates music into the lives of his characters, and finds artistic inspiration in the works and lives of the Western composers. She will then perform a selection of piano music from his films, including pieces by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Schubert, Schumann, and Liszt.
Read MoreMarch 19, 2021
10:00 am / 12:00 pm
Concert Lecture Series – Jose Ramon Garcia
Schubert Club Events
Friday, March 19, 2021
In Waltz’s Time
The emergence of the waltz as the predominant dance style in 19th century Europe occurred in a context surrounded by controversy. Far from the solemn character of past stylized 3/4 dances like the minuet or the contradance, the waltz shortened distances and allowed dancers to intertwine themselves in ways that scandalized the more conservative minds of the time. Goethe vividly described a dance scene that begun with minuets, but… “When the waltz commenced, and the dancers whirled around each other in the giddy maze… Never did I dance more lightly. I felt myself more than mortal, holding this loveliest of creatures in my arms, flying, with her as rapidly as the wind, till I lost sight of every other object…”. The waltz at its height was synonym of modern times, as well as a symbol of wealth and abundance. Within this context, composers like Chopin or Brahms wrote hundreds of waltzes for piano that became very successful, especially among middle classes. These collections of pieces formed a new genre that, instead of being danced in the ballrooms, were conceived to be listened during recitals.
Read MoreMay 14, 2021
10:00 am / 12:00 pm
Concert Lecture Series – Dr. Lisa Yui
Schubert Club Events
Friday, May 14, 2021
Webber/Dussek
Carl Maria Weber and Jan Ladislav Dussek - The Early Romantics
In this lecture-presentation, Dr. Lisa Yui discusses the life and music of Jan Ladislav Dussek (1760-1812) and Carl Maria Weber (1786-1826). Their music, rooted from the Classical structures of Haydn and Mozart, looks ahead to the harmonic language of the early Romantics, foreshadowing the works of Mendelssohn, Schumann, and Chopin. This lecture concludes with a live performance of two astonishingly forward-looking works: Weber’s Sonata No. 1 in C Major Op. 24, with the famous Perpetuum mobile finale, and Dussek’s Sonata in F-sharp minor Op. 61 “Élegie harmonique,” composed in memory of Dussek's patron, Prince Ferdinand of Prussia.
Read More