Concerts

2023-2024 | Season 4

Event #1 | Phlox Saxophone Quartet

3pm, Sunday, March 3rd, 2024 | The Capital Chamber Music Society is delighted to invite you to a French Apres-midi with the classical saxophone quartet Phlox in an afternoon of wonderful French music directly from the streets of Paris! Join us for music, wine and the unique musical experience of chamber music at the Capital Chamber Music Society.

With a name based on one of Michigan’s most beautiful native wildflowers, Phlox is interested in bringing beauty to the world through chamber music. Formed in the Summer of 2023, Phlox has been active in the performance and world premieres of new works for saxophone quartet. This is shown through their work with student composers, premiering works at Lansing’s New Music Forum at the Turner-Dodge House, as well as with the Beal Botanical Gardens at Michigan State University, which commissioned a work for Phlox that expressed the experiences nature can behold.

Phlox Quartet

2022-2023 | Season 3

Event #1 | Clarinet Quartet Opener

3pm, Sunday, October 9, 2022 | The Capital Chamber Music Society is back! finally, as we emerge from the pandemic years, the CCMS is happy to have our members and our community enjoy once more, the true experience of chamber music! Join us Sunday October 9th for the beautiful music by Schubert, Hummel and Crusell.

Program
Hummel quartet in Eb S.78
Schubert Trio in Bb D. 471
Crusell Quartet no. 2 in C minor Op. 4

2020-2021 | Season 2

Event #3 | Brass Quintets in the Meridian Historical Village

3pm, Sunday, May 16, 2021 | Please join us for another BYO Picnic Concert in the Meridian Historical Village. MSU Associate Professor of Trumpet Justin Emerich will be leading the BBQ Brass Quintet. The program includes selections from Maurer’s Three Pieces, Victor Ewald’s 1st quintet, West Side Story, and more!

As with last September’s picnic concert, this event is free, open to the public, and a mask is required any time you are not seated at your socially-distanced picnic spot. Please bring a chair or blanket, snacks, drinks (alcoholic beverages are allowed in the Village), and arrive early to settle in to this bucolic venue.

We look forward to seeing you, sharing beauty, and enjoying another musical experience together! If weather is inclement, we’ll postpone until the following Sunday, May 23. Check back here for updates, including the day of the concert.

Update 5.16.21 | There’s a very, very low chance of rain predicted during the concert time this afternoon so we plan to proceed as scheduled. If it rains unexpectedly, we’ll delay our start time.

This event is generously supported by donors to the CCMS and by Friends of Historic Meridian. Thank you!

Event #2 | Music and Conversation with Yvonne Lam

4pm, Saturday, April 3, 2020 | Please join us for a virtual event with Grammy Award-winning violinist Yvonne Lam! Mrs. Lam will be sharing her music and engaging our questions. Be blown away by her impressive bio her impressive bio. CCMS Artistic Director Guy Yehuda will be our host, keeping this virtual event interactive and inviting conversation.

Please join us at this link, logging in a few minutes before 4pm on April 3:

https://msu.zoom.us/j/94974340728
Passcode: 178663
Meeting ID: 949 7434 0728
(Or, to join by Skype for Business: https://msu.zoom.us/skype/94974340728)
If you watch via Facebook Live, you may view the event but there will be no options to join the conversation or ask questions.

Yvonne Lam holding her violin. — Yvonne Lam

Concert #1 | Wind Quintets in the Meridian Historical Village

3pm, Sunday, September 13th, 2020 | If local infection rates increase, we may cancel the concert. If weather is inclement, we’ll postpone until September 20th. Check back for updates, including the day of the concert! *Please see below for updates.

We’re thrilled to offer our first free BYO Picnic Concert near the gazebo in the Meridian Historical Village! This event is generously funded by Virginia Allen in loving memory of her husband, Bruce Allen, and is supported by Friends of Historic Meridian.

While we can’t “bring chamber music back to the chambers” during the pandemic, we can still gather safely outdoors to appreciate the beauty in chamber music and to bolster our wellness. Please bring a chair or blanket, snacks and drinks (alcoholic beverages are allowed in the Village) and enjoy a shared, musical experience! Masks are required at all times that you are not seated at your socially-distanced picnic spot.

Please arrive early to settle into your spot, socially-distanced by at least 6 feet from other households; we’re hoping to minimize disruptions to the musicians and audience once the music has started. If you are interested in attending, kindly complete this 4 question form to help us plan.

The official address of the Meridian Historical Village is 5151 Marsh Road, Okemos, but the actual location is set back off Marsh Road behind the Nokomis Cultural Heritage Station and Meridian Township Police Department. We look forward to seeing you!

Program | The program will be announced at the concert, which will be less than an hour in length.

Featuring:

Durant Street Winds

*Update 9.6.2020 | We ask all participants to please follow these event guidelines:

Wear masks when not seated, including to and from the parking lot.
Arrive early to set up your picnic spot; bring your own chairs or blankets.
Socially-distanced markers will be visible and well spaced; set up your picnic spot at a marker.
BYO Picnic – Only eat or drink when seated. Alcoholic beverages are allowed.
Maintain at least 6 feet of distance when not seated.
Respond respectfully to directions from CCMS Board Members and volunteers who will be working to ensure all participants are safe and feel cared for.

2019-2020 | Season 1

Please see Membership & Wait Lists for information on concert admission.

Concert #1 | The Music of Mozart, Bruch, and Schumann

4pm, October 13th, 2019

Program:

W.A. Mozart – Kegelstatt Trio in Eb major K 498

Robert Schumann – Märchenerzählungen (Fairy Tales) Op. 132

Max Bruch – Four Pieces op. 83

Featuring: