Bold, Batty & Beautiful: The Muses of Richard Strauss, Ned Rorem, Gweneth Walker and Leonard Bernstein
Sunday, October 19, 3pm, Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, 3201 Windsor Rd.
Tuesday, October 21, 7pm, Alma Thomas Theater Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX
This unique concert consists of chamber music and poetic recitation and will appeal to lovers of music and literature. Also included is a performance of Leonard Bernstein's Sonata for Clarinet to celebrate his 90th birth year. Kiyoshi Tamagawa, piano; Claire Vangelisti, soprano; Martha MacDonald, clarinet; and Kathleen Juhl, narrator

Impressions
Friday, November 14, 5pm, University of Texas at Austin School of Music Recital Hall
FREE: lecture for members of the Mu Phi Epsilon Mu Theta chapter and other guests and students
Saturday, November 15, 8pm, First Unitarian Universalist Church, 4700 Grover Avenue
This concert features a recital by International Competition winner, Russian cellist Ruslan Biryukov and Chinese pianist Mary Au presenting Sonatas by Francoeur, Debussy and Franck. The performance is in collaboration with the Austin Alumni Chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon International Professional Music Fraternity and the Mu Phi Epsilon Foundation.

Unlucky in Love Lets Do It Together
Thursday, February 12, 8pm, Seabrook Chapel Huston-Tillotson Campus
FREE: Donations accepted at the door for Huston-Tillotsons Music Scholarship Fund
Friday, February 13, 8pm, First Presbyterian Church, 8001 Mesa Drive
Presented in partnership with the St. Cecilia Music Series
Just in time for Valentines Day! We'll offer a mixed program of piano 4-hand, vocal duets and solos from art songs, operettas, jazz standards and broadway. Highlights include selections from Carmen by Bizet, and H.M.S. Pinafore by Gilbert & Sullivan. Featured artists will be pianists Stephen Burnaman and Martha Mortensen Dudgeon; vocalists Claire Vangelisti and Jeffrey Jones-Ragona.

The Contrasts of Spring
Thursday, May 14, 8 PM, Westlake United Methodist Church, 1460 Redbud Trail
Friday, May 15, 8pm, First Presbyterian Church, 8001 Mesa Drive
Presented in partnership with the St. Cecilia Music Series
Trio Contraste will present a program of varied repertoire including works by Robert Starer, Don Grantham, and Kathryn Mishell and will include a new trio by P. Kellach Waddle. This touring trio consists of guest pianist Andrew Cooperstock, chair of the piano division at University of Colorado; guest violinist William Terwilliger, professor of violin at University of South Carolina, and Austin clarinetist Martha MacDonald, executive director of Austin Chamber Ensemble. The Trio website is www.triocontraste.org.

Ticket prices:
$20 adults
$15 seniors and students
$5 students 10 and under with parents

Call 345-3399 or email ACEnsemble@sbcglobal.net for tickets, reservations and information.