Concert & Event Schedule
Program and artist roster for all concerts and events are subject to change.
Spring
The Thing in The Spring
Argus Quartet
Friday, May 16, 7pm
Nova Arts ~ 48 Emerald St, Keene, NH
Monadnock Music is proud to announce its collaboration with Nova Arts on their 17th annual music festival The Thing in the Spring. We believe this partnership highlights a beautiful synergy between our organizations' missions to bring high calibre music to rural areas. Both organizations promote deep listening and music appreciation. This special collaboration will introduce Classical Chamber music to the eclectic line-up The Thing in the Spring always delivers. Please come and enjoy not only Friday's offerings, but the whole weekend's events.
Argust Quartet performs at 7:00pm, but come enjoy the afternoon and evening of music!
Program:
Shelley Washington: Middleground
Joseph Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 64, No. 5 “The Lark”
Molly Herron: New Piece
Henry Purcell: Fantasias
Molly Herron: Three Sarabandes
The Thing in the Spring
May 16 schedule:
9:00pm - Josh Johnson
8:00pm - Sunburned Hand of the Man
7:00pm - The Argus Quartet
6:15pm - Roger Miller: Solo Electric Guitar Ensemble
5:30pm - Maria Somerville
4:45pm - Sunburned Hand of the Man
4:00pm - Sailor Down
3:15pm - Sunburned Hand of the Man
This collaboration is made possible through the generosity of Paul Merrill and Gail Carroll.
Summer Season 2025
Schedule at a Glance
Concerts and events listed in bold are ticketed. Programs and artist roster are subject to change.
June
Thursday, June 19, 12pm | Opening Concert - Listen & Lunch ~ Depot Park, Peterborough, NH - FREE
Thursday, June 19, 6-8pm | Martini Night Supper Club ~ Location TBA - $75
Sunday, June 22, 3pm | Jaffrey Village Concert ~ Jaffrey Meetinghouse, Jaffrey, NH - FREE
Saturday, June 28, 1pm | Family Concert - Instrument Petting Zoo ~ The Friendly Farm, Dublin, NH
(Concert FREE with paid admission into the Friendly Farm)
July
Sunday, July 6, 3pm | Dublin Village Concert ~ Emmanuel Church, 924 Dublin Road, Dublin, NH - FREE
Thursday, July 10, 6pm | Supper Club ~ Location TBA
Saturday, July 12, 7pm | Deering Village Concert ~ Deering Community Church, Deering, NH - FREE
Sunday, July 13, 3pm | Rindge Village Concert ~ Cheney Hall, Franklin Pierce University, Rindge, NH - FREE
Thursday, July 17, 7pm | Westmoreland Village Concert ~ Park Hill Meeting House, Westmoreland, NH - FREE
Sunday, July 20, 3pm | Light and Shadow - Bass Hall Concert ~ Bass Hall, Peterborough, NH - $30/$25
Friday, July 25, 6-9pm | Big Night Supper Club ~ Location TBA - $125
Saturday, July 26, 7pm | Harrisville Village Concert ~ Harrisville Community Church, Harrisville, NH - FREE
August
Friday, August 1, 6pm | Supper Club (and Candlelit Concert) ~ Spring Hill Studio, Sharon, NH - $50
Friday, August 1, 7pm | Candlelit Concert ~ Spring Hill Studio, Sharon, NH - $25/$15
Wednesday, August 6, 7pm | Nelson Village Concert ~ Nelson Congregational Church, Nelson, NH - FREE
August, Date and Location TBA | 60th Anniversary Gala
June
Opening Concert
Listen & Lunch
Thursday, June 19, 12pm
Depot Park ~ Peterborough, NH
Monadnock Music opens its 60th anniversary season with a sumptuous arrangement of Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony for string sextet, crafted by a contemporary of the great master. Join us down by the banks of the Contoocook for an unforgettable performance of one of classical music's greatest tributes to the beauty and power of the natural world.
Program:
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony #6 in F major "Pastoral", arr. Michael Fischer
Running time: approximately 50 minutes.
Free and Open to the Public!
Martini Night
Supper Club
Thursday, June 19, 6-8pm
Location TBA
Join us for an evening of Martinis with a martini-inspired menu!
Cocktail Hour with nibbles and the sophisticated sonorities of two cellos in duet.
Jaffrey Village Concert
Sunday, June 22, 3pm
Jaffrey Meetinghouse ~ Jaffrey, NH
The Monadnock Music String Sextet reprises Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony at the Jaffrey Meetinghouse, in the shadow of Mount Monadnock. Alongside this we present Dvořák's rich and soulful Sextet in A major; his first work performed outside Bohemia, its enthusiastic reception launched Dvořák's international career.
Program:
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony #6 in F major "Pastoral", arr. Michael Fischer
Antonín Dvořák - String Sextet in A major, op. 48
Running time: approximately 90 minutes including intermission.
Free and Open to the Public!
Family Concert
Instrument Petting Zoo
Saturday, June 28, 1pm
The Friendly Farm ~ 716 Main Street, Route 101, Dublin, NH
Monadnock Music presents a thrilling afternoon of storytelling through music, with three playful stories set for violin and narrator in a program suitable for audiences of all ages. Following the performance, children will have the opportunity to try instruments in a "petting zoo" provided by Acoustic Strings of New England.
Program:
Bruce Adolphe - The Nightingale
Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate - Abitahánta': The Hunter Who Was Not So Great
Alan Ridout - Ferdinand the Bull
Running time: approximately 35 minutes of music, followed by the "instrument petting zoo".
Concert free with paid admission into Friendly Farm
July
Dublin Village Concert
Sunday, July 6, 3pm
Emmanuel Church ~ 924 Dublin Road, Dublin, NH
We are delighted to present John McKean, acclaimed harpsichordist and chair of the Historical Performance Department at Cambridge's Longy School of Music, in a solo recital. Dublin's Emmanuel Church, with its intimate acoustics and warm wooden walls, is a perfect space to bring the delicate plectra and singing wood of the harpsichord to magical life.
Running time: approximately 80 minutes including intermission.
Program:
Matthias Weckmann - Toccata in d
Johann Jakob Froberger - Partita XVII
Dietrich Buxtehude - Suite in C Major, BuxWV 226
Johann Kaspar Kerll - Ciaccona
Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer - Suite V from Musicalisches Blumen-Büschlein
Johann Sebastian Bach - Fantasia and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 904
Running time: approximately 80 minutes including intermission.
Free and Open to the Public!
Supper Club
Thursday, July 10, 6pm
Location TBA
Join our musicians for an exciting preview of the weekend concerts!
Deering Village Concert
Saturday, July 12, 7pm
Deering Community Church ~ 763 Deering Center Road, Deering, NH
In this eclectic recital for piano trio, we explore a kaleidoscope of emotional and psychological landscapes. Brian Nabors' "Jekyll and Hyde" trio examines the extremes of the human psyche; Jungyoon Wie's "In A Fog", written as an artistic response to a recent ADHD diagnosis, invites the listener to consider larger questions of identity and perception. Contrasting these: the effortless grace of Mozart's final piano trio, the lush intensity of Mary Howe's Elegy, and Shostakovich's youthful, darkly passionate early piano trio (his first published chamber music!)
Program:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Piano Trio in G major, K. 564
Jungyoon Wie - In a Fog
Mary Howe - Elegy for piano trio
Brian Raphael Nabors - Piano Trio "Jekyll and Hyde"
Shostakovich - Piano Trio #1 in c minor, op. 8
Running time: approximately 85 minutes including intermission.
Free and Open to the Public!
Rindge Village Concert
Sunday, July 13, 3pm
Cheney Hall, Franklin Pierce University ~ Rindge, NH
The Monadnock Music Piano Trio reprises Saturday's concert.
Program:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Piano Trio in G major, K. 564
Jungyoon Wie - In a Fog
Mary Howe - Elegy for piano trio
Brian Raphael Nabors - Piano Trio "Jekyll and Hyde"
Shostakovich - Piano Trio #1 in c minor, op. 8
Running time: approximately 85 minutes including intermission.
Free and Open to the Public!
Westmoreland Village Concert
Thursday, July 17, 7pm
Park Hill Meeting House ~ Park Hill Common, Westmoreland, NH
An evening of string quartet music inspired by poetry, literature, and folk song. Kian Ravei's glittering string quartet describes the natural world as seen through seven poems by Emily Dickinson. Zhou Long's "Old Fisherman" reflects on a Chinese poem from the 9th century; Libby Larsen's energetic Sorrow Song and Jubilee draws inspiration from the spiritual "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot." We conclude with a rarely heard quartet by Venezuelan-French composer Reynaldo Hahn, whose two-year love affair and lifelong friendship with Marcel Proust shaped both artists profoundly.
Program:
Kian Ravei - The Little Things
Zhou Long - Old Fisherman, from "Poems from Tang"
Libby Larsen - Sorrow Song and Jubilee
Reynaldo Hahn - String Quartet #2 in F major
Running time: approximately 80 minutes including intermission.
Free and Open to the Public!
Light and Shadow
Bass Hall Concert
Sunday, July 20, 3pm
Bass Hall, The Monadnock Center for History and Culture ~ 19 Grove Street, Peterborough, NH
A resplendent afternoon of Romantic music for mezzo-soprano, string quartet, and piano. Features the lushly evocative French songs of Jongen and Lekeu alongside Respighi's lyric poem Il Tramonto ("The Sunset") and Dvorak's sunny, ebullient piano quintet.
Program:
Joseph Jongen - Three Songs for mezzo, string quartet, and piano
Ottorino Respighi - Il tramonto
Antonin Dvorak - Piano Quintet in A major op. 81
Guillaume Lekeu - Nocturne from Trois Poèmes
Running time: approximately 95 minutes including intermission.
Big Night
Supper Club
Friday, July 25, 6-9pm
Location TBA
An evening of Italian Music with full seated dinner.
Featuring music for string quartet by Giacomo Puccini, one of the quintessential composers of grand romantic Italian opera.
Enjoy the menu from the iconic film BIG NIGHT! A screening of the film will take place in partnership with MONIFF digitally so you can stream the film at home! Clips will also be shown at the event.
Italian wines will be served.
Co-Presented by Monadnock International Film Festival
Harrisville Village Concert
Saturday, July 26, 7pm
Harrisville Community Church ~ 13 Canal Street, Harrisville, NH
Featuring three luxurious works for harp and string quartet: a transcendent Adagio by Tchaikovsky, a darkly exotic tone poem in miniature by Mikhael Gnessin, and André Caplet's dramatic setting of Edgar Allen Poe's Masque of the Red Death. These are bookended by two works for string quartet which feature harplike plucking: Jesse Montgomery's wildly popular Strum, and Beethoven's exuberant "Harp" Quartet.
Program:
Jessie Montgomery - Strum
Mikhail Gnessin - Song of the Knight Errant, op. 28
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Adagio molto
André Caplet - Conte fantastique
Ludwig van Beethoven - String Quartet in E-flat, op. 74 "Harp"
Running time: approximately 88 minutes including intermission.
Free and Open to the Public!
August
Candlelit Concert
with Supper Club
Friday, August 1, 7pm
(Supper Club 6pm)
Spring Hill Studio ~ 358 Spring Hill Road, Sharon, NH
Supper Club - 6pm
6:00 - Chocolate Buffet & Charcuterie with Festive Cocktails & Wine
Concert - 7pm
Piano & Vocal Performance
Tommy Barth, piano
Liz Mongrello, vocals
7:00 - Doors open
7:15 - Concert
8:15 - Depart
Tommy Barth presents a heartfelt concert of love songs, ballads, and lullabies to celebrate the Valentine’s Day season. Joined by the vocal stylings of Liz Mongrello, this performance will feature works by an array of iconic composers from Gershwin and Sondheim to Adele, Billy Joel, Sara Bareilles, and more -- promising an evening of timeless romance and musical artistry.
Tommy Barth, piano
Tommy Barth is a passionate and versatile composer, arranger, pianist, and performer who fell in love with music at the age of 4, when he first began studying piano. By 11, he made his solo debut at Carnegie Hall, an early highlight in a lifelong musical journey. A multi-year winner of the Piano Teachers' Society of America Composition Competition, Tommy has also sung with the American Choral Directors Association’s All Eastern and All National Choirs, performing under inspiring conductors like Lorraine Lynch and Anton Armstrong.
After graduating from the New Jersey Governor's School for the Arts, Tommy earned a Bachelor's degree in Music Theory and Composition from Boston University, where he studied conducting and performed under the esteemed Dr. Ann Howard Jones. He later completed a Master’s degree in Conducting at the Boston Conservatory. Along the way, Tommy shared his love for vocal music as the director and arranger for collegiate and semi-professional a cappella groups like Fermata Town and the Boston University Dear Abbeys.
Today, Tommy works with Carolina Crown, a drum and bugle corps based in Fort Mill, South Carolina, where he helps develop the next generation of music educators and leaders. When he’s not immersed in music, Tommy enjoys life in Boston with his energetic and lovable puppy, Billy.
Nelson Village Concert
Wednesday, August 6, 7pm
Nelson Congregational Church ~ 830 Nelson Road, Nelson, NH
Closing our season back where it all started 60 years ago...
Our final village concert of the season is a celebration of love featuring some of the greatest composers of art song over the past two centuries. From the sultry to the chaste, from joyful innocence to deepest sorrow, our musicians will take you on a journey through the innermost recesses of the heart.
Program:
Augusta Holmes - Three Songs
Franz Schubert - Licht und Liebe, D. 352
Johannes Brahms - So lass uns wandern, op. 75 #3
Adolphus Hailstork - Four Romantic Love Songs
Ernest Chausson - Four Mélodies, op.13
Ian Venables - Venetian Songs, op. 22 "Love's Voice"
Robert Schumann - In der Nacht, op. 74 #4
Running time: approximately 85 minutes including intermission.
Free and Open to the Public!
60th Anniversary Gala
Date and Location TBA
Step back in time to when it all began...
THE SIXTES!
Join us for an evening of elevated 60s nibbles, drinks, and music!
Dress to impress, inspired by the decade!
Fall
Stargazing
Saturday, September 27, 6:30pm
High Mowing School ~
Wilton, NH
High Mowing Students - FREE
