Concert & Event Schedule
Program and artist roster for all concerts and events are subject to change.
Spring
May
2026 Season Preview Celebration
Friday, May 22, 6:00pm
Milliken Manor ~ 580 Mountain Rd, Jaffrey, NH
Join us for a fundraiser to help support our 2026 Season
Once again, the NEA is not able to support the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts, so Monadnock Music is without pivotal funding for our free summer Village Concerts. Come toast our 61st Season and help support our mission through a $75 ticket. The event will include special guest performers, champagne toast, and light bites in the stunning Milliken Manor at the foot of Monadnock.
Monadnock Music String Quintet
Featuring highly celebrated chamber musicians Gabriela Díaz, now the permanent second violinist in the world-famous Kronos Quartet, violist Caitlin Lynch of the acclaimed Aeolus Quartet, violinist Charles Dimmick, concertmaster of the Rhode Island Philharmonic and Portland Symphony Orchestra, and violist Stephanie Fong, who performs regularly with the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
An exclusive first look at the summer season, with selected works from each of the upcoming concerts around the region. Your ticket price directly supports the vibrant music and world-class musicians that make up our village concerts from June to August.
From Dublin, baroque virtuoso Willem de Fesch's sparkling Duet for two Violins. From Nelson, a sonorous string trio by Salina Fisher, a celebrated young composer from New Zealand. From Francestown, the ravishing Adagio from Robert Schumann's poetic First String Quartet. From Peterborough, a haunting Sarabande by Peterborough native Molly Herron, which contemplates memory, perception, and musical legacy. From the outdoor Listen and Lunch series, the haunting Lyric for Strings by preeminent Black American composer George Walker. And from our opening concert in Harrisville, the exuberant first movement of Johannes Brahms' Viola Quintet in G major, one of his most universally beloved late masterpieces.
The program highlights Monadnock Music's dual commitment to bringing new life to well-known historical works and to showcasing lesser known and emerging artists.
Program
Willem de Fesch: Duet in E minor for two violins (1716)
Salina Fisher: Mata-Au for string trio (2021)
Robert Schumann: Adagio from String Quartet #1 in a minor (1842)
Molly Herron: First Sarabande 'forgotten fragments carefully catalogued' (2017)
George Walker: Lyric for Strings (1946)
Johannes Brahms: Allegro con brio from Viola Quintet #2 in G major (1890)
Program length is approximately 50 minutes with no intermission.
Underwritten by Margaret Sweeney & David Aronstein
SUMMER
Summer Season 2026
Schedule at a Glance
Concerts and events listed in bold are ticketed. Programs and artist roster are subject to change.
Friday, May 22, 6pm | Season Preview Celebration ~ Milliken Manor, 580 Mountain Rd, Jaffrey, NH - $75
June
Tuesday, June 2, 6pm | Spring Supper Club - Raylynmor Opera ~ At the home of Jerry & Sue Bird, Dublin, NH - $100/$85
Sunday, June 21, 3pm | Inextinguishable Joy ~ Harrisville Community Church, 13 Canal St, Harrisville, NH - FREE
Sunday, June 28, 3pm | Solo Piano Recital ~ First Congregational Church, 47 Main St, Hancock, NH - FREE
July
Thursday, July 2, 7pm | Elegance and Folly ~ Emmanuel Church, 924 Dublin Rd, Dublin, NH - FREE
Saturday, July 11, 7pm | Weary Blues ~ Cheney Hall, Franklin Pierce University, Rindge, NH - FREE
Sunday, July 12, 3pm | Weary Blues ~ Congregation Ahavas Achim, 84 Hastings Ave, Keene, NH - FREE
Saturday, July 18, 6pm | The Wind in the Willows - Family Concert ~ Nova Arts, 48 Emerald St, Keene, NH - FREE
Sunday, July 19, 3pm | The Wind in the Willows - Family Concert ~ Peterborough Town House, 1 Grove St, Peterborough, NH - FREE
Thursday, July 23, 12pm | Listen & Lunch ~ Depot Square Park, Peterborough, NH - FREE
Saturday, July 25, 7pm | Two of a Kind ~ Park Hill Meetinghouse, 7 Esty Rd, Westmoreland, NH - FREE
Sunday, July 26, 4pm | Two of a Kind ~ Old Meeting House, 1 New Boston Rd, Francestown, NH - FREE
August
Saturday, August 1, 4pm | Memory and Transformation ~ Mariposa Museum, 26 Main St, Peterborough, NH - FREE
Saturday, August 1, 6pm | Summer Supper Club - Memory and Transformation ~ At the home of Gloria & Al Anderson, Peterborough, NH - $100/$85
Thursday, August 6, 7pm | To Meet Again ~ Nelson Congregational Church, 830 Nelson Rd, Nelson, NH - FREE
Saturday, August 15, 6pm | Opera Around the World! - Monadnock Music Summer Gala
~ Peterborough Town House, 1 Grove St, Peterborough NH – $125/$750 table of 6
June
Spring Supper Club
Raylynmor Opera
Tuesday, June 2, 6:00pm
At the home of Jerry & Sue Bird ~ 54 Church Street, Dublin, NH
Join us for a private dinner with guests from Raylynmor Opera!
Select Raylynmor Opera cast members will perform a selection from The Marriage of Figaro and break bread with us. This Supper Club is in anticipation of the Raylynmor / Monadnock Music Gala collaboration at the end of the season!
Menu
An Italian Wedding Feast!
The multi-course dinner will feature traditional Italian wedding specialties. Prepare to be transported to different regions from Calabria to Tuscany, experiencing everything from fresh hand rolled pasta to a full Wedding Cake for dessert!
Prosecco & Antipasto
Ricotta with Honey, Olive OIi, Chili and Smoked Sea Salt
Eggplant Caponata with Focaccia & Cured Meats
Italian Wines
Caprese Salad with Fig Balsamic
Saltimbocca
Pistachio Lasagna
Gelo di Melone (Sicilian Watermelon pudding)
Italian Wedding Cake
Performers
Spencer Reichman, baritone
Andrea Baker, soprano
Kayla Oderah, soprano
Joseph Canuto Leon, baritone
Sarah Coit, mezzo-soprano
Limited to 25 guests
In Partnership with
Inextinguishable Joy
Village Concert
Sunday, June 21, 3:00pm
Harrisville Community Church ~ 13 Canal St, Harrisville, NH
We open our 61st season with a haunting arrangement of a traditional folk tune from Norway, beautifully arranged by the Danish String Quartet for their album Wood Works. Mozart’s brooding, anxious K. 421 – the only of his mature string quartets cast in a minor key – gives way to the radiant joy and exuberance of Johannes Brahms’ Viola Quintet. One of his most beloved late masterpieces, Brahms had originally intended this quintet to be his final composition – although he later returned from retirement to pen several more major works, unable to quell the music in his heart.
Program
Traditional - Vigstamoin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - String Quartet in D minor, K. 421 (1783)
Johannes Brahms - Viola Quintet in G major, op. 111 (1890)
Angelia Cho and Matthew Vera, violins
Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello
Program length is approximately 90 minutes including intermission.
Free and Open to the Public!
Solo Piano Recital
Village Concert
Sunday, June 28, 3:00pm
First Congregational Church ~ 47 Main St, Hancock, NH
We welcome back esteemed Georgian-American pianist Yelena Beriyeva for a solo recital in Hancock. Ms. Beriyeva made her solo debut at the age of 5 with the Tbilisi State Symphony Orchestra. Since then, she has performed extensively as a recitalist, chamber musician, and orchestral soloist in Rep. of Georgia, Armenia, Russia, Ukraine, Venezuela, Canada, Mexico, and the United States. She has appeared as soloist under the batons of such renowned conductors as Ludovic Morlot and Philippe Entremont.
Program
Robert Schumann - Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood), op. 15 (1838)
Claude Debussy - Estampes, L. 100 (1903)
Modest Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition (1874)
Yelena Beriyeva, piano
Program length is approximately 80 minutes including intermission.
Free and Open to the Public!
July
Elegance and Folly
Village Concert
Thursday, July 2, 7:00pm
Emmanuel Church ~ 924 Dublin Rd, Dublin, NH
We present a kaleidoscope of Baroque sonatas for trio and duo, including a selection from Corelli’s landmark “Sonatas da camera”, which profoundly influenced instrumental music throughout Europe for several generations. Written one year earlier, Isabella Leonarda’s solo violin sonata showcases the imagination and brilliance of one of Italy’s most prolific female composers, a superiora from an Ursuline convent who wrote most of her works after the age of 50. Also showcased: the elegance of Boismortier’s unusually scored trio sonata, featuring the solo pairing of violin and cello; Dutch violin virtuoso Willem de Fesch’s brilliant duo; and Bach’s warm, rich sonata gamba sonata (commonly played, as tonight on cello). The program concludes with Vivaldi’s fiery, mercurial set of variations on the popular 15th century tune “La Follia” (The Madness).
Program
Arcangelo Corelli - Trio Sonata in B-flat major, op. 4 #9 (1694)
Isabella Leonarda - Sonata duodecima in D minor (1693)
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier - Trio Sonata in D major, op. 50 #6 (1734)
Willem de Fesch - Duet for two violins op. 1a #2 in e minor (1716)
Johann Sebastian Bach - Sonata in D major, BWV 1028 (c. 1730)
Antonio Vivaldi - Trio Sonata in D minor op. 1 #12 "La Follia" (1703)
Jesse Irons and Gabriela Díaz, violins
Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello
John McKean, harpsichord
Program length is approximately 85 minutes including intermission.
Free and Open to the Public!
Weary Blues
Village Concert
Saturday, July 11, 7:00pm
Saturday and Sunday
Cheney Hall, Franklin Pierce University ~ Rindge, NH
We welcome esteemed operatic baritone Aaron Engebreth back to the stage for a concert of soulful melancholy and high drama. The human voice is intertwined with the sound of the cello in Dorothy Rudd Moore’s jazzy setting of “Weary Blues” by Langston Hughes, Walter Rabl’s stark, dramatic late Romantic Four Songs, Mikhail Glinka’s wistful Lullaby, and Sonja Béets’ starkly gorgeous Melancholia. Featuring also Samuel Barber’s youthful, turbulent Cello Sonata and a ballad of doomed love and a tale of divine retribution by Robert Schumann.
Program
Dorothy Rudd Moore - Weary Blues, for baritone, cello, and piano (1972)
Robert Schumann - Stirb, Lieb' und Freud, op. 35 #2 (1840)
Robert Schumann - Belsazar, op. 57 (1840)
Samuel Barber - Cello Sonata op. 6 (1932)
Sonja Béets - Melancholia for baritone and cello (1999)
Walter Rabl - Four Songs for baritone, cello, and piano, op. 5 (1899)
Mikhail Glinka - Lullaby (1840)
Aaron Engebreth, baritone
Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello
Yoko Hagino, piano
Program length is approximately 85 minutes including intermission.
Free and Open to the Public!
Weary Blues
Village Concert
Sunday, July 12, 3:00pm
Saturday and Sunday
Congregation Ahavas Achim ~ 84 Hastings Ave, Keene, NH
We welcome esteemed operatic baritone Aaron Engebreth back to the stage for a concert of soulful melancholy and high drama. The human voice is intertwined with the sound of the cello in Dorothy Rudd Moore’s jazzy setting of “Weary Blues” by Langston Hughes, Walter Rabl’s stark, dramatic late Romantic Four Songs, Mikhail Glinka’s wistful Lullaby, and Sonja Béets’ starkly gorgeous Melancholia. Featuring also Samuel Barber’s youthful, turbulent Cello Sonata and a ballad of doomed love and a tale of divine retribution by Robert Schumann.
Program
Dorothy Rudd Moore - Weary Blues, for baritone, cello, and piano (1972)
Robert Schumann - Stirb, Lieb' und Freud, op. 35 #2 (1840)
Robert Schumann - Belsazar, op. 57 (1840)
Samuel Barber - Cello Sonata op. 6 (1932)
Sonja Béets - Melancholia for baritone and cello (1999)
Walter Rabl - Four Songs for baritone, cello, and piano, op. 5 (1899)
Mikhail Glinka - Lullaby (1840)
Aaron Engebreth, baritone
Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello
Yoko Hagino, piano
Program length is approximately 85 minutes including intermission.
Free and Open to the Public!
The Wind in the Willows
Village Concert
Free Family Concert
Saturday, July 18, 6:00pm
Saturday and Sunday
Nova Arts ~ 48 Emerald St, Keene, NH
“The Wind in the Willows”, the timeless children’s story by Kenneth Grahame, comes to life in Mark Isaacs’ magnificent setting of selected vignettes for narrator, harp, piano, percussion, strings, and winds. The suite was written for Australia’s HUSH Music Foundation, which produces recordings of music to calm patients, their families, and caregivers in Children’s Hospitals. Full of color, charm, humor, and wonder, this weekend’s performances are certain to delight children and adults alike.
Rachel Braude, flute
Jennifer Slowik, oboe
Charles Dimmick, violin
Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello
Amanda Romano, harp
Nicholas Tolle, percussion
Victor Cayres, piano
David McFerrin, narrator
Program length is approximately 45 minutes with no intermission.
Free and Open to the Public!
The Wind in the Willows
Townhouse Concert
Free Family Concert
Sunday, July 19, 3:00pm
Saturday and Sunday
Peterborough Town House ~ 1 Grove St, Peterborough, NH
“The Wind in the Willows”, the timeless children’s story by Kenneth Grahame, comes to life in Mark Isaacs’ magnificent setting of selected vignettes for narrator, harp, piano, percussion, strings, and winds. The suite was written for Australia’s HUSH Music Foundation, which produces recordings of music to calm patients, their families, and caregivers in Children’s Hospitals. Full of color, charm, humor, and wonder, this weekend’s performances are certain to delight children and adults alike.
This year, our Town House Concert is completely FREE and open to the public, and it is Family Friendly.
Rachel Braude, flute
Jennifer Slowik, oboe
Charles Dimmick, violin
Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello
Amanda Romano, harp
Nicholas Tolle, percussion
Victor Cayres, piano
David McFerrin, narrator
Program length is approximately 45 minutes with no intermission.
Free and Open to the Public!
Underwritten by Waterhouse Restaurant
Listen & Lunch
Thursday, July 23, 12:00pm
Depot Square Park ~ Peterborough, NH
In Peterborough’s outdoor noontime summer concert series, we give a tantalizing preview of Saturday and Sunday’s upcoming string quartet concerts, featuring works by Robert Schumann and George Onslow. We present also a sampling of works by three amazing composers: Basque Romantic wunderkind Juan Crisostomo Arriaga, who took the Paris Conservatoire by storm at age 15 and died of poor health a few days before his twentieth birthday; Laura Valborg Aulin, a Swedish composer and pianist of the late nineteenth century who was highly regarded during her lifetime; and American icon George Walker, the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music.
Program
Juan Crisostomo Arriaga - Allegro from String Quartet #1
George Walker - Lyric for Strings
George Onslow - Allegro from String Quartet #29
Laura Valborg Aulin - Andante con moto from String Quartet in e minor
Robert Schumann - Allegro and Scherzo from Quartet #1
Eunae Koh and Nathan Meltzer, violins
Tanner Menees, viola
Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello
Program length is approximately 55 minutes with no intermission.
Free and Open to the Public!
Two of a Kind
Village Concert
Saturday, July 25, 7:00pm
Saturday and Sunday
Park Hill Meetinghouse ~ 7 Esty Rd, Westmoreland, NH
A pair of dazzling string quartets by two brilliant composers, written only a few years apart. From Germany, Robert Schumann, the consummate poet of music, whose creative work is characterized by intense emotional and rhetorical expression. From France, George Onslow, a gifted and prolific composer whose music is full of virtuosity and effortless grace. Although quite different in their philosophy – Schumann looking always toward the future, and Onslow rooted in the traditions of the past – both works are teeming with beauty and imagination.
Program
Robert Schumann - String Quartet #1 in a minor
George Onslow - String Quartet #29 in d minor
Eunae Koh and Nathan Meltzer, violins
Tanner Menees, viola
Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello
Program length is approximately 75 minutes including intermission.
Free and Open to the Public!
Two of a Kind
Village Concert
Sunday, July 26, 4:00pm
Saturday and Sunday
Old Meeting House ~ 1 New Boston Rd, Francestown, NH
A pair of dazzling string quartets by two brilliant composers, written only a few years apart. From Germany, Robert Schumann, the consummate poet of music, whose creative work is characterized by intense emotional and rhetorical expression. From France, George Onslow, a gifted and prolific composer whose music is full of virtuosity and effortless grace. Although quite different in their philosophy – Schumann looking always toward the future, and Onslow rooted in the traditions of the past – both works are teeming with beauty and imagination.
Program
Robert Schumann - String Quartet #1 in a minor
George Onslow - String Quartet #29 in d minor
Eunae Koh and Nathan Meltzer, violins
Tanner Menees, viola
Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello
Program length is approximately 75 minutes including intermission.
Free and Open to the Public!
August
Memory and Transformation
Village Concert
Saturday, August 1, 4:00pm
Mariposa Museum ~ 26 Main St, Peterborough, NH
An afternoon of works by three remarkable living composers: Andrea Tarrodi, whose intensely lyrical “Miroirs” evokes themes of identity and duality; Peterborough native Molly Herron, in a set of three entrancing meditations on the evolution of memory and musical tradition; and Osvaldo Golijov, in a profoundly moving reflection on the transformation of chaos into peace. We are delighted to present this program in the intimate space of Peterborough’s Mariposa Museum, which is perfect for capturing both the richness of the music as well as its moments of near-total silence.
Program
Andrea Tarrodi - String Quartet #1 "Miroirs"
Molly Herron - Three Sarabandes
Osvaldo Golijov - Tenebrae
Clara Lyon and Yeolim Nam, violins
Anna Griffis, viola
Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello
Program length is approximately 45 minutes with no intermission.
Free and Open to the Public!
Summer Supper Club
Memory and Transformation
Saturday, August 1, 6:00pm
At the home of Gloria & Al Anderson ~ 2 MacDowell Rd, Peterborough, NH
with Special Guest, Composer Molly Herron
Join us for a private dinner following "Memory and Transformation." This dinner will feature special musical guests from the performance, and the menu is inspired by themes of transformation. You are in for a culinary journey where your meal will literally transform before your eyes!
Menu
Cosmic Champagne Cocktail/Mocktail
Savory S'mores
Color-Changing Asian Salad with Butterfly Pea
Sizzling Sashimi
Melting Chocolate Orange Sponge
Limited to 25 guests
Underwritten by Hamlin Insurance Agency
To Meet Again
Village Concert
Thursday, August 6, 7:00pm
Nelson Congregational Church ~ 830 Nelson Rd, Nelson, NH
Our final village concert opens with Penderecki’s mournful Ciaccona, a work so beloved by the composer that he arranged it for at least four different instrumental configurations (and more than half a dozen others have been made since his death!) Salina Fisher’s dynamic, whirling Mata-Au is both a Māori name meaning “surface current” and a Japanese phrase meaning “to meet again”. From the brooding depths of Weinberg (one of Shostakovich’s talented acolytes and dear friends) to the warmth and charm of early Beethoven, with miniature delights by Tchaikovsky and Enescu, join us as we say farewell to our summer concert season with gratitude and joy.
Program
Krzysztof Penderecki - Ciaccona for violin and viola
Salina Fisher - Mata-Au for string trio
Mieczysław Weinberg - String Trio op. 48
Pyotr Tchaikovsky - Allegretto moderato, TH 152
Ludwig van Beethoven - String Trio in D major, op. 9 #2
George Enescu - Aubade
Omar Chen Guey, violin
Caitlin Lynch, viola
Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello
Program length is approximately 85 minutes including intermission.
Free and Open to the Public!
Opera Around the World!
Monadnock Music Summer Gala
Saturday, August 15, 6:00pm
Peterborough Town House ~ 1 Grove St, Peterborough, NH
From Italy, to Germany, to France, and beyond... our Gala this year features a unique partnership between two music institutions in the Monadnock Region. Joining forces to expand our audiences and extend our fundraising abilities, Monadnock Music is partnering with Raylynmor Opera to produce a Gala you will never forget!
Save $55 on single tickets by purchasing a Season Pass.
In Partnership with
Sponsored by
Fall & Winter
Fall Supper Club
Day of the Dead
Sunday, November 1
Location TBA
Join us for an evening of Latin Food& Classical Guitar
Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos) is a vibrant Mexican holiday, where families honor deceased loved ones, believing their spirits return to visit. Combining ancient Aztec traditions with Catholic beliefs, it is a joyous celebration of life rather than a time for mourning.
Winter Supper Club
“Koselig” Candlelit Concert & Poetry
Friday, March 12, 2027
Peterborough Players ~ 55 Hadley Road, Peterborough, NH
An evening of Scandinavian Music, Norwegian Food & Poetry
Koselig (pronounced kush-lee) is a core Norwegian concept representing a deep sense of coziness, warmth, intimacy, and contentment. Often translated as “cozy,” it goes beyond physical comfort to include mental well-being, social connection, and finding joy in simple, everyday moments. It is essential for embracing long, dark winters.
