Next week, Music on the Hill opens its seventeenth chamber music festival with seven concerts in the West Bay as summer begins. Concerts pair familiar works by Bach, Brahms, and Copland with new favorites. Tickets are just $30 in advance with Eventbrite or at the door (cash/check only), and free for students with I.D. For information, visit www.musiconthehillri.org.

2025 Chamber Music Festival

Silent Movies   

Crafted Hope Brewing, 1485 South County Trail, East Greenwich

Wednesday, May 28, 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm

Craft beer and food truck fare available for purchase

The Great Train Robbery, Tango Tangles, and other classic shorts starring Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Buster Keaton

Music of Copland, Berlin, Chopin, and more

Anton Miller, violin and Rita Porfiris, viola

Bach & Beethoven

First Baptist Church, 30 Peirce St, East Greenwich

Thursday, May 29, 7:00 pm

J.S. Bach, Suite No. 6 in D Major

J.S. Bach, Suite No. 3 in C Major

Beethoven, Serenade for flute, violin and viola

Peter Ferry, marimba; Anthony Trionfo, flute; Anton Miller, violin; Rita Porfiris, viola

Narragansett Brass Quintet                                

on the lawn at Clouds Hill Museum, 4157 Post Rd, Warwick

Sunday, June 1, 4:00 pm                  

Please bring a chair or blanket. Rain location: First Baptist Church

Dukas, Fanfare from La Peri                                             

Pezel, Sonata No. 22

JS Bach, Selections from The Art of Fugue

Bellon, Quintette

Vaughan Williams, English Folk Songs

Schickele, Brass Summer

Bizet, Selections from Carmen

Owen, 1954 Suite

Blake, Roberts, Ragtime Suite

Stephen Banzaert, Gino Villareal, trumpet; Kevin Owen, French horn; Alexei Doohovskoy, trombone; Thomas Gregory, tuba

We’ve Gone Baroque 

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 99 Peirce Street, East Greenwich

Wednesday, June 4, 7:00 pm       

 J.S. Bach, Suite No. 2 for Solo Cello in D minor 

Vivaldi, Concerto in C Major

C.P.E. Bach, Flute Concerto in G Major

Dall’Abaco, Sonata da Camera

Torelli, Trumpet Concerto in D Major

Peter Ferry, marimba; Anthony Trionfo, flute; Roderick MacDonald, trumpet; Victoria Moreira and Naomi Culp, violins; Gillian Gallagher, viola; Elisa Kohanski, cello; John Pellegrino, bass.

Scholarship spotlight: Israel Alvarez, piano

All Brahms

St Luke’s Episcopal Church, 99 Peirce St, East Greenwich

Saturday, June 7, 7:00 pm

Cello Sonata No. 1 in E Minor

Three Songs

Clarinet Sonata No 2. in Eb Major

Kate Norigian, soprano; Elisa Kohanski, cello; Daniel Gilbert, clarinet; Donna Lee, Jack Kurutz, and John Norigian, piano

Appalachian Spring 

Immaculate Conception Church, 237 Garden Hills Dr, Cranston

Sunday, June 8, 7:00 pm

Williams, Air and Simple Gifts 

O’Connor, Appalachia Waltz 

American/Appalachian Loop Pedal Violin Set

Copland, Appalachian Spring

Kimberly Fang, Anton Miller, Sarah Whitney, Liana Zaretsky, violins; Rita Porfiris and Sebastian Ruth, viola; Elisa Kohanski, Trevor Handy, cello; John Pellegrino, bass; Anthony Trionfo, flute; Daniel Gilbert, clarinet; Ellen Connors, bassoon; Donna Lee, piano; Edward Markward, conductor

Scholarship spotlight, Jack Paiva, piano

Festival Finale 

St Luke’s Episcopal Church, 99 Peirce St, East Greenwich

Tuesday, June 10, 7:00 pm

 Poulenc, Sonata for Trumpet, French Horn and Trombone

Albinoni, Concerto for Oboe in D minor

Vivaldi, Concerto in C Major

Hertel, Concerto for Trumpet and Oboe in Eb Major

Brahms, Vocal Duets arr. for French Horn and Trombone

Peter Ferry, marimba; Roderick MacDonald, trumpet; Michelle Baker, French horn; Charles Baker, trombone; Anne Marie Gabriele, oboe; Victoria Moreira and Kristen Pellegrino, violins; Gillian Gallagher, viola; Trevor Handy, cello; John Pellegrino, bass; Bonnie Anderson, piano

Schedule subject to change.

Visit www.musiconthehillRI.org for up-to-date information.

A special event June 11 will benefit Music on the Hill’s festival and education programs: A “Gilded Age” House Concert in the parlor at Clouds Hill, an evening of American romantic music with pianist Bonnie Anderson and cellist Trevor Handy. $150 per person donation includes the concert, wine, and hors d’oeuvres, and is limited to 40 guests. The Clouds Hill parlor is one of the locations featured in HBO’s hit series “The Gilded Age.” This concert offers music of the time performed on the cello and Clouds Hill’s historic piano. For information, visit www.musiconthehillri.org.