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Children’s Concerts

In 1995 Pinchas Zukerman inaugurated our Children’s Concerts program. We offer these free concerts to schools and home school groups throughout the region, performed by some of the artists from the evening concerts.

Schools are urged to include a majority of students who have not had previous opportunities to be exposed to classical music.

Invitations are issued to schools and home school groups in the following areas: City of Charlottesville, the counties of Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Nelson, Culpeper and Orange. Many schools in the outlying areas tell us that they have never been offered such invitations before.

By the end of the 2021/22 season the Series will have presented these concerts to more than 62,000 children.

Please call the Executive Director at 434-244-9505 if you would like your school or school group to be included in these invitations.

2023/24 Season

DOVER QUARTET with HAOCHEN ZHANG, piano
Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation
The Levy Gift in honor of Robert Levy

2020/21 Season

YEVGENY KUTIK, violin & ANNA POLONSKY, piano – cancelled due to pandemic
Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation

BENEDETTI-ELSCHENBROICH-GRYNYUK TRIO – cancelled due to pandemic
Watterson Foundation

2019/20 Season

AMIT PELED, cello & NOREEN POLERA, piano
Watterson Foundation

2018/19 Season

RAY CHEN, violin & JULIO ELIZALDE, piano
Anne Stevens & Cameron Waterman III Fund in the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation

2017/18 Season

YEVGENY KUTIK, violin & SPENCER MYER, piano
Anne Stevens & Cameron Waterman III Fund in the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation

BENEDETTI ELSCHENBROICH GRYNYUK TRIO
Watterson Foundation

2016/17 Season

TEMPEST TRIO
Watterson Foundation

2015/16 Season

ENSEMBLE PLUS ULTRA
Anne Stevens & Cameron Waterman III Fund in the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation

AMIT PELED, cello & NOREEN POLERA, piano
Watterson Foundation

2014/15 Season

NIKOLAI DEMIDENKO, piano
The Watterson Foundation

2013/14 Season

ENSEMBLE PLUS ULTRA – VOCAL RENAISSANCE ENSEMBLE
Anne Stevens & Cameron Waterman III Fund in the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation

VENICE BAROQUE ORCHESTRA
The Watterson Foundation

2012/13 Season

RYU GOTO, violin & ERI KANG, piano
BAMA Works Fund of the Dave Matthews Band in the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation

AMIT PELED, cello & Noreen Polera, piano
Anne Stevens & Cameron Waterman III Fund in the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation

2011/12 Season

TAFELMUSIK BAROQUE ORCHESTRA
The Anne Stevens & Cameron Waterman III Fund in the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation

MANASSE/NAKAMATSU DUO
The Watterson Foundation

2010/11 Season

REBEL BAROQUE ENSEMBLE
The Watterson Foundation

WINDSCAPE WIND ENSEMBLE
The Anne Stevens & Cameron Waterman III Fund in the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation

2009/10 Season

AMIT PELED, cello, & ELI KALMAN, piano
BAMA Works Fund of the Dave Matthews Band in the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation and The Inez Duff Bishop Trust

VENICE BAROQUE ORCHESTRA
The Watterson Foundation and The Anne Stevens & Cameron Waterman III Fund in the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation

2008/09 Season

DANIEL MUELLER-SCHOTT, cello, & ROBERT KULEK, piano
BAMA Works Fund of the Dave Matthews Band in the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation

ARABELLA STEINBACHER, violin, & ROBERT KULEK, piano
The Watterson Foundation

SALZBURG CHAMBER SOLOISTS
The Anne Stevens & Cameron Waterman III Fund in the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation

2007/08 Season

MIAMI STRING QUARTET
The Watterson Foundation

MIKHAIL SIMONYAN, violin & ALEXEI PODKORYTOV, piano
Charlottesville Area Community Foundation and The Anne Stevens & Cameron Waterman III Fund in the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation

2006/07 Season

JON MANASSE, clarinet, & JON NAKAMATSU, piano
The Watterson Foundation

SALZBURG CHAMBER SOLOISTS
Anne Stevens & Cameron Waterman III Fund in the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation

TALICH STRING QUARTET (held in Nelson County)
Adele Marcus Foundation

2005/06 Season

REBEL BAROQUE ORCHESTRA & DEUTSCHE NATURHORN SOLISTEN
BAMA Works Fund and the Anne Stevens & Cameron Waterman III Fund, both in the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation

ST. PETERSBURG STRING QUARTET
The Watterson Foundation and the Anne Stevens & Cameron Waterman Fund in the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation

2004/05 Season

MIAMI STRING QUARTET
J&E Berkley Foundation

VERMEER STRING QUARTET
Anne Stevens & Cameron Waterman III Fund in the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation

KATARINA KARNEUS, mezzo, & BRIAN ZEGER, piano
BAMA Works Fund in the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation

2003/04 Season

GIL SHAHAM, violin, & AKIRA EGUCHI, piano
Julian Price Foundation

WINDSCAPE WIND QUINTET
Anne Stevens & Cameron Waterman III Fund in the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation

TAFELMUSIK BAROQUE ORCHESTRA
Inez Duff Bishop Foundation

SANTIAGO RODRIGUEZ, piano
BAMA Works Fund in the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation

2002/03 Season

MUIR STRING QUARTET
Pegasus Motorcar Company

2001/02 Season

ROMEROS GUITAR QUARTET
Pegasus Motorcar Company

DIMITRY SITKOVETSKY, violin, & BORIS PETRUSHANSKY, piano
(2 performances)
Anne Stevens & Cameron Waterman III Fund in the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation & the Watterson Foundation

2000/01 Season

ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Du Pont & the Upton Foundation

JON MANASSE, clarinet, & NOREEN POLERA-CASSIDY, piano
Crutchfield Corporation

MIAMI STRING QUARTET
Charlottesville Area Community Foundation

1999/00 Season

CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER
Pegasus Motorcar Company & AUDI, USA

TALICH STRING QUARTET
Tuesday Evening Concert Series

GIL SHAHAM, violin, & AKIRA EGUCHI, piano
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Du Pont & the Upton Foundation

1997/98 Season

PINCHAS ZUKERMAN, violin, & MARC NEIKRUG, piano
Pegasus Motorcar Company & AUDI, USA

AULOS ENSEMBLE
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Du Pont & the Upton Foundation

1996/97 Season

THEATRE OF VOICES, PAUL HILLIER, director
Pegasus Motorcar Company
Sprint

NEW EUROPEAN STRINGS, DMITRY SITKOVETSKY, director & violin
Sprint

1995/96 Season

PINCHAS ZUKERMAN, violin, & MARC NEIKRUG, piano
SNL Securities & Anonymous