29th Season Concert Series
2024-2025
THE MOANIN’ FROGS
A perfect blend of expertise, charm, and entertainment
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 5 PM
CENTURY SQUARE
4:15 PM Pre–Concert Performance
BV Community Youth Big Band
Supported by Brazos Valley Jazz Society
six saxophones of all sizes
“The Moanin’ Frogs are completely unique – I’ve never seen or heard anything even remotely like these guys. ... they play so amazingly well together, as if controlled by one central brain. It’s astonishing.” Dave Koz, nine-time GRAMMY®-nominated Smooth Jazz Saxophonist
2024-2025 SEASON
UPCOMING CONCERTS
flute, violin, bassoon, cello, Baroque guitars,
bass, harpsichord
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 5 PM
First Presbyterian Church
A joyous feast of rustic dances from the 18th century
Supported by Concerts on Carter Creek
THE STRING QUEENS
violin, viola, cello
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2025, 5 PM
A&M United Methodist Church
Multitudes of musical genres and styles
Limited Seating
Tickets $25 advanced
$30 at the door
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Grammy Award-winners
SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 2025, 5 PM
A&M United Methodist Church
BACH TO BRAZIL
“The world’s hottest classical ensemble or its tightest pop band?" – Los Angeles Times
MIRÓ STRING QUARTET
SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 2025, 5 PM
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
Haydn, Shaw, Beethoven
One of America’s most celebrated string groups acclaimed for its exceptional tonal focus and interpretive intensity plays classical masterpieces & new works
Friends of Chamber Music’s
World Cultural Heritage Composition at the
World Shakuhachi Festival 2025
SUNDAY, APRIL 20, 2025, 4:30 PM
Rudder Theatre
Performance of new music by traditional Japanese flute joined by chamber ensemble of classical instruments
Concert in collaboration with School of Performance, Visualization & Fine Arts at TAMU as part of the World Shakuhachi Festival 2025
The Bryan/College Station community is very fortunate to have the Friends of Chamber Music and all of the wonderful Art Music that this organization brings to B/CS! Last night’s Jazz Prelude performance by the Raquel Cepeda Latin Jazz Septet from Houston was a unique and much needed experience for B/CS, which I hope happens more frequently.
Cepeda’s septet was not only comprised of world-class virtuoso improvisers who were well-versed in the vocabulary of America’s classical music known as Jazz, but the group was also a somewhat rare sighting in the live Jazz scene: they were a well-rehearsed, cohesive ENSEMBLE that was successfully (and more importantly, effortlessly) executing very clever, complex and interesting/original arrangements! As someone who has seen and heard a lot of live Jazz in many different cities over the decades, I’d like to point out that this is not always the case. This was definitely more than just a “pick up band” of good players thrown together at the last minute for a gig. I was also pleasantly surprised to hear how well they specialized in the less frequently performed Brazillian forms of Jazz styles, as opposed to just playing the more commonly performed (but still wonderful) Cuban “Salsa” styles of Jazz.
I’ve been to other bands’ performances at Century Square and was also very impressed at how large of a turnout there was at last night’s event, compared to the other crowds that I’ve seen there. I also noticed a lot of the dining crowd and people passing by who also stopped and seemed to be pleasantly surprised last night, which makes me think that there are a lot people in B/CS who became introduced to the FCM last night and will hopefully seek out supporting more of this wonderful organization’s events.
Thank you so much, Friends of Chamber Music!
Travis Barney
Band Teacher, College Station ISD