Montrose Trio By Scott MacClelland TWO MUSCULAR PIANO TRIOS completed a program by the Montrose Trio in Carmel on Saturday night. They were the E Minor of 1944 by Dmitri Shostakovich and the D Minor of 1894 by Anton Arensky, two […]
Montrose Trio By Scott MacClelland TWO MUSCULAR PIANO TRIOS completed a program by the Montrose Trio in Carmel on Saturday night. They were the E Minor of 1944 by Dmitri Shostakovich and the D Minor of 1894 by Anton Arensky, two […]
Montrose Trio at Sunset Center by Lyn Bronson April 7, 2019 Montrose Trio Wow! Chamber Music Monterey Bay ended its season with a sizzler. The Montrose Trio’s performance was smoking’ hot and just got better and better as the concert went […]
by Lyn Bronson October 7, 2018 CMMB opened its 2018-2019 season at Sunset Center last night with a performance by the Van Kuijk Quartet. These young musicians charmed us with their youthful exuberance, instrumental mastery and compelling rendering of the three […]
Decoda Ensemble earns ovation for “Gumboots” by David Beech February 25, 2018 Decoda, the pioneering Affiliate Ensemble of Carnegie Hall, is a group of young musicians with a mission. Not only do they perform a wide range of music (including modern […]
Decoda Ensemble Posted on February 26, 2018 By Scott MacClelland THE MESSAGE of the Decoda string quartet to the student musicians from Youth Music Monterey who attended their master class was ‘internalize’ the music. Eight student musicians participated at the York School […]
Chamber Music Monterey Bay (CMMB) has a long tradition of presenting the crème de la crème of chamber ensembles and also of commissioning significant new works by contemporary composers. In last night’s concert at Sunset Center CMMB once again hit it out […]
On Friday evening November 10, the members of the Morgenstern Trio returned for the fourth time to perform for Chamber Music Monterey Bay at Sunset Center in Carmel. Every time we hear this ensemble we marvel once again at the […]
Apparently we had a close call. In the week before his recital at Sunset Center for Chamber Music Monterey Bay On April 8, pianist Nakamatsu came down with the flu and a few days before the recital was still fighting a temperature […]
When I read a preview of Chamber Music Monterey Bay’s presentation of the Daedalus Quartet, the first question in my mind was: am I going to enjoy this concert? The program consisted of what appeared to be piece of juvenilia by […]
Chamber Music Monterey Bay continued its 2016-2017 season last night at Sunset Center with a return visit by the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio. This year Pianist Joseph Kalichstein, violinist Jaime Laredo and cellist Sharon Robinson are celebrating the 4oth anniversary of joining to become a […]
Chamber Music Monterey Bay brings world-renowned chamber music ensembles to the Greater Monterey Bay Area. Since 1966. Five signature concerts annually. Traditional chamber music. And new music. West Coast and World Premieres. Educational programming. Kids up front and free!