2024-25 SERIES CONCERT #5: A Journey Through Impressionism
2025-04-19 15:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | North Carolina Museum of Art, 2110 Blue Ridge Rd, Raleigh, NC, 27607, United States
Saturday, April 19, 3:00 pm, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh (SECU Auditorium, East Building)
In partnership with the LACE Collective.
A history of music as a part of the impressionism movement, focusing on light and color.

REPERTOIRE
Gabriel Fauré La bonne Chanson, Op. 61, nine melodies for voice and piano, poetry by Paul Verlaine
Nadia Boulanger Three Pieces for cello and piano
Henri Duparc “L’invitation au voyage”
Camille Saint-Saëns Quartet for piano and strings in B-flat Major, Op. 41
Maurice Ravel Sonata for violin and piano, No. 2, M. 77
ARTISTS
Jennifer Curtis – violin, Suzanne Rousso – viola, Sophie Shao – cello
Danielle DeSwert Hahn – piano, Norman Shankle – tenor
TICKETS: $10-$30 PURCHASE

PARTNER CONCERT: The Sea, the Sky, the Abyss: Alzheimer’s Stories with the Concert Singers of Cary
2025-05-17 19:30 - 21:30 | Westood Baptist Church, Cary NC, 200 Westhigh St, Cary, NC, 27511, United States
Saturday, May 17@ 7:30 pm, Westwood Baptist Church in Cary.
Join Nathan Leaf and the Concerts Singers of Cary in their last concert of the season, accompanied by instrumentalists from Mallarme Music.
Alzheimer’s Disease has affected millions of people all over the world. The people who suffer from it, and those who know and care for them, must navigate a changing and challenging existence. At times somber, and at times humorous and inspirational, Robert S. Cohen’s oratorio, Alzheimer’s Stories is a musical reflection on this path trodden by many. Paired with Jake Runestad’s The Secret of the Sea, Becoming the Ocean and The Ways of Stars the concert explores the vastness of our human journey together on this earth.
https://concertsingers.org/our-season-24-25/alzheimers-stories/
Tickets: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/concertsingersofcary/1621482

PARTNER CONCERT: Music @ St Albans, Bach to Beatles to Bluegrass
2025-05-18 15:00 - 16:30 | St Alban’s Church Episcopal Church Davidson, NC, 301 Caldwell Ln, Davidson, NC, 28036, United States
Sunday, May 18, 2025 at 3:00 pm, St Alban’s Episcopal Church, Davidson, NC.
Durham-based Mallarmé Music presents “Bach to Beatles to Bluegrass”. Follow the history of the music for strings starting with works by J.S. Bach through the music of the Beatles and traditional bluegrass arranged for quartet by Mark O’Connor.
Leah Peroutka and Anne Leyland – violin
Suzanne Rousso – viola, Nathan Leyland – cello
Music of Bach, Haydn, Dvorak, Debussy, Jennifer Higdon, Rhiannon Giddens, the Beatles and Mark O’Connor.
Tickets:https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/masaevents/mallarme-music

PARTNER CONCERT: Missa Solemnis with the Choral Society of Durham
2025-05-18 16:00 - 18:00 | Baldwin Auditorium, 1336 Campus Drive, Durham, NC, 27708, United States
Sunday, May 18, 4:00 pm Baldwin Auditorium, Durham
The Choral Society of Durham, Rodney Wynkoop – director, with Mallarmé Music
Rarely performed because of the sheer difficulty of singing it, Beethoven’s monumental Missa Solemnis was considered by the composer to be his greatest composition, a culmination of his life-long desire to combine music and philosophy. The full power of this piece, according to one writer, lies in the glory of its vision, that musical struggle required, and the joy of obstacles overcome. The Choral Society’s 150 singers will be joined by a superb orchestra from Mallarmé Music and a quartet of professional soloists.

Tickets: $5-$25 PURCHASE TICKETS

SERIES CONCERT #6: Incessant Hum: theatre/music hybrid event celebrating Beethoven!
2025-05-23 19:30 - 21:00 | PSI Theatre – Durham Arts Council, 120 Morris St, Durham, NC, 27701, United States
In 2020, the world celebrated the 250th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven’s birth; five years later, Mallarme Music will pay tribute to the composer’s legacy and his contribution to our world, with an original script by Jeff Neuman: Incessant Hum.
Commissioned by the Colorado Chamber Players, the production is a chamber music/theatre hybrid in honor of Beethoven. Playwright Neuman is himself profoundly hard of hearing.
Directed by Eric Love, Incessant Hum explores the emotional world that Beethoven experienced, as he lost his hearing and his ability to perform as a pianist and conductor. With Austin Campion as Beethoven and Alissa Roca as the mysterious Elise, Mallarme Music performs excerpts from the op. 95 and 135 quartets; the Archduke Trio; Piano Sonata, op. 32 and Moonlight Sonata; Cello and Piano Sonata No. 5 in D Major; and “Ode To Joy” from Symphony No. 9.
Jacqueline Wolborsky and Tiffany Kang – violin
Suzanne Rousso – viola, Nate Leyland – cello
Daniel Seyfried – piano
PROGRAM NOTES
Tickets are $10/$15/$30 PURCHASE

Summer Strings of Soul: The BRIDGERTON REIMAGINED 6:30 or 8:30 pm
2025-06-20 18:30 - 19:45 | Missy Lane’s Assembly Hall, 310 E Main St, Suite 100, Durham, NC, 27701, United States
Summer Strings of Soul @ Missy Lane’s Assembly Room
The Bridgerton Reimagined with candlelight
Friday, June 20: 2 show options at 6:30 pm and 8:30 pm
Pop ballads and Royal drama, music performed by Mallarmé’s String Quartet in Durham’s Missy Lane’s Assembly Hall.
Costumes encouraged!
Leah Peroutka and Anne Leyland – violin
Suzanne Rousso – viola
Nathan Leyland – cello
Music of Antonio Vivaldi, Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish, Celeste, W. A. Mozart, Rihanna, Robyn, Alanis Morissette, P!nk, Miley Cyrus, GAYLE, Sia, F. J. Haydn and Coldplay
Single Tickets are $40
Optional Prix Fixe dinner and cocktail pairing are available for purchase at Missy Lane’s
Tickets $40 @ 6:30 or 8:30 PURCHASE

Summer Strings of Soul: BAROQUE to the BEATLES (6:30 AND 8:30)
2025-07-18 18:30 - 19:45 | Missy Lane’s Assembly Hall, 310 E Main St, Suite 100, Durham, NC, 27701, United States
Summer Strings of Soul: Baroque to the Beatles
Friday, July 18: 2 show options at 6:30 pm and 8:30 pm
By candlelight at Missy Lane’s Assembly Hall in Durham enjoy music from Bach to Abbey Road, join Mallarme’s String Quartet in a musical journey from the music of J.S. Bach to songs by the Beatles.
Music of J.S. Bach, Jennifer Higdon, Rhiannon Giddens, Mark O’Connor and the Beatles, tunes include “Hey Jude,” “Yesterday'” “Here Comes the Sun,” “I want to hold you hand,” and more…
Leah Peroutka and Anne Leyland – violin
Suzanne Rousso – viola
Nathan Leyland – cello
Tickets $40 PURCHASE
Optional Prix Fixe dinner and cocktail pairing are available for an additional purchase, available at the venue.

Summer Strings of Soul: A MOTOWN Chamber Experience (6:30 and 8:30)
2025-08-15 18:30 - 19:45 | Missy Lane’s Assembly Hall, 310 E Main St, Suite 100, Durham, NC, 27701, United States
Summer Strings of Soul: A Motown Chamber Experience
Friday, August 15: 2 show options at 6:30 pm and 8:30 pm.
The genius of Stevie, Diana, Marvin—reborn with the Mallarme String Quartet. At Missy Lane’s Assembly Hall in Durham. Accompanied by candlelight, costumes are encouraged!
Leah Peroutka and Anne Leyland – violin
Suzanne Rousso – viola
Nathan Leyland – cello
SONGS (subject to change)
Ain’t no Mountain High Enough
At Last
Dancing in the Street
I Heard it Through the Grapevine
I’ll Be There
My Girl
Signed, Sealed, Delivered
Sir Duke
Stop in the Name of Love
Stand by Me
You are the Sunshine of my Life
Optional Prix Fixe dinner and cocktail pairing are available.
General admission is $40 PURCHASE
Food and drink may be ordered for an additional charge upon arrival at the venue.

SPECIAL EVENT: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (silent film with live music) in Lancaster, SC
2025-10-25 19:00 - 20:30 | Lancaster Cultural Arts Center, 307 West Gay Street, Lancaster, SC, 29720, United States
THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI with LIVE SCORE
(NR, 1920, 75 min)
Saturday, October 25, 2025 @ 7:00 pm, Lancaster Cultural Arts Center, Lancaster, SC
Eric Schwartz – composer performed by Mallarmé Music: ensemble of viola, cello, oboe, keyboard and soprano.
Mallarmé Music and The Carolina Theatre’s Retro film series presents “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” with original chamber music composed by Eric Schwartz. This film catapulted the movement known as German Expressionism into film history. Director Robert Wiene and a visionary team of designers crafted a nightmare in which light, shadow and substance are abstracted, a world in which a demented doctor and a carnival sleepwalker perpetrate a series of ghastly murders in a small community. “Caligari” will be presented with live chamber music!
Andrea Edith Moore – soprano, Jacqueline Nappi – keyboard, Suzanne Rousso – viola,
Nathan Leyland – cello, Bo Newsome – oboe
SINGLE TICKETS are $20 PURCHASE

Duke University Bach Cantata Series - Sunday, November 9, 5 pm
2025-11-09 17:00 - 18:30 | Duke University Chapel, 401 Chapel Drive, Durham, NC, 27708, United States
Listen to the music of two Baroque-era master composers-Johann Sebastian Bach and Antonio Vivaldi-and will be performed by an ensemble comprising students, music department faculty, and Mallarmé Music Baroque instrumentalists.
Repertoire
* Vivaldi’s Concerto in A minor, RV 522 (for two violins)
* Bach’s Vivaldi Concerto in A minor, BWV 593 (organ solo)
* Bach’s Non sa che sia dolore, BWV 209 (a cantata for soprano, flute, and strings)
* Vivaldi’s In furore iustissimae irae, RV 626 (a cantata for soprano and strings)
The performers are:
* Dr. Philip Cave, Conductor-in-Residence at Duke Chapel, director
* Mallarmé Music, Baroque Period instrumentalists
* Dr. Clara Rottsolk, Assistant Professor of the Practice of Music in Duke’s Department of Music, soprano
* Dr. Roseen Giles, Mrs. Alexander Hehmeyer Associate Professor of Music in Duke’s Department of Music, flute
* Dr. David Lim, Duke Chapel Organ Scholar, organ
* Yasmine Kwong and Justine Shih, Duke Students, violin
Free admission and free parking. ADA parking is available at the surface lot at the same address.
Johann Sebastian Bach’s cantatas are often considered the pinnacle of German sacred music, works whose theological depth and emotional resonance touch deep places in the human soul. This year’s cantata series, “Bach &,” features cantatas, concerti, and organ works by Bach and his contemporaries, illuminating the connections and differences between these Baroque masters.
This concert contrasts the music of Bach and Vivaldi. A lot of Vivaldi’s music was written for young players, which is recognized in this performance by having Duke students play the solo violin parts. They will perform on the music department’s historic period instruments, tuned to Baroque-era pitch.
Learn more about the music in this concert at a pre-concert lecture by Duke Chapel Organist Chad Fothergill at 4:00 p.m. in the Divinity School’s Goodson Chapel.
Families with young children, or those not able to attend the concert, are welcome to visit the rehearsal in Duke Chapel on Saturday, November 8, between 1:30 and 4:00 p.m.

PARTNER EVENT: Handel's Messiah @ Duke University Chapel
2025-12-05 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-12-06 15:00 - 17:30, 2025-12-07 16:00 - 18:30 | Duke University Chapel, 401 Chapel Drive, Durham, NC, 27708, United States
Duke Chapel Music presents MESSIAH
Presented by Duke Chapel Music with Mallarme Music and the Duke Chapel Choir
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5th 2025, 7:30 PM
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6th 2025, 3:00 PM
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7th 2025, 4:00 PM
CHEA KANG, sopranoKEY’MON MURRAH, contertenorKAY’MON MURRAH, tenorEDMUND MILLY, bassDavid Rayl, guest conductorSince 1933, Duke University Chapel has welcomed the holiday season with the sublime music of Messiah. From the haunting strains of “The people that walked in darkness” to the exuberant triumph of “Hallelujah” and “Worthy is the Lamb,” George Frideric Handel’s masterwork weaves a musical tapestry that recounts the story of Christ’s life, from birth through death and resurrection.
Each performance will include selections from Parts I, II, and III, and will last approximately two hours and fifteen minutes with intermission.
Tickets: $38 – $19 PURCHASE TICKETS

PARTNER EVENT: In Durham as it is in heaven @ Trinity Ave. Presbyterian Church
2025-12-06 19:30 - 20:30 | Trinity Avenue Presbyterian Church, 927 W Trinity Ave, Durham, NC, 27701, United States
An Advent concert featuring Vivaldi’s Gloria and J.S. Bach’s BWV 62 in collaboration with Mallarmé Music and Trinity Avenue Presbyterian Church.
There will be solos by Monica Music, Kirsten Overdahl, David Wiehle, and Christopher Short, along with performances by the Trinity Choir and Trinity Choral Artists
The concert is free, but donations will be accepted towards the Trinity Avenue Elizabeth Andrews Emergency Assistance Fund which helps people in Durham facing eviction and utilities disconnections.
Questions? Contact TAPC Director of Music Ministry, Elizabeth Daly, at edaly@trinityave.org
FREE

PARTNER EVENT: The World Waits in Hope/ Choral Society of Durham
2025-12-21 16:00 - 17:30 | Duke University Chapel, 401 Chapel Drive, Durham, NC, 27708, United States
The World Waits in Hope
Presented by the Choral Society of Durham
Rodney Wykoop, director
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21st, 2025 | 4:00 PM

The Choral Society is joined by a chamber orchestra from Mallarmé Music to present holiday music from five centuries and five different countries. Besides music by well-known composers Vivaldi, Buxtehude, and John Rutter, the concert offers music of 19c Brazilian composer José Maurício Nunes Garcia and excerpts from Margaret Bonds’ The Ballad of the Brown King.
TICKETS PURCHASE
Full Price: $25Students, Youth $10
Estimated Runtime: 75 minutes

NOTES OF VIEW @ NCMA: Bach's Best
2026-01-10 11:00 - 12:00 | North Carolina Museum of Art, 2110 Blue Ridge Rd, Raleigh, NC, 27607, United States
Mallarme will be performing in a new series at the North Carolina Museum of Art on Saturday Jan 10, 2026 @ 11 am and 2 pm. FREE!
Live music in the galleries inspired by art—Notes on View is a pop-up music series at the NCMA featuring 40-minute live performances that respond to and resonate with works on display. Ranging from contemporary sounds to classical compositions, performances invite you to experience the galleries in a new way: through sound, space, and shared creativity.
Music of J.S. Bach for harpsichord, baroque viola and baroque cello: Solo Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, French Suite No. 5 in G Major for Harpsichord and the Gamba Sonata No. 1 in G major, BWV 1027
Jennifer Streeter – harpsichord, Suzanne Rousso – viola, Stephanie Vial – cello
MORE INFO ABOUT BACH’S BEST

SERIES CONCERT: Double Trouble
2026-01-24 15:00 - 17:00 | Trinity Avenue Presbyterian Church, 927 W Trinity Ave, Durham, NC, 27701, United States
Baroque Concertos for two players in partnership with Baroque & Beyond
Saturday, January 24, 2026 3:00 pm, Trinity Avenue Presbyterian Church, Durham
PROGRAM
Giuseppe Torelli: Concerto musicali, Op.6, No. 10
Carl Heinrich Graun: Concerto for recorder and violin
G.P. Telemann: Concerto for two violas TWV 52:G3
Antonio Vivaldi Concerto for 4 violins in D major
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for cello and bassoon
Michael Corrette: Concerto Comique No. 25 in G minor
Francesco Geminiani: Concerto Grosso in B-flat major, Op. 7, No. 6
ARTISTS
Elizabeth Field – violin
Allison Nyquist – violin/viola
Martie Perry – violin/viola
Gabriel Richard – violin
David Sariti – violin
Suzanne Rousso – viola
Stephanie Vial – cello
Robbie Link – violone
Jennifer Streeter – recorder and harpsichord
Charles Wines – bassoon and traverso
Tickets: $30/$15/$10 plus sales tax
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SERIES CONCERT: Surviving Inquisition with Forgotten Clefs
2026-02-28 19:30 - 21:00 | Duke University Chapel, 401 Chapel Drive, Durham, NC, 27708, United States
Performed by Forgotten Clefs, “Surviving Inquisition” traces the musical journey of Sephardic Jews from the thirteenth century in Alfonso el Sabio’s Castile, through the early years of the Inquisition in late fifteenth-century Catholic Spain, to Italy in the early seventeenth century, where many Jews lived following expulsion. Using European and Arabic instruments-including dulcians, harp, hurdy-gurdy, recorders, and shawms, Surviving Inquisition intertwines traditional Sephardic tunes with Catholic music from Medieval manuscripts, featuring works by Juan del Encina (1468-1530), Juan de Anchieta (1462-1523), Christobal de Morales (1500-1553), and Salamone Rossi (1570-1630) in music of the Jewish composer Salamone Rossi (1570-1630), living in diaspora in early 17th-century Mantua, Italy.
ARTISTS
Sarah Schilling, project leader – recorder, shawm, dulcian
Christopher Armijo – recorder, dulcian, percussion
Keith Collins – recorder, shawm, dulcian, harp
Kelsey Schilling – recorder, shawm, dulcian, hurdy-gurdy
Lev DePaolo – soprano
TICKETS: $10-$30 Duke University Box Office PURCHASE
