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2024-2025 Season Press Releases

Chameleons essay trios of cinematic fantasy at Up Close recital on Sunday, April 27

March 27, 2025 – Boston, MA – Chameleon resumes its popular “Up Close” recital series with a program titled “A play of light and shadow” on Sunday, April 27, 2025 at 4 PM at Goethe-Institut, Boston. Clarinetist Kelli O’Connor, cellist Rafael Popper-Keizer, and pianist Vivian Chang-Freiheit will essay clarinet trios of cinematic fantasy including Beethoven’s Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 11 “Gassenhauer;” Alexander Zemlinsky’s d minor Clarinet Trio, Op. 3; Libby Larsen’s Trio Noir; and Brahms’ Trio in a minor for clarinet, cello, and piano, Op. 114. The New London Day called Ms. O’Connor “the star of the evening,” The New York Times praised Mr. Popper-Keizer as “imaginative and eloquent,” andThe Boston Musical Intelligencer noted that Ms. Chang-Freiheit was “soulful, passionate, playful, delicate, and her sense of ensemble brilliant.”

Chameleon Arts Ensemble presents “How it ends?” on April 5 and 6

March 6, 2025 – Boston, MA – Chameleon continues its 27th season with How it ends? on Saturday, April 5, 7:30 PM and Sunday, April 6, 4 PM at First Church in Boston. The program muses on “cycle of life” themes of birth, death, and transformation through Ravel’s Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano “Posthume;” Richard Rodney Bennett’s After Syrinx Ifor oboe and piano; Olivier Messiaen’s final work, Pièce pour piano et quatuor à cordes; Gabriel Fauré’s valedictory Piano Quintet No. 2 in c minor, Op. 115; and the world premiere of Laura Schwendinger’s Ghost Music for for soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and percussion.

Chameleon presents “Fragments and Fantasies,” an Up Close recital of works for violin and piano, on March 16

February 13, 2025 – Boston, MA – Violinist Claire Bourg and pianist Mika Sasaki share a Chameleon Up Close recital titled “Fragments and Fantasies” on Sunday, March 16, 2024 at 4 PM at Goethe-Institut, Boston. The duo will take on Brahms’ Scherzo in c minor from “F-A-E” Sonata, WoO 2; Judith Weir’s Music for 247 Strings; Schubert’s dazzling C Major Fantasie, Op. 159, D. 934; and Schumann’s d minor sonata for violin & piano, Op. 121. The Arts Fuse praised Ms. Bourg for “radiant graces” and “sweeping harmonic beauties,” and commended Ms. Sasaki for exploring “every orchestral-like texture and stormy aside with boldness and graceful humor.”

Chameleon resumes 2024-2025 season with “Between Two Worlds” on February 22 and 23

January 23, 2025 – Boston, MA – Chameleon resumes its 27th season with Between Two Worlds on Saturday, February 22, 7:30 PM and Sunday, February 23, 4 PM at First Church in Boston. The program explores the bustling styles, innovation, and means of expression that blossomed between the two world wars. It includes Milhaud’s jazz-age Création du monde for piano quintet; Berg’s Adagio from Kammerkonzert for violin, clarinet; and piano; George Rochberg’s Between Two Worlds (Ukiyo-e III) for flute and piano; and two rarities: Pavel Haas’ folk-tinged Wind Quintet (1929) and Erich Korngold’s late-romantic masterpiece, the Suite for two violins, cello, and piano left-hand, Op. 23.

Chameleon Arts Ensemble presents “Origin Stories” on November 23 and 24

October 24, 2024 – Boston, MA – Chameleon continues its 27th season with Origin Stories on Saturday, November 23, 7:30 PM and Sunday, November 24, 4 PM at First Church in Boston. Inspired by the origin stories of comic book superheroes, this virtuosic program includes early works by musical superheroes: Beethoven’s Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Major, WoO 36; Bernstein’s Sonata for clarinet and piano; Chinary Ung’s Child Song for flute, violin, cello, and piano; and George Enescu’s kaleidoscopic Octet in C Major, Op. 7.

Chameleon opens 27th season with “Exercises en Route” on October 5-6

September 5, 2024 – Boston, MA – Chameleon opens its 27th season with Exercises en Route on Saturday, October 5, 7:30 PM and Sunday, October 6, 4 PM at First Church in Boston. The program of poetry, legacy, and memory includes Schubert’s Cello Quintet; Ernest Bloch’s Three Nocturnes for piano trio; Arnold Schoenberg’s 1905 Ein Stelldichein (A Rendezvous) for oboe, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano; and Earl Kim’s Samuel Beckett-inspired cycle, Exercises en Route for soprano, flute, oboe, clarinet, violin, cello, and percussion.

Chameleon announces its 2024-2025 Season Programs

August 1, 2024 – Boston, MA – The Chameleon Arts Ensemble is pleased to announce its 2024-2025 season programs. Over the past 26 years, Chameleon has built a reputation as Boston’s most adventurous chamber ensemble, integrating old and new repertoire into unexpected chamber music programs that are themselves works of art. The Ensemble has received extensive critical acclaim for its world-class performances, the staggering array of works it has presented, and for the enduring and innovative programming of Artistic Director, Deborah Boldin – transforming the listening experience by exploring both the rich tradition and the continual evolution of the chamber music art form.

2023-2024 Season Press Releases

Chameleon presents “Tunes, Tales & Tricksters,” a free family concert & instrument “petting zoo” on Saturday, June 1

Chameleon closes 26th chamber series with “Water, water every where” May 18-19

Chameleon Arts Ensemble presents “Shadows, Canons, Veils” on April 20 and 21

Chameleon presents “Pioneers and Pathmakers,” an Up Close recital of works for violin and piano on April 7

Chameleons essay piano trios of grace and grandeur at Up Close recital on Sunday, March 17

Chameleon Arts Ensemble resumes 2023-2024 season with “Seeking Syllables” on Feb 24-25

Chameleon Arts Ensemble presents “As near as memory –” on November 18-19

Chameleon opens 26th season with “La Belle Époque” on October 14-15 

Chameleon announces its 2023-2024 Season Programs

2022-2023 Season Press Releases

Chameleon presents “Big Ideas!” a free family concert & instrument “petting zoo” on Saturday, June 3

Chameleon closes 25th anniversary season with “Diversions & Entertainments” on May 20 and 21

Chameleons explore boundaries of expression in Up Close recital on Sunday, April 30

Chameleon Arts Ensemble presents “Fêtes galantes” on April 1 and 2

Chameleon pianists in four-hand Up Close recital on Sunday, March 19

Chameleon resumes 25th anniversary season with “How silver-sweet sound” on March 4-5

Chameleon celebrates 25 years with Bach’s Complete Brandenburg Concertos on November 19-20

Chameleon Arts Ensemble presents “Gods and Monsters” on October 29-30

Chameleon opens 25th Anniversary Season with “Vienna Dreams” on October 1 and 2

Chameleon Arts Ensemble Announces 25th Anniversary Season Programs