Welcome One And All To The Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival! Whether You Have Attended For Many Years Or Are Interested In Coming For The First Time, We Are Delighted.

Tickets For The 2025 Season Are On Sale Now! We Have A Terrific Line-Up Of Award-Winning Musicians And Ensembles Who Will Perform A Global Repertoire Featuring The Works Of Both Classical Composers And Modern Composers Working Today.

Our Concerts Take Place In Locations Across The Cape – From Wellfleet And Chatham To Cotuit And Falmouth. There's Bound To Be One Happening Near You!

Schedule Of Events:

July 29, 2025

5:30pm - Downtown With Genghis Barbie: The All-Female Horn Experience

A Free Community Concert

Genghis Barbie – Horn Quartet
Alana Vegter: "Freedom Barbie"
Danielle Kuhlmann: "Velvet Barbie"
Julie Thayer: "Tiger Barbie"
Rachel Drehmann: "Attila The Horn"
An Evening Of Music By Everyone From Georges Bizet To Lady Gaga! Genghis Barbie Performs Arrangements Of Pop Music From All Eras, Contemporary Commissions, And Classical Works. The Group Is Described As The Most Versatile And Expansive Group On New York City's Classical/Pop/Rock/Jazz/Indie/Alternative/Punk/Electro-Acoustic Scene. And They Sing, Too!

Genghis Barbie Was Conceived In A Unique Moment Of Ingenuity When Freedom Barbie, Tiger Barbie, Velvet Barbie, And Attila The Horn Converged And Vowed To Create Distinctive, Interactive And Personal Performances. Balancing Individual Careers In Symphony Orchestras In Addition To Their Busy New York City Performing Schedule, The Ladies Of Genghis Barbie Have Performed At Multiple International Horn Society Symposiums, Premiered A Solo Commission At Carnegie Hall, And Appeared On "America's Got Talent."

The Leading Post Post-Feminist Feminist Pop French Horn Experience, Genghis Barbie Is The Most Innovative And Energizing Chamber Ensemble Of Its Generation And Beyond. With A Combined 24 Years Of Conservatory Training, Genghis Barbie Delivers A Visceral And Unadulterated Musical Adventure.

Location: Federated Church Of Hyannis 320 Main Street, Hyannis, Ma

August 5, 2025

5:30pm - Popular Demand: The Return Of The Claremont Trio

Claremont Trio

Emily Bruskin, Violin
Julia Bruskin, Cello
Sophiko Simsive, Piano
Returning To The Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival By Popular Demand, The Award-Winning Claremont Trio Originally Formed In 1999 At The Juilliard School, But Twin Sisters Emily And Julia Bruskin Grew Up Playing Together In Cambridge, Massachusetts. Pianist Sophiko Simsive Recently Joined Them And The Three Women Of The Claremont Trio, Named After Claremont Avenue In New York City, Continue To Have Great Success With Their Thrillingly Virtuosic And Richly Communicative Performances.

The Claremont Trio Commissioned Syrian Composer Kinan Azmeh To Create His New Piece Gravitas And Will Premiere The Work At Festivals Across The Us This Year, Including Ours!

Location: Cotuit Center For The Arts, 4404 Falmouth Rd, Cotuit, Ma

August 7, 2025

5:30pm - Unity Through Music: We Are The Catalyst

Catalyst Quartet

Abi Fayette, Violin
Karla Donehew Perez, Violin
Paul Laraia, Viola
Karlos Rodriguez, Cello
The Young Stars Of The Grammy® Award-Winning Catalyst Quartet Make Their Debut With The Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival! Together, They Believe In The Unity That Can Be Achieved Through Music And Imagine Their Programs And Projects With This In Mind, Redefining And Reimagining The Classical Music Experience. Hailed By The New York Times At Its Carnegie Hall Debut As "Invariably Energetic And Finely Burnished… Playing With Earthy Vigor," The Catalyst Quartet Will Perform A Fascinating Mix Of An American Standard Orchestrated By A Contemporary Japanese Composer, A Recent Cuban Triptych By A Young Prize-Winning Composer, And Beethoven's Emotional String Quartet In A Minor.

"Like All Great Chamber Groups, The Catalyst Quartet Is Beautiful To Watch, Like A Family In Lively Conversation At The Dinner Table: Anticipating, Interrupting, Changing Subjects." – The New York Times

Location: Simon Center For The Arts, Falmouth Academy, 7 Highfield Drive, Falmouth

August 8, 2025

5:30pm - Unity Through Music: We Are The Catalyst

Catalyst Quartet

Abi Fayette, Violin
Karla Donehew Perez, Violin
Paul Laraia, Viola
Karlos Rodriguez, Cello
The Young Stars Of The Grammy® Award-Winning Catalyst Quartet Make Their Debut With The Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival! Together, They Believe In The Unity That Can Be Achieved Through Music And Imagine Their Programs And Projects With This In Mind, Redefining And Reimagining The Classical Music Experience. Hailed By The New York Times At Its Carnegie Hall Debut As "Invariably Energetic And Finely Burnished… Playing With Earthy Vigor," The Catalyst Quartet Will Perform A Fascinating Mix Of An American Standard Orchestrated By A Contemporary Japanese Composer, A Recent Cuban Triptych By A Young Prize-Winning Composer, And Beethoven's Emotional String Quartet In A Minor.

"Like All Great Chamber Groups, The Catalyst Quartet Is Beautiful To Watch, Like A Family In Lively Conversation At The Dinner Table: Anticipating, Interrupting, Changing Subjects." – The New York Times

Toru Takemitsu  (1930 – 1996)                  

Autumn Leaves (Les Feuilles Mortes) For String Quartet                                    

Jorge Amado Molina  (B. 1997)   

Tríptico Cubano (2016)

Monte
Culebra
Sol
Ludwig Van Beethoven   (1770 – 1827)

String Quartet In A Minor, Opus 132

Assai Sostenuto – Allegro 
Allegro Ma Non Tanto
Molto Adagio – Andante (Heiliger Dankgesang Eines 
Genesenen An Die Gottheit, In Der Lydischen Tonart)
Alla Marcia, Assai Vivace
Allegro Appassionato – Presto 

Location: First Congregational Church Of Wellfleet, 200 Main Street, Wellfleet

August 10, 2025

5:00pm - Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival Benefit

Join Us For A Special Gathering With Festival Friends And Musicians. In A Beautiful Waterfront Setting, We'll Enjoy A Performance By Award-Winning Musicians And Artistic Directors Jon Manasse And Jon Nakamatsu. Your Ticket Includes The Performance And A Wine And Cheese Reception With Delicious Hors D'oeuvres. Valet Parking Will Be Provided.

Location: Belmont Beach Club, 1 Belmont Road, West Harwich

August 11, 2025

5:30pm - Revelation: The Frautschi-Manasse-Nakamatsu Trio

Frautschi-Manasse-Nakamatsu Trio

Jennifer Frautschi, Violin
Jon Manasse, Clarinet
Jon Nakamatsu, Piano
Two-Time Grammy® Award Nominee And Avery Fisher Career Grant Recipient Jennifer Frautschi Joins Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival Artistic Directors Jon Manasse And Jon Nakamatsu. Jennifer Began The Violin At Age Three Under The Suzuki Method And Performs Today On A Glorious Antonio Stradivarius Violin. Critics Have Described Her Performances As "Electrifying," "Riveting," And "Mesmerizing." Together, This Trio Will Present A Concert Of German, French, And Russian Character, Finished Off By Two Spirited American Rags Originally Composed By John Novacek For The Manasse/Nakamatsu Duo And Arranged By Him For This Trio.

Johann Sebastian Bach   (1685 – 1750)

Two Chorale Preludes For Organ (Transcribed For Solo Piano By  Ferruccio Busoni)

Ich Ruf Zu Dir, Herr
Nun Komm' Der Heiden Heiland                                                   
Claude Debussy    (1862 – 1918)             

Sonata In G Minor For Violin And Piano, L. 140

Allegro Vivo
Intermède:  Fantasque Et Léger
Finale:  Très Animé
Claude Debussy   (1862 – 1918)               

Première Rhapsodie For Clarinet And Piano, L. 116

Igor Stravinsky (1882 – 1971)                 

L'histoire Du Soldat  Suite For Violin, Clarinet And Piano

Marche Du Soldat
Le Violon Du Soldat
Petit Concert
Tango—Valse—Rag 
La Danse Du Diable
           
John Novacek  (B. 1964)

Two Rags For Violin, Clarinet And Piano

4th Street Drag
Full Stride Ahead

Location: First Congregational Church Of Chatham, 650 Main St., Chatham, Ma

August 12, 2025

5:30 Pm - Jazz At The Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival: Count Basie Meets Gerry Mulligan

Dan Block, Clarinet
Chris Flory, Guitar
Lee Hudson, Bass
Tom Melito, Drums
With Special Guests Jon And Alec Manasse, Clarinet

The Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival Features A Night Of Jazz At The Cotuit Center For The Arts, Led By Dan Block, Faculty Member Of The Juilliard Jazz Studies Program.

While At Juilliard, Pursuing A Degree In Clarinet, Dan Block Divided His Time Between Jam Sessions In The New York Loft Scene And Playing In The Juilliard Orchestra Under The Baton Of Such Luminaries As Leonard Bernstein And Zubin Mehta. Block Has Performed And Recorded With Outstanding Vocalists Including Bobby Short, Rosemary Clooney, And Tony Bennett.

Chris Flory Played His First Gig On The Guitar At The Age Of Thirteen, And Later Joined Scott Hamilton's Quartet, Eventually Participating In Recordings For Concord Jazz And Many Overseas Tours, And Playing In Benny Goodman's Sextet. Drummer Tom Melito Grew Up Around Jazz Legends Bobby Hackett, Stan Getz, And Dave Mckenna, And Went On To Study At The Berklee School Of Music And To Play Around The Country And The World With Some Of The Greats Of Jazz. Bassist Lee Hudson Played And Toured With Many Musicians Including Junior Cook, Bill Hardman, Lou Donaldson, Dizzy Gillespie, And Charles Davis, And Has Performed Throughout North And South America And Most Of Europe As Well As In Many Major New York Jazz Clubs Including Birdland, Small's, And The Blue Note.

Special Guests Jon And Alec Manasse Will Join Dan Block For A Triple Clarinet Feature!

Selections To Be Announced From The Stage.

Location: Cotuit Center For The Arts, 4404 Falmouth Rd, Cotuit, Ma

August 15, 2025

5:30pm - Music For 6 And 7: Many Instruments, Extraordinary Sounds

Manasse/Nakamatsu & The New York All-Stars

Jennifer Frautschi, Violin
Danielle Farina, Viola
Inbal Segev, Cello
Pawel Knapik, Bass
Jon Manasse, Clarinet
Kevin Newton, Horn
Cynde Iverson, Bassoon
Jon Nakamatsu, Piano
Our Artistic Directors Jon And Jon Bring Together Several New York Artists At The Top Of Their Game. Danielle Farina, Principal Viola Of The Cape Symphony, Performed At Some Of The World's Most Prestigious Venues, Including Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, And The Library Of Congress. Israeli-American Cellist Inbal Segev Played For The Israeli President At Just Eight Years Old, And Came To International Attention Ten Years Later When She Made Her Debuts With Both The Berlin Philharmonic And Israel Philharmonic Under The Baton Of Zubin Mehta.

Pawel Knapik Is A Polish-American Bassist Who Performs Regularly With Preeminent New York City Orchestras And Has Also Worked With Paul Mccartney, Bono And The Edge, Elvis Costello, Jennifer Hudson, Miley Cyrus, And Harry Connick, Jr. Kevin Newton Is A Grammy®-Winning Horn Player, A Member Of Imani Winds, And A Performer In Broadway Orchestras, And He Was A Featured Artist At The 2024 International Horn Symposium. And Cynde Iverson Is Recognized As One Of The Finest Bassoonists Working Today; She Is Principal Bassoonist With The Stamford Symphony And New Haven Symphony And A Member Of The American Ballet Theater Orchestra.

This All-Star Group Performs Two Festival Favorites, One For Six Players And One For Seven, Which We Will Highlight For The First Time In Many Years.

Ludwig Van Beethoven   (1770 – 1827)

Septet In E-Flat Major For Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon, Violin, Viola, Cello And Bass, Op 20

Adagio – Allegro Con Brio
Adagio Cantabile
Tempo Di Menuetto
Thema Con Variazioni:  Andante
Scherzo:  Allegro Molto E Vivace
Andante Con Moto Alla Marcia – Presto 
                                               
Ernst Von  Dohnányi  (1877 – 1960)       

Sextet In C Major For Piano, Clarinet, Horn And String Trio, Opus 37

Allegro Appassionato
Intermezzo:  Adagio
Allegro Con Sentimento
Finale:  Allegro Vivace, Giocoso

Location: First Congregational Church Of Wellfleet, 200 Main Street, Wellfleet

August 19, 2025

5:30pm - Agile Virtuosity: Parker Quartet

Parker Quartet

Daniel Chong, Violin
Ken Hamao, Violin
Jessica Bodner, Viola
Kee-Hyun Kim, Cello
The "Fearless" Grammy® Award-Winning Parker Quartet Returns To The Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival! The Group Are Protegees Of The Festival-Favorite Borromeo Quartet. Founded And Currently Based In Boston (With Their Name Inspired By The Parker House, A Boston Historic Landmark), The Members Of The Parker Quartet Serve As Professors Of The Practice And Blodgett Artists-In-Residence At Harvard University's Department Of Music. They Are Renowned For Their Fresh And Unique Approach To The Great Classics While Being Passionate Ambassadors For Music Of Our Time.

"A String Quartet Defined By Virtuosity So Agile That It's Indistinguishable From The Process Of Emotional Expression." –  Gramophone Magazine

John Adams    (B. 1947)                     

Fellow Traveler (2007)                                 

Franz Schubert   (1797 – 1828)               

String Quartet No. 13 In A Minor, D. 804 "Rosamunde"

Allegro Ma Non Troppo
Andante
Menuetto (Allegro)—Trio
Allegro Moderato
Maurice Ravel (1875 – 1937)                     

String Quartet In F Major (1903)

Allegro Moderato—Très Doux 
Assez Vif—Très Rythmé
Très Lent
Vif Et Agité

Location: First Congregational Church Of Chatham, 650 Main St., Chatham, Ma

August 21, 2025

5:30pm - Phenomenon: Two Manasses, One Nakamatsu & More

Kobi Malkin, Violin
Grace Park, Violin
Danielle Farina, Viola
Brook Speltz, Cello
Pawel Knapik, Bass
Jon Manasse, Clarinet
Alec Manasse, Clarinet
Jon Nakamatsu, Piano
Talented Artists Join Manasse And Nakamatsu – Including Jon's Son Alec Manasse. Clarinetists Jon And Alec Will Join The String Players To Perform Bach's Concerto For Two Violins In D Minor – Even Though The Modern Clarinet Had Not Been Invented In Bach's Time!

Award-Winning Israeli Violinist Kobi Malkin Was Praised By The New York Times For His "Aptly Traversed Palette Of Emotions, From Languid Introspection To Fevered Intensity With Gorgeous Tone And An Edge-Of-Seat Intensity." Grace Park Is An Internationally Acclaimed Violinist Who Recently Gave Her Debut Recital At Carnegie Hall, Praised By The San Francisco Chronicle As "Fresh, Different, And Exhilarating."

Brook Speltz Is The Award-Winning Cellist Of The Internationally Renowned Escher String Quartet And An Artist Of The Chamber Music Society Of Lincoln Center Who Also Performs On Extensive Tours With The Cello Rock Band Break Of Reality. Danielle Farina, Principal Viola Of The Cape Symphony, Is A Member Of The Festival Orchestra Of Lincoln Center (Formerly The Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra) And The American Ballet Theater Orchestra, And Performs Locally With Giocosa Chamber Music, The Chatham Chorale, And Cosmos Sessions With Cape Symphony Concertmaster Jae Cosmos Lee.

Since Completing His Master's Degree At The Juilliard School, Clarinetist Alec Manasse Has Enjoyed A Lively And Varied Professional Life. Alec Plays Regularly With Many Of New York City's Top Ensembles, Including The Metropolitan Opera, The American Ballet Theater Orchestra, And The American Symphony Orchestra. He Also Frequently Played In The Orchestra Of Orchestra Of Sweeney Todd On Broadway.

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750)  

Concerto For Two Violins In D Minor, Bwv 1043 (Arranged For Two Clarinets And String Quintet)

Vivace
Largo Ma Non Tanto
Allegro

Franz Schubert  (1797 – 1828)

Quintet In A Major ("Trout") For Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass And  Piano, D.667

Allegro Vivace
Andante
Scherzo:  Presto; Trio
Tema Con Variazioni:  Andantino
Finale:  Allegro Giusto

Location: Simon Center For The Arts, Falmouth Academy, 7 Highfield Drive, Falmouth

August 22, 2025

5:30pm - Phenomenon: Two Manasses, One Nakamatsu & More

Kobi Malkin, Violin
Grace Park, Violin
Danielle Farina, Viola
Brook Speltz, Cello
Pawel Knapik, Bass
Jon Manasse, Clarinet
Alec Manasse, Clarinet
Jon Nakamatsu, Piano
Talented Artists Join Manasse And Nakamatsu – Including Jon's Son Alec Manasse. Clarinetists Jon And Alec Will Join The String Players To Perform Bach's Concerto For Two Violins In D Minor – Even Though The Modern Clarinet Had Not Been Invented In Bach's Time!

Award-Winning Israeli Violinist Kobi Malkin Was Praised By The New York Times For His "Aptly Traversed Palette Of Emotions, From Languid Introspection To Fevered Intensity With Gorgeous Tone And An Edge-Of-Seat Intensity." Grace Park Is An Internationally Acclaimed Violinist Who Recently Gave Her Debut Recital At Carnegie Hall, Praised By The San Francisco Chronicle As "Fresh, Different, And Exhilarating."

Brook Speltz Is The Award-Winning Cellist Of The Internationally Renowned Escher String Quartet And An Artist Of The Chamber Music Society Of Lincoln Center Who Also Performs On Extensive Tours With The Cello Rock Band Break Of Reality. Danielle Farina, Principal Viola Of The Cape Symphony, Is A Member Of The Festival Orchestra Of Lincoln Center (Formerly The Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra) And The American Ballet Theater Orchestra, And Performs Locally With Giocosa Chamber Music, The Chatham Chorale, And Cosmos Sessions With Cape Symphony Concertmaster Jae Cosmos Lee.

Since Completing His Master's Degree At The Juilliard School, Clarinetist Alec Manasse Has Enjoyed A Lively And Varied Professional Life. Alec Plays Regularly With Many Of New York City's Top Ensembles, Including The Metropolitan Opera, The American Ballet Theater Orchestra, And The American Symphony Orchestra. He Also Frequently Played In The Orchestra Of Sweeney Todd On Broadway.

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750)  

Concerto For Two Violins In D Minor, Bwv 1043 (Arranged For Two Clarinets And String Quintet)

Vivace
Largo Ma Non Tanto
Allegro 
Franz Schubert  (1797 – 1828)

Quintet In A Major ("Trout") For Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass And  Piano, D.667

Allegro Vivace
Andante
Scherzo:  Presto; Trio
Tema Con Variazioni:  Andantino
Finale:  Allegro Giusto

Location: First Congregational Church Of Wellfleet, 200 Main Street, Wellfleet

Date: July 29 - August 22, 2025

Location: Various Venues in MA

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