Tuesday, July 15, 2025, 7:30 p.m.

Frederick Moyer performing Classical, and The Fred Moyer Jazz Trio performing Jazz

On Tuesday evening, July 15th, at 7:30 p.m., SMfG will present Frederick Moyer performing Classical, and The Fred Moyer Jazz Trio performing Jazz.

“A success on the highest level from first to last…something to write home about.”
—BOSTON GLOBE

“First-class…”
—THE NEW YORK TIMES

“Moyer breezed through this splendidly varied and arduously demanding recital with technical and stylistic colors flying.”
—LOS ANGELES TIMES

“The Ravel sounded especially ravishing. The Reger and Liszt could scarcely be more brilliantly played.”
—NEW YORK MAGAZINE

“The Beethoven fitted him as glove to hand with exhilarating effect. A born pianist.”
—PHILADELPHIA EVENING BULLETIN

“A superstar pianist…But it was not so much technique that impressed as his musicality.”
—THE MILWAUKEE JOURNAL

“Guest pianist Frederick Moyer excelled in the Rachmaninoff Third Piano Concerto and dazzled — almost stunned — the audience with his solo encore, a Busoni version of Liszt’s ‘La Campanella.’ … Moyer’s performance, one by a talented, well-prepared, committed and inspired artist, reminded us of the wonder of being human.”
—FORT COLLINS COLORADOAN

“…one of the finest concerts in recent memory.”
—SARASOTA HERALD-TRIBUNE

Concert pianist Frederick Moyer has performed with most of the major orchestras in the United States as well as many orchestras throughout Europe, South America, Asia, and Australia and in such venues as Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, Tanglewood, the Sydney Opera House, Windsor Castle, and Suntory Hall in Tokyo.

In the first part of this evening’s concert for SMfG, Moyer will perform solo piano works composed by Beethoven and Mozart, among others, and will also provide entertaining and educational commentary thereon.

For the second part of the concert, The Fred Moyer Jazz Trio (Fred Moyer on piano, Evan Palmer on bass and Bob Savine on drums) will perform note-for-note renditions of some of the great jazz pianists, such as Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, Erroll Garner and Ahmad Jamal, introducing the greatest creations of this art form to classical music audiences. The trio create a score by transcribing every note of a favorite jazz performance and then approach the score just as they would a chamber music work of Beethoven and Mozart, not changing the notes and staying true to the original composition, but performing the music with the spontaneity of a live concert.

Tickets at the door: $22. Children under 18: free.

Tuesday, July 22, 2025, 7:30 p.m.

The Neave Trio

On Tuesday evening, July 22nd, at 7:30 p.m., SMfG will present the Grammy-nominated The Neave Trio.

“Stirring musicality”
—THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

“What excellent performances this trio gives”
—THE NEW YORK TIMES

“…first tier”
—THE BOSTON MUSICAL INTELLIGENCER

​“Utterly beguiling playing…”
—BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

Concert Program:
Cécile Chaminade: Piano Trio No. 2 in A minor, Op. 34
Dora Pejačević: Piano Trio in C Major, Op. 29
[Intermission]
Clara Schumann: Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 17

Hailed by Fanfare magazine as “having exceeded the Gold Standard and moved on to Platinum,” The Neave Trio has emerged as one of the finest young ensembles of its generation. It has been praised for its “bright and radiant music making” by the critic Robert Sherman (WQXR Radio) and described as “a consummate ensemble” by the Palm Beach Daily News and “a brilliant trio” by MusicWeb International.

Its members originating from the US, Russia, and Japan, the trio has performed on concert stages from Carnegie Hall in New York to venues in the UK, continental Europe, and Russia, receiving the highest critical acclaim. Performances have been broadcast on radio stations across the United States and abroad, notably on American Public Media’s Performance Today, McGraw-Hill’s Young Artists Showcase on WQXR Radio (New York), as well as on WGBH Radio (Boston) and WXXI and WCNY Radio (New York). Previous recordings have met with critical acclaim, included on the ‘Want List’ in Fanfare, and made Recording of the Month by MusicWeb International. The trio has held artist residency positions at Brown University, the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, San Diego State University, Rochester Institute of Technology, Walnut Hill School for the Arts, and Concord Academy, and continues to serve as the inaugural Ensemble-in-Residence at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Tickets at the door: $22. Children under 18: free.

The Ellington Collective

On Tuesday evening, July 29th, at 7:30 p.m., SMfG will present The Ellington Collective.

The acclaimed Boston-based jazz ensemble The Ellington Collective will perform a tribute to the timeless genius of Duke Ellington and his music, with fresh, soulful and rhythmic renditions of Ellington’s most iconic compositions like Take the A Train, Caravan, In a Sentimental Mood, Don’t Get Around Much Anymore, I Let a Song Out of My Heart, Creole Love Song, Jeeps Blues, Prelude to a Kiss, and Sophisticated Lady. Classical jazz at its best!

Saxophonists Dan Moretti and Greg Abate, trombonist Jeff Galindo, Marty Ballou on bass, Tim Ray on piano, and Marty Richards on drums.

Tickets at the door: $22. Children under 18: free.

Tuesday, August 5, 2025, 7:30 p.m.

The Manhattan Chamber Players

On Tuesday evening, August 5th, at 7:30 p.m., SMfG will present The Manhattan Chamber Players.

The Manhattan Chamber Players (“MCP”) are a New York City chamber music collective who are returning to Greensboro for the third consecutive summer – a first for SMfG! The MCP’s cello quintet performed Franz Schubert’s string quintet for SMfG’s audience last summer and met with great appreciation. This summer the MCP’s flute quartet will perform a variety of music, opening and closing its concert with two works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Concert Program:
W.A. Mozart (1756 – 1797), Flute Quartet No. 4 in A major, K. 298 (1781)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827), Serenade for Flute, Violin, and Viola in D major, Op. 25 (1796)
[Intermission]
Reinhold Glière (1875 – 1956), Selections from Eight Pieces for Violin and Cello, Op. 39 (1909)
François Devienne (1759 – 1803), Duo for Flute and Viola in C minor, Op. 5 no. 3 (1786)
W.A. Mozart (1756 – 1791), Flute Quartet No. 1 in D major, K. 285 (1778)

We invite you to join us for SMfG’s final concert of the 2025 summer season. Tickets at the door: $22. Children under 18: free.