The Midday

The Avanti Piano Trio

Pianist Allissa Freeman, violinist Hillary Hempel, and Cellist Hannah Wolkstein return to the Midday to perform Three Preludes by George Gershwin and pieces by French composers Mel Bonis and Rita […]

Bach Dynamite and Dancing Society

BDDS co-founder Jeffrey Sykes, violinist Stephanie Sant’Ambrogio, and clarinetist Alan Kay perform Antonin Dvorak’s charming Violin Sonata in F and the spicy Soldier’s Tale suite by Stravinsky.

Cordelia Fredrickson

The 2026 Final Forte finalist and accompanist Jeff Stanek perform the first movement of Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 1 and Elgar’s “Salut d’amour” and Cordelia plays the solo piece “”Dissolve, […]

Anita and Julian Graef

The founders of the Tallgrass Chamber Music Festival return to the Midday to fill us in on this summer’s season and to perform works by Stravinsky, Ravel and CPE Bach. […]

Lorenz Fradkin-Annen

The Oregon High School sophomore and 2026 Final Forte finalist stops by the Midday to reprise her performance of the Cadenza and Finale from Dmitri Shostakovich’s dazzling Violin Concerto No. […]