STORY TIME

March 28 & 29, 2026, 3 PM

Every note tells a tale. Let these stories stir your heart.

Kenji Bunch: Hard Winter/Holler and Stomp
Kristapor Najarian: A Tale for Two Violins
Gabriel Fauré: Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor , Op. 15
Billy Mayerl: Marigold

EmmaLee  Holmes-Hicks, violin
Emma Powell, violin
Anna Griffis, viola
Leo Eguchi, cello
Janice Weber, piano

Kenji Bunch’s intriguing Hard Winter/Holler and Stomp takes a fresh look at Appalachian fiddling and string band traditions while Cristopor Najarian’s Tale for 2 Violins revisits Turkish, Armenian, and middle eastern folk melodies to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the Armenian genocide. Fauré’s sublime Piano Quartet No. 1 and Billy Mayerl’s jazzy Marigold close the program with ineffable joie de vivre.