Season Subscriptions
The Schwartz Center’s 2026–2027 Subscription Season is Available Now!
If you are an Emory employee, Emory student, or have questions about the online subscription process, call or visit the Schwartz Center Box Office at (404) 727-5050 during regular business hours.
*Emory employees and Emory students receive additional discounts.
As a Schwartz Center subscriber, you'll enjoy priority seating, invitations to artist-led discussions and master classes, and 15% savings on additional single tickets. The box office will also be available to assist you with purchasing additional tickets for your subscription concerts, early access to tickets for A Festival of Lessons and Carols and Emory Jazz Fest Big Band Night, ticket exchanges, or to answer questions you might have. The Box Office can be reached at (404) 727-5050 during box office hours or by emailing boxoffice@emory.edu.
2026–2027 Subscription Season
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center — American Soundscapes
Friday, October 2 at 8 p.m.
Celebrate the rich voices of American composers through a range of musical expressions that define the nation's cultural landscape. The evening takes us from Amy Beach’s Piano Quintet—a cornerstone of American chamber music—to Bernard Herrmann’s Psycho Suite, bringing the suspense of his iconic film score into the concert hall with gripping intensity and dark beauty.
Concert Program
The concert program includes the following (and more):
Bolcom, Three Rags for String Quartet (1989)
Beach, Quintet in F-sharp minor for Piano, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello, op. 67 (1907)
Herrmann, Psycho: A Narrative for String Ensemble (1960)
Full Price $55
The Green Room Ensemble — String Quartet Cycle by Eleanor Alberga
Thursday, October 29 at 8 p.m.
The Green Room Ensemble is thrilled to present the US Premiere performance cycle of Eleanor Alberga’s Three String Quartets, along with the World Premiere of her Second Piano Quintet with the composer herself at the piano, joined by Thomas Bowes and Nathan Meltzer, violins; Jordan Bak, viola; and Sterling Elliott, cello.
Concert Program
All works by Eleanor Alberga
String Quartet No. 1 (1994)
Piano Quintet No. 2 "Stark" (2022), Premiered in 2025
String Quartet No. 3 (2001)
String Quartet No. 2 (1994)
Full Price $40
Tessa Lark, Joshua Roman, and Edgar Meyer
Thursday, November 19 at 8 p.m.
Grammy-nominated violinist Tessa Lark and innovative cellist Joshua Roman have joined with Schwartz Center favorite and seven-time Grammy winner Edgar Meyer in a program featuring Meyer's bluegrass-inspired arrangements centered around Bach's Sonata for Viola da Gamba in G Major.
Concert Program
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Sonata for Viola da Gamba No. 1 in G major, BWV 1027
Edgar Meyer (b. 1960), Trio 1986
Meyer, Trio 2024
Meyer, Trio 1988
Full Price $65
Aaron Diehl Trio and Mikaela Bennett, soprano
Thursday, January 28 at 8 p.m.
Aaron Diehl has quietly redefined the lines between jazz and classical, building a global career around a nuanced, understated, and deeply intelligent approach to music-making. Joined by versatile soprano and actress Mikaela Bennett, their program for soprano, piano, bass, and drums includes works by Andre Previn, Leonard Bernstein, Harold Arlen, and more.
Concert Program
(subject to change)
Andre Previn Honey and Rue, arr. by Aaron Diehl for Jazz Trio
First, I’ll Try Love
Whose House Is This?
The Town is Lit
I Am Not Seaworthy
Do You Know Him?
Take My Mother Home
Vernon Duke Remember or Forget
Andre Previn Vocalise
Harold Arlen Ill Wind
Leonard Bernstein Glitter and Be Gay
Ann Ronell Willow Weep For Me
Leonard Bernstein Somewhere
Full Price $50
Emory Jazz Fest 2027 — Gary Motley Trio with a Special Guest Artist
Friday, February 5 at 8 p.m.
A Schwartz Artist-in-Residence program, the annual Emory Jazz Fest will run February 4–6, bringing world-class jazz to the community with master classes, artist demonstrations, and concerts including the Gary Motley Trio, Emory Big Band, and a soon-to-be-announced guest artist featured in the concert on Friday, February 5.
Full Price $30
Academy of St Martin in the Fields with Conrad Tao, piano
Friday, February 26 at 8 p.m.
One of today’s most daring musical voices meets one of the world’s most storied ensembles. Pianist-composer Conrad Tao joins the Academy of St Martin in the Fields for masterful playing and visceral energy featuring fresh, brilliant interpretations of the world’s greatest classical music.
Concert Program
The concert program is coming soon.
Full Price $70
Yuja Wang, piano
Wednesday, March 17 at 8 p.m.
Yuja Wang—celebrated for her charismatic artistry, emotional honesty and captivating stage presence—returns to the Schwartz Center for a recital concert. Having performed with the world’s most venerated conductors, musicians, and ensembles, Wang is renowned not only for her virtuosity, but her spontaneous and lively performances.
Concert Program
The recital concert program is coming soon.
Full Price $85
Jasmine Choi, flute
Friday, April 16 at 8 p.m.
Flutist Jasmine Choi is celebrated worldwide for her extraordinary virtuosity and acclaimed recordings. An artist who bridges cultures, Choi expands the instrument’s traditional boundaries. Her debut at the Schwartz Center opens with the clarity and elegance of the Italian Baroque, then moves into Igor Stravinsky’s Suite Italienne, where that tradition is reimagined through a modern lens. The program continues with works by Aaron Copland and Bohuslav Martinů, exploring how their music reflects Stravinsky’s neoclassical thinking.
Concert Program
(subject to change)
Anonymous, Prelude on Flute Solo
Anna Bon di Venezia (1738 – c. 1767 or later), Sonata in G Minor op.1, No.5
Gaetano Donizetti (1797 – 1848), Sonata for Flute and Piano in C Minor A 503
Tomaso Antonio Vitali (1663 – 1745), Chaconne in G Minor
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971), Selections from Suite Italienne
Aaron Copland (1900-1990), Duo for Flute and Piano
Bohuslav Martinů (1890–1959), Sonata for Flute and Piano, H.306
Full Price $40
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