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Virtual Events
Past virtual events are listed below in chronological order. Recent concerts that are available to watch again will be added as licensing allows.
Emory Jazz Fest 2023 came to a close on Saturday, Feb. 11 with a performance by the Emory Big Band, featuring the Gary Motley Trio, Randy Hunter, Michael Cruse, and members of the Emory University Symphony Orchestra.
The full concert is no longer available to watch. Portions of the concert will be available to watch here soon.
Under the direction of Gary Motley, Randy Hunter, Michael Cruse, and Chris Riggenbach, the Emory Big Band and Student Jazz Combos perform works by Charlie Parker, Mike Tomaro, Herbie Hancock, Duke Ellington, and more!
Gary Motley and the jazz faculty join the Emory Big Band in concert. This concert is available to watch again.
Swing into spring with the Emory Jazz Combos in concert. This concert is available to watch again.
Emory Jazz Fest 2022 featuring Emory Big Band with Gary Motley, Edwin Livingston, and Clarence Penn under the direction of Randy Hunter. Portions of this concert are available to watch again.
View or Download the Jazz Fest 2022 Program Here
The Emory Big Band and Jazz Combos performed their fall 2021 concert.
Emory Jazz Combos:
Chris Riggenbach, combo director
Michael Cruse, combo director
Emory Big Band:
Randy Hunter, director
View or Download the Concert Program Here.
ECMSA John and Linda Cooke Noontime Series
The ECMSA season closes with Brahms Piano Quartet in G Minor, which includes the thrilling “Gypsy Rondo'' Finale. Members of the Vega String Quartet with pianist William Ransom perform in this livestream concert. View or download the concert program here.
Emory Music Department Performance Series
Composed of the region’s finest young musicians, the Emory Youth Symphony Orchestra presents a virtual concert of orchestral masterworks by Mozart, Mahler, Brahms, and Gershwin. Paul Bhasin conducts. View or download the concert program here.
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Some of Emory’s finest undergraduate musicians perform in this annual showcase of student excellence. Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Johannes Brahms, and more are featured with solo and small ensemble performances.
View or download the concert program here.
Emory Music Department Performance Series
The Emory Chamber Winds and Brass Choir (formed from the Emory Wind Ensemble musicians) take the stage for their final concert of the semester. Repertoire featured includes works by Stephen Gryc, Kevin Puts, student composer Joshua MacLean, and a few surprises as well. Tyler Ehrlich conducts. View or download the concert program here.
Emory Jazz Studies Performance Series
Gary Motley virtually brings together members of the Emory Big Band to perform this concert featuring tunes by Kris Berg, Joe Henderson, and Mike Tomaro. Also featured are works performed by breakout groups of a saxophone quintet and a trombone quartet. View or download the concert program here.
Emory Music Department Performance Series
Coached by Emory’s artist faculty, student musicians perform chamber repertoire for strings, brass, winds, percussion, and piano. Works by Zoltán Kodály, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Johannes Brahms, among others, are programmed. View or download the concert program here.
Emory Music Department Performance Series
In this livestream performance from Emerson Concert Hall, the Emory University Symphony Orchestra divides into two string chamber orchestras. Featured repertoire includes works by Bryce Dessner (guitarist of The National), Florence Price, Mozart, and others. Paul Bhasin conducts. View or download the concert program here.
ECMSA John and Linda Cooke Noontime Series
Three members of the Vega String Quartet take a solo turn with pianist William Ransom. The concert features Jessica Shuang Wu, violin; Yinzi Kong, viola; and cellist Guang Wang, with the music of Handel, Schubert, and Prokofiev. View or download the concert program here.
The first cellist to be signed by the prestigious Deutsche Grammophon label in more than 40 years, Franco-Belgian cellist Camille Thomas blends a brilliant command of her instrument with a rare musicality. Thomas’s recital program with pianist Julien Brocal featured selections from her recently released album, Voice of Hope. View or download the concert program here.
This Candler Concert is no longer available. You can enjoy performances from Camille Thomas on her YouTube channel.
Let the vibrations of the strings move you with Martinu’s magical Madrigals for Violin and Viola and Tchaikovsky’s rousing Souvenir de Florence Sextet for Strings performed by Paul Murphy, viola; Roy Harran, cello: and the Vega String Quartet with David Coucheron, guest first violin. View or download the concert program here.
Emory Music Department Performance Series
Emory undergraduate students perform some of the best-known pieces in two-piano repertoire. This livestream concert from Emerson Concert Hall features works by Chopin, Debussy, Dvořák, and Rachmaninoff. View or download the concert program here.
Emory Music Department Performance Series
In celebration of Johann Sebastian Bach's birthday on March 21, 1685, University Organist and Music Professor Timothy Albrecht performs works from Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, Part 2 BWV 858–869. This virtual concert is livestreamed from Emerson Concert Hall. View or download the concert program here.
ECMSA John and Linda Cooke Noontime Series
Harpist Elisabeth Remy Johnson is featured in a program with two fantastic collaborations: Saint-Saens’s Fantasie with Jessica Wu, violin; and Arnold Bax’s Fantasy Sonata with Yinzi Kong, viola. View or download the concert program here.
Gabriela Montero’s visionary interpretations and unique improvisational gifts have won her a devoted following around the world. A virtuoso in a class of her own, Montero is a pianist whose flair for improvisation puts creativity back at the heart of classical performance and whose music-making is about infinitely more than just the notes on the page.
Recorded in Barcelona, Spain, the exclusive concert highlighted themes of childhood with works by Robert Schumann, the late Chick Corea, and original compositions and improvisations by Montero. View or download the concert program here.
This Candler Concert is no longer available. You can enjoy performances from Gabriela Montero on her YouTube channel.
Emory Music Department Performance Series
This semester, the Emory University Symphony Orchestra divided into two string chamber orchestras. In this livestream performance from Emerson Concert Hall, the orchestras will present works by Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Grieg, and others. Paul Bhasin conducts.
View or download the concert program here.
Please note: The edited video here does not include Lyric by George Walker, which was performed in the original livestream concert.
Emory Music Department Performance Series
This semester the Emory Wind Ensemble has formed two chamber ensembles: the Chamber Winds (a harmoniemusik-inspired dectet plus string bass) and a Brass Choir. This first concert of the year will feature select movements from Arthur Bird’s Serenade, op. 40, and Eric Ewazen’s Fanfarria Castellana. Tyler Ehrlich conducts.
View or download the concert program here.
Emory Chamber Winds:
Emory Brass Choir:
ECMSA Emerson Series
Enjoy the Vega String Quartet with guest first violin David Coucheron plus one additional musician. The concert features Mendelssohn’s delightful Viola Quintet in B-flat with Paul Murphy and Dohnányi’s powerful and dramatic Piano Quintet in C Minor with William Ransom.
Bringing a rare musical spontaneity that gives audiences the sense of hearing even treasured canon repertoire as if for the first time, the quartet is in-demand on concert stages throughout the world. The Danish String Quartet joined us from Copenhagen, Denmark for this concert featuring String Quartet No. 16 in E-flat Major, K. 428 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and a selection of traditional Nordic folktunes.
This concert was prerecorded exclusively for Emory's Schwartz Center for Performing Arts. The full concert is no longer available to watch; however, you may enjoy this excerpt below.
What better way to celebrate Valentine’s Day than with Music of Love? Amy Beach’s Romance for violin; Romances by Robert and Clara Schumann; Brahms’s Intermezzo in A Major; and Dohnányi’s Romanza for String Trio were performed by members of the Vega String Quartet and William Ransom, piano.
Schwartz Artist-in-Residence Program
Jazz Fest 2021 featured Bobby Broom, Kenny Davis, and Gary Motley in a virtual concert with works by Thomas "Fats" Waller, George and Ira Gershwin, Bobby Broom, and Gary Motley, along with a master class and discussion with the artists.
View or download the concert program here.
This concert is no longer available to watch again, but you can enjoy the master class and discussion below.
For more from Bobby Broom, visit bobbybroom.com
Before the Superbowl, audiences enjoyed some of Bach's greatest music: the Suite in C Major; Chorale O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwork/O Eternity Paraphrase by Timothy Albrecht; Sonata in G Minor; and the Partita in A Minor performed by Yinzi Kong, viola; Timothy Albrecht, organ; David Coucheron, violin; and Christina Smith, flute.
Candler Concert Series
In this exclusive virtual concert and conversation from the artist's home, acclaimed pianist Jeremy Denk discusses and performs preludes and fugues from Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, exploring them from the point of view of a storyteller. How does Bach define a character? How and why does he let the character change?
View or download the concert program here.
This concert is no longer available to watch.
For more from Jeremy Denk, visit jeremydenk.com
ECMSA Emerson Series
This exclusive concert was recorded in a private home in El Paso, Texas, on Sunday, September 6, 2020, and aired in its entirety for Schwartz Center for Performing Arts audiences on January 23. 2021.
Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta begins the year with an all-star trio of violinist Chee-Yun, cellist Zuill Bailey, and pianist Natasha Paremski joining forces for a thrilling concert of Brahms, Franck, and Piazzolla. View or download the concert program here.
The edited version here features Chee-Yun, violin, and Natasha Paremski, piano, performing sonatas by Brahms and Franck:
3:00–Johannes Brahms, Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, op. 108
24:00–César Franck, Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano
For more from Zuill Bailey visit zuillbailey.com
Emory Music Department Performance Series
Under the direction of Elena Cholakova, students Patrick Czabala, Athena Grasso, Grace Li, Marshall McCall, Colin Song, Sara Wang, and Vivian Zhao present their piano recital program from Emory’s Performing Arts Studio. The virtual concert includes works by Chopin, Bach, Beethoven, and more.
Emory Music Department Performance Series
Join the Emory Wind Ensemble and the Emory University Symphony Orchestra in a joint virtual performance featuring pre-recorded works as well as virtual ensemble video performances. Works by Mozart, Vivaldi, and Bizet with guest tenor Bradley Howard. Paul Bhasin and Tyler Ehrlich conduct.
Emory Music Department Performance Series
Award-winning trumpeter, composer, and educator Melvin Jones brought his talent to the virtual stage for this unique collaboration with Emory Big Band. The pre-recorded concert also featured Emory Jazz Ensembles performing remotely and from the Emory campus.
View or download the concert program here.
This concert is no longer available to watch again.
For more from Melvin Jones, visit melvinjones.net.
Emory Music Department Performance Series
Mentored by Emory’s artist faculty, student musicians perform chamber works for strings, brass, winds, and percussion. These recorded performances are compiled to showcase Emory music students in a full virtual concert.
Candler Concert Series — Beyond the Concert
Third Coast Percussion ensemble members share insights into how this artist-run ensemble began, the teaching and gigging that they did just after graduation, how the ensemble grew to become a full-time job, and how the ensemble is staying innovative and inclusive during the time of COVID-19.
Moderated by Assistant Professor of Composition Katherine Young, the discussion took place on November 12, 2020, in advance of their exclusive livestream performance for the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts.
For more from Third Coast Percussion visit thirdcoastpercussion.com
ECMSA Emerson Series
The Vega String Quartet concludes its exploration of the complete Beethoven String Quartets with guest first violin David Coucheron.
View or download the concert program here.
Bill McGlaughlin presents an accompanying Lecture for the ECMSA Beethoven 2020 Concert on November 1, 2020.
Emory Music Department Performance Series
Jazz on the Green moves to Jazz on the Screen in this virtual performance. The concert features Emory Jazz Combos and a video segment highlighting student interviews.
ECMSA Family Series
Celebrate Beethoven’s 250th birthday with a cake and some special birthday music performed by members of the Vega String Quartet and pianist William Ransom.
ECMSA Emerson Series
The Vega String Quartet continues their exploration of the complete Beethoven String Quartets including ops. 18, No. 6; 74; and 132 with guest first violin David Coucheron.
View or download the concert program here.
In the interest of public health, Emory's Environmental Health and Safety guidelines for COVID-19 are being followed. No audience or production crew members are inside the concert hall during the performance.
Bill McGlaughlin presents an accompanying Lecture for the ECMSA Beethoven 2020 Concert on October 3, 2020.
Candler Concert Series — Beyond the Concert
Prior to the exclusive virtual concert of Jane Bunnett and Maqueque on October 2, 2020, Gary Motley–head of Emory Jazz Studies–and Jane Bunnett sat down to talk about the history of Cuban music, the start of Maqueque, and music education.
For more from Jane Bunnett and Maqueque visit janebunnett.com
Emory Music Department Performance Series
Timothy Albrecht takes center stage at the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, showcasing his remarkable aptitude for various keyboards playing classical compositions of Johann Sebastian Bach.
View or download the concert program here.
In the interest of public health, Emory's Environmental Health and Safety guidelines for COVID-19 are being followed. No audience or production crew members are inside the concert hall during the performance.
Candler Concert Series
This concert aired in its entirety for Schwartz Center for Performing Arts virtual audiences on September 25, 2020. In this excerpt, Junction Trio performs the third movement of Beethoven's Piano Trio in B-flat Major, op.97, "Archduke," Allegro moderato.
Recorded at Oktaven Audio in New York
Sound by Ryan Streber, Oktaven Audio
Video by Ross Karre, RKAD
View or download the concert program here.
For more from Junction Trio visit JCTTrio.com
ECMSA Emerson Series
The Vega String Quartet continues their exploration of the complete Beethoven String Quartets including ops. 127 and 59, No. 3, with guest first violin David Coucheron.
View or download the concert program here.
For events taking place on the Emory University campus, Emory's Environmental Health and Safety guidelines for COVID-19 are being followed. No audience or production crew members are inside the concert hall during the performance.
Bill McGlaughlin presents an accompanying Lecture for the ECMSA Beethoven 2020 Concert on September 19, 2020.