Monday, December 21, 2026, 7:30 PM

Scorca Hall, National Opera Center

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Concert dress code: All black with minimal jewelry

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Program

​Arnold Schoenberg - Erwartung, Op. 17, arranged for voice, string quintet and piano by David Plylar​

• voice: Sharon Harms

• violin: 

• violin: Doori Na

• viola: Stephanie Griffin

• cello: Madeline Fayette

• bass: Tristan Kasten-Krause

• piano: MunTzung Wong

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Miles Walter - 5 Songs from Mr. Cogito: Thrice Five Poems of Zbigniew Herbert 

• Songs 2, 3, 4, 6, 11

• voice: Katherine Lerner Lee

• flute/alto flute (all songs): Margaret Lancaster

• clarinet/bass clarinet (all songs): Carol McGonnell

• piano (songs 2, 3, 4, 6): MunTzung Wong

• harp (all songs): Jacqueline Kerrod

• viola (song 6, 11): Stephanie Griffin

• bass (all songs): Tristan Kasten-Krause 

 

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Score/Parts

Schoenberg: 1st movement draft (the rest forthcoming) 

Walter: Songs 2-3 (the rest forthcoming) 

(please bring your own print-outs to rehearsals if you do not use digital parts)

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REHEARSALS

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Chez Galante, 67 W 87 St, #21, New York, NY 10024 (Google Maps)

12/14 (Mon) 10:30am-1pm Schoenberg (back up date if 12/16 or 12/17 doesn't work out)

12/16 (Wed) 10:30am-1pm Schoenberg
12/17 (Thu) 11:30am-2pm Schoenberg
12/18 (Fri) 11:30am-2pm Schoenberg

12/19 (Sat) - 10am-1pm Miles Walter
12/20 (Sun) - 9:30-11:30am Miles Walter

12/21 (Mon) Concert 7:30pm - 
National Opera Center, 330 7th Ave, 7th floor, New York, NY 10001 (Google Maps)
4pm Schoenberg

5pm Miles Walter
Concert 7:30pm

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Wednesday, February 17, 2027, 7:30 PM

Bohemian National Hall, Czech Center, New York

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Saturday, February 20, 2027, 2:00 PM

Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, Washington DC

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Concert dress code: All black with minimal jewelry

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Program

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Arnold Schoenberg - Erwartung, Op. 17, arranged for voice and chamber ensemble by Faradzh Karaev​

• soprano, 1 1 2 1 - 2 1 1 1 - perc(3), hp, cel, str.quin

• voice: Sharon Harms (New York) / Tony Arnold (Washington)

• flute / picc / alto flute: 

• oboe / English horn:

• clarinet / bass clarinet: 

• clarinet / bass clarinet: 

• bassoon:

• horn:

• horn:

• trumpet: 

• trombone: Will Lang

• tuba:

• timp/perc:

• perc:

• harp:

• celeste: 

• violin: 

• violin: 

• viola: 

• cello: 

• bass: 

• piano: 

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Martin Boykan - Concerto for Thirteen Players (1971)

• 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 0 - harp - piano - 1-1-1-1

• flute

• oboe: 

• clarinet: 

• bassoon: 

• horn: 

• trumpet: 

• trombone: Will Lang

• harp: 

• piano: 

• violin: 

• violin: 

• viola: 

• cello: 

• bass:​

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Score/Parts TBD 

please bring your own print-outs to rehearsals if you do not use digital parts)

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REHEARSALS

** We are still working out the rehearsal details **​​​

2/11 (Thu) 

Chez Galante, 67 W 87 St, #21, New York, NY 10024 (map)

11:00-2:00 - Schoenberg - string quintet + keyboard

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2/12 (Fri) 

Chez Galante, 67 W 87 St, #21, New York, NY 10024 (map)

11:00-2:00 - Schoenberg - winds/brass

2/13 (Sat)

Scholes Street Studios, 375 Lorimer St, Brooklyn, NY 11206 (map) (tentative)

tutti EXCEPT percussion/harp

11:00-12:30 - Boykan

12:30-2:00 - lunch

2:00-5:00 - Schoenberg (first half with Tony, second half with Sharon)

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2/14 (Sun)

Scholes Street Studios, 375 Lorimer St, Brooklyn, NY 11206 (map) (tentative)

tutti EXCEPT percussion/harp

2:00-5:00 - Schoenberg (first half with Tony, second half with Sharon)

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2/15 (Mon)

Backup Day
 

2/16 (Tue)

Bohemian Hall Czech Center 321 E 73rd St, New York, NY 10021 (map)

  9:00-10:00 percussion and harp load-in and tuning
10:00-10:40 Boykan piano and harp Boykan
11:00-12:30 Boykan tutti
lunch break
  2:00-  3:00 Schoenberg tutti with percussion and harp 
break
  3:20-4:30 Schoenberg tutti (singer 1)
break
  4:50- 6:00 Schoenberg tutti (singer 2)

2/17 (Wed) Concert 7:30pm - 
Bohemian Hall Czech Center 321 E 73rd St, New York, NY 10021 (map)
10:30-11:40 Schoenberg tutti (singer 1)

12:00-  1:00 Schoenberg tutti (singer 2, probably Tony)

break

6:00- 7:00 Boykan tutti

Concert 7:30pm

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2/18 (Thu) 

Bus to Washington DC, TBD

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2/19 (Fri)

Rehearsal / Recording: Coolidge Auditorium

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2/20 (Sat) Concert 2:00pm

Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress

101 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20540

map // entrances and floor plan

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